May 21, 2021

A new archdeacon appointed for the Archdeaconry of the Mid- Atlantic.

Bishop Julian Dobbs is pleased to announce the appointment of the Ven. Dr. Henry S. Baldwin as the archdeacon of the Mid-Atlantic. This region is comprised of four parishes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The new archdeacon will be commissioned at the 2021 ADLW Missions Conference and Synod in Souderton, PA on June 10-12.

In 1980 Henry, left active Naval service and began to minister full time evangelizing and equipping young sailors. Soon thereafter, Henry met and married his wife of 37 years Shirley Magee of Richmond, Virginia and together they ministered with the Navigators in Europe.

Henry completed an MA in Theology at Westminster Seminary and in 1994, Henry completed the Doctor of Philosophy degree, specializing in New Testament Studies, at Trinity University in Chicago. Upon graduation Henry and Shirley were called to serve in educational ministries in Singapore. They connected with Anglicanism there through St. George’s Church and The Anglican Province of Southeast Asia.

In September 2004, Henry and Shirley accepted a call to serve at Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands. Henry served as Executive Vice President, as well as Professor of New Testament. In 2010 Henry and Shirley joined the team of Anglican School of Ministry in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2013 Henry was elected to serve as Dean & Senior Pastor of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Loganville, Georgia. This was the cathedral church for Archbishop Foley Beach. Dr. Baldwin retired from fulltime ministry in 2019.

Henry has two grown children: Evelyn and Edward. Shirley went to be with the Lord in 2019. He currently resides in New York to be near his children.

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