Stephanie Spellers

Canon in Residence, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church

The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers is the author of several books, including “The Church Cracked Open,” “Radical Welcome” and “Church Tomorrow? What the ‘Nones’ and ‘Dones’ Teach Us About the Future of Faith.” She recently completed nearly a decade as canon to the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, with responsibility for guiding the denomination’s work on evangelism, racial justice, new ministry development and environmental stewardship. An honorary canon in the Diocese of New York, she currently serves as Canon in Residence at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church.

Her professional ministry began in 2005 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, where she founded The Crossing, a groundbreaking church that weaves Episcopal tradition together with voices from the margins. Before that, she was an award-winning religion journalist in East Tennessee and led admissions and career services at Harvard Divinity School.

Spellers is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wake Forest University with master’s degrees from Harvard Divinity School and Episcopal Divinity School.