Karen Engle, MA

425 W. Stuart Road, Bellingham, WA • 98226

blessisraelministries@gmail.com

mobile 916-202-3786

Digital portfolio: klengle.journoportfolio.com

 

LIFE GOAL

To help men and women know and understand God’s progressive plan of redemption for the world and see Scripture as alive and exciting—God’s spoken word to his creation and the blueprint of his plan for all time.

EDUCATION

• Master’s of Biblical Studies and Theology, Emphasis in Jewish Ministry/Israel Studies – Western Seminary
  (Main Campus: Portland, Oregon)
• Secondary Teaching Credential, English – Chapman University
  (Main Campus: Orange County, CA)
• Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Public Relations Concentration – Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Owner, East Gate Editing: eastgateediting.com.
• Authored and edited A People Chosen: God’s Purpose and Plan for Israel and the Nations, 2017.
• Won the Christian Editor Network’s Excellence in 2109 Editing Award for excellence in writing and editing A People Chosen: God’s Purpose and Plan for Israel and the Nations.
• Produced a Logos training video series that included writing, editing, and creating scripts and voiceovers for sixty videos. Three-quarters of those who viewed the videos found them helpful.
• Created the Faithlife User Education Style Guide.
• Write, edit, and post long-form content and promotional blogs for the Faithlife Today and Logos Talk blogs
• Judge, the Christian Editor Network Excellence in Editing Award, 2017 and 2018.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Copy Editor, Faithlife Corporation (Logos Bible Software)
December 2017  – present

• Work with the content, marketing, and copy teams to ensure copy is relevant to Faithlife’s target audience and aligns with Faithlife style, voice, and branding as well as industry best practices.
• Ensure content is clear, concise, grammatically correct, and adheres to the Chicago Manual of Style, the Christian Writer’s Manual of Style, SBL, and the Faithlife/Lexham Press style guides.
• Edit, proofread, and quality check blog posts, web copy, emails, app messaging, promotional material, and long-form content with technical accuracy and biblical soundness.
• Write promotional and long-form content for Faithlife blogs, including a biweekly post focused on the geography, archaeology, and history of Israel: https://blog.logos.com/?s=karen+engle.
• Make structural and grammatical suggestions to copy as needed.
• Publish blog posts for the department using WordPress.
• Own and continually review, enhance, and revise the Faithlife Marketing Style Guide and the Faithlife User Education Style Guide.
• Framed, scripted, and managed the creation of sixty training videos to onboard new users to Logos Bible Software: https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017433892-Logos-8-Bible-Study-Series.

Adjunct Research Writing Instructor, Moody Bible Institute Distance Learning
2015 – present

• Instruct, engage, and motivate students in assigned online writing courses.
• Provide constructive feedback on assignments, and promptly submit grades.
• Engage in meaningful dialogue with students to guide and challenge them to think critically, grow spiritually, and embrace a biblical worldview.
• Respond to student inquiries or concerns in a timely manner.

Freelance Writer/Editor/Researcher
2004 – present

• Write, proofread, and copyedit Christian content and curriculum. Past and present clients include: Lexham Press, Redemption Press, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, the Pocket Testament League, and Sermon to Book.
• Editor for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s Word from Jerusalem magazine: https://us.icej.org/word-jerusalem
• Ghostwriter for more than ten Christian books
• Copy editor for Discovering the New Testament: Gospels and Acts and Teaching Preachers, Lexham Press
• Copy edited more than 120 manuscripts ranging from fiction/nonfiction to devotionals to dissertations
• Contributing writer and editor for the KJV Prophecy Study Bible, Barbour Publishing, April 2016. Researched thousands of prophecies and their fulfillment, wrote and edited more than 100 articles, and selected additional content from prominent Christian leaders: https://www.amazon.com/Prophecy-Study-Bible-King-James/dp/1634091094
• Framed the manuscript, wrote content, selected images, and edited Navigating the Bible (Barbour Publishing, 2014) and Bible Battles (Barbour Publishing, 2014). Framed the manuscript for 100 Names of God Devotional (Rose Publishing, 2015).
• Senior editor on two bookazines: Extraordinary Women of the Bible and Legendary Women of the Bible
• Researched photo and art images for How Jesus Changed the World (December 2015) and Sacred Places (American Bible Society, 2013)

Women’s Ministry Coordinator
2001 – 2004

Lakeside Church – Folsom, CA

• Provided leadership to women including teaching and mentoring to encourage spiritual growth.
• Regularly taught within Bible studies, at retreats, and at leadership events.
• Provided one-on-one mentoring to leaders.
• Coordinated the Women’s Christmas Celebration, an annual outreach serving 1200+ women.
• Coordinated the yearly women’s retreat and a variety of other smaller weekly and monthly ministries.
• Wrote and edited the women’s ministry newsletter.
• Supported and encouraged the women’s ministry director so she could better serve the women’s ministry community at Lakeside Church.

Journalism/English Teacher
1995 – 1998

Bella Vista High School – Fair Oaks, CA

• Instructed and advised Bella Vista’s student newspaper, La Bandera, which included teaching journalistic writing skills, ethics, editing, style, and advertising techniques.
• Wrote curriculum for Freshman, Sophomore, and Senior English classes.
• Implemented a journalism program that stressed and adhered to the Associated Press Style Guide and libel laws.
• Assisted in developing a cross-curricular program for English and History courses.
• Taught English and Honors English courses, grades 9–12.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

Israel Tour Leader – Take groups to Israel yearly. Organize travel, lodging, itinerary, and activities in the land. Teach groups about the importance of Israel before the trip and at key sites during the trip.

Bible Study Teacher/Curriculum Writer – Wrote and edited A People Chosen: God’s Purpose and Plan for Israel and the Nations. Coauthored and continue to teach The Seven Appointments of the Lord, a sixteen-week course helping participants understand God’s progressive revelation of his plan of salvation over all time. This class is taught at various venues to large groups of religious studies students. Managed the translation of this study into Farsi for a local Iranian church.

Small Group Bible Study Leader/Teacher (25+ years) – Coordinated and taught neighborhood outreach Bible studies

Student Ministries, Rolling Hills Church – Led a high school senior girl’s small group for two years and volunteered in the student ministries high school program.

Skills

WordPress, basic HTML, Jira, Asana, Google Analytics, SEO, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, PerfectIt, Hootsuite

Awards

2018 Christian Editor Network Excellence in Editing Award for the book I authored, A People Chosen

Membership

The Christian Editors Network: CEN

The Christian Pen

The National Association of Independent Writers and Editors: NAIWE

The Northwest Editors Guild

ACES: The Society for Editing