The Lilly Endowment has made the first 32 grants in a new project to “help Christian pastors strengthen their abilities to proclaim the gospel in more engaging and effective ways.” A news release from the Indianapolis-based endowment explained: “The ultimate…
Mercer gets $9.6 million grant to address public school teacher retention and diversification
Mercer University’s Tift College of Education is embarking on a partnership with five Georgia school districts to strengthen teacher recruitment and workforce diversification through a $9.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. In announcing the project, the Macon,…
Rural church offers community development grants through Gratitude Project
Pastor Dennis Atwood concluded a sermon series focused on gratitude last fall by challenging his congregation at First Baptist Church of Mount Olive to seek systemic solutions to systemic poverty and food insecurity in their rural corner of eastern North…
Invested Faith announces third round of fellows and a new partnership
In less than a year, the new Invested Faith organization has issued three rounds of grants to faith-influenced social innovators, bringing the total number of recipients to 13. The latest recipients were announced Jan. 16 by Amy Butler, the group’s…
16 schools active in training Baptist clergy receive million-dollar Lilly grants
Sixteen universities active in the training of Baptist ministers in the United States are among 84 recipients of the latest round of $82 million in grants from the Lilly Endowment. Lilly, based in Indianapolis, announced the second round of grants…