The Episcopal Church

We Episcopalians believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As constituent members of the Anglican Communion in the United States, we are descendants of and partners with the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church, and are part of the third largest group of Christians in the world.

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world.

We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for every human being; women and men serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church. Laypeople and clergy cooperate as leaders at all levels of our church. Leadership is a gift from God, and can be expressed by all people in our church, regardless of sexual identity or orientation.

We believe that God loves you – no exceptions.

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The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry is Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church.  He is the Chief Pastor and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as Chair of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church.

Presiding Bishop Curry was installed as the 27^th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church on November 1, 2015.  He was elected to a nine-year term and confirmed at the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City, UT, on June 27, 2015.

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The Diocese of Virginia

The Rt. Rev’d E. Mark Stevenson is the 14^th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. He was elected on June 4, 2022, at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School, Alexandria, and was ordained and consecrated on December 3, 2022, at The Saint Paul’s Baptist Church in Richmond. More than 35 bishops from around the United States, England, Tanzania and Ghana joined in the laying on of hands along with Presiding Bishop Michael Bruce Curry, Chief Consecrator.

Bishop Stevenson is focused on centering his ministry – and that of the Diocese of Virginia – on the teaching and love of Jesus. Central to that is an emphasis on truth telling and reckoning as we address issues of systemic racism; life-giving formation as followers of Jesus; and transparency and accountability as we interact with each other as the family of God.

Prior to his ministry in the Diocese of Virginia, Bishop Stevenson served as Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Within The Episcopal Church. In this role he was the principal liaison between Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the House of Bishops, the various dioceses, and many of the governing bodies of The Episcopal Church. Before being called to that role in September 2018, he was the Director of Episcopal Migration Ministries, leading a dedicated team in executing a national program of refugee resettlement. Previously, he served as Domestic Poverty Missioner for The Episcopal Church.

Bishop Stevenson served as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Louisiana from August 2005 until September 2013. Following hurricane Katrina, he worked closely with local, regional, national, and international leaders and groups to put into place the processes for effective relief and other ministry. He was the Rector in two parishes: the Church of the Annunciation in New Orleans, and the Church of the Good Shepherd in Maitland, Florida. His time at both churches focused on developing ministries with youth and revitalizing ministries of stewardship, Christian education, and community outreach.

Bishop Stevenson and his wife of twenty-seven years, Joy, reside in Richmond with their Border Collie, Franklin.

To learn more about the Diocese of Virginia, click here.

The North Fairfax Region

Local, regional, diocesan- and national structures help us to do ministry together so that we may serve God and the world.

The Diocese of Virginia has 16 regions, determined by geography. Each region has a Regional Council, composed of members elected by the churches in each region. Each region has an elected President, who is a lay person, and an appointed Dean, who is a clergy person. St. Timothy’s is located in the North Fairfax Region (in blue on the map, number “10.”) Click HERE to enlarge the map.

For more information, go to the Diocese’s Regional Ministry Resource Center. This site also provides handy tools for regional ministry.

The churches in the North Fairfax Region of the Diocese of Virginia are: