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Top Left – Sanders Point outdoor chapel at Trinity Center
Top Right – Maundy Thursday foot washing for preschoolers at St. Andrew’s By-the-Sea, Nags Head
Bottom Left – dancers from Washington, N.C., celebrate Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe at La Sagrada Familia, Newton Grove
Bottom Right – “Wilderness Church” a Lenten offering at St. Paul’s, Greenville
On behalf of the good people of the Diocese of East Carolina, we welcome you to this season of discernment for our ninth bishop. Whether you choose to apply or not, we believe that your interest is part of a larger weaving of God’s Providence. We hope in sharing our story you will find a reflection of your own. Perhaps the Holy Spirit will inspire you to dig a bit deeper into the richness of the spiritual soil that is our beloved church community in this part of the vineyard. Our profile has been prayerfully designed to share the story of who we are as God’s people at this moment in salvation history; but more importantly it has been created to express who we are called to be “for a time such as this.”
Gracious and loving God, guide the hearts and minds of those among us who will search for a new bishop to lead the Diocese of East Carolina, that we may listen carefully to discern your will and call a bishop who will love and serve your people in all the communities of this diocese and lead us forward in new ways in our ministries and service to you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
We pray for a bishop with these personal qualities:
The heart of a servant who models by word and example the good news of Jesus Christ our Lord.
The will to embrace both challenges and opportunities in our diocese, our communities, and our nation.
The desire to hear stories, to build relationships, and to establish mutual trust.
The commitment to care deeply and to serve with humility and love.
The discipline toward a sustainable life of prayer, worship, study, and service.
The wisdom to foster ideas that both honor tradition and embrace innovation.
WE SEEK A BISHOP WITH SKILLS & ABILITIES TO:
1. Be Present and Engaged: A bishop who is visible and approachable in the diocesan community, visiting parishes regularly, and listening to the joys and concerns of all who gather.
2. Be a Shepherd for All People: A bishop who recognizes and celebrates the diversity of our unique diocese, including different cultures, languages, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and who has the desire and gifts to serve a broad geographical area with so many small parishes.
3. Be a Capable Leader: A bishop who organizes and facilitates the work of the diocese including the diocesan office staff and collaborates effectively and in an organized manner with the Diocesan Council, the Standing Committee, the various other committees, and the Diocesan Convention.
4. Be a Support to Clergy and Lay Leadership: A bishop who encourages and empowers clergy and lay, through clarity of roles and by pastoral presence.
5. Be a Strong Advocate for Vocation: A bishop who actively fosters and supports new vocations, including the flexible manner by which the discernment process for ordained ministry now operates in our diocese.
6. Be a Champion for Youth and Young Adults: A bishop who values and inspires the tangible engagement of youth and young adults across the diocese.
7. Be a Steward for Social Justice and Outreach: A bishop who takes action to help the poor, advocate for the marginalized, and address racial justice issues.
The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina generally covers the area from I-95 to the coast in the state of North Carolina and includes all or part of 32 counties (of the state’s 100). It is a five hour drive from one end (Currituck) to the other (Calabash) running north to south.
Commercial airports serve the geography of Eastern North Carolina, most notably: Wilmington (ILM), Jacksonville (OAJ), New Bern (EWN), Greenville (GVL), and Myrtle Beach (MYR).
Crafted by the leaders of this diocese and affirmed by its convention, these mission imperatives are rooted and grounded in our fundamental identity as “children of God, and heirs of the Kingdom” following the ways of the Episcopal tradition.
We are blessed by God with the beauty of earth and sky and sea and the diversity of people with whom we share our lives. As the Church, we are called to be good stewards of all God’s gifts and to use them to reconcile the world to God through Christ who dwells within each of us.
We lead by supporting diocesan churches and ministries as they identify and equip lay and clergy leaders to engage people in living more fully into their baptismal promises and covenant.
We serve by encouraging every congregation and ministry to build, strengthen, and support local networks of interfaith, ecumenical, and civic partnerships in order to serve the needs of the most vulnerable in their midst.
We learn by developing and hosting collaborative opportunities both online, hybrid, and in-person, focusing on lifelong formation that upholds the ministry of all the baptized.
