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Griswold, Vergara to receive honorary degrees from CDSP
Former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and the Rev. Dr. Winfred Bagao Vergara, the Episcopal Church’s director of ethnic congregational development and Asian American missioner, are among those who will receive honorary degrees May 18 from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP).  More

Hmong Community Breathes New Life into Minnesota Parish
When 175 Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia, formerly Roman Catholic Christians, were officially received into the Episcopal Church November 3 at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis, their congregation became the first of its kind in the Anglican Communion.  More

Asian American and Afro-Anglican conferences set for June, July
Under the theme “Equipping the Saints: Finding our Voice, Discovering our Gifts and Sharing our Stories,” the Episcopal Church Center’s Office of Asian American Ministries hosts the Episcopal Asian American (EAM) Consultation June 30 – July 4 at the Holiday Inn at Sea-Tac International Airport, in Seattle, Washington.  More

A Vision for Growth
"My job is basically 'midwifery': Motivating, equipping and empowering convocation, clergy and lay leaders in the exciting task of giving birth to congregations," Fr. Vergara explained. "I am a church planter at heart, and wherever I go I plant a new congregation. I want to model the natural church-planting gift."  More

Asian Ministry: Ready to Soar
The Living Church featured Asian Ministry in their Parish Administration issue on March 20, 2005.  More