THE RT. REV. IAN T. DOUGLAS PH.D. 1 Collins Lane Essex, Connecticut 06426 860-767-0771 ________________________________________________________________________ CURRENT POSITION Bishop Diocesan The Episcopal Church in Connecticut The Commons 290 Pratt Street, Box 52 Meriden, Connecticut 06450 860-639-3501 x 111 (office) 860-895-3964 (cell) [email protected] @ctbishopian ________________________________________________________________________ ORDINATION Bishop: The Diocese of Connecticut - 17 April, 2010 Priest: The Diocese of Western Massachusetts - 24 June, 1989 Deacon: The Diocese of Western Massachusetts - 11 June, 1988 Dioceses served in an ordained capacity: L’Eglise Episcopale D’Haiti (Postulant) Western Massachusetts Massachusetts Connecticut Canonical Training Sexual Misconduct Awareness Training: February 1994, April 2010 Child Abuse Awareness Training: November 1994, April 2010 Ongoing Antiracism and Multiculturalism Training with VISIONS inc. CREDO #127: September 2000 I. T. Douglas, page 2 ________________________________________________________________________ MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE Angus Dun Professor of Mission and World Christianity, 1991 - 2010 Episcopal Divinity School - Cambridge, Massachusetts Associate Priest, 1988-2010 St. James’s Episcopal Church - Cambridge, Massachusetts Consultant to the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, 2001 - 2006 The Episcopal Church Center - New York, New York Adjunct Faculty in Contemporary Society, 1989-1991 Episcopal Divinity School - Cambridge, Massachusetts Teaching Assistant, 1987-1989 Boston University School of Theology - Boston, Massachusetts Associate for Overseas Leadership Development, 1984-1986 The Episcopal Church Center - New York, New York Volunteer for Misssion1983-1984 L'Eglise Episcopale d'Haiti (The Episcopal Church of Haiti) Chaplain Intern/Clinical Pastoral Education, 1982-1983 Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, Massachusetts ________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Boston University - Boston, Massachusetts Ph.D. Religious Studies, January 1993 Concentration: Religion and Culture in Modern Society/Missiology Dissertation: “Fling Out the Banner: The National Church Ideal and the Foreign Mission of the Episcopal Church” Harvard Divinity School - Cambridge, Massachusetts Master of Divinity, June 1983 Thesis: “Haiti: An Overview of Its Political and Religious History I. 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Douglas, page 3 Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, Massachusetts Master of Education, June 1982 Concentration: Counseling and Consulting Psychology Middlebury College - Middlebury, Vermont Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, June 1980 Major: Political Science The Lawrence Academy - Groton, Massachusetts High School Diploma, May 1976 ________________________________________________________________________ RELATED EXPERIENCE AND APPOINTMENTS General Church The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church General Convention Elected Member, 2006-2012 International Concerns Committee Subcommittee to Respond to the Primates Communiqué Working Group to Respond to the Anglican Covenant Chair, INC055 Study Committee on the United Thank Offering House of Deputies of the General Convention of The Episcopal Church Clerical Deputy from the Diocese of Massachusetts, 76th General Convention, Anaheim, 2009 – Deputation Chair World Mission Legislative Committee and Subcommittee responding to 2006-B033 75th General Convention, Columbus, 2006 - Deputation Chair Special Legislative Committee on The Episcopal Church and The Anglican Communion 74th General Convention, Minneapolis, 2003 National and International Concerns Legislative Committee 73rd General Convention, Denver, 2000 Social and Urban Affairs Legislative Committee I. T. Douglas, page 4 House of Deputies of the General Convention of The Episcopal Church Press Briefing Officer 74th General Convention, Minneapolis, 2003 73rd General Convention, Denver, 2000 Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation Founder and Board of Directors, 2003-2014 Episcopal Seminary Consultation on Mission Convener, 1994-2007 Secretary, 1985-1993 Staff Representative, The Episcopal Church Center, 1984-1985 College for Bishops of The Episcopal Church Design Group, Project Resource, 2014 Advisory Board, 2006-2010 Curriculum Review Committee, 2006-2010 The Episcopal Church and Diocese of Virginia Expert Witness in Circuit Court of Fairfax, Virginia, Fall 2007, The Episcopal Church and Diocese of Virginia vs. the Convocation of Anglicans in North America and the Anglican District of Virginia The Episcopal Church Foundation Fellows Forum, Founding Organizer and Convener, 1996-2002 Evaluator of Graduate Fellowship Applications, 1995-1999, 2006 Special Commission on The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion