# Tory Baucum

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{{Short description|American priest}}
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'''Tory K. Baucum''' (born 1960 in Kansas)<ref name=gm>{{cite web |title=Tory Baucum biography |url=https://crdc.gmu.edu/tp-team/tory-baucum/#:~:text=After%2030%20years%20as%20an,that%20has%20led%20us%20home. |website=Carter School at George Mason University |access-date=September 23, 2023}}</ref> is the director of the Center for Family Life at [Benedictine College](/source/Benedictine_College) in [Atchison, Kansas](/source/Atchison%2C_Kansas).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-24 |title=Center for Family Life {{!}} Benedictine College |url=https://www.benedictine.edu/academics/centers/family-life/index |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=a-z-WGB-Front |language=en}}</ref>  

Baucum was elected to the [Polish Academy of Sciences](/source/Polish_Academy_of_Sciences) in 2023, and appointed at the same time to the Copernicus Academy by [Andrzej Duda](/source/Andrzej_Duda), the president of [Poland](/source/Poland), in recognition of his work in peace and reconciliation, and in assistance with the refugee crisis.<ref name=pol>{{cite news |title=Catholic Leaders Weigh in On High Honor Given to Center for Family Life's Tory Baucum |url=https://transforming.benedictine.edu/catholic-leaders-weigh-in-on-high-honor-given-to-center-for-family-lifes-tory-baucum |access-date=September 23, 2023 |publisher=Transforming |date=January 12, 2023}}</ref> 

==Career in ministry==

===Truro Church===

Baucum served as pastor of [Truro Church](/source/Truro_Church_(Fairfax%2C_Virginia)), an Anglican church in Virginia, from 2007 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Truro Anglican Parish Profile |url=https://truroanglican.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Parish-Profile-7.pdf |website=Truro Anglican |access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref>

In 2006, the Truro Church left the [Episcopal Church (TEC)](/source/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)). This led to conflict and a long-running lawsuit over ownership of the church buildings and land. During his time at Truro, Baucum and Bishop Shannon Johnston of the [Episcopal Diocese of Virginia](/source/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Virginia) settled the conflict with an agreement that the Truro congregation could remain in the historic building rent-free with a commitment to maintain the property.<ref name=forge>{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=2014-04-19 |title=Two Ministers Forge Friendship Across a Church Divide |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/19/us/two-ministers-forge-friendship-across-a-church-divide.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  The intrareligious dialogue between Baucum and Johnston was highlighted in the Catholic Journal, Commonweal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contentious Christians {{!}} Commonweal Magazine |url=https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/contentious-christians |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.commonwealmagazine.org |date=27 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and featured in the Easter edition of the ''New York Times''.<ref name=forge /><ref name=weil>{{cite news | last=Weil | first=Julie Zauzmer | title=Prominent Fairfax church seeks to explain rector's sudden departure | newspaper=Washington Post | date=February 21, 2020 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/02/21/prominent-fairfax-church-seeks-explain-rectors-sudden-departure/ | access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref> 

In 2014, Baucum was named as one of the [Six Preachers](/source/Six_Preachers) of [Canterbury Cathedral](/source/Canterbury_Cathedral) by Archbishop [Justin Welby](/source/Justin_Welby).<ref name=lc/>

Baucum, who was raised as a Quaker, resigned from his position at Truro Anglican Church in November 2019, following his conversion to Catholicism.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Tory Baucum – Former Episcopal Priest |url=https://chnetwork.org/journey-home/dr-tory-baucum-former-episcopal-priest/ |access-date=February 14, 2024 |publisher=The Coming Home Network |date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>

===Conversion to Catholicism===

Baucum served in various ministry and leadership roles in the [Anglican church](/source/Anglicanism) for roughly thirty years. He worked as a pastor, and as a seminary and university professor at [Asbury Theological Seminary](/source/Asbury_Theological_Seminary).<ref name="lc">{{cite news |last1=Michael |first1=Mark |title=Truro Anglican's Tory Baucum Resigns |url=https://livingchurch.org/2019/12/09/truro-anglicans-tory-baucum-resigns/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |publisher=Living Church |date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> Then, in 2019, he and his wife converted to the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church).<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2019 |title=Leading cleric in ACNA plans to enter Roman Catholic Church {{!}} Church News Ireland |url=http://www.churchnewsireland.org/news/irish-uk-news/leading-cleric-in-acna-plans-to-enter-roman-catholic-church/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=CNI Church News Ireland |language=en-US}}</ref>

Baucum's conversion story was featured on the [EWTN](/source/EWTN) program "The Journey Home" in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burghart |first1=Paul |title=Leading Anglican's Powerful Conversion To Be Featured on EWTN |url=https://media.benedictine.edu/center-directors-powerful-conversion-to-be-featured-on-ewtn |website=Benedictine College |date=25 August 2023 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}</ref>

===Peace ministry===

Baucum's primary focus in ministry is on what he refers to as peacebuilding, which ties domestic and family life, to life in the community, to the broader horizons of war and peace.<ref name=gm/>

Baucum has cited the Reverend [Eugene Rivers](/source/Eugene_Rivers), Rabbi [Marc Gopin](/source/Marc_Gopin) and Bishop [Shannon Johnston](/source/Shannon_Johnston) as influences.<ref name="poland">{{cite news |title=3 Million Refugees and No Refugee Camp? Thank Poland's Catholic Families |url=https://media.benedictine.edu/3-million-refugees-and-no-refugee-camp-thank-polands-catholic-families |access-date=September 23, 2023 |agency=Benedictine College |date=July 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2019-10-24 |title=Influential Mainline Church Partners with Communio to Strengthen Families in Fairfax, VA |url=https://communio.org/blog/2019/10/24/influential-mainline-church-partners-with-communio-to-strengthen-families-in-fairfax-va/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Communio |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bollig |first=Joe |date=2022-07-15 |title=Archdiocese announces partnership to strengthen marriages |url=http://theleaven.org/archdiocese-announces-partnership-to-strengthen-marriages/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=The Leaven Catholic Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref> He has also cited Mistero Grand, an Italian marriage ministry, and its founder Don Renzo Bonetti as key influences.<ref name=pol/>

Baucum participated in a reconciliation trip to Poland in 2022. The Polish government commended Gopin and Baucum and invited them to continue consulting and building up domestic church leaders to counteract the effects of Putin’s [Christian Nationalist](/source/Christian_nationalism_in_Russia) war on [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine).<ref>{{Cite web |title=3 Million Refugees and No Refugee Camp? Thank Poland's Catholic Families |url=https://excorde.org/2022/3-million-refugees-and-no-refugee-camp-thank-polands-catholic-families |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Ex Corde at Benedictine College|date=13 July 2022 }}</ref>

In February 2023, Baucum was inducted to the Copernican Academy In [Toruń](/source/Toru%C5%84), Poland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic Leaders Weigh in On High Honor Given to Center for Family Life's Tory Baucum |url=https://transforming.benedictine.edu/catholic-leaders-weigh-in-on-high-honor-given-to-center-for-family-lifes-tory-baucum |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Transforming Culture in America, Benedictine College |date=12 January 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoopes |first=Tom |date=January 11, 2023 |title=International Honor Is an Unprecedented Opportunity for Benedictine's Baucum |url=https://media.benedictine.edu/2023/international-honor-is-an-unprecedented-opportunity-for-benedictines-baucum |website=Benedictine.edu}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5228/archbishop-appoints-us-priest-as-canterbury-preacher "Archbishop appoints US priest as Canterbury preacher"], Archbishop of Canterbury website

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