Zack Nyein
Senior Associate Rector and Pastor of Imagine Worship
Mobile: (865) 599-6047
The Reverend Zack Nyein has served St. Bart’s since 2022, leading our initiatives with Children, Youth, and Families, Faith in Action (Social Justice), Newcomer Welcome, Parish Life, and shepherding our Thursday evening Imagine Worship congregation.
Zack is enthusiastic about developing creative ways of connecting and communicating the Good News of God in Christ across generations and difference as the Church lives into its new and ancient calling as a community of reconciliation and renewal.
Zack begin his ordained ministry at Grace Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 2016-2018 before, serving as as Associate Rector at All Saints' Episcopal Church, a 3,000 member parish in the heart of Midtown Atlanta from 2018-2021.
Active in the wider Episcopal Church, Zack currently serves on the Board of the Episcopal Evangelism Society, the Board of Kanuga Episcopal Camp and Conference Center, and the Task Force for Prayer Book and Liturgical Revision. He was in the inaugural class of the Trinity Church Wall Street Leadership Fellows.
Zack is a lifelong choral musician and a lover of travel, the arts, and fitness. In his spare time he sings with the Grace Church Choral Society and can often be found taking classes at Barry’s Bootcamp. He holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and Yale Divinity School and resides in Hell's Kitchen with his husband, Dr. Michael Waterson.