​"Through coaching and facilitation, I come alongside parish leaders and clergy to help each of them develop their best contribution to the body of Christ that is the Church. Parish health and leadership require many traits to be effective. Among the most important of these are vision, empathy, communication, and spiritual growth. These are the gifts of the Spirit and the accomplishments of faith I seek to engender in everyone with whom I am engaged, by the grace of God."

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Fr. Paul Hodge

Fr. Paul is a priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America for over twenty-five years. He has facilitated many teams and coached many individuals in that time, both in the pastorate and in business. He eagerly continues this patient, devoted work with special focus on his first love, the life of the Holy Orthodox Church.

Professionally, Fr. Paul has diligently served private sector teams and operations for over seven years at a global Fortune 150 Information Technology and Communications corporation. In that time, he has achieved certification in the specialties of management and facilitation of development and work teams.

Prior to this private-sector work, Fr. Paul was a full-time parish priest for sixteen years, serving successively in various Antiochian parishes: from the Cathedral of St. George in Wichita, Kansas, to the small, historic Church of St. Elias in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Additionally, over the past six years Fr. Paul has served as President of the Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association. In 2020 he was appointed by Met. JOSEPH of the Antiochian Archdiocese as Spiritual Adviser for Ancient Faith Ministries and Publishing.

Fr. Paul has a Master of Divinity degree from St. Vladimir Seminary (1993), a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University in the City of New York (1990), and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Language and Literature from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota (1988).

He is the husband of Amy and they have two adult children, Elias and Faith.