History

 

The Consortium Timeline

1980

• College of Preachers, Washington Cathedral: The concept of the Consortium is born
• Pre-organization meeting of parishes at Christ Cathedral, Indianapolis
• Founders and Organizing Group of three parishes out of Indianapolis: The Rev. Roger White, convener, The Rev. Bob Brown, and the Very Rev. Roger Gray. The Rev. Loren Mead, Consultant
  Parishes invited to the first meeting:  Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati; Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis; Christ Church, Short Hills, NJ; St. Andrew’s, Kansas City, MO; St. Luke’s Germantown, PA; St. Michaels and St. George, St. Louis; St. Paul’s, Indianapolis; St. Peter’s, Morristown, NJ; Trinity, Indianapolis; Trinity, Wall Street, New York

1984

• The three Indianapolis endowed parishes (Christ Church Cathedral, St. Paul’s and Trinity) support the Pacific Rim Conference

1985

• The Most Rev. Edmond Browning elected Presiding Bishop
• Loren Mead leads organizational meeting of the Consortium held at house of Redeemer, NYC, with The Most Rev. Ed Browning present.  Calls attendees up to make financial commitment to organization.
• Consortium founded and incorporated as a 501 (c)(3)
• The Rev. Robert MacGill made first Executive Director

1986

• Consortium receives Lilly grant of $11,000
• 1st Annual Conference of CEEP held at the College of Preachers, Washington, DC
• The Rev. David Hegg elected first CEEP President

1987

• 2nd annual Conference
• Theme: Transformative Leadership
• Keynoters: The Rev. Robert Cooper and the Rt. Rev. Robert Spears
• 72 in attendance
• First Regional meeting held in Chicago, IL
• The Rev. James B. Lemler elected 2nd Board President
• Nancy Deppen named 2nd Executive Director, CEEP offices move to Westfield, NJ
• Endowment: Friend or Foe? By The Rev. Canon James. G. Callaway Jr. published
• Endowment Mandates Stewardship: Some Positive Possibilities for Endowed Parishes by Robert M. Cooper published
• 27 member parishes

1988

• 3rd Annual Conference, Denver, CO
• Theme: Sharing Our Resources
• Keynoters: The Rev. Loren Mead, The Rt. Rev. C. Fitzsimmons Allison
• 90 in attendance
• Membership increases to 24 parishes in 12 states
• General Convention held in Detroit, MI
• The Fields are Already White for Harvest, by Diogenes Allen, published
• 26 member parishes

1989

• 4th Annual Conference held in Richmond, VA
• Theme: Are the Dynamics Different in the Endowed Parish?
• Keynoters: The Rev. William C. Burrill, The Rt. Rev. Furman C. Stough
• 109 in attendance
• St. Paul’s Richmond holds itself up as a case study to attendees
• 28 member parishes
• Regional meeting held in Atlanta
• CEEP parishes broker shared mission in Diocese of Uruguay

1990

• 5th Annual Conference held in Indianapolis, IN
• Theme: Mission in the Endowed Parish
• §Keynoters: The Very Rev. James C. Fenhagen, The Rt. Rev. Edward Jones, Dr. Craig Dykstra Ann Belford Ulanov
• 173 in attendance
• Collaboration with Trinity Wall Street to publish the first Episcopal Mission Resource Information Service
• First Directory of Consortium Grantmakers published
• 34 member parishes
• Regional meeting in Greenwich CT

 

1991

• 6th Annual Conference, held in Atlanta, GA
• Theme: The Endowed Church in the Community
• Keynoters: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr. Walter Brueggemann,
• The Rev. Will Campbell
• 176 in attendance
• General Convention held in Phoenix, AZ
• Consortium joined the Independent Sector
• Episcopal Mission Resource Information Service presented at House of Bishops
• 36 member parishes
• Regional meeting held in Wilmington, DE

1992

• 7th Annual Conference held in Chicago, IL
• Theme: The Decade of Evangelism
• Keynoters: The Most Rev. Edmond L. Browning, Dr. Fredrica Thompsett
• 194 in attendance
• The concept of pre-Conferences and stewardship track introduced
• 40 member parishes
• Regional meetings held in Bloomfield Hills, MI and Houston, TX
• CEEP brokered project helps fund Anglican Observer at the U.N. and water wells in the Diocese of Mt. Kilimanjaro

1993

• 8th Annual Conference held in Greenwich, CT
• Theme: Leadership: In and from the Endowed Church
• Keynoters: The Rt. Rev. Paul Reeves, Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.
• 265 in attendance
• The Rev. Dennis O’Pray elected Board President
• CEEP Board Retreat led by Trustee Leadership Development, Indianapolis
• 42 member parishes
• Regional meeting held in Rochester, NY

1994

• 9th Annual Conference held in Cincinnati, Oh
• Theme: The 21st Century: Opportunities Ahead
• Keynoter: The Rev. Diogenes Allen
• 212 in attendance
• General Convention held in Indianapolis
• 51 member parishes

1995

• 10th Annual Conference held in Houston, TX
• Theme: Endowments and Today’s Parish
• Keynoters: Dr. Barbara Wheeler, The Rev. Loren Mead, Dr. James A. Joseph
• 238 in attendance
• The Episcopal Network for Stewardship held up as Shared Mission Project
• Consortium sponsored mission trip to the Diocese of Jerusalem led by The Rev. Nick White
• Judith Carlsen becomes third executive director of the Consortium
• 53 member parishes
• CEEP publication Grantmaking: Many options under one Mission
• Regional meeting held in Short Hills, NJ

