OUR LEADERSHIP
Archbishop Steve Wood
On June 22, 2024, Steve was elected the third archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and assumed authority on June 28, 2024. Steve has been the Rector of St. Andrew’s Church since 2000. He grew up in Northeast Ohio where he came to faith in Jesus Christ and married his childhood sweetheart, Jacqui. Together, they have four sons and eight grandchildren. Steve received his Masters of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1991. In 2010 he was integral in the foundation and establishment of the Diocese of the Carolinas and in 2012 he was elected and consecrated as the Diocese’s first bishop.
Bishop
Alan Hawkins
Bishop Alan was born in 1970 in Wichita, Kansas, the youngest of three children. He was principally raised in Perry, Oklahoma. He married his wife, Angela Kaye, in 1993 after he graduated from OSU and she graduated from Texas A&M. They have five children. In 2008, Hawkins and his wife planted the Church of the Redeemer in Greensboro as part of the Anglican Mission in America. The church began as a small group in the Hawkins' living room and as of 2021 had attendance of nearly 500. Beyond the local level, Bishop Alan has also been very active in the Province. He served as the Chief Operation Office of the ACNA from (2018-2024), the Canon for Development from (2014-2018) and the Vicar of Anglican 1000 (2012-2014). He was consecrated as a bishop in the ACNA in 2021, and became the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of Christ our Hope in November 2024.
Rector (Senior Pastor)
Tom Bost
Before becoming the planting pastor of Good Shepherd, Tom served for six years with Christ Church in Winston-Salem, assisting two other church plants during that time as well. From 2001-2006, Tom was a staff member of Cru, working on college campuses in Oklahoma and Texas. He studied at Reformed Theological Seminary (M.Div 2010) in Charlotte, served as an Anglican Fellow (2009), and completed the Anglican Missional Pastors program (2011-2012). Tom and his wife Sarah Jane have three sons, and when they have time, they enjoy reading, movies, hiking, and anything involving good food and friends.
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Associate Pastor
Billy McCormick
Billy grew up in Pittsburgh, and then moved down South to attend Vanderbilt University. He got involved with the campus ministry Cru during that time, and did a year long international internship with Cru in East Asia after he graduated. After returning to the U.S. he worked for four years with Cru in the Triad area, during which time he met and married his wonderful wife Katie, and the two of them had their first daughter, Evelyn, in 2020 and their second daughter, Ginny, in 2022. Billy joined Church of the Good Shepherd as a Seminarian in the Fall of 2020, at the same time that he began his MDiv at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte. Billy enjoys basketball, beatboxing, and reading a good book. Billy was ordained to the diaconate in August 2023.
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Music Pastor
Dr. Mark Baynes
Mark is a worship leader, Bible teacher, and missionary who loves serving in the local church. He holds a Master of Divinity from Beeson Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry in Christian Worship from Erskine Seminary. He is a lover of all things Scottish, including his wife, Dawn, who hails from Aberdeen. He has previously served in Scotland as an associate pastor, and in America as a college pastor and worship pastor. He is involved in international missions, frequently teaching a Theology of Worship course at the International Bible College of Zambia. Mark plays a variety of instruments, including guitar, hammer dulcimer, and piano. Mark & Dawn (and their wee dog Sasha) enjoy the outdoors, traveling and exploring new places, as well as showing hospitably in their home.
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Vocational Deacon
Graham Johnston
Graham was born and raised in the Triad. He has been married to Kim for thirty-three years and they have three wonderful children: Alex, Nick and Marianne. From 1980-2007 Graham owned and operated a printing company, and in 2012 started Stone Street Properties. He has received a degree in Pastoral Ministries from John Wesley College and was ordained to the deaconate in January 2006. Graham works as a realtor in our community and enjoys spending time with his grandkids. When time allows, Graham enjoys playing golf, reading and spending time in the mountains and beach.
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Our Vestry
The Vestry is a group of church members, who have been confirmed in the Anglican Church. They provide leadership in legal and financial matters and support the Rector in the mission and ministry of the church.
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Qualifications for serving on the Vestry are comparable to the Biblical criteria for an overseer or elder as found in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, these qualifications being markers of general Christian maturity. Serving as a member of the Vestry is a noble task and a position in the church that carries great commitment and responsibility from both a visible and spiritual perspective. Vestry members are nominated by the church, elected by the Vestry, and serve 3-year terms.
Our vestry is made up of Justin Leonard, Kelly Hale, Nathan Snow, Kathy Allen, and Jamie Dean. Our senior Warden is Nathan Snow, our Junior Warden is Justin Leonard, and our Clerk is Kelly Hale.
Our Affiliation
