2009 Mission Program Grant proposals

Dear Colleagues,

Revised Mission Program Grant programs, designed to increase the number of new church development grants and to support presbyteries’ work in helping congregations change to better serve their communities, will begin by March 15, 2010.

The General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) endorsed the Mission Development Resource Committee’s proposal during its September session.  

The strategic redesign will encourage more local accountability, reward risk taking, innovative thinking and enable greater flexibility in the types of ministries that are considered for mission program grants. Grant funding for new church developments will be funded in layers. Level-One funding will support the first 18 months of ministry.  Level-Two funding will be available for the next 30 months to new churches that have made significant process in reaching their goals and objectives. Grants at both levels would be for up to $25,000.

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$820,000 funds new church development, transformation, compassion and justice ministries                           

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Mission Development Resources Committee of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has awarded Mission Program Grants totaling $820,000 to 19 congregations and church-related projects across the United States. The Mission Program Grants fund new church developments, transformation of existing congregations and congregational-based ministries of compassion and justice. Funds for the grants come from endowments, individuals and congregational gifts. The grants will be disbursed over a period of three to seven years.  [Read more]

2009 Walton Award winners announced

Eight New Church Developments (NCD’s) to receive $50,000 to further mission                              

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) new church developments have been named winners of the 2009 Sam & Helen R. Walton Awards. Each congregation was selected for its imaginative, skillful approach to new church ministry by the Mission Development Resources Committee (MDRC) and will receive $50,000 for assistance in site acquisition and capital improvement. Two of the churches are in California, two in Florida. The other four are in Kansas, New Jersey, South Carolina and Texas. The NCD’s are diverse — congregations are Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian-American, English-Swahili speaking and Multi-Cultural. The Walton Awards were established in 1991 as part of a $6 million gift from the late Sam and Helen Walton — founders of Wal-Mart — through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation. Half of the gift created an endowment, the interest on which funds the awards. [Read more]

Dates and deadlines

Mission Program Grants

• Deadline for applications to be received in Louisville Office – March 1 and September 1 of each year.

Committee meeting dates for consideration of applications

• November 13–14, 2008
• April 30 – May 1, 2009

Sam and Helen R. Walton Award

• Deadline for nominations to be received in Louisville office – January 31 of each year.

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Our mission

Jesus Christ commands his disciples to go into the world, preaching the good news and living a life that exhibits love for God, neighbor and self (Matthew 28:19-20). Mission Program Grants (MPG) are made available to congregations and presbyteries that are seeking to respond to this commandment by organizing new congregations, transforming existing congregations or developing congregational-based ministries. [Read more]

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