THE RT. REV. IAN T. DOUGLAS PH.D. 1 Collins Lane Essex, Connecticut

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1 THE RT. REV. IAN T. DOUGLAS PH.D. 1 Collins Lane Essex, Connecticut CURRENT POSITION Bishop Diocesan The Episcopal Church in Connecticut The Commons 290 Pratt Street, Box 52 Meriden, Connecticut x 111 (office) (cell) ORDINATION Bishop: The Diocese of Connecticut - 17 April, 2010 Priest: The Diocese of Western Massachusetts - 24 June, 1989 Deacon: The Diocese of Western Massachusetts - 11 June, 1988 Dioceses served in an ordained capacity: L Eglise Episcopale D Haiti (Postulant) Western Massachusetts Massachusetts Connecticut Canonical Training Sexual Misconduct Awareness Training: February 1994, April 2010 Child Abuse Awareness Training: November 1994, April 2010 Ongoing Antiracism and Multiculturalism Training with VISIONS inc. CREDO #127: September 2000

2 I. T. Douglas, page 2 MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE Angus Dun Professor of Mission and World Christianity, Episcopal Divinity School - Cambridge, Massachusetts Associate Priest, St. James s Episcopal Church - Cambridge, Massachusetts Consultant to the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, The Episcopal Church Center - New York, New York Adjunct Faculty in Contemporary Society, Episcopal Divinity School - Cambridge, Massachusetts Teaching Assistant, Boston University School of Theology - Boston, Massachusetts Associate for Overseas Leadership Development, The Episcopal Church Center - New York, New York Volunteer for Misssion L'Eglise Episcopale d'haiti (The Episcopal Church of Haiti) Chaplain Intern/Clinical Pastoral Education, Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, Massachusetts EDUCATION Boston University - Boston, Massachusetts Ph.D. Religious Studies, January 1993 Concentration: Religion and Culture in Modern Society/Missiology Dissertation: Fling Out the Banner: The National Church Ideal and the Foreign Mission of the Episcopal Church Harvard Divinity School - Cambridge, Massachusetts Master of Divinity, June 1983 Thesis: Haiti: An Overview of Its Political and Religious History

3 I. T. Douglas, page 3 Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, Massachusetts Master of Education, June 1982 Concentration: Counseling and Consulting Psychology Middlebury College - Middlebury, Vermont Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, June 1980 Major: Political Science The Lawrence Academy - Groton, Massachusetts High School Diploma, May 1976 RELATED EXPERIENCE AND APPOINTMENTS General Church The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church General Convention Elected Member, International Concerns Committee Subcommittee to Respond to the Primates Communiqué Working Group to Respond to the Anglican Covenant Chair, INC055 Study Committee on the United Thank Offering House of Deputies of the General Convention of The Episcopal Church Clerical Deputy from the Diocese of Massachusetts, 76 th General Convention, Anaheim, 2009 Deputation Chair World Mission Legislative Committee and Subcommittee responding to 2006-B th General Convention, Columbus, Deputation Chair Special Legislative Committee on The Episcopal Church and The Anglican Communion 74 th General Convention, Minneapolis, 2003 National and International Concerns Legislative Committee 73 rd General Convention, Denver, 2000 Social and Urban Affairs Legislative Committee

4 I. T. Douglas, page 4 House of Deputies of the General Convention of The Episcopal Church Press Briefing Officer 74 th General Convention, Minneapolis, rd General Convention, Denver, 2000 Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation Founder and Board of Directors, Episcopal Seminary Consultation on Mission Convener, Secretary, Staff Representative, The Episcopal Church Center, College for Bishops of The Episcopal Church Design Group, Project Resource, 2014 Advisory Board, Curriculum Review Committee, The Episcopal Church and Diocese of Virginia Expert Witness in Circuit Court of Fairfax, Virginia, Fall 2007, The Episcopal Church and Diocese of Virginia vs. the Convocation of Anglicans in North America and the Anglican District of Virginia The Episcopal Church Foundation Fellows Forum, Founding Organizer and Convener, Evaluator of Graduate Fellowship Applications, , 2006 Special Commission on The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion Co-Chair and Primary Author of Report, Theology Committee of the House of Bishops Academic Member, Church Publishing Incorporated Collections Editor, International and Anglican Titles, Anglican Theological Review Strategic Evaluation Task Force Editorial Subcommittee,

