connecting with your faith at eureka

Meet eureka College's chaplain

Hello,

I’m Bruce Fowlkes, and I’m honored to be called as the Chaplain of Eureka College.  The college is an extraordinary place, rich in history, but more importantly a college moving strongly and faithfully into a glowing future.  Just as the college moves, so do our students – strongly and faithfully into a bright future for which EC prepares them. 

Why am I here at Eureka College, serving in campus ministry?  What better ministry could there be?  I’m living out my life-calling, helping others discover their life-calling!  There is no richer time of discovery for young adults, and I love nothing more than being right in the middle of it.  So much happens in four years here at Eureka College, and so it will be for you. 

All of us are seekers of deeper meaning, and some of us bring a faith tradition with us to EC.  As chaplain, my charge is to honor those traditions and help you own your tradition for yourself, to help you connect with your deeper sources of meaning, to insist that you become more articulate about your faith.  In that way Eureka College is a faith-centered community, building life-long learners able to take one step deeper to find one’s own faith-center. 

In this place, for over 150 years, emerging leaders have discerned lives of deeper meaning.  Because we create, honor and celebrate a safe environment for a plurality of traditions, your faith can flourish.   Are you ready to take one step deeper?

Blessings,

Chaplain Bruce

Rev. Bruce Fowlkes
Chaplain, Eureka College
309-467-6429

Links to Explore
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Campus Crusade for Christ International Church of the Nazarene Crosspoint Community Church  Community Bible Fellowship, El Paso Eureka Bible Church Eureka Christian Church Eureka Church of Christ    Eureka United Methodist Liberty Bible Church Apostolic Christian Church -  309-467-2955 Baha’i Faith - 309-467-2257 Faith Baptist Temple -309-444-6417 First Baptist Church of Eureka - 309-467-2801 Goodfield Baptist Church - 309-965-2431 Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (LMS) 309-467-5477 Presbyterian Church of Eureka    309-467-3342 or 745-9282 Roanoke Mennonite Church - 309-467-3460 St. Luke's Catholic Church -  309-467-4855

Chaplain Bruce Fowlkes

Get to Know

Eureka College Chaplain

The Rev. Bruce Fowlkes, an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since 1990, is married to Rev. Carolyn Roper-Fowlkes, also an ordained DOC minister who serves as hospice chaplain for Hospice Compassus of Peoria. Bruce and Carolyn have two children, Rob and John.  Fowlkes was called as chaplain at Eureka College in January of 2007.  

Fowlkes served as director of corporate development for the Leadership Education for Adult Professionals program at Indiana Wesleyan University School of Business before joining EC.  Formerly was director of the office of Young Adult Ministries at Disciples Home Missions in Indianapolis, and before that served as minister to DOC students and young adults at University Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. He also was a minister and associate minister at churches in Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas.
           
The Arkansas native received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and religion from Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, and a master of divinity degree from Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.