The Foundation for Evangelism is pleased to announce the 2025 Equipping the Local Church grant cycle will open on January 15. Up to 50 grants of $5,000 or $10,000 are available to small and medium* sized churches, or clusters of churches working together, in a Wesleyan-tradition** denomination.
Past Equipping the Local Church Grant recipient projects include a wide range of evangelistic disciple-building in the local church context including:
- A Cowboy Church providing a Christian-based camp for young people involved in rodeo events. These camps have also helped connect parents through ministry that invites participation and sharing in the abundant life God offers.
- An outreach ministry at an urban church that has opened doors to help the community’s most vulnerable members and made new connections with community partners for expanded resources and support.
- A youth and children’s ministry engaging young people to be disciples of Jesus, leaders in their church and community.
The grant is intended to help launch an experiment or initiative to share the Gospel in word and deed, build relationships, and invite others into a discipleship journey with Jesus.
Any church or group of churches meeting the criteria may apply.
To help clarify the grant criteria and application process, an information session will be held on January 23, 2025 from 2-3 p.m. Eastern. You can register for the session at foundationforevangelism.org/grant-seekers/equipping-the-local-church-grant/.
Applications open January 15 and will close February 29, 2025.
The Foundation for Evangelism Equipping the Local Church grant initiative seeks to empower pastors and laity in smaller local congregations to dream, take risks, and partner with God in the transformation of lives and communities. These grants are made possible through the generosity of donors, friends, and partners of The Foundation for Evangelism.
For 3/4 of a century, The Foundation for Evangelism has been guided by the belief that the church is God’s primary vessel for offering abundant life to all creation. Our work focuses on strengthening leaders, laity and congregations to be resilient faith communities sharing the Gospel and inviting others into the Body of Christ. Our work to help the Wesleyan-tradition church retain and act upon its zeal for sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ has involved countless hours of resourcing, relationship-building and combined grant awards of more than $18 million. To learn more about our work, visit www.FoundationForEvangelism.org.
*under 250 participants
** We define Wesleyan-tradition as based on the ministry movement begun in the 18th century by John and Charles Wesley. Responding to God’s pursuit of us, all are invited to the lifelong journey to love God and neighbor with their whole heart.
