The Reverend Christopher Poore
Assisting Priest
cpoore@ascensionchicago.org
Fr. Poore was ordained to the priesthood in 2024 and is currently a doctoral student in theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School. In 2021, he founded Seminary Street Press in order to republish important Anglican theological works, including Tracts for the Times, Jeremy Taylor's The Worthy Communicant, and Vida Dutton Scudder's Social Teachings of the Christian Year. He also serves as editor for Virginia Theological Seminary's VTS Press. In addition to his work at Ascension, Fr. Poore supports parishes throughout the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago that cannot afford full-time clergy. He has an MA in theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School (2020) and an MDiv from Virginia Theological Seminary (2023).