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Alfred has followed an Ancient Essene Lifestyle since age 15, has been a vegetarian since age 13 and ministering as a self-financing missionary since age 18. Alfred condones the traditional Celtic Church practice of supporting the Family Abbey as the primary means of invoking a Christian mode of living: that is to say, "We teach through example in our homes."

A student of ancient and biblical history, nano-technologies and physics; Alfred is 50 years of age and the father of 6 children who range in age from 5~25 and is married to a Japanese national; he is a practicing aroma-therapist, goldsmith, sustainable lifestyle consultant, health-therapist (specializing in preventative medicine) and a master-craftsman; he and his family enjoy camping, woods-crafting & wild-crafting, sailing, surfing and windsurfing; practicing vegetarian cooking and non-cooking (vegan) lifestyle and has contributed to the formation of numerous well-known natural foods enterprises in the US and abroad. Alfred was one of the original 5 "brothers" who started the world-famous vegetarian "Source" restaurant in Hollywood-Beverly Hills. Both he and his wife together started the first successful NO-SMOKING! restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. Alfred also inspired the startup of many sustainable lifestyle communities, clinics and co-ops in numerous countries, in cooperation with National Universities and National and Local Government Officials. As an early pioneer in alternative education, he supported Montessori schooling since the late 60's and is an avid supporter of home-schooling and associtaed "Un-schooling" activities (wherever appropriate).

At present Alfred is working in communion with the Southern-Japan Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Okinawa in the field of modern-health ministries, vegetarian lifestyle counseling, as well as Bio-Dynamic Farming implementation. Alfred is also working on a book called "The Barefoot Ministers' Guide To Health Education; Preventative Practice and Procedures," to be released in the fall or winter of 2006.

Contact:

‡Bishop H. Alfred Goolsbee

Celtic Anabaptist Communion, Japan-Asia Conference

The Ancient Celtic Church: "Annat of the Sacred Union"

Japan (+9GMT) telephone: 81+ (90) 4221 7511