Faculty and Administration

The Venerable Denny Trousdale

President

Denny Trousdale currently serves as the Rector of St. Augustine’s Anglican Church in Bryson City, NC, as well as the Vice-Chairman of the National Council of the Orthodox Anglican Church and was formerly the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Saint Andrew’s Theological College and Seminary. On July 24th, 2022, he was collated as Archdeacon of the Orthodox Anglican Church

Archdeacon Trousdale is a local business owner in Bryson City with over 20 years’ experience in mortgage and finance. Denny resides on a small farm in The Nantahala National Forest with his wife Katherine, 5 dogs and 3 cats. He has a passion for his service to God, the Church, the community, and fishing.

Reverend Fr. Brendon Helms

Academic Dean

Brendon Helms is a graduate of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina where he completed his B.S. in History, Secondary Education. He completed his Master of Arts in both Biblical Studies (2010) and Philosophy (2015) at Southern Evangelical Seminary in Matthews, NC. His master’s thesis is titled Between Scepticism and Fallacies: A Response to Richard Pervo’s Dating Acts.

Currently, he is working on His Doctorate of Sacred Theology at St. Andrew Theological Seminary. His dissertation is focused on examining the intersection of Thomistic philosophy and theology with modern addiction studies.

Brendon lives in Concord, NC with his wife Elizabeth and six children. He attends Resurrection Anglican Church in Kannapolis, NC. Brendon was ordained a deacon by Archbishop Thomas Gordon on May 22, 2021.

Faculty

Fr. Bill Barrow

Registrar
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The Right Reverend Charles Nalls

Instructor of Church History
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The Most Reverend Thomas E. Gordon

Chancellor / Instructor of Apocrypha and Practical Liturgical instruction
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The Right Reverend Joshua Gilliam

Instructor of Sacramental Theology and Spanish Studies
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Fr. Jeremy Roseman

Dean of Students
Instructor of Apologetics
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Fr. Thomas Crowder

Instructor of Spiritual Formation / Holy Communion
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Fr. Jarrod Dillon

Instructor of Christian Education / Inductive Bible Study
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Fr. Steven Victory

Homiletics
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Fr. Christopher Little

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