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 Work and Worship

Fort Garry Evangelical Mennonite Church

To commission worshipers for the ministry of daily life through creating a testimony installation that bears witness to the congregation's ministry of work in the world and through offering spiritual training for vocational leaders.

Worshiping Communities
Winnipeg, manitoba
2024
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational Multicultural

Freedom Outreach International

To facilitate worship and learning opportunities centered around the sacraments of baptism and eucharist to help multicultural and multigenerational families in the local community become grounded in their faith.

Worshiping Communities
Spring Hill, tennessee
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Fuller Seminary, Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry

To deepen the capacity of Asian American pastors for worship and congregational leadership in their cultural contexts by offering a nine-month learning cohort for pastors.

Worshiping Communities
Pasadena, california
2024
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Worshiping Communities Music Trauma/Mental Health

Fuller Theological Seminary

To support and diversify our ministry to those struggling with mental health by working with psychologists, theologians, ministers, therapists, worship leaders, and artists to create prayers and songs for the worship context that acknowledge and express experiences of psychological suffering.

Worshiping Communities
Pasadena, california
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Formation

Fuller Theological Seminary: Division of Formation

To equip leaders to create a pilgrimage experience in their own context by together engaging the embodied experience of pilgrimage and developing worship resources for their communities out of that experience.

Worshiping Communities
Pasadena, california
2024
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational Liturgy

General Conference of the Brethren in Christ

To develop a dynamic intergenerational worship resource guide for Brethren in Christ U.S. congregations that promotes meaningful worship practices that reflect BIC values, theology, and mission. 

Worshiping Communities
Mechanicsburg, pennsylvania
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

General Education Department of the United Holy Church of America, Inc.

To enrich the theological understanding of worship in the United Holy Church of America and encourage African American worship leaders by hosting monthly virtual workshops and an in-person conference.

Worshiping Communities
Burlington, north carolina
2024
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Worshiping Communities Missional Music

Grace and St John's Episcopal Church

To strengthen public worship and witness by building capacity in the music ministry, instituting a public worship event, and creating an outdoor mural.

Worshiping Communities
New Haven, connecticut
2024
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Worshiping Communities Collaboration Intergenerational

Greater Baltimore Church of Christ (2024)

To enhance spiritual connection among all age groups by creating generationally diverse worship teams, educating worship leaders about inclusive worship, and using intergenerational teams to plan worship and develop new liturgical resources.

Worshiping Communities
Catonsville, maryland
2024
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Worshiping Communities Intergenerational

Greater Good News Church Of God In Christ

To engage children in worship and promote intergenerational worship by giving children opportunities to lead elements of worship and by equipping pastors to preach about children in the Bible.

Worshiping Communities
Los Angeles, california
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Preaching

Gregory Ministries DBA Proclaimers Place

To provide continued education related to sermon writing for a cohort of African American preachers through seminars and virtual gatherings that build group solidarity, support, and accountability.  

Worshiping Communities
Waco, texas
2024
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