Happy New Year, Gulf Atlantic Diocese! I pray your 2024 has started well and also that you are thriving in the Season of Epiphany. I love the season of Epiphany’s emphasis on Making Christ Jesus known, that he might be worshiped and obeyed from our neighborhoods to the ends of the Earth.…
December 2023 Announcements
Dynamos 34: March 1–3 Anglican Frontier Missions Launches New 4-Week Curriculum AFM has just published Fulfilling the Great Commission Anglicanly, a 4-week introductory study on global missions. The teachings are fully online, and the materials … Read More
Strategic Plan Overview
Bishop Alex and his staff unveiled the 2023-2028 Strategic Plan at Synod. This plan is the result of the work of many dozens of people representing the entire Diocese, laboring for over 10 months.…
Equipping the Saints: Spring 2024 Center for Ministry Training Event
Equipping the Saints Weekend is designed to train parishes across our diocese in areas of ministry that were identified at the diocesan strategic planning meeting in May 2023.
2024 Staffing Changes
As we celebrate the new start to the Church year, the diocesan staff is celebrating some new additions to our team beginning January 1. Please cover these individuals and their ministries in prayer, that their … Read More
“Fifty Flourishing” in Five Years: Announcing the 2023-2028 Strategic Plan
I want to share with you about the future of our Diocese and the new Strategic Plan. But before I do that I want to tell you that, having visited most of our 42 churches over the last twelve months, I have personally seen: God raising up new leaders among us, God addressing our desire to reach the next generation of the Church, and God drawing others from outside our tribe tooling us up for a new season of growth.
2023 Synod Recap & Election Results
The time delegates and guests shared in Tallahassee, Florida, last month was truly a time of encouraging and building up one another, just as the Apostle Paul commanded in 1 Thessalonians 5. The Holy Spirit was at work through our Clergy Conference and Annual Synod, and if you missed the recap we sent out afterward, we encourage you to read this overview of what took place.
On Sabbath Rest and Re-Creation
Greetings Gulf Atlantic Diocese, I am writing to you between another glorious week at Camp Araminta and my last week of vacation. This year at our Camp, we saw wonderful responses by campers commiting to … Read More
No Quick Fixes or Silver Bullets
When talking about “strengthening existing churches,” it is always good to start out by remembering that there are no quick fixes or silver bullets. If your church is hoping that there is the “one thing” … Read More
Guatemala 2023 (Christchurch Montgomery)
Ben Cheney, Director of Media MinistriesChristchurch, Montgomery, AL This past June 18-25, five high school and college students and four adults from Christchurch Montgomery traveled on a short-term mission trip to Panajachel, Guatemala. There they … Read More
Soul in the City 2023 Recap
Grace Anglican Church | Fleming Island, FL Rev. Jack McNeil, Director of Youth & Families Praise God! Soul in the City at Grace Anglican was a great success in 2023 on a number of fronts. … Read More
Araminta 2023 Recap
Camp Araminta provides the youth of our diocese with a short-term intense experience of Christian community and discipleship. Camp 2023 was no exception! The Araminta community comprised 274 souls from 14 Anglican churches, including our … Read More
Cathedral hosts Workshop on Art and Faith
St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral recently hosted Kurt Caddy, the founder of Fourwinds Faith and Art. Fourwinds is a ministry inspiring the church to engage with the arts in discipleship, worship, and evangelism. He works to … Read More
Summer 2023 Email Safety Tips
I’m sure by now many of you have received at least one email claiming to be your rector, boss, or friend, asking you to “do a favor” or “a special task.” Some have even gone … Read More
Looking Ahead: Reflections on GAFCON IV and our Strategic Planning Process
Dear people of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese: It has been a very full two months since I last wrote you at Easter! Five visits to parishes in three states, two ordinations, an American Anglican Council … Read More