The Wikiklesia Project: Book One will be released on July 23rd in e-book format on Lulu.  Subtitled “Voices of the Virtual World: Participative Technology and the Ecclesial Revolution,” the print edition of the book will become available following the virtual release.

The publication features more than forty diverse authors who explore the growing influence of technology on the global Christian church. From the creative uberblogging perspectives of global pilgrims like Andrew Jones, aka tallskinnykiwi, to theological scholars like Dr. Scot McKnight (Jesus Creed), readers are promised one thing for sure – a diversity of perspectives. Criticism, evaluation and praise will likely all be present in this sweeping overview of technology's influence/impact  on the Church. (A huge thank you to Len Hjalmarson and John La Grou for inspiration, coordination, publication, revelation.)

You can see a full list of contributors and their chapter titles here, including mine.  A handful of friends couldn't participate or couldn't make the deadline and I'm hoping they get included next time.

This is a not-for-profit, non commercial deal with all proceeds from the sale of the book being contributed to the Not For Sale campaign, designed to support abolishing the global slave trade.

Here's a recent press release that further explains what Wikiklesia is about.

"Conceived and established in May 2007, the Wikiklesia Project is an experiment in online collaborative publishing. The format is virtual, self organizing, participatory – from purpose to publication in just a few weeks.

Wikiklesia values sustainability with minimal structure. We long to see a church saturated with decentralized cooperation. The improbable notion of books that effectively publish themselves is one of many ways that can help move us closer to this global-ecclesial connectedness. Can a publishing organization thrive without centralized leadership? Is perpetual, self-organizing book publishing possible? Can literary quality be maintained in a distributed publishing paradigm? We’ve created Wikiklesia to answer these kinds of questions.

Wikiklesia may be the world’s first self-perpetuating nomadic business model – raising money for charities – giving voice to emerging writers and artists – generating a continuous stream of new books covering all manner of relevant topics. Nobody remains in control. There is no board of directors. The franchise changes hands as quickly as new projects are created."