Our Leadership
We are a church of the great commandment, the great commision, and the Great Tradition.
Christ Church is a member of the Diocese of Fort Worth, under the authority of Bishop Ryan Reed, within the Anglican Church in North America.
Our Clergy and Staff:
Fr. Jeff Logan
Priest-in-Charge [ EMAIL ]
Biography
Fr. Jeff hails from the Midwest, and earned his B.A. degree from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1978, with a focus on religion and psychology. He served as a lay missionary in Guatemala for two years before attending the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin to earn his M.Div. Upon priestly ordination, he has served in various parishes and missions in the Diocese of Fort Worth.
He met Anne, a native of Australia, and they married in 1993. Soon thereafter, they moved to Australia for two years, where he served as Assistant Priest, then interim Dean at St. Boniface Cathedral, Bunbury, Australia. They returned from Australia, and he became rector of a parish in Gainesville, Texas.
In 1998, he entered the US Navy as chaplain. For the next 22 years, he served in a wide variety of billets in the Navy and Marine Corps including time in Iraq (OIF), aboard ships, air wings, ground combat units, and submarines. These postings had the family moving around the United States, and overseas in Italy, Japan and Hawaii. During these active duty years, he earned a JPME diploma from the US Naval War College, many personal and campaign awards, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary with a focus on the legal status of military chaplains with regard to the two First Amendment religious clauses.
He transitioned out of the Navy in January, 2021, and was sent to St. Luke’s, Mineral Wells. In four years, he revitalized the small mission there before being sent to Christ Church in October, 2025 as priest-in-charge.
Anne and he are blessed to have three adult children, Michael, Gabrielle, and Andrew.
Fr. Andrew Hollinger
Diocesan Curate and Chaplain for Brazos Fellows [ EMAIL ]
Biography
Born and raised in Central Texas, Fr. Andrew first felt God’s call to serve Him in His Church in high school, leading music in the Baptist/non-denominational setting. Then he was invited to Easter Vigil in 2017—where the beauty, dignity, and power of the liturgy captivated him. However, it was the life of the sacraments, the commitment to catechesis, and the invitation into the life of the community that really set the hook.
After graduating from Baylor in 2021 with a B.A. in Great Texts, Fr. Andrew then got his M.Div. from Nashotah House Theological Seminary in 2024. His first curacy was at the Church of the Incarnation Bryan/College Station, where he primarily worked with the college ministry, as well as caring for the parish during the rector’s summer sabbatical. His hobbies include bouldering, hunting and fishing, rose gardening, reading the books now that he said he read for class, and making sacred music accessible.
Fr. Andrew was confirmed (2018), married Elizabeth (2021), and was ordained a deacon (2024) all at Christ Church Waco. He and Elizabeth are so excited to be coming home to the community that has shaped and supported them both, raising their young son Charlie to love and serve our Lord, and further support Christ Church’s growth and mission.
Rev. Thomas Hunter
Deacon [ EMAIL ]
Biography
Deacon Thomas is a native of Greater Boston, and moved to Waco in 2011. He is married to Lindsay and father to Andrew. His interests include reading, church history, dialogue between the Christian West and Eastern Orthodoxy, reptiles, cooking, music (guitar and mandolin), science fiction, and anything involving C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Deacon Thom holds a BA in History from Gordon College, a MA in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and is pursuing additional studies through Nashotah House Theological Seminary.
Dr. Jeffrey Fish
Director of Music [ EMAIL ]
Biography
Jeff’s earliest memories are of making music with family. They would sing for hours when they took trips, and sing at home too. His experience of the love and goodness of God was shaped by that singing, and by singing in choirs. Mrs. Gattis and Mrs. Bunch, his early piano teachers, differed vastly. On the one hand Mrs. Gattis fostered his ability to play music by ear. On the other hand, Mrs. Bunch had a zero-tolerance policy for ear-playing. Jeff began playing the classical guitar as a freshman in high school, studying under Oscar Valdez. Guitar became his chief passion, the object of hours of concentration every day. To his perfectionistic mind, mistakes in a piano recital meant that the piano could never be his primary instrument.
Although he planned to study jazz at the University of North Texas, to his own surprise he instead followed his older siblings to Baylor. There was no classical guitar major at Baylor, and so he decided not to major in music, but he kept playing the piano in worship services, and playing the guitar at every opportunity.
The notion of learning and teaching the history and literature of the Greek and Roman worlds (now his day job) captured his imagination. It was his ‘Roman Empire’, one might say. Before he knew it, he was carried away in the torrent of graduate studies. He kept making music along the way, however, and sometimes singing.
As Director of Music, Jeff’s hope is that every person at Christ Church will sing heartfully to the Lord, and not just on Sunday, but during the week too. He has been helping to lead musical worship at Christ Church since its beginnings. His greatest earthly treasures are his wife Holly and his two daughters, Margot and Stella.
Dr. Paul and Paige Gutacker
Brazos Fellows, Director and Assistant Director [ EMAIL ]
Biography
In 2014, Paul and Paige moved to Waco where Paul is a full-time lecturer at Baylor University in History.
Paul’s current research explores the cultural and political importance of nineteenth-century American interpretations of church history. He has published articles and book reviews in Crux, Fides et Historia, the Journal of Religious History, and the Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Both his scholarship and his teaching are driven by a desire to see the church recover her historical memory. In his spare time, Paul enjoys reading fiction, running the Waco Riverwalk, cooking, and cheering on the Buffalo Bills.
Paige is passionate about people development and started her own life coaching business, Crossroads Coaching, in 2017. Paige previously worked in the non-profit sector and, together with Paul, co-authored an instructional text on mentoring for Christian educators. In addition to participating in a Spiritual Direction Training Program at Truett Seminary, she currently spends much of her time caring for their three children, James, Marianne, & Matthew.