Ken Howard (priest)
Kenneth W. Howard (born September 19, 1952) is an American faith leader, author, religion demographer, consultant, and nonprofit executive – currently executive director of The FaithX Project. Early life and career Born in Lubbock, Texas, Howard is the son of a Jewish mother and a gentile father, the grandson of Russian immigrants, and the great-grandson of the town rabbi of Mogilev, Belarus. In his early 20s he became a follower of Jesus and helped start a Messianic Jewish synagogue. Eventually, he joined The Episcopal Church because it was "the most Jewish church [he] could find." Public Sector (1974–1989): Howard worked in the public behavior health and developmental services field in the Commonwealth of Virginia, from 1974–1981 for local community services boards, first as a volunteerism director, then as a community organizer, and from 1981–1989 as director of training and development for the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Private Consulting Practice (1978–1993): In 1989, Howard started a consulting practice focusing on management development, rightsizing, team building, and board management for both private, public, and nonprofit sector organizations. He maintained this practice through his graduation from seminary in 1993. Ordained ministry Seminary (1990–1993): Studied at Virginia Theological Seminary in