Fall 2026 Training Sessions
These videos and resources are part of the Fall 2026 Faith-Sharing Congregations Training Series.
Each session begins promptly at 6pm CT/7pm ET, weekly.
Week 1 (9/10) – Introduction: Becoming a Faith-Sharing Congregation
Week 2 (9/17) – Wesleyan Foundations: The Workings of God’s Grace and Our Human Responses
Week 3 (9/24) – Wesleyan Foundations: The Outflow of Grace – Love for Neighbor in Body and Soul
Week 4 (10/1) – Serving the Community: Discovering the Need
Week 5 (10/8) – Serving the Community: Building a Team
Week 6 (10/15) – Faith Sharing 1: Learning Your Testimonies
Week 7 (10/22) – Faith Sharing 2: Sharing Your Testimonies
Week 8 (10/29) – Putting It All together: Grant Application Readiness Practice
More from our Cohort Teams
From Faith Stories to Community Impact
Churches Embark on Evangelism Training As the group gathered online, Terri Farmer (facilitator and The Foundation for Evangelism’s grants coordinator) greeted attendees from the 11
Cohort Grants Are a Lifeline for Churches
Barby Bowser, Communications director, recently sat in on one of the check-ins with 2025 Local Church Cohort grant recipients. “You threw us a lifeline –
Spring Cohort Concludes with 19 Churches Awarded Evangelism Grant
The Foundation for Evangelism is pleased to announce that 19 churches were awarded a grant following the conclusion of the Spring 2025 Thriving Congregations Local
Local Church Cohort Includes Deaf Church in Evangelism Training
Rev. Dr. Tom Hudspeth and his church members are used to navigating a world made for hearing people. They are part of SEEDS (Serving Educating
Local Church Cohort Equips Congregation to Re-Engage Community
For over 107 years, the congregation at New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Goulds, Fla., has been a place for fellowship in the community.
Other Grant Focus Areas
Raising Up Gospel Leaders
Evangelism Training for Ministry Professionals
Grants designed to equip leaders who are called to vocational ministry and desire to lead witnessing congregations and organizations. These grants range from one to three years and address training across a wide spectrum of leader designations. Grants are varied and may be as specific as a one-time training event, a Course of Study unit, or as expansive as an endowment-funded position at a Wesleyan-tradition seminary. The purpose is to expose students to a Wesleyan understanding of evangelism and discipleship and equip them to pass their learning on to others in their ministry setting. Endowed grants are available by invitation only.
Engaging the Ministry of the Laity
Training Lay Persons to Share Their Faith and Invite Others
Methodism and the Wesleyan tradition became a movement because everyone participated in sharing the Good News. These grants support efforts to equip the laity to tell others about their personal faith in their daily lives or as they are in mission situations, inviting others to join them to live as transformed followers of Jesus Christ.
The Foundation for Evangelism Laity Awards
(formerly The Harry Denman Evangelism Awards)
The Foundation for Evangelism’s Laity Awards are given annually across the nation to recognize laity and youth who empower their church and equip disciples to share Good News of Jesus Christ in Word, Sign, and Deed.