the COLLEGE for BISHOPS PLEDGES FROM THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS We are grateful to those who contribute financially towards the work of the College for Bishops. Pledge income totaled $90,272.65 in 2018. Thank you to the following active and resigned The Rt Rev’d David E. and Helen R. Richards bishops who pledged or made pledge payments in 2018: UPCOMING EVENTS College for Bishops Board Meeting- Gladstone B. Adams, III, South Carolina Ed Little, Resigned April 4, 2019 Laura Ahrens, Connecticut Bill Love, Albany COLLEGE BISHOPS October 22, 2019 Neil Alexander, Sewanee Santosh Marray, Easton for David Bailey, Navajoland Dan Martins, Springfield Project Resource Parish Conference- J. Scott Barker, Nebraska J. Scott Mayer, Northwest Texas June 25-27, 2019 Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Indianapolis Jose McLoughlin, Western NC 2018 Annual Report John Bauerschmidt, Tennessee Charlie McNutt, Resigned Living Our Vows Residency- June 3-7, 2019 Mark Beckwick, Newark Steven Miller, Milwaukee Dear Colleagues and Friends, June 1-5, 2020 Barry Beisner, Northern California Michael P. Milliken, Western Kansas Pat Bell, Eastern Oregon Hector Monterroso, Texas New Bishops’ and Spouses’ Conference- Mellick Belshaw, Resigned James Montgomery, Resigned Engagement and transition were two themes of 2018 for the College for Bishops (CfB). February 3-7, 2020 Larry Benfield, Arkansas Rafael Morales, Puerto Rico Scott Benhase, Georgia Charles Ohl, Resigned BOARD OF DIRECTORS Charles Bennison, Resigned Robert O’Neill, Colorado • The first half of 2018 was infused with the work of the College for Bishops in response to questions raised by the Task Force on the Mark Bourlakas, Southwestern VA Todd Ousley, Office of Pastoral Dev’t The Most Rev’d Michael B. Curry, President Thomas E. Breidenthal, Southern Ohio Jacob Owensby, Western Louisiana Episcopacy prior to General Convention. Our responses in regard to questions of our mission and ministry within the Presiding Bishop’s The Rt Rev’d J. Neil Alexander, Vice-President Jennifer Brooke-Davidson, West Texas Henry Parsley, Resigned Office for the whole Church were received by Deputies at General Convention. The end result of this work will benefit all as we move Secretary Frank Brookhart, Montana Bill Persell, Resigned forward in the years ahead. The Rt Rev’d Larry R. Benfield, Kevin Brown, Delaware Kenneth Price, Resigned Mr Leslie G. Callahan, III, Treasurer Mariann Budde, Washington Brian Prior, Minnesota • We continued our collaborative work with the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) and the Office of Development of the Epis- The Rt Rev’d F. Clayton Matthews, Joe Burnett, Resigned Lawrence C. Provenzano, Long Island copal Church through the popular and substantive work of Project Resource 2.0 (PR 2.0). Our goal is to reach all Dioceses with this William Burrill, Resigned Rayford Ray, Northern Michigan Managing Director Brian Cole, East Tennessee David Reed, West Texas valuable information and accompanying support structures. In April, PR 2.0 offered a session for over 15 “under-resourced” Dioceses. It The Rt Rev’d J. Scott Barker James Coleman, Resigned Gretchen Rehberg, Spokane was made possible by the contributions of several Dioceses and individual Bishops. The Rt Rev’d Mark A. Bourlakas Andy Dietsche, New York David Rice, San Joaquin • The Diocesan Leadership Initiative was a collaboration among CfB, ECF, and The Office of Pastoral Development made possible Herb Donovan, Resigned Gregory Rickel, Olympia The Rev’d Marian D. Fortner Ian Douglas, Connecticut Sam Rodman, North Carolina through a Lilly Grant to ECF. This entrepreneurial initiative for 12 Diocesan Teams was held in September 2018 at Kanuga. The Rt Rev’d Duncan M. Gray, III Andy Doyle, Texas Sean Rowe, NW Pennsylvania • The Leadership Institute, a monthly electronic summary of the “best” being offered within the Church and society, continues to be very De-De Duncan Probe, Central New York John Said, Resigned popular. Many Bishops are now making this material available to the clergy of their Dioceses. We encourage wide distribution of these The Rt Rev’d Mary Gray-Reeves Peter Eaton, Southeast Florida Audrey Scanlan, Central Pennsylvania The Rev’d Marcus G. Halley Tom Ely, Vermont Allan Scarfe, Iowa materials. The Rt Rev’d Herman Hollerith, IV Marty Field, West Missouri Calvin Schofield, Resigned • The collaborative research project, entitled “Fundraising Practice within Majority Christian Communities of Color,” of the Vandersall Doug Fisher, Western Massachusetts Gordon P. Scruton, Resigned The Rev’d Martha J. Horne Jeff Fisher, Texas Brian Seage, Mississippi Collective and CfB was initiated after the first Project Resource Session in 2015. Please see the article in this edition of our Annual Report The Most