Leadership

Chris Borah

Vicar & Planting Priest of Christ the King

¹ Funny story. I used to think “Fr” stood for “Friar,” as in Friar Tuck from Robin Hood. “Fr” actually stands for “Father,” as in spiritual father to this family of God.

Some traditions use personal titles like “Brother” or “Pastor” to show affection. Each title emphasizes a different aspect of our mutual affection in Christ. Chris answers to them all, because he is truly your brother, your friend, your father, your family in Christ.

In short, Fr Chris is our pastor.¹ He is an unworthy recipient of God’s grace through faith, an adopted son of King Jesus, the husband of Jodee, dad to three delightful kids, a father to many sons and daughters in Christ, and a priest in the Anglican Communion.

What is a “Vicar?”

The role of the Vicar of Christ the King Anglican Church is to hold fast to Jesus, proclaim the excellencies of Jesus, faithfully administer the sacraments, pray for those in my care, guide and protect the flock, and be faithful to the Scriptures… and lead others to do the same. Fr Chris also loves teaching his children, playing chess / Super Mario / guitar / pickup soccer games / playing, woodworking / building, reading good books, and board games with the whole fam.

Derek Bonnett

Deacon & Treasurer

Dn Derek serves CtK with great joy and humility. Derek embodies the presence of Jesus amongst the people of God, not only as he proclaims the gospel in the midst of the liturgy, but in all of life, Derek adorns the Truth with holiness of life. Dn Derek instructs both young and old in the Catechism, cares for our parish in his oversight and stewardship of the finances, and strengthens the Church with his preaching. If Derek isn’t exploring the depths of sacramental theology, he’s probably spending time with his beloved bride and playing with his boys.

Listen to some of Dn Derek’s sermons

Vestry

² The “vestry” is a group of laity whom serve the church through prayer, by giving regular counsel to the rector, and by helping to oversee various parochial business in the life of the church.

Our Vestry² regularly meets with Fr Chris to give him wise counsel in his oversight of our church. Presently, we have seven members of our vestry: Curtis Sams, Angela Young, Josiah Smith, Isaac Slone, Autumn Brown, John Given, and Joe Trout.

Christ the King Anglican Church By-Laws

Josiah Smith

Music Director

Josiah leads and oversees our music ministry at CtK. You’ll see him playing guitar, mandolin, and singing on Sundays. Josiah loves Jesus, and his love for the Lord is reflected in so many ways. He’s gifted in hospitality, ever attentive to lead and invite those who are gathered, both new and old, small and big to worship Jesus in song. Josiah has developed a team of talented and gifted musicians to lead music in our parish with excellence, reverence, and joy. We hope you’ll join us and sing!

Josiah is husband to Jessi, father to four beautiful children, Head Coach for Shady Spring H.S. Soccer, the CEO at Story Warren, and he serves on our Vestry.

CtK Interns

Reed Hobdy

Reed is in his final year of seminary at Lipscomb University. He is husband to Abi, father to Spencer, a gifted teacher (he teaches at MHCA and with students at CtK), a lover of King Jesus, and an all around awesome guy. We are excited to see how the Lord is going to transform Reed from one degree of glory to the next this year at CtK.

Logan Brown

Logan is a seminarian at Dallas Theological Seminary. Logan and Autumn have one little man, John Martin. Logan serves as the Area Director for Young Life in Raleigh County, and he serves at CtK in teaching, preaching, and discipling many. The Lord is delighted in him, and we can’t wait to see where God leads this year.

CtK Internship

The CtK Internship program exists to prepare men and women for vocational service to Jesus and his Church. Internships are custom-designed to explore and identify potential clerical or lay ministry callings. We provide a pathway for theological development along with practical ministry experience designed to prepare them for a life in ministry. CtK interns will begin to discern whether they are called to vocational ministry and ordination, or if they are called to various lay ministries, including lay catechists, lay preachers, serving on church staff, pursuing local and global mission work, or parachurch ministries.

Applications for Internships (beginning the following January) are due by the end of June.

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