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History of the EFM Program

The History and Scope of the Program

The Education for Ministry program began with a vision of enrolling a few hundred students. Within a few years it developed into a program reaching several thousand students with groups around the globe. In addition to EfM groups throughout the USA, EfM can be found in Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Bahamas, Hong Kong.

Over 70,000 students have participated in the program, and in the United States more than 22,000 students have completed the full four years. The 2002/2003 USA enrollment reached nearly 9,500. More than eighty-five dioceses of the Episcopal Church as well as other denominations have contractual arrangements with EfM.