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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2026
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Worshiping Communities Architecture/Space Visual Arts

Lakeside Christian Church

To explore the formative power of the visual and liturgical arts through study of place, architecture, geography, and history, and to develop art for the worship space through contemplation of the psalms and the letter to the Hebrews.

Worshiping Communities
Akron, ohio
2026
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Worshiping Communities Congregational Life Hospitality

Living Vision Ministries

To develop a worship-centered community both for and led by the 18–35-year-old generation by integrating shared meals, the Lord’s Supper, congregational worship, and scripture-based teaching along with small groups and mentorship.

Worshiping Communities
Prosper, texas
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Liturgy

Metro Baptist Church

To open pathways to self, others, and God by introducing and incorporating intentional contemplative practices into the ongoing personal and corporate worship life of the congregation.

Worshiping Communities
New York, new york
2026
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Worshiping Communities Formation Hospitality

Mission Church Tucson

To cultivate belonging and form spiritually curious participants in Christian worship by implementing a weekly midweek gathering that integrates fellowship, participatory teaching, and welcoming liturgical practices.

Worshiping Communities
Tucson, arizona
2026
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Preaching

Mosaic Mennonite Conference

To equip emerging preachers to proclaim the gospel in ways that are contextually relevant, spiritually sustaining, and oriented toward lived discipleship through cohort-based skill building, theological grounding, and peer learning.

Worshiping Communities
Lansdale, pennsylvania
2026
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Worshiping Communities Education/Leadership Trauma/Mental Health

Most Excellent Way Learning Life Center

To foster spiritual healing and renewed engagement in public worship for individuals affected by trauma, reentry, and community disconnection, by integrating theological reflection, leadership development, and healing-centered participatory worship practices.

Worshiping Communities
Bayonne, new jersey
2026
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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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Teacher-Scholar Missional

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Edwin Chr. van Driel

To study the possibility of offering services of Choral Evensong as a missional outreach for churches in post-Christian contexts in the United States based on ethnographic and appreciative inquiry research regarding comparable initiatives in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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Pittsburgh, pennsylvania
2026
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