Bill Jenkins

William Alan Jenkins Sr. (born 1963) is an American Anglican bishop. He is currently the 13th bishop ordinary of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (NEMA). Prior to his election as coadjutor bishop, he was canon to the ordinary in the diocese.

Early life, education, and family Jenkins was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, in 1963, and was raised in a congregation of the fundamentalist Evangelical Methodist Church of America. He received a bachelor's degree in religious education and pastoral studies from Manahath School of Theology, the denominational school in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and studied for a master's degree in religious education at Manahath. According to Jenkins, his thesis was rejected because he had moved away from the school's fundamentalist and premillennial theology. Before he could complete his degree, the institution closed and relocated to Virginia as Breckbill Bible College. Jenkins is pursuing continuing theological studies at Reformed Episcopal Seminary.

While studying at Manahath, he met his future wife, Kimberley. They married in August 1982 and have six biological children, 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. They also fostered five children.

Faith REC in Armistead Gardens, Baltimore, which Jenkins has pastored since 1991.Jenkins' first call in the REC was as rector of Emmanuel REC in Baltimore's Mayfield neighborhood. Less than a year later, he was asked to take over an additional role as rector of the struggling Faith REC in the nearby Armistead Gardens neighborhood. At the time, Faith's congregation had dwindled to 12 and Jenkins' original plan was to merge Faith with Emmanuel. Jenkins remains rector of Faith and has also held numerous diocesan roles, including canon to the ordinary starting in 2014 under Bishops David L. Hicks and Chuck Gillin.

On November 3, 2022, the NEMA synod elected Jenkins its next bishop coadjutor. ACNA consent was granted on January 11, 2023, Jenkins succeeded Gillin as bishop ordinary on January 2, 2025.

Financial writing

Jenkins was also a writer and editor for publications of Agora Financial, including serving from 2008 to 2010 as editor of Agora's FX Options Trading Masters product. During these years, he also wrote for Agora publications the Daily Reckoning and Money Morning.