Author
John Heinemeier
Pastor
The Rev. John Heinemeier was the vicar of St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church in Oxford, North Carolina, from 2009 to 2015. He is semi-retired after 45 years of inner-city ministry in New York City, Boston and Baltimore. He is a Lutheran pastor licensed by the Rt. Rev. Michael B. Curry to function as a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.
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