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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The Church at Nairn

To host an ecumenical workshop series for rural churches in southwestern Ontario to acknowledge the unique challenges of rural communities, embrace a theology of abundance in naming the benefits of rural churches, and encourage one another.

Worshiping Communities
Ailsa Craig, ontario
2024
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The Honor Summit

To equip and encourage Asian American women in ministry by hosting a worship conference specifically geared toward equipping Asian American women and by leading two online cohorts to sustain them in ministry.

Worshiping Communities
Paramus, new jersey
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Liturgy

The Orthodox Christian Academy of Atlanta

To help young adults and converts more deeply engage the Orthodox tradition of worship by establishing a training program in chant, iconography, and other liturgical arts.

Worshiping Communities
Charlotte, north carolina
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Music

The United Church of Canada

To develop a worship community resource and learning platform with theologically sound, justice-rooted resources for congregational singing, bolstered by in-person learning events and educational video projects connecting congregational song to strong discipleship.

Worshiping Communities
Toronto, ontario
2024
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Truth’s Table Foundation

To support Black Christian women’s holistic worship by deepening the connection between doxology, orthodoxy, and orthopraxy through a conference for worship and an accompanying mentorship cohort.

Worshiping Communities
Hermitage, tennessee
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Multicultural

Village Church

To create a network of reflective practitioners of multicultural worship in the North American context who will learn from and support each other and discern a set of best practices that will result in a set of published resources.

Worshiping Communities
Beaverton, oregon
2024
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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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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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