CICW has awarded Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants for over 20 years to teacher-scholars and worshiping communities in 45+ states and provinces and across 40+ denominations and traditions—including Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, non-denominational, and other Protestant communities.


While worship styles and practices vary greatly across these traditions, the grant projects typically explore at least one of CICW’s ten core convictions related to worship. Explore the hundreds of projects we’ve funded across both streams of the program.

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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Presbytery of Southern Kansas

To equip lay leaders and strengthen the worship ministries of small rural churches by developing resources and offering education and encouragement to support worship planning and leading, preaching, and outreach efforts.

Worshiping Communities
Kingman, kansas
2026
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Teacher-Scholar Visual Arts

Providence College

Arthur Urbano

To create a visual companion to the Revised Common Lectionary based on the disciplines of art history and theology in the early church that will lead readers on a journey of prayer as they encounter scripture paired with images and meditations.

Teacher-Scholar
Providence, rhode island
2026
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Worshiping Communities Worship Leadership

Redemption Tempe

Using cohort-based training and retreats, to cultivate theologically formed worship leaders who are equipped to lead corporate worship in ways that intentionally connect public worship with all-of-life discipleship.

Worshiping Communities
Tempe, arizona
2026
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy

Regent University School of Divinity

To learn from the wisdom the historic church by studying the Christian calendar, exploring its alignment with Renewal theology, and implementing and contextualizing its practice in a charismatic and contemporary worshiping community.

Worshiping Communities
Virginia Beach, virginia
2026
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Trauma/Mental Health

Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School

To foster children’s active participation in worship and provide a spiritual anchor for families affected by the Eaton Fire by positioning worship as a central site of continuity in times of trauma and teaching students a scriptural understanding of Armenian Christian worship songs and prayer practices.

Worshiping Communities
Pasadena, california
2026
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Worshiping Communities Preaching Testimony

Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church

To integrate homiletical training for associate ministers with communal practices of lament and testimony in order to promote a holistic liberatory worship experience that empowers both the pulpit and the pew.

Worshiping Communities
Richmond, virginia
2026
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Worshiping Communities Architecture/Space Intergenerational

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

To engage theologically with liturgical art by encouraging adults and children to come alongside an artist-in-residence in education, conceptualization, and creation of a permanent art piece that will enliven the worship space and the worship of the community.

Worshiping Communities
Austin, texas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Visual Arts

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church

To cultivate in worshipers an awareness of and connection with the beauty of God through education and the collaborative design of iconography in a dynamic worship space.

Worshiping Communities
Springdale, arkansas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Hospitality

St. Paul’s Parish

To engage young women in communal worship through intentional prayer, prayerful hospitality and service, and shared daily life in order to shape their faithful engagement with friends and in their everyday lives.

Worshiping Communities
Cambridge, massachusetts
2026
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