Standing Committee Announces 13th Bishop Search Committee Members

Standing Committee Announces 13th Bishop Search Committee Members

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

            With prayer and specific inspiration from the Holy Spirit, your Standing Committee has selected the following to serve on the Search Committee for the Thirteenth Bishop of Alabama.  In making each selection, the Standing Committee solicited input from Carpenter House and many others across the Diocese.  The Search Committee includes clergy, laity, men, and women, with attention to racial, geographic, LGBTQ, and political diversity.  All of our first choices accepted.  Please pray deeply for the Search Committee members as they begin their work.

Todd Hollifield (Chair)Birmingham – All Saints
Cornelia Heflin (Co-Chair)Sheffield – Grace
Rev. Kaki O’Flinn (Chaplain)Birmingham – Saint Mary’s on the Highlands
Rev. Pete BurgessAuburn – Holy Trinity
Rev. John BurrusBirmingham – Saint Stephen’s
Rev. Sarah DiCarlo-WattsDecatur – Saint John’s
Rev. Carolyn FosterBirmingham – Saint Mark’s
John HargroveBirmingham – Advent
Linda KennedyBirmingham – Saint Mary’s on the Highlands
Rev. Jane MajorGreensboro – Saint Paul’s
Jace Nixon (Youth)Huntsville – Canterbury; Scottsboro – Saint Luke’s; Madison – Saint Matthew’s
Richard NorrisMontgomery – Ascension
Patricia PinchbackMontgomery – Good Shepherd
Rev. Mark WaldoMillbrook – Saint Michael and All Angels – Retired Montgomery – Saint John’s – Part-Time

                                                                                    Maibeth J. Porter

                                                                                    President
                                                                                    Standing Committee
                                                                                    February 7, 2025