Archbishop
Dr. Sterling Lands II
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Sterling Lands II is the Presiding Bishop of the Family Life International Fellowship and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. John the Baptist, Evangelical Episcopal Communion.
He is Co-Founder of the International Conference of Bishops Inc. He is the Founding Pastor of Greater Calvary Bible Church of Austin, Texas and has 40 years of pastoral ministry and executive leadership experience, with 25 years of corporate experience as a Process Control Engineer, Director of Engineering, and Director of Operations.
He is the author of the highly sought after book, “Better Choices” and The Integrity Screen. He is a Licensed Professional Control System Engineer and CEO of ANAK Consultants, Inc.
He is CEO of the Greater Calvary Rites of Passage, Inc. - develop character centered leaders. He is CEO of Rites of Passage Development, Inc. - low income housing and economic development.
Dr. Lands pastors and supports pastors in the USA, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, South Africa, Canada, Pakistan, India, Haiti, and the UK.
He has served as Chair of the Austin Parks and Recreation Board, Co-Chair Austin Planning Commission, member Austin Ethics Review Commission, the first Austin Police Oversight Commission, and a host of other civic and religious boards and commissions. He served as the National President of the Association for Nonviolent Social Change of America, and the Missouri State President of the Martin Luther King Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change. He participated in the 1961 sit-in civil rights protest. He lead the1980 protest for equitable treatment of and raising the academic standards for Black students in University City, Missouri. He served as President of the East Side Social Action Coalition, Austin, Texas.
Dr. Lands has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology, Southern University A&M School of Engineering and Technology, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a Doctor of Divinity Degree, Master’s International School of Divinity, Evansville, Indiana.
Dr. Lands and Deas. Mable L Lands were is married in 1967, they have two sons and ten grand children. He is committed to strengthening the family as a Kingdom priority.