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Standing Committee

The Standing Committee serves as a council of advice to the bishop. It has six members, three clergy and three lay. Each term is three years, and members can be re-elected for one successive term. One clergy and one lay member rotate off each year.

To contact the Standing Committee, please use our contact form and select Jon Humber and your message will be routed to the appropriate person. Please note that we are doing this in an effort to combat phishing and whaling emails.

Current members of the Standing Committee are:

Terms expiring February 2027

The Rev. Ken Saunders, DMin
Rector, St. James, Greeneville
President of the Standing Committee

Abby Haase
Holy Cross, Hixson

Terms expiring February 2028

The Rev. RJ Powell
Priest-in-Charge, St. Andrew’s, Maryville

Daniel Ellis
Church of the Ascension, Knoxville

Terms expiring February 2029

The Rev. Kelly Coffelt
St. Peter’s, Chattanooga

Christina Sjoberg
St. Paul’s, Athens