We heal by advocating for justice and peace for all the children of God, working together to remove obstacles that prevent equitable access to resources while building bridges of reconciliation for the divisions between us and by inviting people into church communities of trust and growth.
1650s Permanent English settlement in East Carolina
1880 Bishop Atkinson introduces the subject of splitting the state into two dioceses
1701 Church of England becomes officially established in N.C. with organization of St. Paul’s, Edenton
1734 St. Thomas Church constructed in Bath; remains the oldest surviving church building in N.C.
1736 Construction begins on St. Paul’s, Edenton, the second oldest church building in N.C.
1883 Formation of the Diocese of East Carolina, emerging from the Diocese of North Carolina, along the western boundaries of Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Pitt, Green, Wayne, Sampson, Cumberland, and Robeson counties.
The diocese includes 32 counties from this line eastward to the Atlantic Ocean.
The original bishop’s residence is established in Wilmington.
The icon depicts the baptisms of Manteo and Virginia Dare, which took place in August 1587. These two baptisms were the first held by representatives of the Church of England in the New World. Manteo was baptized on Aug. 13. Virginia Dare was born on Aug. 18, and baptized on Aug. 20. The icon adorns the diocesan chapel in the Diocese of East Carolina.
1898 While not an event specifically “of” the Diocese of East Carolina, a pivotal event happened in 1898 that reflects the racism that is part of the broader cultural history of our region. Wilmington, the largest city in the state at the time, had elected for its city government members of a coalition of liberal Republicans and African-Americans. AfricanAmericans were the largest population group in Wilmington and had a vibrant community, including a daily newspaper, and served in the city government. The prominence of African-Americans angered much of the old-line white community, and so in November, 1898 a mob of white people drove out the officeholders, burned Black businesses (including the newspaper) attacked and killed Black residents. Many Black people fled to other areas, never to return. The white Democrats installed themselves in city offices, completing the only successful insurrection in the history of the U.S. Learn more here.
Today, to provide a better historical understanding of our Christian commitment to ongoing racial healing, Sacred Ground, a film and readings-based dialogue on race, is available via in person and Zoom-based small groups across our diocese.
The 2025 budget was adopted on Nov. 22, 2024. The diocese is in the midst of shifting Convention from February to November, and a budget-specific, mini-convention was held in November 2024. You can find the full budget and the narrative budget on the diocesan website.
The primary sources of revenue for the diocese include: Annual Parish Pledges, Interest Income, the Foreman Gift, and Foundation Support (draw set at 4%). For 2025, parishes were asked to pledge 10% of their operating income as reported in the 2023 parochial report.
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The budget expenses are categorized into three areas: Office of the Bishop, Administration, and Leadership Development. Most of it is staffing, but there are also some ministries that are part of the Office of the Bishop, and some that fall within Leadership Development.
*Includes $25,000 Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina Budget Line Item (Scholarship)
In addition to the operating revenue, Trinity Center receives funds from two other sources, both designated for maintenance. The 2025 Foundation investment income is $189,459 and the 2025 diocesan budget contribution is $40,000.
In 2024, Trinity Center received a $1 million anonymous gift for maintenance and capital improvements. The gift will be paid out over five years.
Spanish Language Ministry in the diocese is coordinated by the Rev. Frederick Clarkson who works closely with the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry in Newton Grove and La Sagrada Familia, which is among the largest Episcopal parishes in the diocese and is situated close to where many farmworkers are employed. La Sagrada Familia is a lively parish that recently celebrated the construction of its church building this year. For two decades, the parishioners worshiped under an open-air pavilion in good and inclement weather.
In addition to church services, La Sagrada Familia hosts many learning activities for the families of farmworkers. English as a Second Language classes are offered as well as beginning sewing classes, quilting, maternity suppers and food distribution. The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry is an interdiocesan ministry in partnership with the Diocese of North Carolina that tends to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of farmworkers.
There is also a Hispanic congregation at St. Peter’s, Washington. Since many of the Hispanic children are bilingual, children from both congregations participate together in Christian formation classes as well as pageants and other activities. Often there are services that use both English and Spanish.
St. James, Belhaven, has been intentional in engaging with the Spanish-speaking population in their area through hosting VBS and other events. This has resulted in strengthened relationships and even some confirmations among the Spanish-speaking congregation.
