The Reverend Dr. Justin E. Crisp has been called to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church to be its new priest and leader.
A summa cum laude graduate of English and Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, he received a master of divinity from Yale Divinity School, a master of arts and a master of philosophy from Yale University, and a doctor of philosophy in Religious Studies from Yale University. He holds a certificate from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, a diploma in Anglican Studies from Berkeley Divinity School, and is a lecturer in Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School.
A former associate rector and Theologian-in-Residence at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in New Canaan, Father Justin begins his service at St. Barnabas on April 2, Palm Sunday.
He and his wife, Dr. Jewelle Bickel, will be in residence at the rectory with their dog, Val(kyrie).