Following the Special Diocesan Convention Saturday, April 29, we are pleased to announce that C4SO’s Clergy and Lay Delegates enthusiastically voted to elect the Rev. Dr. Brian Wallace as C4SO’s new Suffragan Bishop. Brian will be consecrated on September 8-9 at Trinity Anglican Atlanta. Join us for a special celebration on Friday evening and the Consecration Service on Saturday morning. Brian will begin his duties as Suffragan Bishop after the consecration.

A Letter From the Suffragan-Bishop Elect

Dear C4SO,

I am so honored to be writing to you as Suffragan Bishop-Elect for C4SO. No one is more surprised by this turn of events than I am, but my wife, Lisa, and I are leaning in with a deep sense of God’s goodness and calling.

Like many of us, I have so appreciated living in a church under Bishop Todd’s leadership. I am grateful for his generative vision for planting life and community transforming churches in more and more communities around the country. I am so glad I get to work and pray with Todd towards more churches planted, more clergy formed, more people baptized and discipled into image of Jesus.

I am excited that one of my roles will be in the care and development of our clergy. They are a real treasure, and I am convinced that C4SO is blessed with one of the richest assemblies of leaders, thinkers, practitioners and saints imaginable. I am committed to doing all I can to help them grow personally, spiritually, professionally and relationally. There is no question that God uses weak, imperfect and broken vessels to pour out his love and kindness. Yet, Bishop Todd and I share a passion to see the women and men that lead our churches thrive and grow—both for their good and the good of the Kingdom.

Would you pray for the clergy that you know? Ask God to protect them, encourage them and surround them with the kindness of God’s people.

May I also ask that you pray for me? I have a lot to learn about becoming and being a Bishop in apprenticeship to Bishop Todd. The next season will be about learning, listening and discerning with Bishop Todd my best contribution to our collective work. I am eager for all God has for me in it. Would you also pray for Lisa? We have enjoyed serving together over our thirty-eight years together, and we are seeking God’s invitation for her gifts and sense of calling. She is pretty amazing!

Finally, please pray for the team I am leaving at Fuller Seminary. The people are dear to me, and our collective work still holds an important place in my heart. Pray for me as I lead us into my transition. Ask God’s care and favor for the ongoing work of formation we are doing around the world.

Again, I am deeply honored—humbled—that I get to put my hands to this work of serving God’s church. I can’t wait to see what God does in and through us in the years ahead.

Joyfully,

Suffragan Bishop-Elect Brian Wallace

Listen to Brian’s Story on the C4SO Podcast.

In this special episode of the C4SO Podcast, Bishop Todd and Mickey sit down with Brian Wallace, C4SO’s Suffragan Bishop-Elect, two weeks before his election at our Special Diocesan Convention on April 29. First, Bishop Todd reflects on the discernment process of finding a Suffragan Bishop to work alongside him in the life of the diocese, and why C4SO needs a Suffragan Bishop for strategic, sustainable ministry in the days ahead. Then Brian shares his story, transformative moments of his ministry journey, and what led him to prayerfully consider this crucial role. Listen now.

Learn more about C4SO’s Search for a Suffragan Bishop.