CLERGY
Rector:
the rev’d. Joshua Kimbril
Always a southern gentlemen, Fr. Josh was raised in South Carolina as the oldest of 3 brothers. His father was pastor of a small independent baptist church, so he was raised in that tradition. After graduating high school he worked as a stonemason before he joined the United States Navy in the “Seabees” construction wing. During this time he met his wife Katrina. After finishing his service, Fr. Josh returned to Greenville, SC where he began working on his Bachelor’s degree in History.
Katrina, a teacher, was given the opportunity to teach in China so the Kimbrils moved to Ningbo, China in 2014. During this time, Fr. Josh had grown cold in his own faith but was still encouraged by his wife to attend church. Together, after struggling to find any Christian Churches, they discovered the traditional Roman Catholic Church in Ningbo. Fr. Josh was drawn to this rich history and beauty of the liturgy, which combined with his studies in medieval history, led him to a renaissance of faith and sense of calling to the Priesthood.
Once back in the US, he encountered the Anglican Tradition at St. George the Martyr Anglican Church in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Both he and his wife immediately fell in love with the community life, worship, and leadership at the church and the unique beauty of the Anglican church. Fr. Paul Rivard (rector at St. George), encouraged Fr. Josh to accept the call to ministry and the priesthood.
Fr. Josh attended Gordon Connell Theological Seminary and was ordained Deacon by Bishop Chandler Jones in September 2021. He was ordained to the Sacred order of priests in May 2022 at St. George’s Simpsonville.
On October 30th, 2022, Fr. Josh was Installed as rector at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church Weaverville.
Fr. Josh loves to worship the Lord with the work of his hands. He is also passionate about literature, art, music, and good food (blessedly easy to find locally!). His wife Katrina is the love of his life. Their young daughter Arianna Marie is their delight. They welcome you to St. Matthew’s and its kind fellowship.
presiding bishop:
the most rev’d. Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones SSC is Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Eastern United States and Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Province of America.
A native of Surry County, North Carolina, and a graduate of Emory and Henry College (BA) and Duke University Divinity School (MDiv), with graduate studies at Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC, he has been priested for twenty-five years and has served congregations in Virginia, Maryland, Florida, and Georgia. He has also studied English literature at Exeter College, University of Oxford, England and Anglican history at the King’s School, Canterbury Cathedral. A convert to the Continuing Anglican Church movement, he has been a Continuing Anglo-Catholic for over thirty years. He was consecrated to the Episcopate as Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese in 2010 and was elected Bishop Coadjutor in 2019. He Became Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese in July 2021.
He has been married for twenty-one years to Megan Baskwill Jones - together they have four children.
