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.

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Teacher-Scholar Pedagogy Preaching

Knox College (2024)

Sarah Travis

To support lay and experienced or retired preachers by developing a pedagogy that prioritizes mutual conversation and consideration of context and social location.

Teacher-Scholar
Toronto, ontario
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Preaching

Providence Theological Seminary

Robert Dean

To resituate homiletics within a Christological and robustly trinitarian framework by examining prominent assumptions governing preaching today, in order to revitalize North American preaching for the sake of the formation of worshiping communities.

Teacher-Scholar
Niverville, manitoba
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Intercultural Pedagogy

The Presbyterian College

Roland De Vries

To develop a seminary course and book chapter on interculturality in homiletics to equip preachers and emerging preachers to address the increasingly intercultural nature of their communities.

Teacher-Scholar
Montreal, quebec
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Preaching Public Witness

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Carolyn B. Helsel

To encourage appreciation among Christian worshipers for our Jewish neighbors and reduce anti-Semitism by creating videos and written resources aimed at equipping preachers to approach biblical references to Jewish people through a framework of gratitude for our shared religious heritage.

Teacher-Scholar
Austin, texas
2023
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Teacher-Scholar Preaching

Columbia Theological Seminary

Jake Myers

To create a series of free, open-access homiletical education videos that empower and equip bi-vocational preachers for more faithful, creative, and transformative service to the Church. 

Teacher-Scholar
Decatur, georgia
2023
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