Adam Bernard Conley was born and raised in the Seattle metro area. Adam’s discernment for ordination began shortly after college during a two-year internship in London with a Church of England parish that reimagined a new urban church plant in its historic worship space. After returning to Seattle, Adam gained valuable lessons in administration, communications, and pastoral care through his professional career in the retirement and assisted living industry.
From 2018 to 2022, Adam was on staff at Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, serving as Seattle Service Corps Director beginning in March of 2018, and later taking on additional roles supporting 20s/30s ministries and editing The Rubric magazine.
Adam left the staff of Saint Mark’s in June of 2022 to attend seminary at Sewanee University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. On May 9, 2025, Adam graduated from Sewanee’s School of Theology, having earned his Master of Divinity degree with honors. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 2025, and began his curacy at Saint Mark’s on July 15, 2025.