The Rt. Rev. Sarah K. Fisher, Ninth Bishop of East Carolina

In no particular order, Bishop Fisher loves Jesus, the Church, 0rganization and congregational development, poetry, Holy Scripture, her family in all of its delightful and quirky forms, thrift stores, singing, practicing and teaching yoga, vegetables, laughter, playing in the kitchen and sharpie markers.

She hopes to love, in as much as it is possible, the way that Jesus loves; to serve the Church with fierce compassion and care; to learn as long as it’s possible. She seeks to see and respond to the needs of the world, specifically with an eye to racial injustice; to love those who the world casts to the margins; to use her voice to heal and never harm.

She believes that God is alive and at work in the world; that the Church is as vital and needed today as it ever has been; that God is irresistible and that Love/Love Incarnate/Resurrection/God always gets the last and best word.

Bishop Fisher is a native of Athens, Georgia and has served parishes in the Diocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Atlanta. She and her spouse and best beloved, Mandy, who is an Episcopal priest, live in New Bern, where they frequently function as human tennis ball dispensers to their two black labs, Bayton and Maggie.