About Bill & Rose Mugford

The Very Rev. Bill Mugford is the Dean of San Diego for the Diocese of Western Anglicans, Anglican Church of North America.  San Diego Anglican Deanery churches minister to a wonderfully diverse community of approximately 10 million people, as the Deanery includes northern Mexico.  He is concurrently the Senior Pastor/Rector of Grace Anglican Church, reaching out to the multicultural communities of Oceanside, Carlsbad and Vista, California, in an "ancient/modern" approach that blends the best of historical and contemporary worship styles.  

Bill has served as a Senior and Associate Pastor in multi-denominational settings as both a church planter and senior leader in larger churches in the United States and Canada, radio and television speaker/host, adjunct college educator, liaison to government, conference and special events speaker, journal author and substantive editor of The Complete Library of Christian Worship, and founder of the Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice and Palliative Care, Toronto, Canada. In occasional roles as church consultant and seminar speaker, Bill has broadened his experience and served the larger church.

Over and above all, Bill's life has been and is dedicated to presenting Jesus Christ, the Hope of the World.

Bill and Rose live in Southern California and have two married children and grandchildren in Carlsbad, CA, and Nashville, TN. Check out more details in his on-line Resumé.

Rose Mugford was born in Southern Italy and raised in Toronto, Canada. Living in the inner city, she learned to love and appreciate diversity and many cultures. This experience shaped much of Rose's love for peoples around the world. She and Bill have served together much of their ministry lives.

A profound love of learning and deep passion for spiritual transformation for all ages have occasioned a unique life journey in education. As a professional educator, Rose has taught at the High School level; initiated a unique Children's Ministry program for urban kids for Church In The City, a new church that Bill and Rose planted in downtown Toronto; ministered part-time in Adult Education at Christ Church of Oak Brook; authored children's curriculum; represented Health Promotion Network, Worldwide as a Corporate Trainer; and served as Children's Ministries Director for High Point Church, Madison, Wisconsin. Rose is an exceptional Bible teacher and occasional conference/seminar speaker.

Rose has her B.A. from Tyndale College, Toronto, and a M.A. from Wheaton College, Illinois.

When she is not teaching/educating, Rose is exploring the world with Bill.