Leaders

He was installed as Rector of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Mt. Pleasant, SC by Bishop Edward L. Salmon, XIII Bishop of South Carolina, on September 1, 2000. Under Bishop Wood’s leadership, St. Andrew’s was described by the Charleston Post & Courier as, “one of the Lowcountry’s biggest church success stories,” growing to a membership of more than 3200 and planting new churches in Goose Creek, SC, and downtown Charleston.

Born October 12, 1963, Bishop Wood is the oldest of two sons born to the late Elanore Mitchell (Smith) Wood and the late Jewell Nelson Wood. He attended Lake Catholic High School in Mentor, Ohio, graduating in 1981. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Cleveland State University in 1986. He then completed his priestly formation at the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia where he earned a Masters of Divinity.

Archbishop Wood married Jacqueline Elizabeth (Benner) Wood on February 1, 1986. Together, they have four sons and eight grandchildren.

Archbishop Wood was ordained to the diaconate on June 15, 1991 and to the priesthood on February 1, 1992 by Bishop James R. Moodey, VIII Bishop of Ohio. He was appointed Vicar of St. Anne-in-the-Fields in Madison, Ohio where he served until April of 1995. He then served as Associate Rector and Chief of Staff at St. Luke’s parish in Bath, Ohio until his move to South Carolina.

The Right Reverend Mark A. Engel – On January 6, 2021 (Feast of the Epiphany), the College of Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America consented to the election of the Rt. Rev. Mark A. Engel as Bishop Ordinary for the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes. Bishop Mark was consecrated on February 13, 2021 as the third Diocesan Bishop of the ADGL. He previously served the diocese as Chair of the Standing Committee and Akron Area dean. He and his wife, Terri, have been married for almost 40 years and have three adult children.
Raised with the strong influence of a Christian family, he finally surrendered to Jesus as Lord during his time at Malone University. After graduating with a BA in Business and Economics and Christian Ministries in 1978, Bp. Mark quickly discerned a call to ministry and began his seminary education while beginning pastoral work. He graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Ashland Theological Seminary (Ashland, Ohio) in 1982. Over a span of thirty years, the Engels served in pastoral ministry in the U. S. and ten years of church planting and evangelism in Taiwan with the Friends Church. After establishing a new ministry focused on prayer in 2008 and planting a new non-denominational church in 2009, the Engels began a journey that would eventually lead them to the Anglican Church.
In addition to his pastoral and missionary service, Bp. Mark has also served as an instructor for the U.S. Center for World Missions’ Perspectives Course, as an adjunct faculty member for Malone University in missions and cross-cultural ministry, and as an adjunct faculty member for Regent University (Virginia) in Christian thought and leadership.