About Us
Our Vision
The vision of the ACNA Leadership Networks is to raise up the next generation of leaders for our churches, communities, and cultures.
In the next decade, a significant number of our existing clergy will retire, and we currently do not have a sufficient amount of young, talented leaders to replace them or to start new ministries.
Additionally, there are significant gaps in the outreach of the ACNA where we do not have an organized presence or unified vision. These areas include accessibility, minorities, women, students, families, and youth.
Given the rapidly changing demographics of America, we need ordained and lay leaders that reflect the diversity of the North America that we hope to evangelize.
Leadership Team
Deacon Kathy Ayres
Director of Access Leadership Network
Kathy Ayres grew up in a strong Christian family and has been actively volunteering in ministry since her teen years. Kathy and her husband Bob have six adult children who came to them through adoption (two of whom are deaf) and a dozen delightful grandchildren! Together in 2000, Bob and Kathy established Deaf Teen Quest (DTQ), which now is a national ministry of Youth For Christ USA. After a 35-year career in Occupational Therapy, Kathy sensed a call to ministry with people affected by disabilities and is in the ordination process to serve as a vocational deacon. She is pursuing a Master of Arts in Religion with a focus on Catechesis & Christian Formation at Trinity School for Ministry. Kathy has a passion to help churches become more accessible, creating communities of belonging for growth and service for individuals with and without disabilities. Kathy and Bob live in Gainesville, Florida, and serve at Servants of Christ Anglican Church. They enjoy riding their electric bikes, exploring small towns and classic architecture, as well as good food and fellowship with family and friends near and far.
The Rev. Taylor Ishii
Director of Antioch Leadership Network
Rev. Taylor Ishii grew up in the church but has called the Anglican Church his home since college. He is a graduate of Wheaton College and Fuller Theological Seminary. Taylor has worked at Anglican churches of all sizes, from church plants to large congregations and everything in between. He currently serves as the Director of Student Ministry and Assisting Clergy at Church of the Apostles in Fairhope, Alabama. Taylor is passionate about equipping the next generation of ethnically diverse leaders for the Anglican Church and coming alongside dioceses and congregations who want to reach all nations and people groups in their community with the gospel. Taylor is a leader in the Anglican Multiethnic Network (AMEN) and a leader in a local group of churches working towards Christ-centered racial reconciliation through the church in South Alabama.
The Rev. Canon Zach Barton
Director of Family Leadership Network
Zach serves as the Canon for Children’s Ministry at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul in the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. Zach grew up in Texas and holds an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Zach has served churches in Texas, Florida and most recently, Boston, MA, before moving to Charleston, SC. He has been married to Jillian for 14 years, and together they have four children.
The Rev. Cn. Aaron Buttery
Executive Director for the Student Leadership Network
Rev. Aaron Buttery is deeply committed to the raising of generations of spiritual leaders and followers of Jesus. He is a 20+ year next generation ministry leader, a two-time church planter, and currently an executive leadership coach with Spiritual Leadership Inc. He is particularly focused and passionate about the relationships and systems that empower people to follow Jesus and lead others to him.
The Rev. Virginia Musselman
Director of Women's Leadership Network
Virginia Musselman has served with WLN since its beginning in 2019. She was ordained to the diaconate in AMiA in 2011 and transferred to ACNA in 2014. She holds an MDiv from Regent Divinity and has served multiple churches in Virginia and North Carolina as deacon and Associate Pastor. Virginia is passionate about building bridges where there are differences, preaching, pastoral care and helping women from fundamentalist backgrounds find their voice and value in God. She and her husband John have two small children and recently moved back to her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas where she serves with Rez Little Rock, a new Contemplative Community.
The Anglican Church in North America is a growing church that unites aprroximately 129,000 Anglicans in over 1,000 congregations across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with more churches being planted every month.
To be an Anglican, then, is not to embrace a distinct version of Christianity, but a distinct way of being a “Mere Christian,” at the same time evangelical, apostolic, catholic, reformed, and Spirit-filled.–Theological Statement of the Anglican Church in North America
Members of the Anglican Church in North America are part of the “One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church” (Nicene Creed). As Anglicans, this orthodoxy is defined by and centered on our church’s classic formularies—The Book of Common Prayer (2019) and The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (1571). We also wholeheartedly embrace The Jerusalem Declaration (2008).