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Our Structure and Leadership Anglican Mission is under the direct authority of the Anglican Province of Rwanda and its Archbishop. The Province has authorized the consecration of missionary bishops given the responsibility to lead Rwanda’s missionary outreach to North America. The bishops who provide oversight to the Anglican Mission are not “Anglican Mission bishops” but rather bishops of the Province of Rwanda and members of its House of Bishops. Who’s Who in the Anglican Mission
AMiA Council of Bishops 
The Rt. Rev. Charles Hurt (Chuck) Murphy, III is a Missionary Bishop of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and a bishop of, and chairman of, the Anglican Mission in The Americas.
He served as Rector of All Saints Church, Pawleys Island, SC for over 20 years, and was the one who convened and later chaired the First Promise Movement that led to the formation of AMiA. Bishop Murphy graduated from the University of Alabama, then studied under Dr. J.I. Packer of Trinity College in England before completing his theological training at the University of the South. He served several Episcopal congregations before being called to All Saints in 1982. Murphy has led Vestry Workshops, Leadership Training Conferences, and has taught on many subjects throughout the U.S. Murphy is the son, brother and brother-in-law of Episcopal priests. He and his wife Margaret have been married for over 30 years and they have three grown daughters.
The Rt. Rev. Thaddeus Rockwell (Thad) Barnum serves as Missionary Bishop in the Anglican Mission in The Americas in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Thad attributes much of his early training and ministry to nine years (1978-87) spent at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Darien, Connecticut under the leadership and anointed preaching of the Rev. Terry Fullam. During those days, his love for expository preaching began and continues to this day. In 1987, Thad was called to plant a new church in Alliquippa, Pennsylvania- a dying mill town. During his years as rector (1987-95), Prince of Peace Episcopal Church grew to over 300 with over 30 ministries active in all facets of parish life. During this time, Thad also served in many other capacities such as Field Education Mentor at Trinity School for Ministry, Chaplain to South American Missionary Society, Chaplain at the USAir Pittsburgh Airplane Crash site for Flight 427, and Chairman of the Mustard Seed Project which provides “Acts of Mission, Acts of Mercy in East and Central Africa.” In 1997, Thad and his wife Erilynne moved to Pawleys Island to serve as Directors of Missions at the North American Missionary Society and 1998, the two of them joined the All Saints staff. They relocated to Connecticut in order to help plant a new congregation (Apostles in Fairfield) and develop a North East Network for the Anglican Mission. The Rt. Rev. Alexander Maury (Sandy) Greene is Rector of the Anglican Church of the Spirit in Littleton Colorado, after serving five years as Rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Before coming to Denver he was rector of St. Andrew’s-by-the-Sea, Destin, Florida. Sandy’s passion in the ministry has been the raising up and mentoring of clergy and lay leaders. He is a graduate of Yale University and the General Theological Seminary. Moreover, he has experienced a lifetime of training in ministry and congregational leadership from a number of clergy and many gifted lay folk in parishes that he has served. Bishop Greene is also working with emerging Hispanic ministries within the Anglican Mission in the United States and Puerto Rico. He and his wife Georgeanna or “Gigi,” are celebrating over thirty-five years of marriage. They have four sons, three daughters-in-law and a grandson. The Rt. Rev. Thomas William (TJ) Johnston, Jr. is Rector at St. Peter's in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, after having served as Rector of St. Andrew's in Little Rock from 1998-2005. St. Andrew’s is the first lay initiated church plant in the Anglican Mission in America. The church grew from a living room of fifteen people to over three hundred in attendance each Sunday. St. Andrew’s remains committed to planting new Apostolic churches. TJ graduated from Sewanee with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. After working as a forester with Union Camp Corporation in Virginia, he entered law school in the fall of 1980. After graduating from Cumberland School of Law, he returned to Charleston, South Carolina to practice law as a trial lawyer until 1991 when he followed God’s leading to seminary and along a path to ordained ministry. TJ attended seminary at the University of the South, The School of Theology, and graduated in May 1994 with a Masters in Divinity degree. He served Grace Church, Charleston, SC, as an assistant for two years, when in 1996 he became the assistant to the Rev. Chuck Murphy at All Saints Parish, Pawleys Island, SC. TJ has worked as a volunteer with the Episcopal Bishop in Haiti, the Right Rev. Luc Garnier. His role has been to coordinate partnership relationships between churches and schools in Haiti and churches and schools in the United States with a focus on rural education and health issues. TJ continues to be involved with this work. He currently provides oversight for Mission Networks. TJ and his wife Rees have two children. The Rt. Rev. John Hewitt Rodgers, Jr.(Retired) has served as a Missionary Bishop of the Province of South East Asia and as a bishop of the Anglican Mission in America. He was formerly Dean/President of the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA from 1978-1990. He also served as President of the Association of the Anglican Congregations on Mission (AACOM). Many of these congregations have now joined AMiA. Bishop Rodgers graduated from the US Naval Academy and received his theological degrees from Virginia Seminary (where he was later a Professor of Systematic Theology from 1963 to 1976) and the University of Basel Switzerland. He has served in many leadership roles in the Episcopal Church and in ecumenical councils, and is a speaker and teacher of international reputation. Bishop Rodgers has been appointed for a one-year term as Interim Dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry beginning August 1, 2007.
The Work of the Council of Bishops
As a religious not-for-profit corporation, the Anglican Mission has established Bylaws as well as a Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for overseeing all legal and financial matters for the Anglican Mission, emphasizing accountability and proper stewardship of our resources. The officers of the Board include its President who also serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Anglican Mission. The President oversees the daily operations and management of the Anglican Mission and its National Mission Resource Center staff. The national team implements the “big picture” vision cast by the Council of Bishops and provides support to the bishops, Mission Networks and local congregations. In his capacity as President, Canon Brust will often be sent out to represent the Anglican Mission both domestically and internationally. In addition to preaching and teaching around the Mission, he is frequently asked to accompany the Chairman and/or the Archbishop to significant gatherings and to represent them when appropriate. Canon Brust will be asked to join the Council of Bishops in its strategic planning for new national initiatives and to work with our Mission Network leadership teams on their local Mission initiatives. As Chief Executive Officer at the National Mission Resource Center, he will also be asked to play a key role in affiliating new congregations, supervising clergy deployment and assisting our congregations with conflict resolution and crisis management.
The Anglican Mission is organized into Mission Networks which are affinity and geographically-based groups of congregations working together to live out the Great Commission and fulfill specific ministry initiatives. Mission Networks are designed to fulfill the Anglican Mission’s commitment to “glorify God by gathering, planting and serving dynamic congregations.” Mission Networks serve as a gateway to develop communities in which leadership and churches grow and flourish. Primary oversight of the Anglican Mission is provided through its Chairman who is appointed by the Province of Rwanda. Missionary bishops form a Council of Bishops, and the Chairman of Anglican Mission also chairs this Council. The Council of Bishops provides oversight to clergy, congregations and Mission Networks; casts the “big picture” vision for the Anglican Mission; and ensures theological alignment with historic Christianity as received by the one holy catholic and apostolic faith.
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The Most Rev. Emmanuel Mbona Kolini is Archbishop of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and Bishop of Kigali.