1996

• 11th Annual Conference held in Cleveland, OH
• Theme: The Vocation of Leadership
• Keynoter: Dr. Parker J. Palmer
• 202 in attendance
• Dr. Scott Evenbeck elected fourth President of the Board
• Regional meeting, Baltimore, MD
• 45 member parishes
• CEEP brokered project raises money to train musicians serving in small parishes

1997

• 12th Annual Conference held in Pasadena, CA
• Theme: Reshaping the Church in a Changing World
• Keynoters: The Very Rev. Alan Jones, The Rev. James P. Wind
• 225 in attendance
• General Convention held in Philadelphia, PA
• The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold III elected Presiding Bishop
• Regional Meeting in Andover, MA
•  46 member parishes
• Brokered project supports bookmobile in Uganda

1998

• 13th Annual Conference held in Denver, CO
• Theme: The Spiritual Roots of Leadership
•  Keynoter: The Rev. Loren Mead
• 267 in attendance
• §Marion Faldet appointed Interim Executive Director
• Regional meeting in Charlotte, NC
• 54 member parishes
• Brokered project supports the Episcopal Network for Stewardship

1999

• 14th Annual Conference held in Richmond, VA
• Theme: Transformation: The Challenge of Abundance
• Keynoter: The Rev. Dr. M. Douglas Meeks
• 339 in attendance
• Seabury-Western Seminary in Evanston, IL becomes permanent home of CEEP
• Cynthia Cannon becomes 4th Executive Director
• Dr. Charles Kiblinger becomes 5th Board President
• 64 member parishes

2000

• 15th Annual Conference held in San Francisco, CA
• Theme: The Anglican Communion: New Visions for a Global Church
• Keynoters: The Rev. Dr. Herbert O’Driscoll; The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold
• 361 in attendance
• The concept of tracks are introduced at the conference
• General Convention held in Denver, CO
• Third Board Retreat facilitated by Trustee Leadership Development
• 77 member parishes

2001

• 16th Annual Conference held in Indianapolis, IN
• Theme: Re-imaging the American Church
• Keynoter: Dr. Martin Marty
• 402 in attendance
• The Other Endowment: Development of Parish Volunteers written by Katherine Tyler Scott and Cynthia Cannon, published by CEEP
• 81 member parishes

2002

• 17th Annual Conference held in New Orleans, LA
• Theme: Gospel as Agent of Transformation for the City and the World
• Keynoter: Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood
• 453 in attendance
• 1st  Stewardship, outreach and assisting clergy pre-conferences
• Consortium Commons introduced at the Annual conference
• Katherine Tyler Scott elected 6th Board President
• Book of Sermons from 911 published by CEEP
• Trinity Wall Street presents program on 911
• Leadership retreat held for Board and standing committees in Orlando

2003

• 18th Annual Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA
• Theme: The Power of Vocation: Hearing God’s Call
• Keynoters: The Rev. Dr. Harold Lewis,
• 393 attendees
• 100 member parishes
• Regional meeting held in Atlanta, GA
• Conference collections given to the Episcopal Church in the Sudan
• Regional meeting held in Cuyahuga Falls, OH

2004

• 19th Annual Conference held in Atlanta, GA
• Theme: The Power of Vision: The Gospel InSightn
• Keynoter: The Rev. Dan Matthews, Sr.
• 296 attendees
• The Rev. Canon James G. Callaway, Jr. elected 7th Board President
• Regional meetings held in Chapel Hill, NC and Short Hills, NJ, New Orleans
• 99 member parishes

2005

• 20th Annual Conference held in New York City
• Theme: The Power of Proclamation
• Keynoters: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Madeleine Albright,
• The Rev. Loren Mead, Dr. Douglas M. Lawson
• Beginnings, a history of the Consortium, published in honor of 20th anniversary
• 7th Board Retreat held in Alexandria, VA
• Regional meeting held in Washington DC

2006

• 21st Annual Conference held in Alexandria, VA
• Theme: Faith Formation and Freedom: Affirming Episcopal Identity
• Keynoters: The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, Nathan Dungan, The Rev. Jim Wallis, The Rt. Rev. Mark Dyer
• Regional Meeting held in Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Regional Meeting held in Conjunction with ECF, Sanibel, FL

2007

• 22nd Annual Conference held in Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Theme: Centering in Christ, Open to the Spirit
• Keynoters: Father Thomas Keating, Dr. Miroslav Volf, Bishop Leo Frade
• Consortium office moves to St. David’s in Austin, TX

2008

• 23rd Annual Conference held in St. Louis, MO
• Theme: Gateways to Understanding: Living Faith in a Changing World
• §Keynoters: The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts-Schori, Dr. Bob Johansen (iftf), Dr. Craig Dykstra (Lilly Endowment)
• CEEP invited to participate in Presiding Bishop’s summit on domestic poverty

2009

• 24th Annual Conference held in New Orleans, LA
• Theme: Living in a World of Dilemma
• Keynoters: Ray Suarez, The Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, Dr. Bob Johansen

2010

• 25th Annual Conference held in Austin, TX
• Theme: The Connected Church
• §Keynoters: Diana Butler Bass, Krista Tippett, Dr. Tony Jarvis, Bishop Andy Doyle (Texas), Bishop James Tenga Tenga (Malawi)

2011

• 26th Annual Conference held in Chicago, IL
• Theme: Changing Church, Making a Difference
• Keynoters: Dr. Eboo Patel, Dr. Lauren Winner, The Rt. Rev. Jean-Zache Duracin (Haiti), Rev. Otis Moss III, The Very Rev. Joy Rogers, The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Lee
• Regional Meeting held in Charlotte, NC