Leadership

Provincial and Diocesan Leadership

The Most Rev. Dr. Foley Beach
Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America

 

Foley Beach was elected the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America on June 22, 2014. Archbishop Beach is a graduate of Georgia State University, the University of the South, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He began his ministry by serving teenagers through Young Life. Prior to serving as archbishop and bishop, he planted and led Holy Cross Anglican Church in Loganville, Georgia. He and his wife are life-long Georgians, and have two adult children.

 

The Right Rev. Steve Breedlove
Bishop of the Diocese of Christ our Hope

 

Bishop Steve Breedlove is the Bishop of the Diocese of Christ our Hope. He and Sally married in 1972 and were blessed with five children, all married now, and (so far!), with thirteen grandchildren. They live in Chapel Hill, NC. Bishop Steve was a non-denominational pastor for 29 years before becoming an Anglican in 2001. He and Sally planted All Saints Church in Durham, NC, in 2005. In 2012 he was consecrated as a Bishop in the Anglican Province of Rwanda.

 

Our Clergy

The Rev. Trevor Spencer
Rector

Trevor Spencer joined Christ the Redeemer as Rector in 2022 having served in the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina for most of the last 25 years, the last nine as Associate Rector at the Church of the Holy Cross outside of Charleston. He’s a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Trinity School for Ministry and is passionate about making disciples of Jesus who can make disciples of others. When not working, Trevor and his wife Rachel enjoy the beauty of God’s creation are budding (read novice) naturalists and bird watchers. He loves to get coffee, talk about Jesus and to help equip you for the work of ministry (Ephesians 4). Feel free to reach out.

Trevor@ChristTheRedeemer.org

 

Rev. David Watts
Assistant to the Rector

David Watts serves as the assistant pastor at Christ the Redeemer. Originally from Lutherville, Maryland he is a die-hard Baltimore Orioles and Ravens fan. David holds degrees from the University of Mary Washington and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is a reserve Navy Chaplain as well as a licensed mental health counselor and recently became a parent to Isaac along with Gloria, his lovely wife. David heard his call to ministry when deployed as an enlisted Master-At Arms in Kuwait as he was sharing Christ to his fellow sailors. The Apostle Paul’s phrase, “By the grace of God, I am what I am” sums up David’s life in Christ, and he loves talking about God’s amazing grace for everyone with anyone.

Revdavidwatts@gmail.com

Brother Tim Luken
Abbot of the Company of Jesus, Monastic in Residence

Tim Luken is the founder and prior of LivingStone Priory and Five Loaves Food Pantry in Newport News, VA. His is resident as a parishioner at Christ the Redeemer and assists as he is able. Brother Tim also serves as the Abbot General for the Company of Jesus, a third order monastic community canonically resident in the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes, but open to all baptized Christians, regardless of denomination.

http://www.companyofjesus.org/

 

Staff

Jennifer Brown
Children’s Ministry Director

Jennifer Brown serves as the Director of Children and Family Ministries at Christ the Redeemer. She has been attending the church with her family since January of 2009. Jennifer grew up in Raphine, Virginia and went on to attend King University in Bristol, Virginia where she met her husband, Chris. They moved to the Hampton Roads area in the summer of 2001 when her husband began graduate school at Regent University. Jennifer has a BA in Elementary Education and was a schoolteacher prior to working at the church. Jennifer and Chris have 2 grown children, Caleb and Noah, and 2 teenagers, Samara and
Eva. Jennifer’s desire is that the children of CtR from the youngest to the oldest, know that they are deeply loved, and that nothing can separate them from the “Never stopping, never giving up, unbreaking, always and forever love” of God. -Sally Lloyd-Jones.

brownie7506@yahoo.com

Janie Atwood
Treasurer

Mary Jane (Janie) Atwood graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1977 and served as a Naval Officer for five years. She met Bob while in the Navy and they were married in 1979. They have five adult children and thirteen (soon to be fourteen) grandchildren. Janie was raised Roman Catholic and Bob was raised Presbyterian. They wanted to find a church where they could grow in faith, and both feel at home. They found that in the Anglican Tradition. God called them to serve as missionaries and in 1994 they took their five teen and pre-teen kids to serve on a church planting team in Tegucigalpa, Honduras for six years. Bob and Janie started their marriage in Virginia Beach and after twenty-eight years of various moves they returned to the area to be close to grandchildren and children. They have been members of Christ the Redeemer since 2011 and Janie has served as Treasurer since mid-2015.

Treasurer@ChristtheRedeemer.org

 

Susan Steele
Parish Administrator  

Susan Steele joined CtR staff as the Parish Administrator in April of 2023. She grew up in a smaller town in Northern Virginia about an hour outside of Washington, DC . She moved to Virginia Beach in August of 2020 and is currently working on getting her Bachelors in Government from Regent University. She recently married Xavier Steele in December of 2022, and are expecting their first child November 2023. They have been attending CtR for 3 years and felt right at home the first time they visited! She also serves with the Youth Group here at CtR! 

Leadership Council:

Paul Gyorfi, Senior Warden and Council Member

David Condron, Junior Warden and Council Member
I have been at CTR since August 2016. I am a Port Engineer for a navy destroyer as my day job. My family is wife Diane, son Nathanael (24), and daughter Elise(23). I like to scuba dive and study the Bible with people learning more about Jesus. The website brought me to CtR and the faithfulness to the Gospel keeps me here.

Rachel Inman, Council Member
Married to Daniel Inman
Children; Samantha Jo (14) Ethan Alexander (11)
We joined CtR in 2015. We were seeking a church that was scripture-based and focused on community discipleship; we found our home at CtR quickly.  What we love about CtR is the weekly community groups, desire for growing God’s Kingdom and the authentic people that make up our church body.

What my week looks like right now?  I’m a Home Loan Advisor | Mortgage Loan Officer; I get to help people buy homes, refinance, and make great long term financial decisions.  I also get to help care for several family members in addition to my own family, which is full of sweet hugs from a 3 year old niece, snuggles from a 1 year niece and answering so many questions of an 8 year old niece; in addition to our two middle schoolers.  I am very family oriented, business-minded and I love pouring into teenagers.  I have served in youth ministry, the past 22 years, and I currently love and support your youth that are involved in our CtR youth group, middle school chapel and our Anglican summer camp.

Jill Branch, Council Member

Bruce Harper, Council Member

Sarah Shellock, Council Member

Janie Atwood, ad hoc Council member/Treasurer
Treasurer@ChristtheRedeemer.org

Rev. Trevor Spencer, ad hoc Council Member

Rev. David Watts, ad hoc Council Member

Susan Steele, Secretary for the Council