Our Clergy
Dave Abels
PASTOR, PRIEST — dave@605hope.orgDave wanted to be a pastor from an early age. He studied at the Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, IL) and Regent College (Vancouver, BC) where he was drawn into the Anglican tradition. After church-planting in West Los Angeles, CA, he was ordained as a missionary priest of the Church of Rwanda in 2011, and pastored in Boise, ID, for five years. Dave married Amy in 2017 and they moved back to their hometown of Sioux Falls to start a family and plant a church.
Justin Richardson
DEACON POSTULANT — Jrich601@gmail.comJustin works in Technology Risk at U.S. Bank and has a deep love for service and discipleship. He is eager to serve Christ Our Hope and support its ministry through his role as a Deacon. His faith was renewed in college through a campus ministry, where he developed a passion for living out the Christian life in community; sharing meals, studying Scripture, praying, and bearing one another’s burdens. Justin married his wife, Kayleen, in 2014, and they have four children.
Ken Ross
BISHOPBishop Ken lives in Colorado Springs and serves Christ Our Hope as well as our sister parishes in the Diocese of the Rocky Mountains by praying for, pastoring, and caring for the clergy and overseeing the local church. When Bishop Ken is not traveling to one of the churches in his care, he's likely out enjoying the beauty of Colorado.