Miguel Escobar

Workshop: Discipleship and Baptism

Jesus-focused Discipleship. Jesus is the most interesting thing about the church. Oftentimes, the church thinks it is really interesting and makes formation about the church itself, when really the church is at its best when it serves to point to Jesus, his person and his message. In this workshop, we’ll wrestle with how one’s community, preaching, and teaching can best reflect some of the main messages that Jesus has about wealth and poverty in the Gospels.

Bio: The Rev. Miguel Escobar is a recently ordained priest who is currently serving a two-year curacy at San Andrés Episcopal Church in Sunset Park Brooklyn.

Previously, he served as director of Anglican Studies at Episcopal Divinity School at Union (2017-2023), and was managing program director for leadership, communications and external affairs at the Episcopal Church Foundation (2010-2017). The Rev. Escobar earned a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in 2007 and served as the communications assistant to then-Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori from 2007 to 2010. He is a past chair of the board of directors of Forward Movement and now serves as co-chair of the Friends of Forward Movement board.

The Rev. Escobar grew up in the Texas hill country and attended Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, where he studied the Roman Catholic social justice tradition, Latin American liberation theologies, and minored in Spanish. He joined the Episcopal Church through St. Mary’s, West Harlem, drawn by the congregation’s diversity and commitment to social justice.