Tory Baucum
| The Reverend Tory Baucum | |
|---|---|
| Preacher at Canterbury Cathedral | |
| Church | Church of England/Anglican Church in North America |
| Diocese | Diocese of Canterbury |
| In office | 2014-present |
| Other posts | Rector of Truro Church, Fairfax, Virginia (Anglican Church in North America) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 |
Tory K. Baucum (born 1960) is an American Anglican priest. He is married to Elizabeth Tyndall Baucum and they have three daughters.
Baucum attended the Trinity School for Ministry, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, where he received his MA in 1986 and his Master of Divinity in 1988. He also received his doctorate there in 2005. He was rector of All Saints Church, in Kansas City, Missouri, and also served on the clergy staffs of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Kansas City and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was Associate Professor of Preaching and Church Renewal at Asbury Theological Seminary, in Wilmore, Kentucky. He also received a PhD in intercultural theology.
During the Anglican realignment conflicts in the United States that lead to the birth of the Common Cause Partnership, he was unanimouly chosen to be the new rector of Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia, a parish of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, on April 2007. He joined the Anglican Church in North America, upon his creation in June 2009, as part of the Anglican District of Virginia, a group of parishes which had left the Episcopal Church in 2006, later becoming the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic in 2011. Despite their theological differences, especially concerning human sexuality, he was able to establish a friendship with Bishop Shannon Johnston, of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, which allowed his parish to keep control of their church for an interim period.
He was appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as one of the Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral, after being unanimously approved in December 2013 by their chapter, on January 2014. Baucum's installation took place on 14 March 2014, being attended by Archbishop Robert Duncan and by Justin Welby himself. Welby stated upon his appointment that he was expecting that it would help promote "reconciliation and unity" in the Anglican Communion.[1][2]
He published: Constructing Faith Cultures (2005) and Evangelical Hospitality (2008).
References
External links
- "Archbishop appoints US priest as Canterbury preacher", Archbishop of Canterbury website