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Campus of Miracles

The campus of St. Luke’s covers an entire block bounded by Peachtree Street, Pine Street, Courtland Street and the Downtown Connector. The block become known as the Campus of Miracles because of the many transformations which have taken place here through the work of our parish and associated ministries.

One of the most dramatic miracles is St. Luke’s itself. From its founding during the Civil War, the parish has persevered through many hard times and emerged as a congregation committed to civil rights and social justice for all people regardless of race, ethnic group, creed, sexual identity, or socio-economic status.

As evidence of its commitment to living out our baptismal vows in an urban environment, St. Luke’s has been a starting place for many agencies and ministries. These non-profits have become so successful on their own it is easy to forget they are part of St. Luke’s history and extensions of its Campus of Miracles. These organizations include The Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Fraser Center, Communities in Schools, Good Samaritan Center (Hispanic congregation), and the Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency. In addition, St. Luke’s has partnered with All Saints Church in Midtown to establish Canterbury Court, a retirement home, and St. Jude’s Recovery Center.

Today, the campus includes the church and adjoining buildings, as well as four non-profits:

Crossroads Community Ministries, which started as a soup kitchen in our Parish Hall almost 40 years ago and is now a separate non-profit, provides a hot weekday meal, mail service, case management, housing placement and other services as part of its mission to empower the homeless.

Training and Counseling Center at St. Luke’s (TACC), a non-profit community counseling center located in the historic Edward Gay House, strives to offer a healing space within urban Atlanta through counseling, support groups, training and workshops.

The Park at Luke’s (TACC), a 501-c-3 non-profit organization, oversees the state-owned property between the church and the freeway, creating a green space in the middle of the city for the public to enjoy during daytime hours.

The Boyce L. Ansley School was started in the ground floor of St. Luke’s in the fall of 2018 as a tuition-free, private school for children who have experienced homelessness. Starting with kindergarten, a new grade is added each year, and enrollment includes an intensive family support program.


Watch the leaders of the Campus of Miracles tell their stories:

Campus of Miracles Part 1

Campus of Miracles Part 2



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The Rev. Ed Bacon
Interim Rector
The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey
Senior Associate Rector, ​Liturgy and Education
The Rev. Horace L. Griffin
Senior Associate for Pastoral Care and Community Ministries

The Rev. Ed Bacon

Interim Rector

Ed Bacon, the son of a Baptist minister, began his Episcopal journey of faith at St. Luke’s nearly four decades ago when, while serving as our parish’s youth minister, he was granted admission as a postulate for the priesthood. Ed was ordained in 1983 and his ministry led him to become a national voice on issues of faith and justice for all regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

Until his retirement in May 2016, Ed was the rector of All Saints Church in Pasadena, California – a 4,000 member multi-ethnic urban Episcopal parish, with a reputation for energetic worship, a radically inclusive spirit, and a progressive peace and justice agenda. He shepherded All Saints for more than two decades. Before that he served as dean of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Jackson, Mississippi; rector of St Mark’s in Dalton; and, earlier, when he was a Baptist minister, he was campus minister and dean of students at Mercer University in Macon.

Ed, who holds a master of theology from Emory University and honorary doctorates from The Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Mercer University, is the author of 8 Habits of Love, a guide to living life through love and connection, not fear and isolation. His energies these days focus on leadership in anxious times; living a love-based life as opposed to a fear-based life; peacemaking; interfaith relations; contemplative practices and their impact on relationships, creativity, and brain functioning; and, articulating the Christian faith in non-bigoted, science-friendly, and inclusive ways. He blogs regularly on Medium.com about wholemaking in a tribalized/polarized cultural environment and can be followed there as well as on Facebook and Twitter @RevEdBacon. His new website is Edbacon.co.

Ed has been both a guest and a regular guest host on Oprah Winfrey’s Soul Series on Oprah & Friends Radio, and a guest panelist in the Spirituality 101 segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show’s “Living Your Best Life” series. He is a contributor to Oprah.com and a frequent guest on Super Soul Sunday on the Oprah Winfrey Network and his interviews with her have been chosen as part of Super Soul Conversations by Oprah podcasts. He is the recipient of many awards including the Peace Award and the Compassion Award from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Los Angeles. In October he was the recipient of the Ruby McKnight Williams Award from the Pasadena NAACP.

Ed and his wife, Hope Hendricks-Bacon, have two adult children and two grandchildren. Since retiring they have lived near their family in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey

Senior Associate Rector, ​Liturgy and Education

Elizabeth Shows Caffey has served at St. Luke's since February 2015. Elizabeth has a passion for liturgy, spiritual development, and a love for all things community. Before seminary she developed and subsequently directed the Johnson Intern Program at Chapel of the Cross, an Episcopal Service Corps Program, while also working as the family coordinator for Chatham Habitat for Humanity. She has served at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City and All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Atlanta as the priest for outreach, liturgy and pastoral care. The connecting thread through all of Elizabeth’s work has been engaging the compelling questions about God and living as a person of great faith and intellectual inquiry and responding with action and intention in how we live. She loves camping with her children and dog, Ana, and is always up for travel and adventure. As an alumni and North Carolina native, she is an avid Duke basketball fan.

The Rev. Horace L. Griffin

Senior Associate for Pastoral Care and Community Ministries
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Sermons

  • Feb 21 | The Rev. Ed Bacon
    Experiencing the Hidden Ground of Love and Wholeness
  • Feb 14 | Marisa Sifontes
    The Art of Tending Trees
  • Feb 7 | The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey
    Courageous Conversations and Liberating Love
  • Jan 31 | The Rev. Ed Bacon
    Healing a Disoriented Spirit
  • Jan 24 | The Rev. Horace L. Griffin
    #FollowingJesus

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Atlanta, GA

435 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308

Tel: 404-873-7600

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During this time of COVID-19, St. Luke's has broadcast its Sunday services live - and we added Noonday Prayers and Compline in the evening, both live five days a week. We learned the magic of Zoom for meetings and classes.

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