TLC’s first ever endowment campaign is focused on funding the Living Church Institute, an ambitious suite of educational programing and ministerial enrichment. Our strategic goal is to draw out hundreds more leaders: to attract them, encourage them in their faith, and help to send them into the Church as ordained and lay leaders in confidence and hope.
Where We Are
With the addition of the Living Church Institute and its imaginative programming, one can see that a thoughtful, theologically serious, and vibrant future for the Episcopal Church depends on the strength and vitality of the Living Church.
The Very Rev. Ian Markham, Dean and President, Virginia Theological SeminaryIn-person teaching.
TLC’s editors and dozens of colleagues have organized or are now planning more than 25 public conferences, seminars, courses, and teaching days across the Church — in the U.S., Canada, England, in Rome, and in the Holy Land, in close collaboration with multiple seminaries, dioceses, parishes, and independent institutions. And this is just the beginning. Visit livingchurch.org/tlci/ for an up-to-date list, and for photos, papers, and press coverage from past events.
Expanded publishing.
We now have in development a new line of pamphlets, curricula, catechisms, and books for teaching the faith to all ages. Later this year, the Living Church Institute will publish a set of 21 pamphlets entitled Anglicans Believe, given to brief, accessible introductions to the Christian essentials, written by some of the best teachers the world over. Next, we will publish a set of practical catechetical resources for families in partnership with Church of the Incarnation, Dallas. Fresh Sunday school and confirmation curricula will follow.
The ministry of TLC opened our imaginations to serving in the Episcopal Church, nourished in us a sense of belonging in the Anglican Communion, and provided a community of like-minded colleagues. Through this vibrant network, our minds and ministries have been transformed.
The Rev. Clint and Theresa Wilson, NashvilleLeadership development and discipleship.
The Living Church gathers and serves a broad network of leaders, influencers, teachers, and creative thinkers, and shares their gifts with the wider Church. This work takes place all around the world but has found a new center in our second office in Dallas, which presents an ideal laboratory for theological research and teaching, meetings, and sustained attention to formation and discipleship.
Our Need.
The potential here is vast, and we need further resources to realize it. The present endowment campaign will fund, first of all, a Director of Programs, to oversee TLC’s burgeoning educational ministry, and to organize the dozens of young leaders who offer their talents free of charge. We have $1 million in pledges already. We are seeking $500,000 more, by December 31, 2018. This $1.5 million will serve as the beginning of a permanent endowment, the income of which will fund — more and more, over time — creative, independent programming in service of historic orthodoxy, and the organizing and equipping of faithful leaders for the future.
Is God calling you to invest in us?
The Living Church is, without question, the most important organizing force in American Anglicanism and among the most creative ministries in the wider Communion. TLC has motivated an impressive group of younger leaders who will prove key to our future flourishing.
The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology, Wycliffe College, TorontoThe Living Church is here to stay. Our vision is clear. What we need are creative investors who share our faith and hope for the future, trusting in God’s plans and promises for the Church (see Matt. 16:18).
Living Church Endowment Fund
By giving to the Living Church, you invest in an independent, entrepreneurial ministry that reaches round the globe to help transform the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. Our endowment is invested with the Episcopal Church Foundation, a well-regarded nonprofit ministry independent of the Episcopal Church. Their $300 million program is currently managed by State Street Global Advisors, one of the largest managers of assets in the world.
Means of Making a Gift
Donors may support the Endowment Fund of the Living Church either by a direct gift of cash or gifts of appreciated securities with long-term capital gains (stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares). Please use the enclosed Pledge Card to make your gift today. If you would like to make a gift from your portfolio to the Living Church Foundation, please contact Dr. Christopher Wells at cwells@livingchurch.org or (414) 292-1240.
We encourage all potential donors to seek their own professional legal, tax, or financial advice before finalizing any planned gift.
For a copy of TLC’s Endowment Fund Policies and Guidelines, reports on the performance of investments, or for any other questions, please contact Dr. Christopher Wells, Executive Director, at cwells@livingchurch.org or (414) 292-1240.
Without TLC, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to develop as a writer and Christian leader. The enthusiasm and collaboration, fed by deep friendships, has spread to my fellow Canadian Anglicans and beyond!
Dr. Jeff Boldt, TorontoYou may make a gift to our Annual Fund in your name, in honor of someone you would like to recognize, or in memory of someone who has died. We thank our Annual Fund donors by listing their names in THE LIVING CHURCH each year, along with recognition of giving levels and gifts made in honor or memory of a loved one. Without many tax-deductible gifts each year, we would need to raise the cost of a magazine subscription considerably, pricing out a large portion of our more than 5,000 subscribers.
Bishop Kemper Associates
A gift of $600 or more
Bishop Kemper, the Episcopal Church’s first missionary bishop, zealously preached the gospel and built the Church on the frontier. Your gift at the Associate level helps THE LIVING CHURCH in its evangelical mission of proclaiming God’s good news to all peoples.
William Reed Huntington Guarantors
A gift of $1,200 or more
Father Huntington, chief architect of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral, helped chart the course for ecumenical renewal and Anglican unity for generations. Your gift at the Guarantor level helps continue his legacy through THE LIVING CHURCH’s commitment to the full visible unity of Christ’s Church.
For years now, the Living Church has served as our guide and inspiration for ministry, and as a vital source of community and encouragement. Its cause is the Church’s unity and flourishing — and there is so much more to do!
The Revs. Jordan and Emily Hylden, DallasPhillips Brooks Sponsors
A gift of $3,000 or more
Bishop Brooks, rector for many years of Trinity Church in Boston and preacher to Harvard University, was one of America’s most beloved and respected ministers. Your gift at the Sponsor level helps THE LIVING CHURCH carry on his legacy by enriching the intellectual substance and social outreach of parish life.
How to give to the Annual Fund
By check:
Your check is welcome at any time. Simply write to us at:
The Living Church Foundation
P.O. Box 510705
Milwaukee, WI 53203-0121
Online giving:
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For 140 years, the Living Church has created a transformative ministry devoted to healing, unity, and revitalization of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. Your support will allow us to continue to help develop the next generation of young priests and scholars.
Richard Clements, CEO and co-owner of 405 Plastics & Distribution, Oklahoma City, and board member of TLCWhen your parish, diocese, or institution becomes a partner of the Living Church you help defray the everyday costs of producing a substantive Anglican journal of thought and opinion, maintaining a high-quality website, and many other publishing and teaching initiatives. Nearly a fifth of our annual income comes from dozens of faithful TLC partners from around the church at multiple giving levels (Sponsor, Guarantor, and Associate). We thank our Partners by listing them in the back pages of every issue and providing free subscriptions. Higher giving levels receive an annual column with a photo in the magazine, and are thanked on the Contents page of the magazine for helping make their sponsored issue possible.
Contact Dr. Christopher Wells, Executive Director (cwells@livingchurch.org or 414.292.1240), to become a Living Church Partner today.
See a list of Living Church Partners.
I was 23 and an MDiv student at Harvard when I encountered TLC’s commitment to sowing long-term seeds of renewal by investing in the future ministry of young Episcopalians like myself. TLC’s vision, global connections, encouragement, and prayer changed my life.
In the providence of God, TLC is strategically placed to engage the next generation of Church leaders in a classic Anglican understanding of apostolic Christian faith. I pray that God’s people will generously support this work.