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 Bilingual Education/Leadership

California Prestige University (formerly Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America)

To unite existing Korean-, English-, and Chinese-speaking Christian communities in worship by training leaders for new multilingual chapel services featuring rotating language leadership and real-time translation.

Worshiping Communities
Santa Fe Springs, california
2025
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Christ Church of Davis

To encourage thoughtful reflection on current worship practices by gathering a cohort of pastors that will explore a comprehensive, contextualized, and historically rooted philosophy of worship and ministry.

Worshiping Communities
Davis, california
2025
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Florida Southern College

To develop student worship leaders through education and coaching and to foster opportunities for students to participate in multiple church models, both off campus in local congregations and on campus in student-led services and monthly church feasts.

Worshiping Communities
Lakeland, florida
2025
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Alamance Presbyterian Church

To cultivate wonder and gratitude for God and creation, to deeply engage lay people in scriptural interpretation, and to empower new leaders within the church by learning and contemplating worship and growing in creative expressions of worship.

Worshiping Communities
Greensboro, north carolina
2024
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Worshiping Communities Accessibility Education/Leadership

Allisonville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

To develop more inclusive worship practices by first learning about the needs and desires ofthose often excluded from worship and the obstacles they often face, and to then initiate new worship practices.

Worshiping Communities
Indianapolis, indiana
2024
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Cooperative Christian Ministry in Higher Education, Inc.

To develop skilled, confident, and energetic student worship leaders through a comprehensive worship leadership development initiative.

Worshiping Communities
Charlotte, north carolina
2024
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