Tory Baucum

Tory K. Baucum (born 1960) was an American Anglican priest and is a Roman Catholic convert. He is married to Elizabeth Tyndall Baucum and they have three daughters.

Rev. Baucum attended the Trinity School for Ministry, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, where he received his MA in 1986 and his Master of Divinity in 1988. He also received his doctorate there in 2005. He was rector of All Saints Church, in Kansas City, Missouri, and also served on the clergy staffs of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Kansas City and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was Associate Professor of Preaching and Church Renewal at Asbury Theological Seminary, in Wilmore, Kentucky. He also received a PhD in intercultural theology.

In April 2007, Rev. Baucum was unanimously chosen to be the new rector of Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia. Truro Church is an Anglican Parish with roots in Colonial Virginia as well as a founding member of the Anglican Church of North America.[1]    He was appointed in January 2014 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as one of the Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral, after being unanimously approved in December 2013 by their chapter. Archbishop Justin stated upon his appointment that he was expecting that it would help promote "reconciliation and unity" in the Anglican Communion.[2][3]

Baucum announced in April 2017 the launching of the Truro Institute: a School of Peace and Reconciliation, a ministry that will included representation by Truro Anglican, the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, the Dean of Coventry Cathedral and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.[4] This decision was criticized by both Bishop John Guernsey and Archbishop Foley Beach, of the Anglican Church in North America, because in their views it doesn't show an attempt to what they believe would be true reconciliation and for having been made without their approval.[5]

Baucum began his conversion into the Catholic Church August 15, 2018 with his friend Fr Paul Scalia, even though he was still receiving a salary and benefits from Truro Church. He later renounced his Anglican ministry on November 29, 2019 after being confronted by charges of spiritual abuse from his staff and congregation,[6] and announced that he will be converting to the Roman Catholic Church, along with his wife.[7]

Baucum has written two books: Constructing Faith Cultures (2005) and Evangelical Hospitality (2008).

References
  1. "Anglican Church in North America". www.anglicanchurch.net. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. Archbishop appoints US priest as Canterbury preacher, Archbishop of Canterbury Website, 16 January 2014
  3. "Welby names Tory Baucum as "Canterbury Preacher", Stand Firm', article by David Ould, 18 January 2014.
  4. Truro parish to form School of Peace and Reconciliation, Anglican Ink, 24 April 2017
  5. The Fictional World of Anglican Reconciliation: Truro and Diocese of VA vs. Mid-Atlantic Diocese and ACNA, Virtue Online, 6 May 2017
  6. Zauzmer Weil, Julie (21 February 2020). "Prominent Fairfax church seeks to explain rector's sudden departure". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. "Message from the Vestry of Truro Parish to the congregation". Anglican Ink. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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