Mark Engel (bishop)
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Mark A. Engel (born 1955) is an American
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. Since 2021, he has been the third diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL) in the
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.


Education and family

Engel graduated from
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in 1978. He received his M.Div. from Ashland Theological Seminary in 1982. He married Terri Shackelford, and they have three adult children. Terri Engel and one of their children, Elisabeth Engel, are ordained deacons serving at Holy Spirit Anglican Church in
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.


Ministry career

The Engels began ministry with the Evangelical Friends Church Eastern Region, an
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branch of the Quaker movement. They served in
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for five years, then as church planters and
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in Taiwan for 10 years. Upon returning to the United States, from 1995 to 2008 Engel was senior pastor of First Friends Church of
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. In 2009, Engel planted a nondenominational church in Canton. In 2015, Gateway Anglican Church was received into the ADGL. He later served as assisting priest and pastor for discipleship at Holy Spirit Anglican Church in Akron. He also served as Akron area dean for the ADGL and chaired the diocese's standing committee. On November 14, 2020, Engel was elected bishop after a lengthy vacancy following the resignation and laicization of Ronald Jackson on charges of conduct unbecoming of clergy. Engel was consecrated on February 13, 2021, by ACNA Archbishop
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, at the Old Stone Chapel in Canton.


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External links


Profile on ADGL website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Engel, Mark A. Living people Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America 1955 births People from Canton, Ohio