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Bishop David Loomis, affectionately known to HONA-ites as Doc, has served as Canon Missioner for the Anglican Mission since September 2007. In that capacity as well as serving as the Network Leader of the Heart of North America (HONA) Network, Doc is involved with planting new churches, raising up leaders and opening new territory for the Kingdom in the US and Canada. Doc also serves as Chairman for the Anglican Church in North America's (ACNA) Committee on Mission and teaches church planting in the DMin and MDiv programs at Gordon Conwell Seminary in Massachusetts.

A significant number of new churches and missions have been planted under Doc's leadership during the last five years. Beginning with a single Northeast Ohio Congregation, four Networks have been birthed. Now, with the partnership of the Midwest Network, there are four Networks in one region. The region, called The Heart of North America, includes The Lighthouse, River of Life, CrossRoads (replacing HONA as a Network moniker) and St Michaels. Doc also helps provide oversight for churches in Ontario and Quebec for the ACiC.

Doc was trained and licensed in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) where he served as pastor from 1981 - 1997. From 1997 until 2003, he worked with two church plants in Ohio as an independent Christian church planter. In 2003, Doc began working with orthodox Anglicans in Ohio and ultimately accepted a call as pastor of an emerging church in northeast Ohio. This congregation, Holy Trinity, eventually affiliated with the Anglican Mission, leading to Doc's ordination by Bishop Barnum in 2004. While serving this parish, Doc was called to birth a family of 8 churches in the surrounding area.

Doc holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in ministry. He is married to Ellen, who ministers mightily as a worship leader, and the couple resides in Medina, Ohio. The Loomis' have four grown Christian children, ages 19 to 33, and four grandchildren.