The Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew

The Mother Church of the Diocese of Dallas

Christ | Compassion | Community

The Very Reverend Kevin Martin is the Director of the Vital Church Ministries, a teaching and consulting outreach of the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew, Dallas, Texas.  For ten years, he was the Congregational Development Officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.  He worked with leaders of the Diocese in the effective development of the mission and ministry of congregations.  He assisted leaders in attracting new members, evangelism and the development of new leadership.  He also oversaw the College Work and coordinated our new congregational starts.  His work included training congregational consultants, oversight of the Ministry Academy for lay vicars and assisting congregations in times of conflict.

He served for five years as the Director of Leadership Training in Evergreen, Colorado. Before this, he served as Rector of three congregations, St. Luke’s, Seattle, Washington, St. Matthew’s, Westerville, Ohio and Emmanuel Church, Stamford, Connecticut.  He served for two years as Resident Chaplain at Bethesda Hospital and Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati.

He has taught nationwide in the areas of preaching, leadership, and evangelism.  He taught at the College of Preachers and has contributed as author to several publications and most recently, updated “Sizing Up the congregation for New Member Ministry” for our national church office.