The Pastor

ABOUT THE PASTOR

John Richardson is an Anglican missionary priest serving the United States under the direction of the Anglican Church of Rwanda via PEARUSA. He has a Masters of Divinity from the University of the South (Sewanee), 1993, familypicand a Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), 1999. He is a former missionary to Bolivia.

From 1996 to 2002 John led the 6th fastest growing Episcopal (US branch of Anglicanism) church in the US. Since, he has led, as founding pastor, a rapidly growing Anglican church (AMiA) in Birmingham. He recently relinquished that post after seven and a half years and following a sabbatical has moved to the Brookhaven/Chamblee area of Atlanta to plant an
Ancient Future Church. www.ancientfuturechurch.org

John is married to Kristen Richardson. They have five children Mary (23), Madison (17), Dow (7), Whit (5) and Graham (4). In the few moments free of church leadership and parenting, John pursues a few idols including sun, boating, wakeboarding and snow skiing. He’s also rather fond of his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Alabama.

Favorite Non-Fiction Books/Authors

Oden -The Transforming Power of Grace

Dodd – The Apostolic Preaching and its Development

The Family Before Whit

The Family Before Whit and Graham

Bonhoeffer – The Cost of Discipleship

Stott – The Cross of Christ

Forde – On Being a Theologian of the Cross

Green – I Believe in the Holy Spirit

CS Lewis – Mere Christianity

Smalley/Trent – The Blessing

Niebuhr – Christ and Culture

Blank – UN-Comfortable Words

Alexander – The Secular Squeeze

Hauerwas/Willimon – Resident Aliens

MacDonald – Who Stole My Church

Rick Warren – The Purpose Driven Church

 

Favorite Fiction Books/Authors

Clive Cussler – Dirk Pitt Series

Robert Ludlum – Bourne Series

Ken Follett – Pillars of the Earth

Jan Karon – Mitford Series

Brad Thor – The Apostle

 

Favorite Movies

The King’s Speech

The Mission

Dead Poet Society

The Truman Show

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Good Will Hunting

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

RV

Hotel Rwanda

A Few Good Men

With Kristen – Titanic, Notting Hill, Fool’s Gold and Top Gun

 

Favorite Places

Water – Lake Martin and the Emerald Coast

Snowbird, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

The Trout, Oxford, England, UK

Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, US

Covent Garden, London, England, UK

Bodega Bay/Healdsburg, California USA

Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium

 

As I went down to the River . . .
John Delighting in Dow!

 

The Boys in the Image of Their Father

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baptizing My Grandson Jayden

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Service Times & Directions

Weekend Masses in English

Saturday Morning: 8:00 am

Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm

Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm

Weekend Masses In Español

Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm

Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm

Weekday Morning Masses

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am

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