He was ordained in 1975 and served for four years in the
Diocese of London followed by two years in the
Diocese of Northern Argentina for the
South American Missionary Society (SAMS). With the onset of the
Falklands War, Scriven and his family moved to
Little Rock, Arkansas, where he served Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock, as Assistant
Rector for Education from 1982 to 1983. From 1984 to 1990, Scriven continued with SAMS in
Spain in the
Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church. He then served for five years as chaplain for the British Embassy Church in Madrid in the
Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe of the
Church of England. On 8 March 1995, he was consecrated as
bishop by
George Carey,
Archbishop of Canterbury, as
Suffragan Bishop in Europe. He was additionally commissioned by
Edmond Browning as an assistant bishop to the
Convocation of American Churches in Europe in May 1995. From 2002 to 2008, Scriven served the
Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh as assistant bishop. Scriven was the
980th bishop consecrated or (as in his case) received into the
Episcopal Church in the United States of America. In July 2024, he was commissioned by the
Church of England Evangelical Council as an "overseer" to provided alternative spiritual oversight (not to be confused with the Church of England's official
alternative episcopal oversight) to evangelical clergy and parishes in the Church of England who maintain traditional teaching on the doctrine of marriage and sexual ethics, following the General Synod's support for the introduction of a service of blessing for same sex couples. ==Personal life==