Society for the Increase of the Ministry

The Society for the Increase of the Ministry (SIM) is an independent non-profit 501C(3), established in 1857 to identify future ordained leadership and develop their gifts through merit-based and need-based educational scholarships. Since the founding of Sim Ministry in Hartford, Connecticut, it has supported over 5,000 seminarians. SIM is the only organization raising funds nationally for all Episcopal Church students, regardless of the seminary they choose.

Headquartered in Manhattan, SIM’s mission is to bridge the estimated $6 million annual gap in theological Episcopal education funding so that newly ordained leaders will be more free to accept calls into socially and financially marginalized communities where ministry is most needed.