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 Intergenerational Worship Leadership

Church Music Ministry of Canada

To encourage intergenerational worship in Chinese churches by empowering seniors to participate in worship leadership and by training leaders to foster inclusion of laypersons representing multiple generations. 

Worshiping Communities
Coquitlam, british columbia
2025
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Teacher-Scholar Trauma/Mental Health Worship Leadership

Emmanuel College

HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Mona Tokarek LaFosse

To train international graduate students experiencing the trauma of migration and immigration in practices of trauma-informed worship leading so they can implement the practices in their worshiping communities.

Teacher-Scholar
Toronto, ontario
2024
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Worshiping Communities Spanish-language Worship Leadership

Iglesia Cristiana Discípulos de Cristo La Brecha

To train worship leaders, theologically and practically, to better lead the congregation and equip congregants to deepen their relationship with God through worship, both as individuals and as a faith community.  

Worshiping Communities
Guaynabo, puerto rico
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Worship Leadership

Society for Pentecostal Studies

Marcia Clarke

To equip pastors and worship leaders to guide congregations in theologically grounded, Spirit-informed worship experiences through promoting critical scholarly reflection on Pentecostal/Charismatic worship and collaboration between pastor-practioners and scholars.

Teacher-Scholar
Tulsa, oklahoma
2024
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Worshiping Communities Youth Worship Leadership

The Growth Center Inc.

To equip youth and young adults in theology and skills for leading worship so as to form their identity as God’s image bearers and help them see their place in the body of Christ. 

Worshiping Communities
Grand Rapids, michigan
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Collaboration Worship Leadership

The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

Joel Kiekintveld

To conduct a case study of how a church reimagined its worship model from attraction-based to member-led, in order to address the crisis of decline of church members and clergy by proposing a model of church rooted in the priesthood of believers.

Teacher-Scholar
Seattle, washington
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Music Worship Leadership

Baylor University

Shannan Baker

To pilot a contemporary worship training program focused on discovering the best educational methods for teaching contemporary worship, by engaging in workshops on technology, music, and theology. 

Teacher-Scholar
Waco, texas
2023
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