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 Intergenerational

Celestial Church of Christ (2023)

Emmanuel Parish

To train worship leaders in the theology and practice of intergenerational and innovative worship (including African music and liturgy, dance, and visual arts) through developing opportunities for education, prayer, and collaborative planning of major festival services.

Worshiping Communities
Toronto, ontario
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Multicultural

Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry, Fuller Seminary

To support pastoral enrichment for second-generation Korean American pastors through piloting a cohort program that incorporates contextual formation, spiritual direction, pastoral rejuvenation, and funding for liturgical experimentation by cohort members.

Worshiping Communities
Pasadena, california
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Justice

Chasing Justice Together

To equip emerging BIPOC worship artist activists to shape their local ministries to develop a prophetic imagination that celebrates the goodness and beauty of the justice God seeks for our world.

Worshiping Communities
Chicago, illinois
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Church on The Ave

To create a worship learning and vision group that will develop its theological understanding of worship and collaboratively imagine and implement new, culturally inclusive worship elements.

Worshiping Communities
Seattle, washington
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Education/Leadership

Cornerstone University

Eunice Hong

To gain a better understanding of Asian American women clergy’s experiences of congregational and worship leadership, exploring the kinds of resources that would support their flourishing. 

Teacher-Scholar
Grand Rapids, michigan
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Justice

Fellowship Center for Racial Reconciliation

To equip local church leaders to worship by letting “justice roll down” in their lives, by training cohort members to address structural racial disparities, and by developing a theological framework that highlights God’s desire for shalom and the advocacy for the oppressed found in scripture.

Worshiping Communities
Monrovia, california
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Ho’ōla Music and Cultural Arts

To equip Hawaiian youth to be Spirit-filled worship leaders through a program focused on what worship is, who we are as worshipers, and how to build musical and creative arts skills.

Worshiping Communities
Honolulu, hawaii
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Made to Flourish

To help church leaders learn how to develop worship, discipleship, and missional practices that connect with congregants’ Monday-through-Saturday lives through skill mapping, a cohort program, and a three-day intensive.

Worshiping Communities
Overland Park, kansas
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Liturgy

The Bellbrook Presbyterian Church

To enable collaborative worship planning and leadership through worship leader training, exploration of the congregation’s spiritual gifts, video creation, special music opportunities, and household worship kits.

Worshiping Communities
Bellbrook, ohio
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Liturgy

Au Sable Institute (2022)

To support, connect, and amplify Christian college students who deeply care about God's earth by creating liturgies of restoration that students can live out in their everyday lives as they connect worship and the mission to serve.

Worshiping Communities
Mancelona, michigan
2022
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