About Us
In 2004, Church of the Resurrection left the Episcopal Church (TEC) and aligned itself with the Anglican Mission (the AM), a missionary movement of the Anglican Province of Rwanda committed to reaching the unchurched of North America. The Anglican Mission was birthed at a critical time. The Episcopal Church had lost a third of its membership over the preceding thirty years, had drifited doctrinally, and had wasted opportunities in leadership and mission. Efforts to renew TEC from within unfortunately had not provided enough impact to slow the church’s slide deeper into false teaching and practice. Since joining the AM, Church of the Resurrection has experienced tremendous spiritual growth and ministry. We invite you to join us in furthering this growth and ministry.
Our Rector, Fr. Paul Walter
Paul Walter has been the rector of Church of the Resurrection since October of 2004. 
Prior to this, he was the rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church from August of 1996. Paul grew up in Colorado and after graduating from Yale with a degree in History, he became a successful international businessman living in the United States and abroad. In 1972, Paul and his wife Susan lost their third child while living in Tehran, Iran, and it was through a Christian couple who befriended them during this time of grief and loneliness that they came to know and believe in Jesus. During the next four years, Paul began to sense a call to ministry and in 1976 he entered Oxford University and obtained a Masters in Theology. After his graduation, Paul was ordained in the Episcopal church and has ministered since that time in a number of locations in the United States. His heart has always been in missions, however, and he has served in a number of high profile positions in addition to earning his Doctor of Missiology degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Paul met his wife, Susan Goddard, in a choir in New York City. They have been married over forty years and have three adult children. Daughter Carolyn is a senior producer near Atlanta, Georgia. Son Matthew, who is married and has six children, has served as an Anglican missionary in Amman, Jordan and is now an associate priest in Ocala Florida. Son Peter is a businessman in Charlotte, North Carolina. Susan, who is now retired from her career as a veterinarian, forms an essential part of Paul’s ministry.
Our Associate Rector, Pastor Ben Wagner
I am ha
ppily married to Josie Wagner and have five children: Grace, Noah, Elizabeth, Naomi, and Lydia. Animal lovers may like to know that we also have a black lab named Holly, but she has resigned herself to being the lowest member of the pack, beneath even the toddler.
Prior to joining Church of the Resurrection, I served for nearly five years as a lay pastor at a small Presbyterian church. It was during that time, while I was completing a graduate degree in historical theology, that I felt called to full-time pastoral ministry. I was ordained to the Priesthood in the Anglican Mission on August 24th, 2011.
I’m excited to be part of Church of the Resurrection and the Anglican Mission. God has been faithful to this church and I believe that God will indeed do “Greater Things” as we continue to trust in Him, lift up the name of Jesus, and seek the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Christian tradition rooted in the faith and practice of first century Christianity, developed during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation in England, and now a major global expression of Christianity, with over 77 million adherents. We acknowledge both the Catholic and Protestant traditions that have shaped Anglicanism, and we desire to proclaim the ancient Christian Faith with clarity and power in our generation. Although there are various expressions of Anglicanism today, the supreme authority of scripture is an important element of the Anglican heritage, as is liturgical and sacramental worship. Anglicans look to the Book of Common Prayer and the Thirty Nine Articles as sources of theological and liturgical identity.
Anglican Mission churches seek to embody three streams of the Christian tradition: Word, Spirit, and Sacrament. For more information on the three streams see the following articles: Three Streams, One River and Three Critical Streams.