Interfaith Refugee Ministry (IRM) is dedicated to helping refugees rebuild their lives in Eastern North Carolina. IRM is an affiliate office of Episcopal Migration Ministry with a main office located in New Bern and a satellite office located at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Greenville. Refugees are primarily resettled in New Bern and Greenville as well as Carteret, Lenoir, Beaufort, Jones, Pamlico, and Greene counties. Initial support comes in the form of housing and furnishings, assistance to medical appointments, food, clothing, school enrollment, employment, and
transportation. Classes offered to adults include cultural orientation, job readiness, and English. Ongoing services are available to the newcomer for up to five years after their date of arrival.
IRM is included in the Diocesan budget, and consults the bishop for support and guidance. Funding for refugee services has traditionally come through federal grants and other fundraising efforts including their annual “Dinner on 5 Continents “ prepared and served by friends and many volunteers of the ministry.
From the moment they arrive, refugee clients receive care, hospitality, and assistance from professional affiliate staff and many church volunteers who welcome our newest neighbors through this ministry. Since 1992, IRM has resettled over 3,200 refugees who came to North Carolina and are now part of the fabric of many lives. Between 2020 to 2024, Interfaith has received refugees from Colombia, Syria, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Yemen.
In 2018, the diocese received a grant from the Lehto Foundation—out of Wrightsville Beach—that resulted in the formation of a committee of leaders from historically black churches in the diocese. These six congregations are St. Andrew’s (Goldsboro), St. Augustine’s (Kinston), St. Cyprian’s (New Bern), St. Joseph’s (Fayetteville), St. Mark’s (Wilmington), and St. Lukes & St. Anne’s (Roper). The group gathers regularly to create opportunities that will foster renewed community vision, share their experience of community, engage in evaluation, redevelopment, and renewal of relationships with historically black communities of faith in Eastern North Carolina.
In September 2023, the Rev. Skip Walker was called to serve on diocesan staff as the Coordinator of Ministry with People of African Descent. In this role, he serves as priest-in-charge of St. Mark’s and St. Joseph’s, while also working throughout the diocese to provide support for other historically Black churches.
Closely related is the Racial Healing Commission, providing leadership across the diocese through resources, trainings, formation opportunities and events like the Annual Jazz & Race Symposium. The Commission’s vision is “to promote the healing of the wounds of racism by truth-telling, demonstrating love for all of our neighbors, and striving for justice and peace among God’s people.”
At the present time, there are two locations in the diocese for Campus Ministry. The Well, an Episcopal-Lutheran collaboration, meets in Greenville at the Jesse R. Peel Center on the campus of East Carolina University. This group meets weekly for activity and dinner, which is often prepared by volunteers coming from one of its three partners—St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. There are two interim ministers who plan worship, activities and outreach with the students. The Well aspires to reach students from ECU as well as Pitt Community College.
The second ministry, the Episcopal Campus Christian Organization (ECCO) meets at Church of the Servant in Wilmington, adjacent to the campus of UNC-Wilmington. ECCO gathers on Tuesday evenings for a meal and program, planned by its campus minister. Parishes in the Wilmington area provide support to this campus ministry in various ways. ECCO hopes to reach students from UNCW as well as Cape Fear Community College.
The two groups gather yearly for a joint retreat at Trinity Center, and occasionally collaborate in other ways as well. Both The Well and ECCO have their own ministry advisory boards that support the paid ministers. In the fall of 2024, a group convened to consider what the future of campus ministry can look like; work towards that vision is ongoing.
Lifelong Christian Formation is an opportunity for children, youth, young adults, and adults to learn and grow in their faith as they journey through life. From cradle to grave, growing and living as a Christian in the world never ends. Lifelong Christian Formation in the Diocese of East Carolina seeks to equip individuals for ministry by curating resources, providing support, and fostering connection. Emily Gowdy Canady currently serves as the Missioner for Lifelong Christian Formation leading a variety of groups and initiatives.
Lifelong Christian Formation provides congregational support and professional consultation through formation events, classes, and workshops that are designed to supplement what is offered by our local congregations. The work encompasses age-specific and intergenerational ministry curriculum and resources, campus ministries, events, and more. It also includes organizing youth events such as Happening, New Beginnings, and other youth retreats.
