Meet the Director

THE RT. REV. MARK LAWRENCE is the retired Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina where he served from January 2008 until March 2022. He currently serves as Bishop Emeritus of the diocese and as the Anglican Leadership Institute Interim Director. Bp. Lawrence was educated at California State University, Bakersfield (BA, 1976) and Trinity School for Ministry (M. Div. 1980). He has also received honorary degrees from Nashotah House (D.D. 2008) and Sewanee (D.D. 2009). He has ministered in a wide variety of parish settings from suburban church plant, rural mission, inner city church, to downtown parish in California and Pennsylvania. Known for being a dedicated pastor-teacher, he is a frequent speaker at retreats and conferences within the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina and elsewhere. He has also published articles on devotional and ecclesial concerns in various periodicals. Bishop Lawrence has also been a participant at Lambeth 2008, GAFCON 2008 in Jerusalem and GAFCON 2013 in Nairobi and at the 2018 GAFCON in Jerusalem. In addition, he has been an invited observer at several of the most recent Global South gatherings internationally. He has been a member of the Anglican Church in North America College of Bishops since 2017 and presided over the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina Convention’s vote to join the ACNA. He is the founding Chairman of the Anglican Leadership Institute; and serves on numerous boards including Trinity School for Ministry; Cummins Theological Seminary; Canterbury House Board of Trustees; Porter-Gaud School Trustees; and Governors Board of Holy Trinity Classical Christian School. Mark has been married to Allison since 1973. They have five grown children all involved in ministry. Mark enjoys reading on various subjects, particularly literature, biography, and history; out-of-door activities such as hiking, backpacking, canoeing, fishing, and jogging.

Meet the Board

  • The Rev. Jeffrey Miller

    BOARD CHAIR

  • Mrs. Ann Hester Willis

    VICE CHAIR

  • Mrs. Sarah Christian

    VP - FINANCE

  • Mr. Alan Runyan

    VP - GOVERNANCE

  • Mr. Alonso Galvan

  • Mrs. Susan DiCamillo

  • The Rev. Claudia Carucci

  • The Rt. Rev. Alden Hathaway

  • Dr. John Kerrison

  • The Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence

The Anglican Leadership Institute is an outgrowth of the Mere Anglicanism Conference that was held in Charleston, SC for several years.

Bishop Mark Lawrence, in his 2014 Convention Address, called for the creation of a leadership training initiative that would bring future leaders in the Anglican Communion to America, and especially South Carolina, for periods of study, teaching, reflection and nurture.

The two annual sessions were created in response to this call, offering men and women with a proven track of ministry a chance to spend three weeks in community under the guidance of expert leaders who have exercised faithful and effective ministry in their own contexts.

The winter Institute is held in the Greater Charleston, South Carolina area. For weather concerns, the September Institute has been held elsewhere, including Martha’s Vineyard Island, Massachusetts.