The Reverend Canon Dr. David J. Anderson is the Rector of St. Jude's.
David is married to Kathryn and they have two adult children, Fiona and Kaelynn. David and Kathryn live in Hamilton.
David completed his doctoral degree at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the area of Congregational Leadership and Mission. His thesis was entitled: Transforming Communities and Creating Disciples of Jesus through Practices of Neighbourliness: Apprenticeship in the Ways of Parish Life for the Twenty-first Century. His research used a Participative Action Research Methodology and mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative research and a number of interventions conducted at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Hamilton.
His current interests includes the area of Disability Theology.