Welcome to St George's Anglican Church

Fr. Gordon William Hines was born in Dallas TX on New Years Day. Always being curious by nature, by the time he was 7 years old, he had already developed an avid interest in astronomy. Fr. Hine’s love for the beauty and majesty of God’s Creation led him to an awareness of God Himself and piqued his curiosity to know God more fully. No doubt, Fr. Hines was also influenced by the his very devout mother, Mary, who has lived out her faith as well as by the faithful devotion of his maternal grandfather, Fr. Edward Caldwell Lewis, who was an Episcopal Priest for 39 years. 

Fr. Hines initially began his career as a servant of God at age 8, when he became an acolyte assisting clergy at the altar in liturgical services; however, young Gordon was a boy with many interests in the area of performing, including theater, singing, comedy, and doing impressions.

Academically, in the 10th grade, Fr. Hines was accepted into the prestigious Saint Mark’s School of Texas, a preparatory day school where he completed high school. After graduating, he attended community college in the San Francisco Bay area before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. While attending Berkeley, Fr. Hines developed a friendship with Archbishop Robert Sherwood Morse who was a chaplain at Cal Berkeley as well the founder of St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College and head of the Anglican Province of Christ the King. 

Upon graduating from Cal-Berkeley in 1989, Fr. Hines contemplated pursuing a career in law, and so he accepted a position as a legal assistant at a major insurance defense law firm in the San Francisco Bay area. Given his discerning and introspective nature, he soon discovered that law was not his calling. Fr. Hines was seeking a deeper purpose and answering to a higher call.

Still unsure of what direction he wanted his career to take, Fr. Hines returned to Dallas TX in 1992 where he worked as a legal assistant in employment law for the City of Dallas Attorney’s Office while also indulging his interest in performing stand-up comedy on the side. 

In the process of moving forward, Fr. Hines discovered a way to combine his two loves of prayer and performance when he accepted the invitation of his beloved mentor, Archbishop Morse, to enter seminary at St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in 1994. Fr. Hines was ordained as a deacon in December 1996 and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sacred Theology in May 1997. While serving a one-year internship at a church in Arizona, Fr. Hines refined his ever-developing skill of combining fun, performance, and connecting with his audience for the glory of God that was also personally fulfilling and affirming.

In 1997, Fr. Steven Dart invited Fr. Hines to assist him as the priest with the Saint George’s Mission Church in Las Vegas NV. By July 1998, the founding members of St George’s Mission Church knew they had found their spiritual leader and they called Fr. Hines to be their first Rector.

Twenty-six years later, Fr. Hines continues to serve as the much beloved Rector of St George’s Anglican Church. Fr. Hines also serves on the Standing Committee and the Marriage Tribunal of the Diocese of the Western States, as publisher of the national Anglican Province of Christ the King newsletter, The Shepherd’s Staff , and as editor and publisher of the St George’s parish newsletter, The Parish Visitor. 

Despite his busy schedule and his high responsiveness to his congregants, Fr. Hines spends quality time with his one son, Luke, who enjoys all things related to martial arts and high school wrestling. Fr. Hines also finds time to enjoy his hobbies of reading, astronomy, hiking, swimming and ballroom dancing. Oh, and he still likes to tell jokes, too!

Father Gordon Hines frgordonhines@stgeorgeanglican.org