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 Music

ZionQuest Fellowship

To revitalize the worship experience in three congregations who share the same worship space by expanding the use of worship arts and musical forms so that all may engage in worship that is healthy, vital, and spiritually engaging.

Worshiping Communities
Cheektowaga, new york
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

A Place in the Conversation

To engage ten congregations in developing a tool that encourages each to move beyond speaking primarily about personal preferences in worship and to embrace deeper ways of speaking about each congregation’s unique strengths and callings. 

Worshiping Communities
Landenberg, pennsylvania
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Intercultural Music

Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Katie Graber

To help communities critically engage questions about why we sing diverse music and how we can do it justly by collaboratively creating a hymnal companion-style volume that aids North American communities as they sing songs from around the world. 

Teacher-Scholar
Elkhart, indiana
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Multicultural

Asbury Theological Seminary (2023)

To promote the inclusion of minority worship leaders in chapel services through inviting diverse guest leaders and emphasizing the theological potential of minoritized worship expressions in seminary courses and in a colloquium.

Worshiping Communities
Wilmore, kentucky
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Preaching Public Witness

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Carolyn B. Helsel

To encourage appreciation among Christian worshipers for our Jewish neighbors and reduce anti-Semitism by creating videos and written resources aimed at equipping preachers to approach biblical references to Jewish people through a framework of gratitude for our shared religious heritage.

Teacher-Scholar
Austin, texas
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Music Worship Leadership

Baylor University

Shannan Baker

To pilot a contemporary worship training program focused on discovering the best educational methods for teaching contemporary worship, by engaging in workshops on technology, music, and theology. 

Teacher-Scholar
Waco, texas
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Music

Belmont University

Adam Perez

To assess the distribution and reception of popular worship songs and the relationship between the worship music industry and local worship practitioners, in order to equip practitioners with a deeper understanding of the forces that impact their worship song selections. 

Teacher-Scholar
Nashville, tennessee
2023
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