Chris Seay is a leader in the Emerging Church discussion.

Biography

Seay was a third generation Baptist preacher.

Seay was the founding pastor of University Baptist Church in 1995 in Waco, Texas, one of the first examples of generational church planting.

Seay was the founder and pastor of Ecclesia in Houston, Texas. Ecclesia was founded in September, 1999

Seay lived with his wife, Lisa, in Houston, Texas with their four children.

Seay worked on The Voice project with Brian McLaren and others.

Seay died at the age of 33, on October 30, 2005. He was electrocuted in front of his congregation of over 800 during the Sunday morning service when he reached out and adjusted a microphone while standing in a baptismal font.

Bibliography

The Gospel According to Tony Soprano: An Unauthorized Look Into the Soul of TV's Top Mob Boss and His Family (Tarcher, 2002)

The Tao of Enron: Spiritual Lessons from a Fortune 500 Fallout (Navpress, 2002)

The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spirituality and Faith in The Matrix (Pinon Press, 2003)

To Become One: After "I Do," The Real Journey Begins (Relavant Books, 2004)

Faith of My Fathers : Conversations with Three Generations of Pastors about Church, Ministry, and Culture (Zondervan, 2005)