The Standing Commission on World Mission for the 2025-2027 triennium is in place as appointed by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies. The group had its first meeting in November. The 20 members are listed alphabetically below with the year in which a member’s term ends, the member’s diocese and province:
Ashby, The Rt. Rev. Lucinda | Member | 2027 | El Camino Real, VIII |
Carson, The Rev. Dr. Caroline | Member | 2027 | New Jersey, II |
Carter, Ms. Holly | Member | 2030 | Massachusetts, I |
Castellanos, Mr. Tomas | Member | 2030 | Southeast Florida, IV |
De la Cruz Ybert, Ms. Amanda | Member | 2030 | Dominican Republic, IX |
Denney, The Rev. Robin | Chaplain | 2030 | Northern California, VIII |
Diaz, Mr. Thomas | Vice Chair | 2027 | Los Angeles, VIII |
Elston, Ms. Emily | Member | 2027 | Southern Virginia, III |
Fisher, The. Rt. Rev. Douglas | Member | 2030 | Western Massachusetts, I |
Fitzpatrick, Rt. Rev. Robert | Member | 2030 | Hawaii, VIII |
French, The Rt. Rev. Sally | Member | 2030 | New Jersey, II |
Hagen, The Rev. Maureen-Elizabeth | Member | 2030 | Oregon, VIII |
Hallanan, Ms. Felicity | Member | 2027 | Central New York, II |
Keniston, Ms. Emily | Chair | 2030 | Maine, I |
Marray, The Rt. Rev. Santosh | Member | 2027 | Easton, III |
Niedzwiecki, Mr. Max | Member | 2030 | Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, II |
Rajan, The Rev. Dr. Paul | Member | 2030 | Newark, II |
Taccone Griffith, Frances | Member | 2030 | Delaware, III |
Wright, Ms. Canon Diane | Secretary | 2027 | Virginia, III |
Zacharia, The Rev. Dr. Manoj | Member | 2027 | Maryland, III |
Merchant, The Rev. Canon Dr. Wilmot | Liaison of Executive Council | 2027 | South Carolina, IV |
GEMN has ties with a number of the members:
- Secretary Canon Diane Wright is currently enrolled in GEMN’s Mission Formation Program and, as a previous member of SCWM, has been involved with the formation of the Global Mission Advocates Network, which GEMN has assisted in forming.
- The Rev. Dr. Paul Rajan is the current president of GEMN.
- The Rev. Maureen Elizabeth Hagan is enrolled in GEMN’s Mission Formation Program.
- Bishop Sally French is a graduate of the Mission Formation Program and continues to participate in one of its mentor groups.
- Bishop Santosh Marray was a keynote speaker at GEMN’s 2015 Missio conference in Atlanta.
Members of interim bodies of General Convention are selected from among applicants by convention’s presiding officers: the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies. SCWM’s members serve for two trienniums, six years, with half the members rotating off every three years.
Along with a number of other interim bodies of General Convention, the Standing Commission on World Mission was abolished in 2015, but SCWM was reinstituted by the 2018 convention. Its responsibilities are defined by canon as:
– Identify the global mission work carried out by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, dioceses, congregations and mission organizations throughout the church.
– Consult with the above bodies to envision future directions for the church’s global engagement.
– Develop policy proposals for world mission for consideration by General Convention.
– Discharge such other duties as shall from time to time be assigned by the General Convention.
SCWM’s report submitted to the 2024 General Convention is here.