Billy is from Central Kentucky and currently lives in Lexington with
his wife Maria Russell Kenney and two children, Miranda (8) and Roman
(3). He earned a B.A. in Philosophy at the University of South Carolina
and then went on to do a M.Div. at Asbury Theological Seminary. While at
Asbury he began spending time on the streets of inner-city of
Lexington, building relationships at the ground level with a variety of
folks. Toward the end of his time in seminary he helped start a
missional community called Communality, and became an active part of the
movement of emerging, alternative and neo-monastic communities of the
late nineties. In 2007 he co-founded One Horizon Foundation,
currently operating as One Horizon Institute, where he serves as
Vice-President and research fellow. He is also the executive director of
Amahoro US, a
partner and supporting organization to Amahoro Africa. Billy is honored
to be a contributor to Work of the People, where he seeks to bring
together his interests in critical theory, social movements and the
creative arts in the hope of helping to generate innovative new ways of
envisioning Christian identity and practice.
