Jordan Hylden, ThD

The Rev. Dr. Jordan Hylden (AB, Harvard; MDiv, ThD, Duke) is Associate Rector for Christian Education at St. Martin’s Episcopal, Houston.  Previously, he served churches in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Dallas, and as Canon Theologian and Dean for the Stanton School of Ministry for the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.  He has served as a General Convention deputy and on the Task Force for Communion Across Difference in the Episcopal Church.  His doctoral work at Duke focused on Yves Simon’s work on democracy and authority in Catholic social thought.  Previously, he taught classes for Lutheran Southern Theological Seminary and St. Louis University.  Dr. Hylden is a regular contributor to The Living Church and has also written for Christianity Today, First Things, and The Anglican Theological Review.  He and his wife, the Rev. Emily Hylden, make their home in Houston with their three boys, Charles, Donnie, and Jacob.