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 Visual Arts

Village Church

To inspire the prophetic imagination of worshipers and to promote appreciation for God’s gift of beauty through the creation of an artist-in-residence program. 

Worshiping Communities
Beaverton, oregon
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Multicultural

Village Church

To create a network of reflective practitioners of multicultural worship in the North American context who will learn from and support each other and discern a set of best practices that will result in a set of published resources.

Worshiping Communities
Beaverton, oregon
2024
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Worshiping Communities Formation Sacraments

Westminster Presbyterian Church (2024)

To build Christ-centered unity amid a fractured and polarized society by teaching about and promoting shared foundational Christian practices, including the sacraments, the Lord’s Prayer, and the engagement of scripture.

Worshiping Communities
Waterloo, iowa
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Music

ZionQuest Fellowship

To revitalize the worship experience in three congregations who share the same worship space by expanding the use of worship arts and musical forms so that all may engage in worship that is healthy, vital, and spiritually engaging.

Worshiping Communities
Cheektowaga, new york
2024
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

A Place in the Conversation

To engage ten congregations in developing a tool that encourages each to move beyond speaking primarily about personal preferences in worship and to embrace deeper ways of speaking about each congregation’s unique strengths and callings. 

Worshiping Communities
Landenberg, pennsylvania
2023
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Multicultural

Asbury Theological Seminary (2023)

To promote the inclusion of minority worship leaders in chapel services through inviting diverse guest leaders and emphasizing the theological potential of minoritized worship expressions in seminary courses and in a colloquium.

Worshiping Communities
Wilmore, kentucky
2023
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