William L. Sachs is an Episcopal priest, author, and consultant. He has served parishes in Virginia, Connecticut, and Chicago. He recently retired after serving St. Stephen’s Church, Richmond, Virginia, a parish of over 4,000 members. He has directed varied research projects and formation programs on leadership, spiritual growth, religious trends, and interfaith relations. He has been Visiting Professor at Virginia Theological Seminary and at Yale Divinity School. He serves on the Council of the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is a member of the North American Committee for St. George’s College, Jerusalem. He has led parish, diocesan, and non-profit group retreats and planning meetings.  

Sachs consults with Family Health International, an international health and medical research group. He conducted USAID-funded research on the response to HIV/AIDS by religious groups in seven countries and sits on the Protection of Human Subjects Committee which reviews HIV/AIDS research. He is a trustee of the Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Charitable Trust of Wilton, Connecticut.  

He is the author or editor of thirteen books and has written over 200 articles, reviews, reports, chapters, and essays on Anglicanism, pluralism, minority rights and leadership. In part his writing has grown out of research projects in Britain, Asia and the Middle East. A contributor to the Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer and the Wiley-Blackwell Guide to the Anglican Communion, he is an editor of the Oxford History of Anglicanism.  

He is an avid traveler for refreshment and for intercultural and interfaith discovery. He has led various travel groups to the Middle East and has spoken before groups, conferences, churches, schools, and businesses in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, and Turkey. He has taken sabbatical time at Rikkyo University in Japan.  

Sachs received the PhD at the University of Chicago in modern religious history after earning degrees from Baylor, Vanderbilt, and Yale. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he is married to Melinda Fitzgerald, who lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.