tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9555343.post3138689034137028581..comments2023-08-28T03:21:40.351-07:00Comments on To all the world...: [Updated] EPGM disbands after 21 years of service to the Episcopal mission communityRobert S. Mundayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377574491812912442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9555343.post-89883901514550124212011-10-19T12:25:46.832-07:002011-10-19T12:25:46.832-07:00David, my over-50 memory agrees with yours. PEWSA...David, my over-50 memory agrees with yours. PEWSAction led to many good things, including Trinity School for Ministry and the Episcopal Church Missionary Community (ECMC). ECMC partnered with Trinity in forming the Stanway Institute. SAMS, SOMA and several other mission agencies were born during this time period. And the desire for all of these folks to get together and to influence the Episcopal Church's mission initiatives led to EPGM.<br /><br />Remember, too, that this was after TEC declared a moratorium on sending missionaries in 1973. The independent agencies were formed to fill in the gaping hole left in TEC's mission efforts by this terrible decision. After the independent agencies were formed, TEC was shamed into returning to some sort of missionary endeavors, and this continued up until the present. Now, with the departure of the independent agencies from EPGM, TEC is reverting to its previous inclination, which is to do away with missions as we know it.Robert S. Mundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07377574491812912442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9555343.post-49410249500452106452011-10-19T05:50:48.000-07:002011-10-19T05:50:48.000-07:00Thanks Robert for this. A well reasoned explanatio...Thanks Robert for this. A well reasoned explanation for the demise. I think the idea for ECGM came out of the early gatherings of the Stanway Institute and the PEWSAction Fellowship if my mind serves me right -- not always a sure thing these days.<br /><br />I hope you won't mind if I repost this on my blogThe Rev Canon Dr David Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09878281384587956210noreply@blogger.com