St. George's Anglican Clergy

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The Rt. Rev. Robert William Duncan is Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, chairman of the Common Cause Partnership, and Bishop of Pittsburgh since 1997. Bishop Duncan has devoted himself to mission and evangelism throughout his years of ministry, with a special passion for reaching adolescents and young adults. He has also led short-term missions in Haiti, Trinidad, and Rwanda. He is a champion of the poor and dispossessed of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, encouraging creative urban church-planting, as well as many other church-plants. Recognized internationally for his commitment to capacity-building in the two-thirds world, Bishop Duncan served on the Programme Committee of the Network for Anglicans in Mission and Evangelism, an agency created at the 1998 Lambeth Conference. In 2004 Bishop Duncan was a driving force in the creation of the Anglican Relief and Development Fund, a multi-million dollar enterprise for which he continues to serve as President. He was graduated with honors from Trinity College in Hartford in 1970 and from the General Theological Seminary in 1973. Bishop Duncan is married to Nara, and they have one daughter, a son-in-law, and two grandchildren.

The Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns is missionary bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA). Prior to serving as CANA’s diocesan, Bishop Minns was rector of the historic Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia for 15 years. With over 30 years of pastoral experience his ministry has emphasized an evangelical call to worldwide mission, outreach to the poor, and fidelity to the historic Christian faith as revealed in Holy Scripture and the creeds of the church. In 2006, Bishop Minns was consecrated by the Most Reverend Peter J. Akinola, Primate of the Church of Nigeria. In that same year Bishop Minns was installed as CANA’s missionary bishop. Bishop Minns earned has a Master of Divinity degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Birmingham, England. He is married to Angela, and they have five grown children.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. David J. Bena is Suffragan Bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA). Bishop Bena joined CANA in March 2007 to assist its Missionary Bishop Martyn Minns. Previously Bishop Bena served as Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany. With over three decades of pastoral ministry Bishop Bena is a staunch supporter of the Anglican Communion and traditional theology. A graduate of Stetson University, his professional background includes service as a Marine officer in the Vietnam War. After which Bishop Bena completed his seminary training at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. Subsequently ordained as priest Bishop Bena returned to military service as a chaplain in the Air Force. After his military service he served as a parish priest for over two decades. In the process Bishop Bena earned a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Foundation, which is an inter-religious faculty based in South Bend, Indiana. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the Virginia Theological Seminary. Bishop Bena and his wife Mary Ellen have been married for 40 years. They have three grown children, and are the proud grandparents of four grandchildren.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Alpha Mohamed is the founder of the Anglican Evangelistic Association in Dodoma, Tanzania and the former diocesan of the Rift Valley in East Africa. At the age of 19 Bishop Mohamed committed his life to Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. He studied at Alliance Secondary School, Dodoma, Tanzania and later at theological colleges in Tanzania, Israel, Australia and the U.S.A. He was ordained in 1967, consecrated Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika in 1976. In 1981 he became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro and in 1992 became the first Bishop of the Diocese of the Rift Valley. Bishop Mohamed is an evangelist with a heart for missions and a history of planting churches, schools, and an orphanage for children with AIDS. He is married to Marian Violet and they have six grown children.

The Rev. Donald Armstrong III is rector of St. George's Anglican Church, a parish of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) in Colorado Spring, Colorado. With nearly three decades of parish ministry experience, Father Armstrong is a tireless advocate of the institutional church's role in the evangelism and social transformation of culture from the personal and local to the national and global. He is editor of The Truth about Jesus (Eerdmans), Who Do You Say That I Am (Eerdmans) and many other theological and ecclesiastical monographs and papers. Father Armstrong holds degrees from the Virginia Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and the University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A.). He is also a U.S. Army veteran with combat service in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. Residing in Colorado Springs, he and his wife, Jessie, have two grown children.

The Rev. Eric Zolner is vicar of St. George's Anglican Church. He was ordained in 2000 and has served parishes in Boulder and Colorado Springs and has worked with Father Armstrong since 2003. Father Zolner specializes in youth ministry and has over 15 years of experience in that field. He graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1995 with a degree in psychology and received his M.Div. from the Seminary of the Southwest in 2000. In addition to his work at St. George's Eric is a competitive cyclist and races on the Pikes Peak Velo cycling team and is in the process of forming the CPRacing cycling team. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Lisa and daughters Allyson and Natasha.

The Rev. Alan R. Crippen II volunteers as an assisting priest at St. George’s Anglican Church. Father Crippen is the founder and president of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society and Law. Previously Father Crippen served for nine years as founding rector of the Witherspoon Fellowship, a leading civic and cultural leadership development program for college-age students based in Washington, D.C. He has two decades of experience in non-profit executive management and college level teaching including vice-president for policy and academic affairs at Family Research Council, senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and director of development at International Students, Inc. in Colorado Springs. His military service includes platoon and battery command as well as various battalion staff operations and planning positions in the U.S. Army Field Artillery. Father Crippen's vocational passion is for the formation of young leaders who aspire to public life. He is particularly inspired to prepare them with the contours of a worldview, knowledge, and piety requisite for faithful Christian service in the public square. Father Crippen holds degrees from Westminster Theological Seminary (M.A.R.) and Philadelphia Biblical University (B.S.) and is an ordained presbyter in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA). He is married to Michelle and they have five children.

The Rev. Michael Williams volunteers as an assisting Priest at St. George’s and as Governmental (State/Federal) Chaplaincies Coordinator for the CANA Bishop for Chaplaincies (www.cana-chaplains.org). A 1977 graduate of Iowa State University, he was awarded a B.A. in Political Science and a Commission in the U.S. Air Force on the same day. Father Williams attended Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry (M.Div.), and was ordained Priest in 1990 in the town of North Pole, Alaska. Following two Cold War-era Air Force tours of duty, he was called to St. Paul’s Episcopal, Grand Forks, ND in ‘91 where he served as rector. He returned to the Air Force in 1995, this time as a Chaplain, and retired as a veteran from active duty in late 2009. During his military service, Fr. Williams deployed frequently to include tours in Alaska (4 winters), Greece, England, Okinawa, Guam, Texas, Saudi Arabia (Operation Southern Watch), U.A.E., Oman and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom). Fr. Williams’ on-going ministry passion is, 1) to labor in the power of Jesus Christ for the spiritual well-being and healing of those who serve and those who have served in our military forces and their families (especially in the areas of Post Traumatic Stress & Traumatic Brain Injury), and 2) to assist in preparing and mentoring Chaplain Candidates and clergy who aspire to serve in Governmental Chaplaincies. He and his wife Becky have 3 daughters, one son-in-law and one grand daughter.

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