Co-Chair and Primary Author of Report, 2005-2006 Theology Committee of the House of Bishops Academic Member, 2000-2006 Church Publishing Incorporated Collections Editor, International and Anglican Titles, 2003-2005 Anglican Theological Review Strategic Evaluation Task Force Editorial Subcommittee, 2002-2003 I. T. Douglas, page 5 House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church Coordinator, September 2001 Meeting, Burlington, Vermont Planning Committee, 2002-2003 Consultant to the Presiding Bishop: The Most Rev. Frank Griswold Missiologists Consultation, June 2001 Pre-Primates Meeting Consultations, February 2000, March 2001, March 2002 Theologians Consultation Participant, June 2000 Episcopal Council for Global Mission Organizational Representative, 1990-2006 Planning Committee for Partnership Proposal, 1998-1999 Steering Committee, 1991-1992, 1996-1997 Representative, General Convention of the Episcopal Church Phoenix 1991, Indianapolis 1994, Philadelphia 1997 Founding Member, 1989-1990 Episcopal Church Publishing Company Board of Directors, 2000-2004 World Mission/Anglican & Global Relations Office, Episcopal Church Center Consultant/Trainer for Missionary Orientation Programs, 1986-present The Witness Magazine Contributing Editor, 1998-2000 “Vital Signs” Advisory Committee, 1996-1998 Hartford Seminary/Lily Endowment Research Project: “Organizing Religious Work for the 21st Century - Exploring Denominationalism” Contributor for the History of The Episcopal Church, 1998-2000 Standing Commission on World Mission, The General Convention of the Episcopal Church Chair, 1995-1997 Secretary, 1992-1994 #D016 Working Group on the Mission Structures of the Episcopal Church Organizing Chair and Member, 1995-1997 I. T. Douglas, page 6 Anglican and Episcopal History International Editor, 1992-1995 Historical Society of the Episcopal Church Board of Directors, 1992-1995 Episcopal Evangelical Education Society Merit Scholarship Evaluator, 1993 Deputy to the Senior Executive/Mission Operations, The Episcopal Church Center Advisory Group, 1989-1991 Anglican Communion Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion Elected by the Anglican Consultative Council, 2009-present Anglican Consultative Council Bishop Member for The Episcopal Church, 2010-present Priest Member for The Episcopal Church, 2006 -2010 Theological Education in the Anglican Communion (TEAC) Consultant, 2006-2010 Journal of Anglican Studies Editorial Board, 2002-present Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops 2008 Design Group, 2003-2008 Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism Member, 2001-2005 Global Anglicanism Project (GAP), Episcopal Church Foundation Founder and Member of the Management Team, 2002-2005 I. T. Douglas, page 7 Anglican Contextual Theologians Network Founder, Consultation Organizer - Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2003 Anglican Primates Special Working Party on Theological Education Member, 2001-2002 Anglican Consultative Council Communications Team, ACC 11 - Dundee, Scotland, September 1999 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops, 1998 Consultant, Section III “Called to be a Faithful Church in a Plural World” Anglican Observer at the United Nations Advisory Board, 1992-1994 Konbit, Haitian-American Solidarity Alliance Member, 1989-1991 Friends of the Holy Trinity Music School, Port-au-Prince Board of Directors, 1986-1989 Haitian/American Episcopal School Partnership Program Program Consultant, 1984-1987 Anglican Council of North America and the Caribbean Staff Representative for The Episcopal Church, 1985 _______________________________________________________________________ PUBLICATIONS Books: Understanding the Windsor Report: Two Leaders in the American Church Speak Across the Divide. Co-author with Paul Zahl. New York: Church Publishing, 2005. Waging Reconciliation: God’s Mission in a Time of Globalization and Crisis. Editor. New York: Church Publishing, 2002 I. T. Douglas, page 8 Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: The Anglican Communion in the Twenty-First Century. Co-editor with Kwok Pui Lan. New York: Church Publishing Inc., 2001. Fling Out The Banner: The National Church Ideal and the Foreign Mission of the Episcopal Church. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1996. Book Chapters and Academic Articles: Oxford University Press Handbook of Anglican Studies. Consultant. Oxford: Oxford University Press, expected 2015. “W(h)ither the National Church - Revisited: Changing Mission Structures of the Episcopal Church” Varghese, Winnie editor. What Shall We Become: The Future and Structure of The Episcopal Church. New York: Church Publishing, 2013. pp. 29-46. “Forward” Zscheile, Dwight J. People of the Way. New York: Church Publishing, 2013. pp. i-iv. “Equipping for God’s Mission: The Missiological Vision of the 2008 Lambeth Conference