Quarterly calls for formation leaders include resource sharing, topical trainings, and general vocational support, whether paid or unpaid. Seasonal studies for adults or other age groups are organized, supported, and facilitated by leaders across the diocese. The diocese also facilitates and promotes the Education for Ministry (EfM) program. Currently, there are active EfM groups in Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Kinston, Morehead City, and Wilmington.
Through collaboration between parishes, leaders and others, the Diocese of East Carolina makes, equips, and sends out disciples to serve God and their neighbors.
The Diocese of East Carolina is uniquely shaped by the presence of many small congregations that serve as vital centers of worship, community, and mission in their towns and regions. These churches—some nestled in coastal villages, others anchored in rural communities—often operate without fulltime, resident clergy. Many are lay-led or rely on the faithful ministry of supply priests who serve regularly or rotate among neighboring congregations.
Recognizing the distinct gifts and challenges of these communities, the Diocese has made intentional investments in the leadership, formation, and spiritual health of small congregations. We have embraced a model of ministry that values collaboration, relationship, and creativity. Lay leaders— wardens, worship leaders, and pastoral caregivers are equipped and supported to guide their congregations with confidence, clarity, and a deep commitment to the Gospel.
This work is not merely about sustaining small churches—it is about reimagining what vitality looks like in our time and place. In East Carolina, vitality is found not only in numbers, but in relationships, in resilience, and in a shared sense of purpose. Our small churches are places of profound hospitality, deep-rooted faith, and authentic community. They are often innovators in ministry and worship, and they are central to the Diocese’s vision of being the Body of Christ in diverse and dispersed ways.
The history of many congregations in East Carolina begins with a story of a group of local Anglicans gathering for bible study and worship with an occasional visit by a circuit rider priest. In many ways, our small churches have returned to their roots as they seek new models of ministry for the faithful folks who gather for worship each Sunday. We have made a concerted effort to dream up new models to support these congregations in clergy leadership. One of which is the local formation program for lay leaders, deacons, and priests that we call our “School for Ministry”.
As we expand our understanding of priestly formation, we have ordination candidates who go away for a residential seminary experience and those who remain home and participate in a hybrid or low residency M.Div. Program directed by our local School for Ministry, which brings together the cohort of ordinands with leaders and teachers within the diocese to prepare and form them for ordination. A council of experienced clergy, educators, and lay leaders serve to manage and facilitate the training schedule and classes.
Among the other topics covered in the School for Ministry are classes that especially support those who might serve in nontraditional parish settings, such as sustainable part-time ministry, congregational development, bi-vocational ministry, and intentional mutual ministry with lay leadership.
There is a strong sense of collegiality between clergy members in the diocese. Ongoing direct encouragement by the bishop and Canon for Leadership Development, as well as local/deanery peer groups, are needed and appreciated in order to continue building bridges and partnerships.
Being true to our faith in a more secular society and within a culture in which political beliefs come to take the form and place of religious belief is a difficult challenge. That struggle perhaps imperils the very survival of The Episcopal Church. “Where,” it has been asked, “are the prophetic voices lifting orthodox doctrine while pleading the cause of the marginalized groups?” Social justice is not a political aspiration, but a biblical mandate. To put the theology of The Episcopal Church front and center is an acknowledged imperative, but it must delineate that theology so that we, who believe that “being Christian looks like something,” can move forward.
There are a variety of church buildings in the diocese. Some lean into old architectural styles, and some more modern. Many also reflect the surrounding geography, be it farmland or waterways. As with many mainline traditions, we have congregations that are struggling with maintenance and upkeep in an ever more expensive building climate. Additionally, many churches are discerning best use of their property and buildings as aligns with both their needs and hopes for the future. Ongoing diocesan support for vestries and parishes wrestling with difficult choices regarding buildings is highly appreciated and needed.
