The Right Reverend Council Nedd II, Ph.D., TOSF is a founding member of the Project 21 black leadership network and a Pennsylvania State Constable.
Nedd serves as the rector of St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Pine Grove Mills, PA. He is the author of the books “Does America Hate God? Faith Under Fire” (with David W. Almasi, February 2015), “Teach Me How to Pray: A Guide to Family Prayer” (August 2014) and “The Final Four: A Scriptural Journey Through Advent” (November, 2013). As an archbishop for the Episcopal Missionary Church, he has led Anglican churches in the United States, South Africa and United Arab Emirates.
Nedd was sworn in as a Pennsylvania State Constable at the beginning of 2016. “I decided to run for constable because I think it’s a noble office, and the single most cost-efficient form of government,” Nedd said at the time. “I am also very concerned about arbitrary and capricious enforcement of laws. The arbitrary enforcement of laws, collection of fines and fees seldom is in favor of the least enfranchised people in a particular community. At least in this part of Pennsylvania, those who can least afford to pay municipal fines are the ones who are most vigorously pursued.”
In 2021, Nedd was named “Constable/Marshall of the Year” by the National Constable and Marshalls Association (NCMA). In 2020, he was elected NCMA vice president. He also become the first non-Texan to graduate from the Texas Constables Leadership College of the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas in 2021.
Nedd started his professional life as a political campaign worker and congressional staffer. He also worked with D.C. charter schools for underserved children, where he taught history and established debate and rugby teams. While working in politics, he continued to pursue his true vocation and was eventually ordained a priest in the Anglican Church. In September 2005, he was consecrated as the Bishop of the Chesapeake.
His lifelong interest in politics, coupled with his desire to proclaim the Gospel, led him to launch In God We Trust, an organization established to push back against the secular tide in this country that is seeking to remove God from the fabric of American life.
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The Right Reverend Council Nedd II, Ph.D., TOSF is a founding member of the Project 21 black leadership network and a Pennsylvania State Constable.
Bishop Nedd serves as the rector of St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Pine Grove Mills, PA. He also is the author of the book “The Final Four: A Scriptural Journey Through Advent” (November, 2013).
In addition, Nedd was also sworn in as a Pennsylvania State Constable in January 2016. “I decided to run for constable because I think it’s a noble office, and the single most cost-efficient form of government,” Nedd said at the time. “I am also very concerned about arbitrary and capricious enforcement of laws. The arbitrary enforcement of laws, collection of fines and fees seldom is in favor of the least enfranchised people in a particular community. At least in this part of Pennsylvania, those who can least afford to pay municipal fines are the ones who are most vigorously pursued.”
Although he had always felt called to the ministry, Bishop Nedd started his professional life as a political campaign worker and Congressional staffer. While working in politics, he continued to pursue his true vocation and was eventually ordained a priest in the Anglican Church and in September 2005 was consecrated as the Bishop of the Chesapeake.
Bishop Nedd’s interest in the needs of young people led him to leave politics and for several years he taught at-risk youth at a charter school in the District of Columbia. His life-long interest in politics coupled with his desire to proclaim the Gospel led him to launch In God We Trust, an organization established to push back against the secular tide in this country that is seeking to remove God from the fabric of American life.
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