John P. Bowen

John Bowen taught evangelism at Wycliffe College (University of Toronto) from 1997 till 2013. He now directs two departments of the college: the Institute of Evangelism, and Wycliffe Serves! which coordinates the college’s extramural programs.

He is the author of Evangelism for ‘Normal’ People: Good News for Those Looking for a Better Way (Augsburg Fortress 2002); The Spirituality of Narnia: The Deeper Magic of C.S.Lewis (Regent College Publishing 2007); Growing Up Christian: Why Young People Stay in Church, Leave Church and (Sometimes) Come Back to Church (Regent College Publishing 2010); and editor of The Missionary Letters of Vincent Donovan 1957-1973 (Wipf and Stock, 2011); Green Shoots out of Dry Ground: Growing a New Future for the Church in Canada (Wipf and Stock, 2013).

John is married to Deborah Bowen, an English Professor at Redeemer University College; they have two adult children and four delightful grandchildren.