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 Multicultural

Immanuel Lutheran Church

To strengthen our relationships with our culturally diverse neighbors and to explore practices of cross-cultural worship through workshops, facillitated intercultural conversations, and collaboratively planned services so that our fellowship and worship become closer to a picture of heaven.

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2026
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Worshiping Communities Bilingual Formation

The Church on the Way

To facilitate deeper participation in worship by creating bilingual worship music rooted in scripture and by training worshipers to foster formation and participation through worship that will impact the church and the broader community.

Worshiping Communities
Van Nuys, california
2026
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Worshiping Communities Bilingual Formation

Woodlawn Church

To reimagine weekly worship rehearsals as intentional spaces of spiritual formation, theological reflection, and multicultural leadership development, complemented by quarterly gatherings for deeper theological study, together to cultivate both current and emerging worship leaders who are spiritually grounded and equipped to lead unified bilingual worship.

Worshiping Communities
Columbia, mississippi
2026
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Worshiping Communities Multicultural Music

Broadway United Methodist Church

To cultivate congregational commitments to justice and diversity by training worship leaders to incorporate music from various cultural traditions, commissioning new works, and collaborating with neighboring arts organizations.

Worshiping Communities
Indianapolis, indiana
2025
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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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Worshiping Communities Ecumenical Multicultural

Ecumenical Chaplaincy at the University of Toronto 

To strengthen ecumenical relationships and spiritual formation opportunities in a culturally and linguistically diverse student body through the development of a regular Taizé service on campus. 

Worshiping Communities
Toronto, ontario
2025
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