Before starting Christ Church, Mark had been a priest and served congregations in both Texas and here in Jacksonville.  God has called him to this new adventure in faith as an Anglican and as rector of Christ Church.  His passion is to see as many people as possible come into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, get connected into a church family, discover their God given purpose in life and then live it to the best of their ability with God’s help!  He wants to see Lives Changed For Good by Jesus.  He is married to Patsy and has three great children.

     Rev. Robert J. Sanders is currently the co-rector of Christ Church Anglican.  Most people call him Rob, but children usually address him as Fr. Rob. He is widowed with two grown daughters, Sara and Elizabeth. He was ordained to the priesthood in January, 1977. He has been the rector of several churches.
  Fr Rob states that the most important thing about him is his relationship to Jesus Christ.  "The gospel is simple. The hard part is putting it into practice. I love to teach and will share my faith with church members. I also believe the Bible to be the Word of God, and by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Scripture inherently teaches everything we need to know to obtain salvation in Jesus. The foundation of my teaching is the Bible. I have a deep and wonderful sense of liturgical worship and I love hymns and songs that glorify God. 
   As you may know, I left the Episcopal Church and am now in the Anglican Mission in America.   Under the old system, I saw church leaders chosen for their status, and that status was often a product of such factors as status in the larger community, their network of friends, and their willingness to serve. These were good people, but many of them had not been educated in the Christian faith, and they had not always committed themselves to Christ and to receive the Spirit.
Please come to our worship services, get to know us, dedicate yourself to Christ and to us. We are working to build his Kingdom, the glorious kingdom of Jesus Christ. He needs you, you need him, and we need each other."

Dave Austell offers our church fresh ideas and unique experience in community ministry. A graduate of The Citadel, Dave spent five years on active duty with the US Air Force. He has a Masters Degree from Central Michigan University and has spent many years in the investment business, and several private business ventures. Dave has served the Christian community in Jacksonville by working for Christian Recovery Ministries, a part of the City Rescue Mission. He was the editor and publisher of First Light Magazine a Christian community publication; he twice served as trainer for discipleship for the Super Bowl Prayer Breakfast; he is the host of Jacksonville Business Fellowship; he has been an instructor at Logos Christian College; he serves on the board of Campus Crusade for Christ; the Board of the Christian Discipleship Training Center; as well as the Empowered Parent Project. He helped organize the first interdenominational intercessory prayer service for the city; he was an original director of First Coast Christian Outreach; and is a member of Mission First Coast. Several years ago, Dave answered a life-long call on his life to serve in ordained Anglican ministry and in 2007 he earned a Masters Degree in Christian Ministry. Dave, and his wife, Marcheta, live in Avondale. Their two sons, Matthew and Brian, live in Charleston, SC.

Deacon Ann Stewart has served churches in the Jacksonville area for the past thirty years, working as Director of Christian Education, Director of Newcomers and Lay Ministries, Manager of the Diocesan Bookstore at St. Mark's, and most recently as Deacon and Pastoral Assistant at Nativity and Epiphany.  She has experience in leading retreats, workshops, and camps, and has served on the Commission on Ministry and as Chairman of the Anglican Institute in Florida.  Deacon Ann Stewart has been married to David for forty years, and they have two sons and one grandson.

God works in mysterious ways.  After 5 years I was called back to Youth Ministry.   I started in youth ministry in 1996 at St. Marks Episcopal Jacksonville, and was there for 3 years. I left to go to Tallahassee and work at St. Johns Episcopal until 2002. God blessed me with a gift to love teenagers no matter how hard they are.  I am part-time at the moment, and pray that God will be able to put me in a situation to go fulltime, because you all well know there is no such thing as part-time youth ministry ...parents can speak to that.   I do have a full-time job working at Zabatt Power systems selling generators.  Please pray for me in this coming year that God would help me be able to organize this incredible group of youth that we have.  I will be looking in our church for volunteers, so do not hide from me on Sundays.

Paul is a 7th generation native of Jacksonville who attended Florida State University & University of North Florida.  Upon leaving college in 1980, he joined The US Army, and after training became a member of  5th Special Forces Group (Airborne).  After completing his active service, he joined the Florida Army National Guard, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving on an A-Team as an Engineer Sgt. specializing in demolitions.  He also joined a long time family food brokerage business as a retail salesman.  After the business was sold, Paul joined The Haskell Co., a design/build firm specializing in fast-track construction.  After several years, Paul went back to school deciding to get in a more secure profession; law enforcement.  He was a Deputy with St. Johns County and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, and medically retired from Duval County School Police Department because of a disabling, on the job, injury.

Paul was a lifetime member of St. Marks Episcopal Church until he left over 3 years ago.  He helped form Christ the King Anglican, serving on the steering committee and then serving on the “X Team” responsible for the bringing together of Christ the King and Epiphany to form Christ Church Anglican.

Over the years Paul served the church as a volunteer youth leader for over sixteen years, served on the steering committee for “New Beginnings,” Jr. & Senior High Youth Committees, Diocesan Youth Commission, Acolytes Trainer & Scheduler, Missions Steering Committee, Outreach Committee, Healing Prayer Team, Sunday School Teacher, Usher, Alpha Steering Committee, Worked teams in Discovery & Cursillo Weekends, Team member of several Alpha Courses, and Food Pantry Director for St. Mary’s Mission.  Paul also has extensive training in Healing Prayer, graduating from The School of Healing Prayer Levels 1,2,3, and the Emerging Leaders’ course taught by Francis and Judith McNutt at Christian Healing Ministries which they founded.  Paul served as a prayer minister there for over 2 years.  Paul now serves on the Building Committee for our newly acquired property, set up team, prayer team, and is the sound technician for all services.  Paul is married to Kimmy, and has two daughters, Sarah Ann and Mary Catherine.

Patricia has managed the church office for Fr. Mark from the time he and his family arrived in Jacksonville. She believes in the Mission statement of Christ Church Anglican and in a solid Bible based church. She knows it’s not all about one person but about the One, Jesus Christ, and what he did for us on the cross. Through Him all things are possible. Patricia and her husband Mike have been married since 1971 and have one son. Aside from her Church Administrator duties she instructs stained glass classes, enjoys quilting with the CCA “Quilt & Crafters” group and she also still holds on to her childhood love of horses.