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 Testimony Worship Practices

Live Church

To create worship experiences that are Spirit-led, participatory, and deeply rooted in the gospel by equipping worship leaders and congregants to integrate storytelling as a sacred practice within weekly worship. 

Worshiping Communities
St. Louise, missouri
2025
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Worshiping Communities Testimony Youth

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix 

To engage in synodal listening processes to help young adults reconnect to Christian worship and faith formation and develop leadership skills, discernment, and confidence in sharing testimonies.  

Worshiping Communities
Phoenix, arizona
2025
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Worshiping Communities Testimony

Theological Horizons 

To equip university students to bear witness to God’s presence through personal storytelling in worship. 

Worshiping Communities
Charlottesville, virginia
2025
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Worshiping Communities Formation Testimony

River East Church

To facilitate a deep engagement with scripture through a culture of God-centered storytelling that develops the habit of naming God as the main actor in stories from both scripture and worshipers’ lived experience.

Worshiping Communities
Winnipeg, manitoba
2024
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Worshiping Communities Testimony Work and Worship

Samford University

To encourage faculty to explore their vocation and calling as an act of worship and to share their stories in worship, podcasts, and other contexts to help both faculty and students grow in their walks with God and identify God’s work in their vocational journeys.

Worshiping Communities
Birmingham, alabama
2024
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