Church research grants are normally connected with missionary or spiritual work.
Churches and other religious groups sometimes offer grants to their parishioners and to the general public for the right cause. Most often the grant is connect with theological research or missionary work. Applying for a church research grant is similar to applying for other grants, as there are specific criteria that must be met.
Types of Grants
Church research grants are different from other grants in that the research usually is geared to support the church's philosophy or a specific aim, and that almost always includes growing the ministry. The Internet is a great place to find grants, and almost every denomination is represented.
Hartford Seminary
The Hartford Seminary offers a wide variety of resources for church research grants, including such topics as megachurches, women and religion, religion and family, Internet and religion, Pentecostalism, orthodoxy in the United States and homosexuality.
Hartford Seminary
77 Sherman Street
Hartford, CT 06105
860-509-9542
hartsem.edu
ChurchNetUSA
ChurchNetUSA offers visitors help in writing grants as well as helping grant writers locate funding. According to the website, funding is available for Christian seed money, Christian leadership, Christian churches, outreach ministry, Christian education and church expansion.
ChurchNetUSA
2151 Consulate Drive, Unit 13
Orlando, FL 32837
407-857-9002
churchnetusa.com
Christian Reformed Church
The Calvin Center research grants total over $150,000, and there are six available yearly for faith-related topics. The Calvin Center is is a Christian liberal arts college that is partnered with the Christian Reformed Church; the two share many funds, grants and scholarship programs.
Christian Reformed Church in North America
2850 Kalamazoo Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49560
616-241-1691
crcna.org
Society for Church Archaeology
The Society for Church Archaeology Research Grant has £1,000 available to those interested in church archaeology. Although the Society for Church Archaeology is based out in the United Kingdom, both membership and access to this grant are open to international applicants.
CBA, St Mary's House
66 Bootham
York YO30 7BZ
England
+44 0 1904 671417
britarch.ac.uk/grants/churchsociety
Religious Studies Center
The Religious Studies Center is a department of Brigham Young University and offers grants for a variety of faith-based projects. The amount given is not specified, but is based on the nature of the project and associated expenses.
Brigham Young University
370 JSB
Provo, UT 84602
801-422-3290
byu.edu
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