About

Social Enterpise to Serve.

Formed in 2017 as an offering of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, Episcopal Enterprises is providing an innovative platform for the church to engage in social enterprise in order to create greater capacity for ministry and better sustain our communities and our parishes.

Established in 2017.

Episcopal Enterprises was born out of many conversations between innovative Episcopal clergy and lay people working to develop alternative ways to fund powerful visions for ministry beyond what churches can simply collect in pledges and tithes.

Our Mission.

Our mission is spread the good news in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles about the ways that social enterprise can help sustain our faith communities and bring to life our boldest dreams of what God is calling us to be and do.

Our Team.

+Rev. Jaime Edwards-Acton

The Rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Hollywood, Father Jaime has been engaged in Social Enterprise for over 20 years with successful and creative offerings like the Hope Garden, Jubilee Consortium's Episcopal Urban Intern Program, and Delaney Wright Fine Arts Preschool offering integral services and value to community while creating jobs and sustainability for the parish at St. Stephen's

Betsy Densmore

Betsy Densmore has a long career of providing leadership and developing leadership in others. Currently, she is Founder/Managing Director of the Academies for Social Entrepreneurship, an educational organization dedicated to linking the passion of social purpose with sustainable business practices and principles. She is also a dedicated vestry member at St. John's Episcopal Church in Costa Mesa.

Bishop John Taylor

A lifelong Episcopalian, Taylor was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1954, the son of journalists and formerly served as chief of staff to former President Richard M. Nixon and later as the executive director of the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif. The Rt. Rev. John H. Taylor began ministry as seventh bishop of the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Dec. 1, 2017. Taylor has written two novels, Patterns of Abuse and Jackson Place, in addition to numerous newspaper and magazine articles and a blog, "The Episconixonian."

Taylor married Kathleen Hannigan O'Connor in 2002. He has two daughters, Valerie and Lindsay, and two stepchildren, Daniel and Meaghan.

Bishop Diane Bruce

The Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce was elected seventh bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on December 4, 2009, after having served 10 years as rector of St. Clement’s by-the-Sea Church in San Clemente, California. The first woman to be elected bishop in diocesan history, she was ordained to the episcopate on May 15, 2010. Bishop Bruce’s areas of specialization include multicultural ministries, stewardship, and oversight of the congregations in the southern third of the Diocese.

A native of Pequannock, New Jersey, Bishop Bruce is married to G. Stephen (Steve) Bruce, a computer software engineer. The Bruces have two adult children -- a son, Max, and a daughter, Jardine.

+ Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy

Reverend Canon Melissa McCarthy serves as canon to the ordinary for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. She began discerning her call to ministry at St. George's Church, Riverside, in 2001. She was ordained to the transitional diaconate in June 2005 and to the priesthood in January 2006. In her first 18 months of ordination she served at St. Mark's Church, in Berkeley, Calif., in a non-stipendiary position while pursuing a master's degree in homiletics at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, from which she also received her master of divinity degree. Rev. Canon McCarthy has developed a range of education and formation programs for children, youth and adults, and supported the development of the Red Door Vineyard, Epiphany's community-building project of tending, growing and harvesting wine grapes.

Tim Alderson

Tim Alderson is Executive Director of Seeds of Hope, the food justice ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. His lifetime in agriculture has included nearly 20 years as CEO of AgriGator, Inc., a multi-national soil amendment manufacturer, as well as numerous industry boards including the board of directors of the National Agri-Marketing Association. He was the founding chairman of the California School Garden Network and was appointed by two California governors to the board of the Schools Agriculture and Nutrition Program where he currently serves as President. He was also appointed to the California Department of Education School Garden Advisory Committee.

Tracy Alderson

Tracy Alderson is the owner and founder of Mile 22 Film Locations. Mile 22 is a one-stop-shop for all of the location filming needs of the visual entertainment and advertising industries. As the representative for several of the properties of the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles, Tracy and Mile 22 coordinate all aspects of the process, to include the initial site tour, contract negotiations, and site coordination during load-in, film, and strike days. And, with a portfolio of properties ranging from single-family and multi-family residential, commercial, and institutional (including schools, a medical clinic, and churches), one call to Mile 22 dramatically simplifies the logistics of onsite production.

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