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 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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Worshiping Communities Multicultural

Lansing Christian School 

To implement worship-centered Black History Month celebrations, inspired by Revelation 7:9, that integrate chapel services, student learning, soul food, and community storytelling to represent hope in God's redemptive story and to celebrate diversity.

Worshiping Communities
Lansing, michigan
2025
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Teacher-Scholar Multicultural Music

Lipscomb University

Aaron Howard

To encourage racial reconciliation in the church by creating a multimedia resource to equip worshiping communities to develop multiracial gospel choirs.

Teacher-Scholar
Nashville, tennessee
2025
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Worshiping Communities Multicultural

Pilgrim Rest MBC

To promote racial healing and to become a more multiethnic, multicultural, and multigenerational congregation by developing multicultural worship expressions and learning activities. 

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2025
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Worshiping Communities Multicultural Music

University Baptist Church

To foster worship that welcomes a diverse community by developing an inclusive-language hymnal that includes multiple languages, promotes faithful anti-racism, and reflects the concerns and style preferences of young people.  

Worshiping Communities
Minneapolis, minnesota
2025
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Multicultural

Baylor University Chapel

To integrate psalms into corporate and private worship habits in an ecumenical setting, primarily through guided conversations and scholarly-artistic engagement with university students and local pastors.

Worshiping Communities
Waco, texas
2024
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Worshiping Communities Multicultural

Coal City United Methodist Church

To develop a vision for the practice of beloved community through learning and worship opportunities related to this theme. 

Worshiping Communities
Coal City, illinois
2024
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