Todd has served for 32 years of Ordained ministry. Currently Todd is serving as the Senior Pastor at Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Anderson served as District Superintendent in the Ohio River Valley District of the West Ohio Annual Conference (2016-2022) and Dean of the Cabinet in the West Ohio Conference (2022).
Todd has also served local United Methodist Congregations in Central (in the Columbus metro area –Linworth (1991-1996), Trinity (1996-1999), Church of the Master (2007-2014), and Hilliard, (2014-2016) and Northwestern Ohio – Defiance St. Paul’s (1999-2007).
Todd has been married to Patricia Vavrick Anderson for 34 years. Patti is an Insurance Broker for the Cornerstone Insurance Company in Cincinnati. Patti is a gifted amateur golfer and was a 3-sport athlete at Union College. The Anderson’s are college sweethearts and love being with their family and friends around the world. Great joys include vacations at Lake Erie, Florida and Vermont annually.
In 2019, the Anderson’s welcomed Liz Cortez from Nicaragua, who is studying at Xavier University, as The Ambassador Scholar. Todd and Liz met on a mission trip to Nicaragua in 2017 sponsored by the Ohio River Valley District, where she served as the teams interpreter.
A lifelong student, from 2005-2007 Anderson was awarded a Cousin’s Fellowship at Emory University in Preaching. He also has an earned D.Min. from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, 1997; a M.Div. from the Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, 1991; and a B.S. in Sociology, with a minor in religion from Union College, 1988, Barbourville, KY.
Over the course of his ministry Dr. Anderson has served on many administrative committees in the West Ohio Annual Conference, The Board of Ordained Ministry, and in many district leadership areas in the four districts in which he has served. He also is a Certified Renewalist from the Creating a Culture of Renewal Ministry and a Licensed Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Diversity Inventory, Cultural Coach and Local Church Consultant through the West Ohio Annual Conference.
Todd has also been a frequent teacher in the Schools of Christian Mission, in several Central American countries, Colombia and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In October 2022, Anderson was the Conference Preacher at the Annual Conference of the Colombian Methodist Church in Medellín, Colombia.
Anderson was a candidate for the Episcopacy (Candidate for Bishop) at the 2022 North Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church.