5 I. T. Douglas, page 5 House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church Coordinator, September 2001 Meeting, Burlington, Vermont Planning Committee, Consultant to the Presiding Bishop: The Most Rev. Frank Griswold Missiologists Consultation, June 2001 Pre-Primates Meeting Consultations, February 2000, March 2001, March 2002 Theologians Consultation Participant, June 2000 Episcopal Council for Global Mission Organizational Representative, Planning Committee for Partnership Proposal, Steering Committee, , Representative, General Convention of the Episcopal Church Phoenix 1991, Indianapolis 1994, Philadelphia 1997 Founding Member, Episcopal Church Publishing Company Board of Directors, World Mission/Anglican & Global Relations Office, Episcopal Church Center Consultant/Trainer for Missionary Orientation Programs, 1986-present The Witness Magazine Contributing Editor, Vital Signs Advisory Committee, Hartford Seminary/Lily Endowment Research Project: Organizing Religious Work for the 21st Century - Exploring Denominationalism Contributor for the History of The Episcopal Church, Standing Commission on World Mission, The General Convention of the Episcopal Church Chair, Secretary, #D016 Working Group on the Mission Structures of the Episcopal Church Organizing Chair and Member,

6 I. T. Douglas, page 6 Anglican and Episcopal History International Editor, Historical Society of the Episcopal Church Board of Directors, Episcopal Evangelical Education Society Merit Scholarship Evaluator, 1993 Deputy to the Senior Executive/Mission Operations, The Episcopal Church Center Advisory Group, Anglican Communion Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion Elected by the Anglican Consultative Council, 2009-present Anglican Consultative Council Bishop Member for The Episcopal Church, 2010-present Priest Member for The Episcopal Church, Theological Education in the Anglican Communion (TEAC) Consultant, Journal of Anglican Studies Editorial Board, 2002-present Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops 2008 Design Group, Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism Member, Global Anglicanism Project (GAP), Episcopal Church Foundation Founder and Member of the Management Team,

7 I. T. Douglas, page 7 Anglican Contextual Theologians Network Founder, Consultation Organizer - Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2003 Anglican Primates Special Working Party on Theological Education Member, Anglican Consultative Council Communications Team, ACC 11 - Dundee, Scotland, September 1999 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops, 1998 Consultant, Section III Called to be a Faithful Church in a Plural World Anglican Observer at the United Nations Advisory Board, Konbit, Haitian-American Solidarity Alliance Member, Friends of the Holy Trinity Music School, Port-au-Prince Board of Directors, Haitian/American Episcopal School Partnership Program Program Consultant, Anglican Council of North America and the Caribbean Staff Representative for The Episcopal Church, 1985 PUBLICATIONS Books: Understanding the Windsor Report: Two Leaders in the American Church Speak Across the Divide. Co-author with Paul Zahl. New York: Church Publishing, Waging Reconciliation: God s Mission in a Time of Globalization and Crisis. Editor. New York: Church Publishing, 2002

8 I. T. Douglas, page 8 Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: The Anglican Communion in the Twenty-First Century. Co-editor with Kwok Pui Lan. New York: Church Publishing Inc., Fling Out The Banner: The National Church Ideal and the Foreign Mission of the Episcopal Church. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, Book Chapters and Academic Articles: Oxford University Press Handbook of Anglican Studies. Consultant. Oxford: Oxford University Press, expected W(h)ither the National Church - Revisited: Changing Mission Structures of the Episcopal Church Varghese, Winnie editor. What Shall We Become: The Future and Structure of The Episcopal Church. New York: Church Publishing, pp Forward Zscheile, Dwight J. People of the Way. New York: Church Publishing, pp. i-iv. Equipping for God s Mission: The Missiological Vision of the 2008 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops The International Bulletin of Missionary Research 33 (No 1, January 2009): pp Anglicanism with James Tengatenga Johnson, Todd and Kenneth Ross, eds. Atlas of Global Christianity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp The Missiological Significance of Listening in a Globalized World of Identities and Differences Groves, Phillip, ed. The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality: A resource to enable listening and dialogue. London: Society Promoting Christian Knowledge, pp

9 I. T. Douglas, page 9 Justice and Restoration: A Tribute Jones, Sarah Rowland ed. Faith in Action A Festschrift for Njongonkulu Ndungane. Wellington, South Africa: Lux Verbi, pp Called to Reconciliation: The Challenge of Globalization and the Anglican Communion Barbara, Barbara, ed. I have Called You Friends: Reflections on Reconciliation in honor of Frank T. Griswold. Cambridge: Cowley Publications, pp Inculturation and Anglican Worship Hefling, Charles and Cynthia L. Shattuck, eds. The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey. New York: Oxford University Press, pp An American Reflects on the Windsor Report Journal of Anglican Studies 3.2 (December 2005): pp Authority, Unity and Mission in the Windsor Report Anglican Theological Review 87 (#4 Fall 2005): pp Chapter 2 - The Mission of God Alkire, Sabina and Edmund Newell. What Can one Person Do? Faith to Heal a Broken World. New York: Church Publishing, pp Anglican Mission in Changing Times: A Brief Institutional History of the Episcopal Church, USA Roozen, David A. and James R. Nieman. eds. Church, Identity, and Change. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, pp Thankful for their Offerings: Women in the Foreign Mission of the Episcopal Church in the 20 th Century. Thompsett, Fredrica Harris and Sheryl Kujawa Holbrook, eds. Deeper Joy: Laywomen and Vocation in the 20 th -Century Episcopal Church. New York: Church Publishing, Inc., pp Anglicans Gathering for God s Mission: A Missiological Ecclesiology for the Anglican Communion Journal of Anglican Studies 2.2 (December 2004): pp