While there will never stop being a need for more kingdom work to diversify our Christian community, foundational learning, acceptance, and transformation are taking place to guide us toward healing. The diocese is invested through people and finances in both Spanish language ministry and ministry with peoples of African descent. The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry is a central ministry of the diocese. Congregations and groups throughout the diocese support, lead, and foster relationship with the LGBTQIA+ community through pride month services and presence at pride fairs, educational programs, and health fairs. On April 2, 1977, the Rev. Wendy Raynor was ordained priest by the Rt. Rev. Hunley A. Elebash, and was the first woman ordained in North Carolina. Ever since then, the number of female clergy in the diocese is growing every year. As noted above, there is more work to be done on racial reconciliation and dedicated inclusion of all God’s people, and the Diocese of East Carolina is poised to be guided with conviction.
Several Eastern North Carolina locations are growing by leaps and bounds, and others remain on the downswing. According to census data from the News & Observer, Wilmington was the seventh fastest growing metro area in the country from 2020 to 2024 at almost 14%. Two coastal counties in that area ranked first and second in the state in estimated growth during the same period—Pender at 16.4% and Brunswick at 22.3%. Currituck County was fifth in the state at 14.9%. Four other counties experienced growth of over 5%. Eight counties of the diocese decreased in population, the majority by less than 5%, except Hertford County, which was last in the state’s growth, losing 11.1% of its population. The diocese has an opportunity in some places to grow the reach of The Episcopal Church, and at the same time, must have important, hard conversations in other areas.
Like The Episcopal Church at large, many of our congregations are aging. We heard repeatedly in listening groups about the increasing presence of young families, and the continued engagement and leadership from youth. Teenagers are invited to volunteer in their congregations and diocesan associations, including group visits to Camp Trinity, Youth Council, Happening, New Beginnings, youth meetings at Trinity Center, and diocese-wide. Many congregations are seeking new ways to interact with today’s generation that may not look like the programs of the past. Youth and young adults who participated in listening sessions expressed a desire for support from and relationship with a new bishop.
Ministry for college students, both traditional and non-traditional, is experiencing a reinvigoration of attention, talent, and resources, in East Carolina. A visioning process began in the fall of 2024 and has quickly resulted in increased connection and fellowship across both ECCO in Wilmington, and The Well in Greenville. There is room for more growth. With opportunity comes responsibility, and that of the diocese is to faithfully fund these ministries, even in their exploratory phases, to commit to the growth of the students that can be reached.
East Carolina does not have a cathedral. Indeed, one bishop once described his car as the cathedral since the diocese is so diverse and geographically spread out. Since 1983, diocesan staff have worked from the Diocesan House in Kinston, which is located in the center of the Diocese. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, at least one-third of all staff members now work from Diocesan House during the work week and people in hybrid positions are in the office about half the week.
More about our 10 hard working and professional diocesan staff members can be found online.
Doubtless, Trinity Center is in the hearts of many people in this diocese. Between Camp Trinity and Sound to Sea—the only residential environmental education program on the Outer Banks—Trinity Center receives thousands of students in grades 2 through 12 annually. The Conference Center receives hundreds of groups annually for meetings, reunions, education programs, Christian formation, and retreats. Trinity Center is a sacred soil where memories are planted, foundations laid, and loyal relationships nurtured. Trinity Center is recovering from the pandemic and a series of hurricanes. The cost of deferred maintenance and the lovely but occasionally imperiled site call for visionary fiscal stewardship by the very capable and creative leadership of the Center and its Board of Managers, assisted by the people of our diocese.
Understanding the fiscal realities imaginatively is a challenge throughout the diocese, as it is everywhere. The diocesan staff is “small and stretched”, as are staff and volunteers across the diocese. Living in our core diocesan missions also requires substantial financial commitments. The diocese’s investments in missions and projects have been extremely successful, but much more is needed, especially for our smaller parishes that cannot afford the presence of clergy.
There is the desire to enter this next phase of our common life together by innovating with purpose and intention. At times, this is to risk permitting a group to try something new without caveat. At times this is developing a project that is initiated by the diocese, initiated with end goals and a schedule. At times this is educating and equipping individuals to think creatively. We require a bishop who will faithfully and pastorally challenge us.
In some churches, priests have introduced new liturgies to acclimatize parishioners to ones supported by the General Convention. There are around 30 parishes in the diocese without resident clergy, the majority of them are served by lay leaders only. These churches need to be supported and clerics—deacons and/or priests—assigned to them to help at least from time to time with Eucharist services and to deal with the moral and personal problems of the congregation. There are less than half as many active priests in the diocese as there are retired priests, and there are only eight active deacons. It is up to us to train and ordain more deacons and priests.
