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The Right Reverend

Steve Breedlove
Former Presider Bishop of PEARUSA; Retired Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope
ChurchAnglican Church in North America
DiocesePEARUSA (former missionary district of Anglican Church of Rwanda); Christ Our Hope (Anglican Church in North America)
In office2012–2024
PredecessorSee created
SuccessorAlan J. Hawkins
Orders
Ordination2005
Consecration29 October 2012
by Robert Duncan
Personal details
Born
Tyler, Texas, U.S.
SpouseSally Breedlove
Children5
EducationRobert E. Lee High School
Alma materWashington and Lee University
Dallas Theological Seminary

Steven Allen Breedlove (born 1950) is an American prelate of the Anglican Church in North America. He was elected as the first Presider Bishop of PEARUSA, a missionary district that was formerly part of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, in 2012. From 2016 to 2024, Breedlove was the first diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope.

Biography

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Breedlove was born in Tyler, Texas to First Lieutenant James Robby Breedlove and Paula Kent.[1][2] He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and attended Washington and Lee University for undergraduate studies.[1] He then obtained Master of Theology and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary,[1] writing a dissertation based on case studies in team ministry at Bethany Chapel in Calgary, Alberta, where he was the senior pastor from 1990 to 1997.[3][4] He was a non-denominational Christian pastor for 29 years prior to converting to Anglicanism in 2001.[5]

In 2005, Breedlove was ordained as a priest of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and served as a pastor at the Church of the Apostles.[1] Later that year, he founded All Saints Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, serving as the church's rector.[5][6][1] He was also the founder and director of the Anglican Missional Pastor leadership program developed for men and women entering ordained ministry.[7]

After the withdrawal of the Anglican Mission in the Americas, Breedlove was unanimously elected the first Presider Bishop pro tem of PEARUSA, the new missionary district of the Anglican Church of Rwanda in the United States, a dual church body of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and the Anglican Church in North America, and was appointed by Archbishop Onesphore Rwaje.[1][8] He was installed on 11 June 2012. Bishop Breedlove's consecration took place on 29 October 2012, in Denver, Colorado, by Archbishop Robert Duncan.[8]

Breedlove became the first diocesan bishop of the newly constituted Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope on 21 June 2016 upon the dissolution of PEARUSA resulting from its transfer from the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda to the Anglican Church in North America.[9][10]

On April 5, 2022, several people from the Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope came forward alleging abuse by Reverend Dan Claire at Church of the Resurrection. They claimed that diocesan leaders, including Breedlove, failed to adequately hold "Claire accountable[neutrality is disputed] and did not center the needs of [the complainants]."[11][vague] The complaints resulted in an investigation into Breedlove's handling of the abuse allegations, conducted by Grand River Solutions.[12][13] Rev. Claire contested the investigations and petitioned the Anglican Church in North America Provincial Tribunal for an “end to all judicial proceedings related to the complaints raised in 2020 and 2021 or claims similar thereto” because the Diocese neglected to find anything over the course of the investigation that "constituted canonically actionable behavior or moral, ethical, or financial misdealings."[14][15]

On Thursday June 17, 2021 the College of Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America elected Alan Hawkins as Bishop Coadjutor of the Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope.[16] Hawkins will serve alongside Breedlove until Breedlove transitions out of episcopal ministry.[16]

He has been married to Sally Breedlove, a writer, since 1972 and they have five children and fourteen grandchildren.[5][17][18] In 2009, Breedlove co-wrote the book The Shame Exchange - Trading Shame for God's Mercy and Freedom with his wife and Ralph and Jennifer Ennis.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Affiliation - Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Chapel Hill)". Church of the Holy Trinity.
  2. ^ "James Breedlove Obituary (2014) - Tyler, TX - Tyler Morning Telegraph". obituaries.tylerpaper.com.
  3. ^ "5 May 2018 bulletin for worship at Bethany Chapel" (PDF). Bethany Chapel website. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Breedlove, Steven. ""Case studies in team ministry with implications for Bethany Chapel"". ProQuest. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Leadership | Christ the Redeemer". January 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "Our Bishops". Archived from the original on January 20, 2016.
  7. ^ "Blog – Page 12 – THE DIOCESE OF THE CAROLINAS". November 30, 2016.
  8. ^ a b Steve Breedlove Consecrated First Bishop of PEARUSA, San Francisco Anglicans, 21 November 2012
  9. ^ "Anglican Church in North America". anglicanchurch.net. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  10. ^ "Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope|HOME". Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  11. ^ Post, Kathryn (April 7, 2022). "Anglicans say leaders botched response to allegations against DC priest". Religion News Service. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  12. ^ "EXECUTIVE REPORT: REVIEW OF INVESTIGATION OF REV. DAN CLAIRE AND ASSOCIATED ACTION BY THE DIOCESE OF CHRIST OUR HOPE" (PDF). Diocese of Christ Our Hope. December 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  13. ^ Diocese of Christ Our Hope (January 2023). "RESPONSE OF THE DIOCESAN COUNCIL AND BISHOPS TO THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GRAND RIVER SOLUTIONS" (PDF). Diocese of Christ Our Hope. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "PER CURIAM DECISION & ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS" (PDF). Anglican Church in North America. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  15. ^ "Grand River Solution's "Executive Report: Review of Investigation of Rev. Dan Claire and Associated Action by the Diocese of Christ Our Hope"". Diocese of Christ Our Hope website. Archived on November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  16. ^ a b "College of Bishops Approves Two New Members". June 17, 2021.
  17. ^ "Sally Breedlove - About". www.sallybreedlove.com.
  18. ^ "About JourneyMates".
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Religious titles
New title Presider Bishop, PEARUSA
2012–2016 		Position abolished
I Bishop of Christ Our Hope
2016–2024 		Succeeded by
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