Press Release
October 12, 2017 5:00 p.m.
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the ordination into the ministry of Ted Schroder, Senior Minister at Amelia Island Plantation Chapel. Fifty years of ministry is truly a milestone that few achieve.
Ted humbly requested that all donations that might have funded a gala event of celebration go instead toward creating a scholarship at Trinity School for Ministry*. The Ted & Antoinette Scholarship is now a reality.
Chapel members will honor Ted & Antoinette at a special service of celebration and thanksgiving on October 22 at 10:00 AM and the public is cordially invited to attend. Bishop Neil Lebhar, First Bishop of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese of the Anglican Church in North America, will be the officiate and speaker. If you have any questions, please contact Amelia Island Plantation Chapel at 904-277-4414.
Ted Schroder was born in New Zealand, though he has lived in the United States since 1971 and is a US Citizen. He studied at Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the University of Durham, England. He married Antoinette Bowie of Anderson, SC.
Ordained a priest in 1967, he has served the Church in many places. At All Souls, Langham Place, London, Ted served as assistant to John Stott. Subsequently, he served at Gordon College in MA, Grace Church in Orange Park, FL, and Christ Church, San Antonio, TX. Since 2000, Ted has been the Pastor at Amelia Island Chapel. Ted served on the Board of Trustees for Trinity School for Ministry from 1989 until 2008, and was named Trustee Emeritus.
Ted is a preacher of power, able to speak eloquently to the secular culture of the common man. Ted is permeated with the texts of the Holy Bible, and enlivened by a close walk with the Lord God. Ted is widely read in the great classics, as well as the best of fiction, biographies, history and poetry. Ted has authored 13 books and blogs at www.tedschroder.com
*Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, PA is an evangelical seminary in the Anglican tradition that forms outstanding Christian leaders. Founded in 1975 to stimulate Biblical and Christ-centered reform in the Episcopal Church, the school has broadened its impact across denominations with 1200 alumni serving the Episcopal, Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran and other churches across the USA and around the world. Trinity is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.