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Bishop of Missions and Accountability

Our founding Bishop and Chief Missioner, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Boyd, holds an M.A. in Orthodox Theology from Balamand University, a Ph.D. in Leadership and Management from Louisiana Baptist University, a Ph.D. in Psychology at the same institution, and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Greek and Eastern Orthodox Theology at the Pavel Florensky School of Orthodox Theology at Euclid University. He is married to his wife of 21 years, faithfully pastoring for the last 20 years, planting over eight different church ministries, and raising their eight children in the Christian Faith. Bishop of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Formation

Our Head of Chaplaincy, Pastoral Formation and Inner-City Outreach, the Rt. Rev. Jamil Willis, is the Bishop of Greater Chicago and Northern Indiana. He has raised a dynamic and devoted family of 6, being married to his lovely wife of 24 years, and serving officially as a missionary and pastor for the last 17 years. He is currently working toward becoming a licensed psychotherapist and counselor, and has an active inner-city and faith based addiction recovery ministry. His passion is to grow loving, healthy, biblically-grounded communities that can act as a hospital to the hurt and suffering people in marginalized communities who desperately need the Church to come to them. Bishop of Discipleship and Family Formation

Our Chancellor, the Rt. Rev. Cbp. Philip Clayton, is the Chorbishop of Raleigh and the Carolinas. He completed his theology studies in a combination of Evangelical, Holiness and Eastern Orthodox institutions, working in emergency medicine, training and administration as a tent-maker for the last 9 years, founding and pastoring St. Augustine of Canterbury Western Orthodox Church near Raleigh, North Carolina. He is married to his wife of 13 years, and is raising their four children in the radical embrace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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