To bless. To heal. To Serve.
Crossroads Anglican Mission is in the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL), a member of the Anglican Church in North America. The Diocese came into being in 2010 as part of the bold realignment of North American Anglicanism. We embrace biblical truth and proclaim Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes
The Right Reverend John E. Miller III
After an exciting, 18-year career as a marine biologist with the Smithsonian Institution and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, John attended Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, PA. Completing his Master of Divinity in May 1993, John was ordained as a Deacon in June of that year. John’s first call came from Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and School in Melbourne, Florida where he served as Assistant Rector and School Chaplain. He was ordained to the Priesthood in January 1994. From March 1995 to July 1996, John led Holy Trinity as Priest-in-Charge. In August 1996, he was called as the Rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Melbourne. In February 2004, John joined the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) and planted Prince of Peace Anglican Church in Melbourne. During his time in the AMiA, John served three years as a Network Leader. In January 2008, he was consecrated as a Missionary Bishop in Dallas, Texas and became one of the founding Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) later that year. As a Missionary Bishop, John provided episcopal oversight to 30 Anglican Mission churches located in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. At the request of his colleague, Bishop Neil Lebhar, Gulf Atlantic Diocese, ACNA, John agreed to enter the Rector Search Process at Christ Church Vero Beach in May 2012. John accepted the call from Christ Church to serve as its third Rector beginning in August 2012. He retired from parish ministry in July 2019. As an Anglican Bishop, John has participated in all three Global Anglican Future Conferences (GAFCON) to date: Jerusalem 2008; Nairobi 2013; Jerusalem 2018. He has led three mission trips to Rwanda, and his work as a Bishop has carried him to Canada, Israel, Kenya, Uganda, Singapore, and South Africa. Over the course of his 25+ years as an ordained leader, John and his wife Joyce have served as Tour Hosts on seven pilgrimages to the Holy Land and another to Greece and Turkey to study the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul. John enjoys gardening, fishing, hiking and travel. His scriptural life verse is Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes: to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” When asked how one makes the leap from a biology to theology, John notes: “I was given 18 years to study the creation and the remainder of my life to study the Creator, what two better careers can a man have?” John is honored and blessed to be asked by Archbishop Foley Beach to provide pastoral care and ongoing episcopal support to the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes for a season.