CICW has awarded Vital 91ÁÔÆæ, 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.
DurhamCares
To unify churches who share a common neighborhood by implementing ecumenical and contextual worship that meets the needs of the community.
Jeff Street Baptist Community at Liberty (2018)
To build relationships between English-speaking and Spanish-speaking congregations by worshiping together and sharing stories of each community’s religious and cultural traditions.
St. Paul United Methodist Church
To explore the transcultural, contextual, and cross-cultural nature of music and art in the liturgy in order to promote a welcoming and inclusive worship experience.