Father Rand
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Greenhouse Movement within the ACNA. www.greenhousemovement.com |
| Location | West Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Father Rand York is a priest in the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA). He is the pastor of Christ Our Light Anglican Church in Big Rock, Illinois, and rector of the Fox Valley Parish of multiple congregations in the Greenhouse Deanery of the Diocese of the Upper Midwest, under Canon William Beasley and Bishop Stewart Ruch III.Father Rand hails originally from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. He came north to attend Wheaton College and has lived in the Chicago area for the past four decades. He holds a double BA in History and Biblical Studies from Wheaton, and a Master of Divinity summa cum laude from Northern Seminary. He was a founding member of the Fellowship of Contemporary Christian Ministries (forerunner to today’s CCM) and was a Christian recording artist in the 1970’s during the Jesus Revolution. He did refugee work with Food for the Hungry International (FHI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) among the Khmer Rouge along the Thai-Cambodian border (1979-1980). He served for more than a decade with Leanne Payne’s Pastoral Care Ministries (PCM) in both the U.S. and the U.K. |
| Favorite movies | A Man for All Seasons, The 100 Foot Journey, That Thing You Do, Braveheart, Lincoln, Kate & Leopold, My Cousin Vinny, Groundhog Day, What About Bob? |
| Favorite music | Waaaaaaaaaaay to long a list to post here! |
| Favorite books | The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien), The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis), The Eucharist (Alexander Schmemann), A History of Christianity (Paul Johnson), That Hideous Strength (C.S. Lewis), The Healing Presence (Leanne Payne), Clinical Theology (Frank Lake) |