Geoff Holsclaw was born (1978) and raised in San Jose, California and studied philosophy at University of California, Santa Cruz. He married and moved to Chicago, Illinois (2000) and has been a co-pastor at Life on the Vine (www.lifeonthevine.org) since 2003. In 2012 he began teaching theology at Northern Seminary (Ph.D, Marquette University, ABD) along with being the Midwest regional coordinator for Ecclesia Network (www.ecclesianet.org). He is passionate about missional church theology and practice, and joins others with the same vision through Missio Alliance (www.missioalliance.org). Visit Geoff at www.geoffreyholsclaw.net.