St. Andrew's
Lawton

The Rev’d Stephanie Jenkins, Rector of Saint Andrew’s - Lawton, grew up in southwest Oklahoma, with both sides

of her family shaped by their Oklahoma roots. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma - BA Sociology (2000) and Episcopal Divinity School – Cambridge, MA - Master of Divinity (2010). Ordination followed July 2010. 

She has served as a curate, Saint Luke’s-Bartlesville, OK; assistant, Saint Peter’s-Weston, MA; Episcopal Diocese

of Kansas - Campus Missioner, in addition to mothering Henry, age 9, and Cora age 7.  

 

Oklahoma’s red dirt, open skies, rolling  plains, strong winds, springtime storms followed by summer heat and

the welcome cool winds of fall are home like no place else to Rev’d Stephanie.  Growing up, she was shaped by

the love filled community of Christ followers worshipping together at All Saints’ Episcopal Church at the corner of

9th & Cedar in Duncan in all their theological variety. There she experienced firsthand God’s unconditional love

and belonging.  

Were it not for the faithful at the corner of 9th & Cedar in Duncan, she’s not sure where else she would have gotten such an expansive experience of God’s all encompassing love growing up in rural southwest Oklahoma. This way of loving remains a crucial voice in our corner of the world, and is her greatest aspiration for Saint Andrew’s - to be an inclusive Christ centered community open to the power of the Holy Spirit right here in the Lawton/Ft Sill community.