TESM NAMES REV. PAUL ZAHL NEW DEAN AND PRESIDENT

Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry Names the Very Rev. Paul Zahl New Dean and President

May 13, 2004

Zahl's Ministry to Play Integral Role in Future of Anglican Witness

Ambridge, PA (May 13, 2004) - The Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry Board of Trustees announced today that the Very Rev. Paul F. M. Zahl has accepted a unanimous and enthusiastic call by the board to become the new Dean and President, succeeding the Very Rev. Dr. Peter Moore who will retire next month.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees Hugo Blankingship said, "The Lord has blessed us indeed, as Paul will assume the awesome responsibility of Trinity's vital role as a bearer of an orthodox evangelical witness in North America." In partnership with Trinity's existing highly qualified and dedicated faculty, Zahl will be responsible for developing curriculum, programming and partnerships to prepare Trinity for long-term worldwide Christian ministry.

According to the Rev. Canon David H. Roseberry, search committee chair, "After an exhaustive, prayerful, international search we have found an excellent leader who is responding to a genuine call from God. He will be able to lead our students, faculty and alums to preach and teach the Gospel throughout the world." He added, "The enormous worldwide response to our search (which included candidates from Canada, England and Africa among others) and the caliber of the candidates who emerged indicates that Trinity has come into its own. Trinity will be an important training ground for the next generation of Anglican leaders."

Zahl, 52, was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1976. With undergraduate studies at Chapel Hill and Harvard, and graduate studies at Nottingham, he was awarded the Doctorate in Theology from Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen in 1994. Since 1995 he has served as dean of Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama. Zahl and his wife, Mary, will relocate to Ambridge in early August, though he will assume the office of Trinity Dean and President on July 1, 2004.

Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, serves the Lord by forming Christian leaders, both lay and ordained. Trinity is a seminary in the Anglican tradition, especially serving the Episcopal Church as an evangelical, "Great Commission" seminary. Trinity also serves all those committed to the spread of the gospel, whatever their tradition.

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Media Contact: Mr. Wicks Stephens Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry 311 Eleventh St. Ambridge, PA 15003 (724) 266-3838 wstephens@tesm.edu