With as many as 28 of our 67 parishes running basically on lay leadership, a concern for the preparation of individuals to serve in that office is important. There are many. Among them are those who are willing and able to step forward to lead their churches, and likely also individuals who would be willing but do not currently feel qualified. The diocese is able to strengthen, particularly in small parish life, the gifts of lay leadership through training, discipleship, and affiliation so that being lay-led is not a short-term solution to clergy, but a healthy and fruitful faith community in and of itself.
The shortage of clergy is well documented—and not specific to our diocese. Our diocese supports programs of formation that may include traditional three-year seminary, hybrid programs, and bi-vocational formats, among others, for the ordination of priests and deacons. To further construct a local formation, to subsidize residential seminarians, to investigate low-residency models, to advise potential candidates, and to construct diaconate calls are a few of the numerous needs. It will require a combination of various strategies in order to maintain the diocesan clergy development and placement.
The cultural and political climate of East Carolina is both dynamic and static. Keeping the rich cousins and the poor cousins in the same family is the work of a region that has plenty of small, old rural towns and a resort strip increasingly packed with folks moving into the area from elsewhere, people who typically have no heritage in East Carolina. Our challenge and opportunity is to respect multiple political worldviews while putting ourselves on a trajectory toward mutual ministry and healing.
During listening sessions, the discussions centered on defining what matters most to us and demanding a bishop who will be our voice. As in many dioceses, and as in The Episcopal Church in general, our congregants and churches are not in agreement on all theological, social, political, and relational issues. The task, and therefore opportunity, is to help decide and state how we may be one with each other in our life with Christ. “What I would love to be able to do is to take an institution which was built and established for some period and some location and carry it forward into the contemporary era in a way which enables it to enter the world in which we now live.” Bishop Rowe’s exhortation to challenge the church is one many share within the Diocese of East Carolina.
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You can be at the beach in less than 2.5 hours from any Episcopal Church in our diocese.
More than 10 minor league and independent baseball teams play in Eastern North Carolina.
The Big Rock Blue Marlin fishing tournament takes place in Morehead City each year.
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Incredible scuba diving can be found just off our coastline, including the site of a sunken U-boat 352.
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We’re famous for our BBQ and vinegar-based sauce.
There are vibrant music and arts festivals held throughout the year in the region.
In just a five-hour drive from the diocese, you can access ski slopes.
God has blessed us with amazing agriculture and food culture, which was beautifully documented in the Peabody and Daytime Emmy award winning PBS show “A Chef’s Life”.
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There are excellent public and private colleges and universities in the diocese.
Did we mention—the beach, fishing, kayaking, hiking, cycling, and fresh seafood?! Also notable, the swamps of the southernmost portion of our diocese are the sole habitat of the Venus flytrap and certain other species of insectivorous pitcher plants and Sundews, as well as terrestrial orchids like the yellow fringe.
Thank you for participating in the search for the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina. Please follow the instructions below to apply:
STEP ONE: Fill out this brief application form.
STEP TWO: Send an email to application@decbishopsearch.com with the following attachments:
1. A signed consent and authorization form
2. Your curriculum vitae/resume
3. A current Office of Transitional Ministry (OTM) profile
4. An autobiographical statement (maximum of 500 words)
5. Your written response to the following three questions (maximum 250 word response per question):
• Describe your relationship with Jesus Christ and tell us where you find abiding joy in the Gospel, as well as the basis for your passion for its proclamation.
• Describe your approach to ministry in a divided nation and world? How do you go about respecting the dignity of every human being when the understanding of our humanity can be deeply different?
• Why this diocese? Explain what excites you about the Diocese of East Carolina.
STEP THREE: Request letters of recommendation from three references.
1. Please provide the following instructions to your references.
2. The three reference letters must be received directly from your references.
3. Please include a member of the clergy of The Episcopal Church, a lay member of the church, and an interested person who is not your spouse, relative, or a person under your direct supervision. Please complete this application process electronically by accessing the following link:
All parts of the application packet must be received no later than Friday, May 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Please contact application@decbishopsearch.com with any questions.