Len Wilson
Len is a pioneer in communicating the gospel to digital culture. He is passionate about creative worship that connects with people at a real, human level, whether using digital technology, video and image, the written medium, or the spoken word.
A frequent seminar leader, Len has spoken to thousands of church leaders since 1996 on harnessing digital media for ministry. He has authored and co-authored many books on media and worship including Taking Flight with Creativity: Worship Design Teams That Work (2009),The Wired Church 2.0 (2008), Design Matters: Creating Powerful Imagery for Worship (2006), Digital Storytellers: The Art of Communicating the Gospel in Worship (2002) and The Wired Church: Making Media Ministry (1999).
From 2006-2011 Len helped create worship at Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church in Flower Mound, Texas.
From 1995-2000 Len served as media minister of Ginghamsburg Church. During this time, Len was part of a worship design team whose efforts almost tripled attendance to over 3000 people a weekend in worship. By mixing theory and practice in a weekly “living lab,” he created an effective model for media ministry, as well as the empowerment of a team of highly committed volunteers trained on technical systems he oversaw. He has also created worship in other settings, including a church plant that met at a high school cafeteria, and has consulted extensively on the subject across America.
In addition, Len and Jason have been featured in several articles for publications including Clergy Journal, The Ooze, Homiletics, Next Wave, Rev., Technologies for Worship, Wired, Worship Matters, Your Church, Church and Worship Technology, and various newspapers around North America. Their digital productions from Ginghamsburg and Lumicon have received several Telly Awards for excellence in video production.
Len holds a M.A. in Religious Communication, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH 1995; a B.A. in Communication, McMurry University, Abilene, TX 1992 (summa cum laude); and did Master’s course study at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 1992-1993.
Len is proud husband to Shar and Daddy to Kaylyn (9), Christian (8), Joslyn (5) and Austin (2).
Len’s personal blog is: http://lenwilson.us/.
