He also undertook a Doctor of Ministry in congregational development at the Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, between 2004 and 2006.
Field was ordained into ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) on June 6, 1983, after which he ministered in Maryland and Ohio.
His ministry was then translated into the Holy Orders of the Episcopal Church when he was ordained a deacon on October 10, 1990, in the Diocese of Hawaii.
[1] He entered the Chaplain Corps of the U.S. Navy and served in Hawaii and Tennessee while on active duty.
He married Donna Jean Cassarino on August 4, 1979, and the couple has two children: Chandra and Christopher.