Father Michael Novotny
Rector (Senior Pastor)
Fr. Michael has been the Rector of Christ the King Anglican Church since June 2017 and has attended with his wife, Jennifer, since 2010. He is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University (B.A. Philosophy 2009) and Beeson Divinity School (M.Div 2013) having received Holy Orders in the Anglican Church in North America in 2016. Prior to becoming Rector of CTK he served as the Christian Studies department chair and Dean of Students/Spiritual Life at a local Christian high school. He is married to the love of his life, Jennifer. Together they have five children, Levi, Priscilla, Ruth, Joseph, and Samuel (of blessed memory). Fr. Michael’s desire as a priest is to “equip the saints for the work of ministry,” and help train up the next generation of clergy and lay leaders. Fr. Michael also serves as the Dean of the Central Alabama Deanery in the Anglican Diocese of the South.
Father ZACK CLEMMONS
Associate Rector, Youth minister
Father Zack has been at Christ the King since July 2020, when he started as a seminarian at Beeson Divinity School. Before moving to Birmingham, Zack was a Latin and Rhetoric teacher in Colorado. He was ordained a deacon in March 2020 and a priest in September 2023. He’s an aspirant polyglot and probable dilettante. Zack has been married to Erin, a potter, for nine years, and they have five children: Eleanor, Ames, Virgil, Moses, and one-on-the-way. His work as a priest is to proclaim and display the beauty of God in creation and salvation.
Chrissy Coblentz
Parish Administrator
Chrissy has been a part of the CTK community since 2012. She is married to her high school sweetheart and they have three wonderful children. Chrissy feels the most content working in a hands-on supportive role, utilizing her gifts of Administration, assisting others as they live out their calling to achieve great things. When she is not clacking away on the keyboard you might find her at a concert, cheering at her children’s extracurriculars, reading a good book, or sitting on her porch swing watching the hummingbirds.
Hannah Francis
Children’s Minister
Hannah is grateful to serve the children of CTK and their families. It is her heartfelt desire to provide a joyful and loving environment where children experience the love of Jesus and learn to walk as He walked. Hannah has been working in CTK Children's Ministry since 2015. She earned a degree in theater from William Carey University and has found that skill set quite useful when working with children! Hannah is married to Drew Francis, and they are proud parents to Lincoln and Sawyer.
FATHER DAVID TEW
ASSISTING CLERGY
Father David began attending Christ the King in 2010 and has been serving the church as a priest since 2014. Father David has also served as interim rector of St. Paul’s in Tuscaloosa and currently shares interim duties at St. Bede’s in Birmingham. Father David holds a BA in Bible and Theology from Southeastern Bible College and an M.Div from Beeson Divinity School. Father David teaches full time in the areas of history, rhetoric, and theology. He married his high-school sweetheart, Andrea, and they have since been blessed with John (born 2018) and Anna Katherine (born 2021).
The Venerable Andrew Brashier
ASSISTING CLERGY
Archdeacon Andrew and his wife, Cara, began attending Christ the King at its founding in 2007. He has been serving the parish as a priest since 2025. He is the Director of the JAFC's Anglican Office of Education, Training, and Formation (www.anglican.training) and holds a B.A. in Political Science and History from UAB and a J.D. from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. Previously, he served as the first rector at Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd in Pelham (2019-2024) and as the Chancellor for the Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (JAFC). Andrew and Cara are blessed with three children, Holland, Beckett, and Colman.
Alison Ritch
Music Minister
Alison has attended Christ the King since its inaugural service in 2007. She holds a BA in Ancient Languages with a minor in Music from Wheaton College, where she also earned an MA in Biblical Studies. She later received her AS in Nursing and works part-time as an intensive care nurse. Alison loves writing and performing original music, leading worship, cooking, and spending time with her husband Charlie and their four children. She believes music is uniquely powerful in communicating God's presence and truth to the hearts and minds of His children, and she treasures the opportunity to help shepherd her church family through musical worship.
The Vestry
Daniel Milton, Senior Warden (2026)
David Templin, Junior Warden (2026)
Wally Mertz, Treasurer (2024)
Micah Simpson, Secretary (2025)
Stephanie McGuire, Clerk (2026)
Amy Henley (2025)
Richard Rapp (2025)
Our Vestry is made up of godly members prayerfully selected by our church family to serve for a period of three years.