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Little Rock Network's Leadership Team
Network Bishop
The Rt. Rev. Philip H. Jones
(214) 663-1414
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Bishop Jones was raised in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, with a B.A. in English. He received his law degree from Baylor Law School in 1979, and practiced law for seven years in Waco, Texas, as a personal injury trial lawyer. He and his wife Claudia were married in 1977 and have seven children.
In 1986, Bishop Jones left the law practice and entered the process of becoming a priest in the Episcopal Church, graduating from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1989. He served as the rector/senior pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Marshall, Texas from 1991 through 1998, and then dean of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Clement in El Paso, Texas, from 1998 until 2005. From 2005 to 2010 Bishop Jones was the senior pastor at St. Andrew’s Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, the founding church of the Anglican Mission in the Americas.
Bishop Jones currently serves as the pastor of All Saints, Dallas, a new Anglican Mission church plant. Teaching, preaching, leading, and serving God’s people are what he loves to do. |
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David was born and raised in Arkansas. He graduated with a degree in Business and Economics from Hendrix College in 1975 and a law degree from the University of Arkansas in 1978 and has been in the practice of law ever since. David was blessed to be in the “living room group” that has grown to become St. Andrew's Church in Little Rock and was part of the First Promise movement which was instrumental in the formation of what is now known as the Anglican Mission in the Americas. He and his wife, Marilyn, have four children, two daughters-in law and one grand-daughter. |
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Network Leader
H. David Young
(501) 604-5180
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Clergy Formation Advisor
The Very Rev. Dr. Mark A.
Quay
(501) 801-3410
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Dr. Quay is a presbyter in the Anglican Mission in America. A retired Air Force officer and a former Presbyterian minister, he has served as an Associate Pastor, Senior Pastor, Christian school headmaster, an Associate Professor of Biblical Languages, and a Visiting Professor of Christian Education in Germany and Rwanda. He is a graduate of several schools, including the Defense Language Institute, Covenant Theological Seminary, and the University of Cambridge. He holds a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate in education. He is currently working on a second doctorate in leadership. Mark has planted four churches. He and his wife of nearly 30 years, Jani, have two grown sons (one married), a college-sophomore daughter, and a grandson. |
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Matt was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is a graduate of St. Mark’s School of Texas, the University of Texas, Virginia Seminary, and Wycliffe Hall. Oxford. Matt was ordained to the presbyterate on January 10, 1997. He served in three different churches before joining the Anglican Mission in January 2001, and was the founding pastor of MESA Church in Austin, Texas. He is currently the Acting Senior Pastor at St. Andrew's Anglican Church in Little Rock. In addition to his role on the Little Rock Network Team, Matt serves on the board for the Anglican School for Ministry and the board for the Anglican Initiative for Mission. Matt married Amanda in May 2000. They have two children, Benjamin and Susanna.
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The Rev. Matt Kessler
(501) 614-6061
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Intercessor
Mrs. Patti Gould
(501) 791-3137
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Patricia (Patti) Gould is an Arkansas native who was one of the founding members of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Little Rock. Even though she was born and raised an Arkansawyer, her late husband was a career Marine Corps fighter pilot, so for 26 years she moved around quite a bit. In addition to being a mother of three sons, she proudly reports she is a grandma of four. Patti works at the medical center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has been active in prayer ministry for over 35 years. |
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Rick was born and grew up in Tampa, Fl one of four children, educated in Catholic schools, attended church as all good Catholics do and even was an altar boy for a few years. He graduated from Hampden Sydney College in Virginia in 1978 with a degree in Political Science and Spanish and continued his edu-cation at Wake Forest where he received a MBA. In 1981 he married Pam. They moved to Little Rock in 1983 to work for Stephens. He and Pam were part of the early participants at St Andrew's Anglican Church and have been involved several different ministries at St. Andrew's. Later David Young recruited him to help with the Network. He and Pam have 3 “more or less grown” children, Callie, Chandler and Richard. |
Finance and Accounting
Mr. Rick Blank
(501) 580-1363
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Pastoral Care and Mentoring
The Rev. Noland Pipes
(901) 827-0445
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Noland Pipes is a retired presbyter with many years of ministry experience in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He has served as a church planter, evangelist, head of school, parish rector, Cursillo director, and in numerous diocesan and province-level positions. A former Air Force officer, Noland is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and holds an MDiv from the University of the South. In his role of providing pastoral care and mentoring to the priests and deacons of the Network, he serves as an invaluable resource for the growth and development of ordained leaders. |
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Carla Thomasson has been a resident of Arkansas since early childhood and is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Married with two adult daughters, Carla has been involved in many aspects of education and non-profit organi-zations that support children and families throughout her career. She is a member of St. Andrew’s Church where she serves as a lay leader of Wilson School Minis-tries. Carla is also the Director of Give a Kid a Chance Arkansas and serves on the staff of City Connections to build church-school partnerships across Central Arkansas. |
Administration
Mrs. Carla Thomasson
(501) 801-3410
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