Paul-Gordon Chandler (born 1964) is the Bishop of the

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in the USA. An author, art curator, peacemaker, and social entrepreneur, his previous roles have included serving as both a non-profit executive and US Episcopal priest. Paul-Gordon Chandler grew up in West Africa (

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) and has lived and worked in leadership roles throughout the world, with an emphasis on the Middle East and Africa, with ecumenical publishing, relief and development agencies, the arts and The Episcopal Church. His acclaimed book on

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, the best-selling Lebanese born poet-artist and author of The Prophet, is ''IN SEARCH OF A PROPHET: A Spiritual Journey with Kahlil Gibran''. In 2020, he was awarded by the Archbishop of Canterbury the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation, the highest international award for outstanding service in the work of reconciliation and interfaith dialogue within the

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. Chandler is a direct descendant of

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, the early English settler and

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of colonial Jamestown, and one of the first colonial legislators. He is also of Irish (Celtic) descent.

Life

He is the bishop of the

in the USA. Previously, he was the Rector of th
Anglican Church in Qatar
(The Church of the Epiphany & The Anglican Center) in

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in the Persian Gulf, a church that hosts between 15,000 and 20,000 people from 65 countries in its building every weekend. He is also the Founding President of ''CARAVAN'', an international non-profit/NGO that is "a recognized leader in using the arts to further our global quest for a more harmonious future, both with each other and with the earth." From 2003 to 2013, for ten years, he was the Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in

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, within the Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of Egypt & North Africa. St. John's Episcopal Church is the international English-speaking Episcopal/Anglican church in southern Cairo with an international congregation of over 40 nationalities from many faith traditions. Immediately prior to this role, he served as the President/CEO of Partners International (PI), an international ecumenical relief and development organization that exists to assist and empower indigenous faith-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in over 70 countries. Before serving with PI, he was the U.S. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IBS Publishing, a publishing, distribution, and linguistics non-profit that works in over 500 languages. Prior to that he worked with the Anglican Church for five years. From 1995 to 1997, he worked with

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as the Director of SPCK Worldwide, an international publishing agency of the

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involved in publishing and communications in the UK and throughout the Two-Thirds World. Before this he served in

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, North Africa, as the Rector of St. George's Episcopal Church in Tunis/Carthage and Chaplain to the British Embassy. St. George's Church was the only English-speaking church in Tunisia, a Muslim majority country, and served as the English-speaking church congregation to internationals from over 30 nationalities living and working in Tunisia. Prior to that, he worked with IBS Publishing as Director of International Programs and served for several years directing translation, publishing and distribution projects throughout the world, in over 100 countries. He studied at Wheaton College, where he majored in Theological Studies (B.A. 1986), and also at

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institution) in

Books

Paul-Gordon Chandler's acclaimed book on

, the best-selling Lebanese born poet-artist and author of The Prophet, is ''IN SEARCH OF A PROPHET: A Spiritual Journey with Kahlil Gibran'' ( Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). He is also the author of a highly regarded book on Muslim-Christian relations titled ''Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road: Exploring a New Path Between Two Faiths'' ( Rowman & Littlefield) that focuses on what we can be learned from the life and thought of Mazhar Mallouhi, the well-known Syrian Arab novelist and “Sufi Muslim follower of Christ”. His first book was ''God’s Global Mosaic, What We Can Learn from Christians Around the World'' (

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/IVP, 2000). Chandler is also the author of ''Songs In Waiting: Spiritual Reflections on Christ's Birth...A Celebration of Middle Eastern Canticles'' (Morehouse Publishing, 2009). Additionally, he has written numerous articles in various publications.

References

External links

Paul-Gordon Chandler's WebsiteCARAVAN - Transformation through the Arts

Life

Books

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