The Ven. Alan R. Crippen II is Executive Director and Chaplain at the Blake Center for Faith and Freedom, an extension of Hillsdale College in Somers, Connecticut. An Anglican clergyman, he has experience in non-profit organizational leadership and parish ministry. Most recently he served as rector of Holy Trinity Parish in Hillsdale, Michigan. Prior to parish assignment, Rev. Crippen was general editor of the Faith and Liberty Bible and executive director of the American Bible Society’s Faith and Liberty Initiative, a project of national scope to engage people in exploring the “Good Book” as a principal freedom text of American ideals and institutions. Mr. Crippen is also the founder and former president of the John Jay Institute, a Christian organization dedicated to forming principled public leaders. An Army veteran, he has served on active duty and in the reserves as an artillery battery commander and battalion staff officer. He graduated from Cairn University with a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies and Westminster Theological Seminary with his master’s.
