The Church Periodical Club (CPC) was founded in 1888 by Mary Ann Fargo. While on a trip to the Dakotas, she learned of the great need for Bibles and other inspirational literature. Mrs. Fargo and her friends at the Church of the Holy Communion-New York sent bundles of books and periodicals westward to missionaries and pioneers.

From these small beginnings the network of CPC spread throughout the Anglican Church.

The Church Periodical Club’s ministry is to provide paper or electronic books, magazines, workbooks, and educational software FREE to organizations sponsored by the Episcopal Church or Anglican Communion who otherwise cannot obtain them, and to raise the money to do this.

The Church Periodical Club is “Church” because its work is carried out through The Episcopal Church and grants must be sponsored by an Episcopal or Anglican Communion organization. It is “Periodical” because it makes grants and has projects on a schedule. It is “Club” because it has members who carry out its ministry together in parishes, dioceses, provinces, and the world.

The mission of Alabama’s CPC is to provide funds to assist seminarians from the Diocese of Alabama.