Upcoming Event
A Reformation Sunday worship service commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Accra Confession
October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
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.
Dallas International University
To develop long-term habits of spiritual formation through corporate worship in students preparing for cross-cultural service, focusing on the arts and Biblical literacy.
Worshiping Communities
Dallas, texas
2019
Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance
To promote deeper participation in worship by exploring the unique musical contributions of African-American Catholic parishes.
Worshiping Communities
Detroit, michigan
2019
Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church
To draw mutually enriching connections between worship and social justice by crafting worship elements that flow out of and deepen worshipers’ participation in justice ministries.
Worshiping Communities
Oakland, california
2019
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
To facilitate meaningful, active participation of the whole community in worship by exploring the role of worship in theological education and methods of digital accessibility.
Worshiping Communities
New Brunswick, new jersey
2019
New Hope Covenant Church
To form a hospitable communal worship space that welcomes worshipers’ whole selves and celebrates all of the Body of Christ in its diversity by engaging in music, arts, and storytelling.
Worshiping Communities
Oakland, california
2019
Seattle Pacific University
To engage multicultural worship as a means of reconciliation through immersion experiences that expand students’ awareness of God and will inform their leadership of multicultural worship on campus and at local churches.
Worshiping Communities
Seattle, washington
2019
St. John's Abbey
To develop in pastoral musicians skills for leading congregational singing that facilitate active participation and transformation in worshipers.
Worshiping Communities
Collegeville, minnesota
2019
Trinity Baptist Church
To educate the community and congregation regarding the rich heritage of the African-American worship experience in order to cultivate intergenerational unity.
Worshiping Communities
Columbia, south carolina
2019
Vancouver Christian School
To develop spiritual habits in students in the context of worship in order to promote a sense of belonging, to deepen transformation, to encourage genuine fellowship, and to tell stories of transformation through the development of Christ-like patterns of living.
Worshiping Communities
Vancouver, british columbia
2019
Window Rock Christian Reformed Church
To contextualize worship practices in a Navajo church by engaging Scripture in ways reflective of Navajo cultural practices.
Worshiping Communities
Window Rock, arizona
2019
Alliance for Greater Works
To promote healing through trauma-informed worship that connects worshipers with the story of God’s actions in the past and present as a source of hope for God’s continued actions in the future.
Worshiping Communities
Grand Prairie, texas
2018
Church Music Ministry of Canada
To facilitate intergenerational faith formation in worship by creating spaces for learning and collaboration between pastors and lay leaders in ethnically and denominationally diverse congregations.
Worshiping Communities
Coquitlam, british columbia
2018