The Rev. Canon Mark Furlow, Chair

The Rev. Canon Mark Furlow currently serves as canon to the ordinary and chief operating officer of The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. His ministry in this capacity focuses on resourcing the 55 churches and 7 institutions of the Southwestern Virginia with an emphasis on missional alignment. Canon Furlow has also served in other capacities around The Episcopal Church including canon missioner of Southwestern Virginia; rector of Trinity, Arrington, Virginia; rector of Holy Trinity, Georgetown, Kentucky; and clergy resident of Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia. He served as deputy to General Convention in 2018 on the Committee for Governance and Structure and continues in his third year as a member of the Church Pension Group’s Client Council. His ministerial and research interests include aesthetical theology, applications of collaborative artistic process for church community, and the development of missional metrics. Canon Furlow has a master’s in business administration degree from the University of Lynchburg, a master’s in divinity degree from The General Theological Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree in dramatic arts and religious studies from Center College. Over the course of his professional life, he has maintained an occasional, second career in theatre production management with a focus in design and technology. His theatrical engagements have included work for the Endstation Theatre Company, the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., and the Berkshire Theatre Company. He has also served as a faculty instructor of theatre at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia where he now lives with his wife, Siobhan, and daughter, Aoife.

The Rev. Yein Kim, Vice Chair

The Rev. Yein Kim currently serves as Parish Associate of St. Athanasius Episcopal Church at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, Diocese of Los Angeles, a parish that serves three - Spanish, English, and Korean speaking – congregations. A fourth-generation priest in the Anglican/Episcopal tradition, she grew up immersed in the life of Anglican Church of Korea and the Anglican Communion. Yein has lived in and studied in many cities throughout Asia and North America, including Toronto, Canada; Beijing, China; and Cambridge, United States. She is married to the Rev. Nickolas Griffith who serves as rector of the Mutual Ministry of St. Andrews, Torrance and Christ Church, Redondo Beach. Yein studied political science and international relations in college and graduate schools of Korea University and Beijing University, and graduated from Episcopal Divinity School where she studied for her master’s of divinity with emphasis upon liturgical studies.

Yein’s ministry reaches far beyond her parish and diocese, as she actively participates in various ministries for people who are underrepresented and the marginalized. In the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, she is one of the co-founders of The Gathering, a space for Asian American Spirituality, serves on the Commission on Ministry, and the Women of Color Scholarship Committee. In 2017, Yein was part of the Episcopal Delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She is active in the development of Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry (EAM), Iona Collaborative, and General Convention Task Force to Study Sexism in the Episcopal Church and Develop Anti-Sexism Training. She also serves on the board of directors of Episcopal Women’s History Project (EWHP) and Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union.

The Rev. Ramelle McCall, Vice Chair

The Rev. Ramelle McCall serves as rector of Church of the Holy Trinity in West Baltimore, Maryland. He was also appointed urban missioner for the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland serving as a community activist/builder for urban issues in West Baltimore City. Prior to this call, McCall served as rector of St. Michaels and All Angels in Baltimore and interim rector at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Annapolis. He was ordained to the diaconate on June, 4, 2011 and later ordained as priest on December 10, 2011. Prior to his ordination, McCall worked as an alcohol and drug abuse coordinator for the Maryland Division of Correction. He has a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and technology from Stevenson University, a master’s of divinity from Wake Forest University Divinity School, and a graduate degree of Anglican studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. McCall currently serves on the Interim Body Addressing the State of the Church; this committee, appointed by President of the House of Deputies, Gay Jennings, has been asked to “to fulfill Resolution 2018-A053, which directs the design of a new parochial report ’relevant to the diversity of the Episcopal Church’s participation in God’s mission in the world.’ He is a Baltimore native and is grateful to serve his home community of West Baltimore.