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News Brief

Ferguson appointed associate for ecumenical relations

     Tom Ferguson has been appointed as the new Associate Deputy for Ecumenical 
and Interfaith Relations at the Episcopal Church Center. 

     "He comes to this work with wide ecumenical and interfaith knowledge and 
experience, which will be invaluable as he facilitates new and ongoing dialogues 
with other faith communities and joins me in representing us on various conciliar 
bodies," said Bishop Christopher Epting, deputy for ecumenical and interfaith 
relations.

     Currently finishing a Ph.D. in the history of Christianity at the Graduate 
Theological Union, Ferguson holds an undergraduate degree from Wesleyan 
University, as well as graduate degrees from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of 
Theology, Yale Divinity School, and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.  He brings 
"a thorough knowledge of the historical development and ecclesiology of the 
Anglican, Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran traditions as developed over the 
centuries as well as how these institutions have evolved in the United States." 

     Ferguson's wife, Shannon Kelly, will be serving as Assistant Rector at 
Christ the Redeemer Church in Pelham, New York.