This episode is part 2 of Brandon and Hannah’s conversation with The Rev’d Rob Fisher. This episode focuses on the events of 2020, their impact on St. John’s Lafayette, and Fisher’s leadership through it all. The pandemic, George Floyd’s murder, arson, and Donald Trump’s photo op with a Bible in front of St. John’s Lafayette all posed unique leadership challenges. Priceless murals were produced, the church community banded together to problem solve, and St. John’s Lafayette Square weathered the many storms.
31: Navigating Turmoil at the Church of the Presidents with Rob Fisher
Rob Fisher
The Rev’d Rob Fisher ’98, ’05 MDiv is Rector at St. John’s Lafayette Square in Washington, DC. Fisher, originally from California, studied at Yale University as an undergraduate. He studied Japanese and sang with the Yale Russian Chorus. After college, he moved back to California as an organizer on environmental issues. When he discerned a call to holy orders, he returned to Yale for an MDiv from Yale Divinity School with a Diploma in Anglican Studies from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He has served at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, and churches in San Marino, Santa Barbara, and Carmel Valley, California.