The Standing Committee invites your nominations for the Bishop Search Committee. Below, please find two links to application forms, both of which must be completed for consideration to serve on the committee. To nominate someone, please complete the Nominator/Reference Form and your nominee must complete the Nominee Form. To self-nominate, please complete the Nominee Form and have a reference fill out the Nominator/Reference Form. Completed nomination forms must be received no later than October 13, 2021.

Almost two years ago, following the 203rd Convention of the Diocese of Ohio in November of 2019, I invited the Standing Committee into a focused conversation about the future of episcopal (the Bishop’s) ministry in our diocese. This was precipitated not by any vocational decisions on my part, rather out of a conviction that every Standing Committee carries the responsibility of understanding the ministry of a bishop in their particular diocesan context. They have canonical obligations that presuppose their familiarity with the bishop’s ministry, the contextual challenges and opportunities that form it, and the canons that define and direct it.