James A. (Jim) Blauvelt lives in Leakesville, MS, and holds several national level positions within The Brotherhood of Saint Andrew, Inc., including member of National Council, Chair of the Prison Ministry Committee, and Ambassador from the Brotherhood to the Episcopal/Anglican seminaries of North America (all the seminaries training persons for ordained ministry within any of the bodies that are a part of Common Cause.) Jim has been active in the ministry of the Brotherhood for over eight years. He has a B.S. from Iowa State University and an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary. He served in the US Army Reserve, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He is married to Joyce, and the father of six children, and grandfather of seven.