C4SO Elects Kris McDaniel as Suffragan Bishop-Elect, Pending College of Bishops Consent

The Provincial Office of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has announced that the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO) elected the Rev. Canon Dr. Kris McDaniel as its Suffragan Bishop. Clergy and lay delegates made the election at the diocese’s Diocesan Convention on November 7, 2026.

Under ACNA canons, every Bishop-Elect must receive the consent of the College of Bishops before consecration. The College will consider McDaniel’s election at its January 2027 meeting. If consent is granted, consecration is expected in early 2027.

McDaniel is the founding rector of Trinity Anglican Church in Atlanta, which he planted in a living room in 2002. The congregation now numbers about 1,300 and has established five daughter churches across Atlanta. He has served C4SO in church planting and leadership development since 2018, most recently as Canon for Church Multiplication.

If consent is granted, McDaniel will assist Diocesan Bishop Jeff Bailey, with a focus on planting churches and forming clergy. The role is part-time and designed to be held alongside parish ministry, and McDaniel will continue as lead pastor of Trinity Anglican, a plain pattern of faithful work carried out within a calling (Colossians 3:23).

The C4SO Screening Committee, made up of clergy and lay leaders, nominated McDaniel in collaboration with Bishop Jeff. Bishop Emeritus Steve Breedlove of the Diocese of Christ Our Hope served as the process’s independent Episcopal Advisor and will continue in that role through the College of Bishops’ January meeting.

McDaniel holds a master’s degree from Richmont Graduate University and a Doctor of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Karyn, have three adult children.

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