about eva bleeker

Chaplain Eva
EDD, BCC, MS, MA/MC, MA/CE

“My prayer is that the significance of this great classical image [the good shepherd] will one day be returned to its original power and splendor.”
Kenneth E. Bailey

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Doctor Eva Bleeker — Chaplain Eva — is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains who believes in the transformational power of education. She moved to Colorado in 2019 to teach at Denver Seminary. Dr. Bleeker currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care and Chair for Pastoral Care and Counseling programs.

Chaplain Eva graduated with a doctorate of education from Baylor University and holds two Master of Arts degrees through Dallas Theological Seminary, one in education and one in media and communications. During seminary, she worked as Assistant to the Chaplain, supporting the spiritual needs of the students, staff, and faculty. After graduating from seminary, Chaplain Eva completed a four-unit residency in Clinical Pastoral Education through Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas (BUMC). She then remained on the chaplaincy staff at BUMC for five years while also serving as the first female member of the pastoral staff at her church. This independent faith community, Skillman Bible Church, commissioned her to chaplaincy and became an APC endorsing body on her behalf. (Thanks, Skillman!)

Chaplain Eva moved to Northern Virginia in 2014 where she had three professional focuses: she provided spiritual care at a community hospital, she worked on the ministry staff of a United Methodist church, and she traveled weekly to New York City where she completed Columbia University’s Master of Science in Narrative Medicine.

You may find her relaxing with a good book (or cookbook) with her adorable pit bull mix, Ramsie Ruth, on her lap. Or exploring trails with her husband of nearly 25 years, Josh (the other Dr. Bleeker).