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.
Salvation Army
To develop a worship service called Cross-ConneXions, and other discipleship programs for youth and young adults
Wedgwood Christian Youth and Family Services
To provide a comprehensive review of worship programming for youth so that they encounter God in worship, and to train youth and staff in a deeper understanding of worship
Ada and Kelloggsville Christian School
To create a program for teaching students and teachers the elements of worship, and modeling those elements in informal and formal worship services
First Congregational Church
To develop a collaborative youth worship leadership training program for junior high, high school and college students in four congregations
Timothy Christian High School
To sponsor a worship conference and educational experience for high school students in Christian High Schools in the Midwest