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Evangelism Grants
Episcopal institutions are invited to apply for evangelism grants (iam.ec/evangelismgrants) to support local and regional efforts to grow Episcopal ministries, resources, and gatherings—and to energize the church to share and celebrate the Good News of Jesus Christ. The application deadline is October 28, 2024.
The grant application, criteria, requirements, budget information, and more are available online in English, Spanish, and French.
The grants committee will consider proposals for up to $2,000 for individual faith communities and up to $8,000 for multichurch, diocesan, provincial, and other regional collaborations. A total of $125,000 is available for this funding cycle.
The 2024 grant focus is on evangelism initiatives that minister across barriers. Projects that would fit this theme include the following:
- Collaborative, lay-led ministries that are not clergy dependent.
- Ministries that explicitly support and include communities traditionally underrepresented in The Episcopal Church.
- Ministries that engage new ways of being the church in new spaces.
Grants were awarded to 22 projects during the 2023 funding cycle. Funded projects included:
- Creating Space in New Spaces, Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
- Encuentros con Jesús en El Trabajo Agrícola, Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador Litoral
- Episco-PRIDE, Episcopal Diocese of Iowa
- Hispanic Ministries Evangelism Project, Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida
- Latino/Hispanic Bilingual Camp, Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina
- Dove Faith Café Podcast, Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana
- Imagine Cincinnati: Nature-Based, Liturgically Rooted Worship for Families, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio
- Neighbor to Neighbor Evangelism, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama
- Relationship Evangelism, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
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Church of the Redeemer
Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.
Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.
The Episcopal Church welcomes you.