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.

Pedagogy
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Teacher-Scholar Historical Pedagogy

Duke University

Lester Ruth

To produce an anthology of curated primary sources to provide easier access to key documents related to the historical development of contemporary praise and worship music.

Teacher-Scholar
Durham, north carolina
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Justice Leadership

Fuller Theological Seminary

Jennifer Ackerman

To study the impact arts-based training encouraging curiosity, creativity, and courage has on pastoral leadership to increase pastors' capacity to lead vibrant, justice-oriented communities of worship.

Teacher-Scholar
Pasedena, california
2024
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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 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 Formation Justice

University of Alabama

Courtney O’Grady

To invite Catholic school practitioners (PK–12) to engage in self-study and group discussion as a means of reckoning with racism, ableism, and other injustices in American Catholic school practices, and then to reimagine Catholic schools as inclusive and justice-oriented worshiping communities.

Teacher-Scholar
Tuscaloosa, alabama
2024
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Teacher-Scholar Formation Pedagogy

Trevecca Nazarene University

Vernon Whaley

To strengthen the theological training and spiritual formation of worship leaders through the development of foundational courses for a worship leadership certificate program.

Teacher-Scholar
Nashville, tennessee
2023
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