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 Worship Leadership Youth

Mount of God Tabernacle Church

To more intentionally incorporate youth into the full life of the church by training them in the worship arts of music, singing, liturgical dance, and participatory worship leadership.

Worshiping Communities
Hyattsville, maryland
2026
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Worshiping Communities Visual Arts Youth

New Covenant Christian Fellowship Ministries

To help young people connect identity, creativity, and faith through an arts formation program that will help them to develop theological understanding and artistic excellence and give them opportunities to showcase their art in worship.

Worshiping Communities
Kingstree, south carolina
2026
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Worshiping Communities Bilingual Worship Leadership

New Wine Church RGV

To raise up lay worship leaders through a training program that prioritizes character formation and incorporates musical instruction, reflection on bilingual liturgical design, and development of community worship events.

Worshiping Communities
La Feria, texas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership

Presbytery of Southern Kansas

To equip lay leaders and strengthen the worship ministries of small rural churches by developing resources and offering education and encouragement to support worship planning and leading, preaching, and outreach efforts.

Worshiping Communities
Kingman, kansas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Worship Leadership

Redemption Tempe

Using cohort-based training and retreats, to cultivate theologically formed worship leaders who are equipped to lead corporate worship in ways that intentionally connect public worship with all-of-life discipleship.

Worshiping Communities
Tempe, arizona
2026
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy

Regent University School of Divinity

To learn from the wisdom the historic church by studying the Christian calendar, exploring its alignment with Renewal theology, and implementing and contextualizing its practice in a charismatic and contemporary worshiping community.

Worshiping Communities
Virginia Beach, virginia
2026
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Worshiping Communities Liturgy Trauma/Mental Health

Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School

To foster children’s active participation in worship and provide a spiritual anchor for families affected by the Eaton Fire by positioning worship as a central site of continuity in times of trauma and teaching students a scriptural understanding of Armenian Christian worship songs and prayer practices.

Worshiping Communities
Pasadena, california
2026
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Worshiping Communities Preaching Testimony

Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church

To integrate homiletical training for associate ministers with communal practices of lament and testimony in order to promote a holistic liberatory worship experience that empowers both the pulpit and the pew.

Worshiping Communities
Richmond, virginia
2026
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