Fund for Theological Education Invites Congregations to Apply for Grants

Deadline: October 15, 2007

The Fund for Theological Education ( http://www.thefund.org/ ) is a national advocate for excellence and diversity in Christian ministry and theological scholarship. To help congregations identify and nurture the next generation of leaders for the church, the fund is offering competitive grants for grassroots programs that cultivate a sense of Christian vocation and the call to ministry among youth.

The grants are awarded through the fund's Calling Congregations initiative, a national ecumenical effort to encourage and equip churches to play a leading role in the vocational discernment of young men and women and to increase the number of gifted young people considering ordained ministry as a profession. The Lilly Endowment, Inc.
(http://www.lillyendowment.org/ ) funds the initiative.

Grants are made to congregations and are intended to support the "culture of call" within congregations. However, grants may in- clude support for activities that foster partnerships between the congregation and campus ministries, theological schools, camps, denominational bodies, and other congregations in strengthening the congregation's capacity to nurture vocation and the call to ministry.

FTE will award $200,000 in total grants over three years, begin- ning in 2007. Grants will range from $5,000 to $12,000 each.

Program information and application forms are available at the fund's Web site.

RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008304/thefund