10 I. T. Douglas, page 10 Forward Kaye, Bruce. Reinventing Anglicanism. New York: Church Publishing Inc., Anglicanism - Encyclopedia article Bowden, John, editor. Christianity: A Complete Guide. London: Continuum Press, Anglicanism - Encyclopedia article Riggs, Thomas J., editor. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Missoula, MT: The Gale Group, On the Power of Bishops: Lessons from the Missionary Episcopate The Lutheran Forum 37 (No. 1, Summer 2003): pp The Clash of Global Christianity Review article Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of World Christianity, in: The World and I, February 2003, pp Essential Reading: Missiology Anglican Theological Review 84 (no.3, Summer 2002): pp Forward Schwab, Wayne. When the Members are Missionaries. Essex, New York: Member Mission Press, Globalization and the Local Church Stackhouse, Max. et al., eds. The Local Church in a Global Era. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, pp Introductory Remarks: The Episcopal Church Foundations Fellows Forum Anglican Theological Review 82 (no.4, Fall 2000): pp Anglican Identity and the Missio Dei: Implications for the American Convocation of Churches in Europe Anglican Theological Review 82 (no.3, Summer 2000): pp

11 I. T. Douglas, page 11 Whither the National Church? Reconsidering the Mission Structures of the Episcopal Church Slocum, Robert, ed. A New Conversation: Essays on the Future of Theology and the Episcopal Church. New York: Church Publishing Inc., pp Baptized into Mission: Ministry and Holy Orders Reconsidered Sewanee Theological Review 40 (no. 4, Michaelmas 1997): pp Lambeth 1998 and the Challenge of Pluralism The Anglican 26 (no. 3, July 1997): pp Dictionary entries for Samuel David Ferguson and John Armitage Staunton Anderson, Gerald H. ed. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. New York: Simon & Schuster, Missionary Tensions: A Case Study from Africa Stockdale, Sharon J. ed. New Wineskins for Global Mission. Pasadena: William Carey Library, pp (Co-authored with Titus Presler) A Light to the Nations: Episcopal Foreign Missions in Historical Perspective Anglican and Episcopal History 62 (December 1992): pp A Lost Voice: Women's Participation in the Foreign Mission Work of the Episcopal Church, Anglican and Episcopal History 62 (March 1992): pp Major Church Reports and Publications: Responses to the Draft Anglican Covenant Report of the Executive Council to the Anglican Covenant Drafting Group, Nassau Draft, October 2007 St. Andrew s Draft, November 2008

12 I. T. Douglas, page 12 One Baptism, One Hope in God s Call (Primary Author) Report of the Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion (Co-Chair and Coordinator of Report Writing) The 75 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, 2006 The Times and Timeliness of Henry Knox Sherrill New York: The Episcopal Church Foundation, 1999 Report of the Standing Commission on World Mission (Primary Author) The Blue Book: Reports of the Committees, Commissions, Boards and Agencies of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. New York: The 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church, pp Report of the Standing Commission on World Mission (Primary Author) The Blue Book: Reports of the Committees, Commissions, Boards and Agencies of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. New York: The 71st General Convention of the Episcopal Church, pp Book Reviews and Popular Articles: Over 75 book reviews and popular articles published in academic journals, national and diocesan publications. PRESENTATIONS Widely sought after speaker and teacher with over 150 presentations, keynote addresses, and workshops at diocesan, national, and international gatherings and conventions. PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ASSOCIATIONS Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, October 2011 New Haven, Connecticut

13 I. T. Douglas, page 13 Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa Episcopal Divinity School, June 2010 Cambridge, Massachusetts The Cross of St. Augustine Highest honor in the Anglican Communion. Awarded by the Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Rev. Rowan Williams, in gratitude for service on the 2008 Lambeth Conference Design Group Trustee, Concord Academy, Concord, Massachusetts, Trustee Executive Committee Chair of the Trustee Committee on Community and Equity Society for the Study of Anglicanism, 2003-present The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, 1986-present American Society of Missiology, 1985-present Episcopal Church Foundation Fellowship, LANGUAGES English French - Six years of study Haitian Fluent Latin - Five years of study PERSONAL Born: 20 May, 1958, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Married: Kristin Harris, 13 October, 1984 Parents of adult children: Luke (age 27), Timothy (age 25), Johanna (age 22) Recreation: Crossfit Fitness Training, Sailing, Skiing, Squash