Grant funding for 31 projects supporting the birth and growth of new ministries was approved by the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council during its October meeting. The grants total $442,166.
Rooted in Resolutions A045 and A046 from the 81st General Convention, New Episcopal Community grants reflect investments in leaders and communities who are reimagining how the church lives and proclaims the Gospel in new settings, including in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. Read summaries of all the grant projects.
Administered by the Advisory Group on Church Planting and Revitalization, the grants accompany ministries from early discernment through long-term sustainability.
“We give thanks for the creativity, courage, and faithfulness shown in every application,” writes the advisory group in its recommendation to the Executive Council. “These communities reflect the church’s growing diversity and its call to share the Gospel in new ways. These grants invest in leaders building vibrant, contextual expressions of Episcopal faith for the future.”
New Episcopal community grants awarded
New Episcopal community grants were awarded for discernment, seed, growth, harvest.
Discernment grants
These grants—for up to $5,000—fund early exploration and testing of new ministry ideas.
- Comunidad de la Gracia, Episcopal Church in Idaho: $5,000
- New Campus Ministry Collaboration, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island: $5,000
- Sacred Paths, Episcopal Diocese of California: $5,000
- St. Thomas’ Dinka Worshiping Community, Episcopal Diocese of Iowa: $5,000
Seed grants
These grants—for up to $30,000—help fund the initial stages of a new Episcopal community’s launch, typically in its first or second year.
- Emmaus Twin Cities, Episcopal Church in Minnesota: $20,000
- Fe en los Vecindarios, Episcopal Diocese of Cuba: $30,000
- Holy Companion, Episcopal Church in Colorado: $20,000
- Iglesia San Andrés, Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas: $15,000
- Iglesia San Pablo, Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas: $15,000
- St. Lucy’s, Episcopal Diocese of California: $20,000
Growth grants
These grants—for up to $30,000—help strengthen leadership and sustainability in the second and third years of a new Episcopal community.
- All Saints’ Mission, Amsterdam, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: $17,142
- Espíritu Santo, Episcopal Diocese of Texas: $17,142
- Hope & Bread, Episcopal Church in Western Oregon: $17,142
- Journey Church, Episcopal Diocese of Missouri: $17,142
- SpiritBound Faith, Episcopal Church of New Hampshire: $17,142
- St. Brigid’s Episcopal Church, Oceanside, Episcopal Diocese gof San Diego: $17,142
- Trinity-Trinidad Episcopal Church, Haverhill, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts: $17,142
- The Well, Bowie, Episcopal Diocese of Washington: $17,142
Harvest grants
These grants—for up to $40,000—help support mature communities toward stability and partnership in years three to six.
- West Central Abbey, Episcopal Diocese of Spokane: $10,000
- Faith Christian Church of India, Episcopal Diocese of Missouri: $15,000
- Good Courage Farm, Episcopal Church in Minnesota: $10,000
- Hālau Wa’a Episcopal, Honolulu, Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii: $15,000
- Mother of the Savior Church, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan: $15,000
- Saint Nino’s, Tbilisi, Georgia, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: $15,000
- St. Cornelius Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Texas: $10,000
- St. Nicholas Hill Country Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas: $10,000
- St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Texas: $10,000
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Albany: $15,000
- Sudanese Grace Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes: $15,000
- The Church at Crossroads, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan: $15,000
- The Table Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis: $10,000
[From the Office of Public Affairs.]
Church of the Redeemer
Welcome to Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world. 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. We are 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.