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"To find suitable persons for the Episcopal ministry and
aid them in acquiring a thorough education"
SIM's founding purpose on October 2, 1857;
our ministry ever since.
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Greetings!,
HO HUM, another birthday. Number 155. Quite the longevity for an independent Episcopal organization founded on October 2, 1857 to "find suitable persons for the Episcopal ministry and aid them in acquiring a thorough education."
What isn't HO HUM is SIM's solution to the church's seemingly insoluble decades old problem of funding theological education. What isn't so HO HUM is SIM's realistic 5% Solution! It's a "do-the-math" answer.
If 5% of Episcopalians in the Pews (EIPs) gave at the suggested monthly rate of $18.57, funding would be created to more than cover 100% of the tuitions of ALL three year full time residential M. Div. (Masters of Divinity) Episcopal students! Here is how it works in round numbers:ASA (Average Sunday Attendance) for Episcopal Church (or EIPs) 700,000 x 5% 35,000Circle of Seminarian Friends Suggested Monthly Contribution x $18.57Months in year x 12 = $7.8 millionAverage number of 3 year full time residential M. Div. Episcopal seminarians per year: 450 Average tuition: $15,400Total average tuition costs = $6.9 millionOne of the greatest assets of The Episcopal Church is our well-educated, well-trained, and well-formed clergy. We cannot afford to take this asset for granted. Join the Circle of Seminarian Friends today: www.simministry.org.
Faithfully,
Tom Moore
Executive Director
SIM
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