Steve Wood of St. Andrew’s Church to lead new Anglican Diocese of the Carolinas

The Rev. Steve Wood, rector of St. Andrew's Church in Mount Pleasant, will be consecrated as the first bishop of the Anglican Church in North America's Diocese of the Carolinas.

The Rev. Steve Wood, rector of St. Andrew’s Church in Mount Pleasant, has for years overseen one of the Lowcountry’s biggest church success stories. The parish has grown to a membership of 3,150 and, in recent years, started churches in Goose Creek and downtown Charleston.

In 2006, Wood was one of three candidates for bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. (The others were the Rev. Canon Ellis Brust, chief operating officer of the American Anglican Council, and the Rev. Mark Lawrence, who earned the position.)

Six years later, much has changed in local Anglican circles, and Wood now finds himself at the forefront of a new religious enterprise. On Saturday, he will be consecrated the first bishop of the Diocese of the Carolinas within the Anglican Church in North America.

The occasion prompted The Post and Courier to ask Wood a few questions about his new role, his church and his parish life. Read more