The VGEC is the Vergers Guild of the Episcopal Church.
For many years, the few vergers scattered around the United States associated themselves with the Church of England Guild of Vergers.
In 1988, an informal association of American vergers numbering about twenty, began to establish a network of mutual support and fellowship. One year later in 1989, thirty-two vergers gathered in Nashville to formally establish the Vergers Guild of the Episcopal Church on the feast of Saint Andrew.
Since then, membership has continued to grow to over 1,000 vergers across the United States, Canada, and around the world with many having attended one of the annual conferences held by the Guild.
Diocesan chapters of the Guild have been organized throughout the Episcopal Church. These chapters help local vergers meet one another and work and learn and have fellowship together.
The Guild is an eclectic group of people who share a special vocation and ministry in Christ's Church.