Career
Forrester served as bishop-elect of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan from February through July, 2009. He is the author of I Have Called You Friends: An Invitation to Ministry (Church Publishing, 2003). Forrester received the title Genpo circa 2004, a term signifies a commitment to meditation practice, and is also known as Kevin Genpo Thew Forrester.
Forrester was elected as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan by a special convention of the diocese in February 2009.
A majority of the 110 bishops also rejected his election. A press account stated that this was the first time in 77 years, since 1932, that the election of an ECUSA bishop was nullified.
The last candidate rejected on strictly theological grounds was James DeKoven in 1875 for his high church practices. Forrester cites Thomas Merton, Thomas Keating, and David Steindl-Rast as influences.