Brett Opalinski

The Rev. Dr. Brett Opalinski is an ordained United Methodist elder from the Florida Annual Conference and has served in local churches across Florida for over 20 years.  He served on and chaired the Board of Ordained Ministry for the Florida Annual Conference. Brett is a Candler graduate (98T) and has a PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity from Iliff School of Theology/University of Denver. Brett has an interest on how discipleship is a matter of personal holiness and social engagement.  He has been a long-time social justice and civil rights advocate and seeks to engage the world in a way that makes the Kingdom of God visible.

His research interests include Methodist history, theology and spirituality, Contemplative Spirituality, Monasticism, Celtic Christianity, and New Monastic expressions of church community.