Bobby Gilles

Responsibilities:

All things communication, internal and external. Crafting or coordinating literature, visual and audio communication that presents the elders’ vision of gospel transformation and community. In the words of the famous hymn, I “tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love” as it is expressed and taught through the Sojourn community. Online, we express this through this website, a network of blogs, and social media. I regularly write for our online journal, TravelBlog, as well as sojournmusic.com. I also record short interviews with Sojourn pastors, deacons, staff and members in the Inside Sojourn podcast and I write about church communications, songwriting and tips for giving your personal testimony at mysonginthenight.com, which also includes audio for all the worship songs of mine and my wife, Kristen Gilles.

Family:

Three boys – Garrett, Logan and Connor

Hometown:

Jeffersonville, IN

Education & Experience:

Studied communications at Indiana University Southeast. Quit school to be a full time DJ and music director for a gospel music radio station. Two-time national gospel DJ of the Year nominee, writer of a few published short stories, tons of blog posts, worship songs like “Warrior,” “Lead Us Back,” “All I Have Is Yours,” “We Are Changed,” “Let Justice Roll Like A River” and “Living Faith,” and a children’s book called Our Home Is Like A Little Church, published by Christian Focus. It releases May 10 and is available for pre-order at Amazon.com.

Member of MinistryCom, an organization for ministry communication professionals.

Vision for your position:

My biblical role model for this position is Luke, the historian and writer of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. I want to make the vision, mission and activities of Sojourn Church as visible, clear and transparent as possible.

What brought you to Sojourn?

A friend had listened to me talk ad nauseum about the kind of gospel community I was looking for, and about the lack of respect and understanding in modern Christendom for the arts. He finally said, “There’s this church I know about in Louisville that sounds like what you’re looking for …” I researched Sojourn online and listened to five of Pastor Daniel’s sermons before attending Sojourn Gathered, because I didn’t want my opinion to be influenced too much by the music, which I’d heard was really good. Then I began attending. The preaching was solid, the community was tight and raw, and yes, the music was really good. And here I am, part of the family.

Favorite movie/ TV show:

A River Runs Through It/ Lost, Mad Men, The Office

Favorite music/ band:

Bob Dylan.

Favorite book other than the Bible:

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Hobbies/interests:

Reading, writing and anything but arithmetic. I enjoy live theater, live music, hiking, movies, salsa, board games, and – dare I say it – NASCAR. I know, I know. Shake ‘n bake!

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