Rev’d Colin R. Johnson Robert L. Fitzpatrick, Hawaii James Shand, Resigned to learn more of this work. Bill Franklin, Western New York Prince G. Singh, Rochester The Rev’d Canon Elise B. Johnstone Alan Gates, Massachusetts Mark Sisk, Resigned The Rt Rev’d W. Nicholas Knisely Wendell Gibbs, Jr, Michigan Rob Skirving, East Carolina Our conference offerings remain strong with very positive feedback shown in the “end of conference evaluations.” While the faculty has virtu- Ms. Marguerite M. Lloyd, Esq Susan Goff, Virginia Kee Sloan, Alabama ally remained constant, there have been some significant additions over the past year. We continue to have Bishops from around the Commu- Mary Gray-Reeves, El Camino Real William Smalley, Resigned nion participating, including Bishops from Canada, Wales, and Scotland in the Living Our Vows Program for New Bishops. Canon Mary M. MacGregor Clark Grew, Resigned Andrew Smith, Resigned The Rt Rev’d Prince G. Singh Frank Griswold, Resigned Dabney Smith, Southwest Florida Mr Lee Davis Thames, Esq Daniel Gutierrez, Pennsylvania Kirk Smith, Arizona As you read this annual report, which will contain more details of our work over this past year, think of the robust Board that remains commit- Michael Hanley, Oregon Michael Smith, North Dakota The Rt Rev’d Dean E. Wolfe Dena A. Harrison, Texas Wayne Smith, Missouri ted to the mission of the College “to provide quality formational and educational opportunities for Bishops and others of this Church, as well Scott Hayashi, Utah John Smylie, Wyoming as for Churches in Communion with this Church.” Raymond High, Fort Worth Doug Sparks, Northern Indiana CONTACT INFORMATION Rob Hirschfeld, New Hampshire William “Chip” Stokes, New Jersey Holly Hollerith, Southern Virginia George Sumner, Dallas It was with a heart-felt sense of gratitude to all who have helped make the CfB what it is today that I tendered my letter of resignation to the Administrative Office Mark Hollingsworth, Ohio Eugene Sutton, Maryland Board at our meeting in October 2018. The Search for a new Director is underway, and I pledge my complete support to whomever will as- The College for Bishops Whayne Hougland, Western Michigan John Tarrant, Resigned sume the duties as the new Managing Director. 2857 Trent Road Barry Howe, Resigned Morris K. Thompson, Jr, Louisiana Katharine Jefferts Schori, San Diego Mark VanKoevering, West Virginia New Bern, NC 28562 Don E. Johnson, West Tennessee Michael Vono, Rio Grande Faithfully, Robert Johnson, Resigned Jim Waggoner, Spokane Contacts Shannon Johnston, Virginia Cate Waynick, Resigned The Rt Rev’d F. Clayton Matthews, Russell Kendrick, Central Gulf Coast Terry White, Kentucky W. Michie Klusmeyer, West Virginia Dean Wolfe, Resigned Managing Director W. Nicholas Knisely, Rhode Island Stewart Wood, Resigned F. Clayton Matthews Ms Betsy Jutras, Program Associate Edward J. Konieczy, Oklahoma Carl Wright, Armed Forces & Federal Ministries Jay Lambert, Eau Claire Robert Wright, Atlanta Managing Director, The College for Bishops Phone: 252.635.9004 Stephen Lane, Maine Wayne Wright, Resigned Fax: 252.635.5006 Edward Lee, Resigned George Young, Resigned THE MISSION OF THE COLLEGE FOR BISHOPS Jeff Lee, Chicago Email: [email protected] To provide opportunities for education and formation that will strengthen bishops in their personal lives, as Web: www.collegeforbishops.org To make a contribution to the College, visit www.collegeforbishops.org. diocesan leaders in God’s mission and in their vocation to God as a community of bishops in service to the The College for Bishops appreciates your support. Episcopal Church. RESEARCH ON FUNDRAISING PRACTICED IN FAITH PROJECT RESOURCE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR In 2015, at Project Resource, Bishop Eugene Sutton inquired as to giving 2018 FINANCIALS There have been 4 Project Resource conferences since the pilot characteristics of people of color in faith communities. A faculty member in 2015. As of December 2018, 55 Dioceses, over half of the heard the question and promised Bishop Sutton this data. After investiga- In 2018 the College for Bishops Office was Dioceses in The Episcopal Church, have been trained in Project tion of all denominations and national research entities, it was confirmed responsible for day-to-day financial Resource. that this data does not exist. The faculty member, Erin Weber-Johnson, administration, with oversight by the Board. developed a team (now a nonprofit, “The Collective Foundation”) across This annual conference and collaborative effort is designed to institutions and denominations and a methodology for obtaining this turn a Bishop Diocesan into a team leader of resource develop- information. What was unclear initially was the significant barriers to ers–teachers, each of whom has the training and digital re-