Meet the Board

Zacher Bayonne (Zach for short) graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and is a priest in the Diocese of Central Florida. Zach attended the University of Maryland, College Park (Go Terps!) where he studied Economics and met his lovely wife, Emily, through the Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band. Upon graduating college, he began a career in management consulting doing financial audits, strategic human capital analysis and planning, and project management/business analysis for enterprise-wide software implementation efforts. Before entering seminary, Zach earned a graduate degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology while continuing to work in management consulting. Zach serves on the Board of EFAC as the Treasurer.

The Rev. Dr. Richard Crocker trained for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall Oxford. After ordained service as an inner city curate and school chaplain in Birmingham, he was called to the US, and served as Rector in Iowa, as Associate Rector for Discipleship at Truro Church in Fairfax, VA, and as Rector of St James Anglican Church in Newport Beach, CA. He spent two years as General Secretary of EFAC-Global, and assisted with its relaunch. Richard was awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree from Trinity School for Ministry. His interests include Biblical preaching, effective discipleship, church planting, and liturgy with an evangelical perspective. He is married to scientist and author Dr. Caroline Crocker, and they have four children and six grandchildren.

The Rev. David Thompson joined Church of the Advent Boston in the summer of 2020 and previously served at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, TX. He attended seminary at Wycliffe College in Toronto, ON and has experience in ministry to the homeless, schools, church planting, and evangelism to the unchurched. David and his wife Heather are originally from central Oklahoma. They have three school-aged children.

The Rev. Eric Hornbuckle is Rector of St. Thomas Anglican Church, Gainesville, VA (2018-present). Eric obtained his undergraduate degree in Classics from the University of Virginia, and attended seminary at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. Eric is laboring to build a classical Christian school in his community. Eric has served as Assistant Priest at Truro Anglican Church, Fairfax, VA (2007-2016), and as Associate Vicar at St. Stephen’s Church, Tonbridge, Kent, Church of England (2016-2017).

The Rev. Jacob W. Dell is Pastor of the historic First Congregational Church Woodbury, Connecticut. He formerly served as Priest-in-Charge at St. Peter's Church Lithgow, Millbrook, New York. Mr. Dell obtained his undergraduate degree in History from Yale University, and attended seminary at Nashotah House Theological Seminary. He has held positions at the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church (2011-2015), the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy Reserve (2013-2021), and at Holy Trinity Church Inwood, in Manhattan, as Vicar and Priest-in-Charge (2015-2020). He is married to his wife, Sasha, and they have five children.