Lilly Endowment Details $20M For Religious Grants

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Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. has announced $20 million in grants. The 24 Thriving in Ministry Initiative recipients include seminaries, universities, denominational judicatories and a retreat center. Two institutions in Indiana landed grants: Sisters of St. Benedict of Beech Grove and the University of Notre Dame.

Programs being developed with help from the initiative include connecting ordained ministry candidates with mentor-pastors to help with their full-time transition, create mission immersion experiences for mid-career pastors, establish peer groups for pastors serving congregations in rural and urban areas, bring together Latino/Latina clergy in the early stages of careers for mentoring and gather clergywomen for retreats.

Thriving in Ministry Initiative grant recipients include:

• Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY – $999,515
• Ashland University, Ashland, OH – $993,514
• Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX – $995,145
• Catholic Extension, Chicago, IL – $1 million
• Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL – $1 million
• Center for Courage and Renewal, Seattle, WA – $1 million
• City Seminary of New York, New York, NY – $1 million
• Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA – $1 million
• Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA – $999,893
• Fourth Episcopal District A.M.E. Church, Chicago, IL – $999,237
• George Fox University, Newberg, OR – $1 million
• Lott Carey Global Christian Missional Community, Landover, MD – $ 1 million
• Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN – $999,999
• Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN – $1 million
• New York Theological Seminary, New York, NY – $959,996
• North Park University, Chicago, IL – $999,677
• Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA – $999,969
• Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ – $1 million
• Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA – $1 million
• The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, Seattle, WA – $1 million
• Sisters of St. Benedict of Beech Grove, Indiana, Beech Grove, IN – $ 1 million
• Texas Methodist Foundation, Austin, TX – $1 million
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN – $998,716
• Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA – $ 1 million

You can read more about the initiative by clicking here.