Prior to this, he was the founding rector of Church of the Redeemer in Greensboro, North Carolina, and he has served in several roles at the provincial level for the ACNA, including chief operating officer of the province, canon for provincial development, and vicar of the ACNA-wide Anglican 1000 church planting initiative.

[3] The site, called New Garden Park, has a 6,000-square-foot greenhouse and five agricultural high tunnels to enable year-round growing.

[6] In addition to serving as rector of Redeemer from 2008 to 2021, Hawkins held numerous roles at the diocesan and provincial levels.

He served as an AMIA network leader for churches in North Carolina, east Tennessee and southern Virginia.

In 2018, Hawkins was named chief operating officer for the ACNA, overseeing the church's financial and communications offices in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and the ACNA's initiatives on leadership development, diversity, youth leadership, global partnerships, justice and mercy ministries, church planting, and generosity.

[2] In 2021 and 2022, Hawkins served on the Provincial Response Team dealing with investigations into the handling of sexual abuse reports in the Diocese of the Upper Midwest.

[3] The episcopal transition from Christ Our Hope's diocesan bishop, Steve Breedlove, is expected to be lengthy,[15] with Hawkins committing to serve as ACNA COO until the end of Beach's primacy in 2024.