2023 New Episcopal Communities Grants
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Resolved, That the Executive Council, meeting online October 24-27, 2023, approve and authorize the following New Episcopal Communities Grants, as recommended by the Task Force on Church Planting and Congregational Redevelopment reviewed and recommended by the Joint Standing Committee on Mission Within The Episcopal Church. The 38 grants listed below total $734,150.
The distribution of the grants is subject to the full payment of the 2022 diocesan assessment or granted diocesan waiver.
Discernment Grants 30k
Brookline Abbey, Diocese of Pittsburgh, $5,000
Chapel of the Incarnation at St. Mary’s, Diocese of Long Island, $5,000
Church Planting in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Diocese of Taiwan, $5,000
New Church Plant in California, Diocese of California, $5,000
St. Martin’s, Mason, Diocese of West Texas, $5,000
The Happening, Diocese of Missouri, $5,000
Seed Grants 255k
All Saints, Sunnyside, Diocese of Long Island, $15,000
Ausable Inclusion Center, Diocese of Eastern Michigan, $25,000
Bowie Church Plant, Diocese of Washington, $25,000
Casa Maria, Diocese of Minnesota, $30,000
Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Pea Ridge, Diocese of Arkansas, $25,000
Church of Saint Mary the Prophet, Diocese of Oregon, $25,000
Imagine Cincinnati, Diocese of Southern Ohio, $10,000
Living Grace, Diocese of Maryland, $15,000
Mission Farm, Diocese of Vermont, $25,000
Mission Plant in Amsterdam, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, $20,000
Plantación, Diocese of Texas, $25,000
Spirit Bound Digitial Mission, Diocese of New Hampshire, $15,000
Growth Grants 75k
Good Courage Farm, Diocese of Minnesota, $25,000
Growing the Convocation’s Francophone Ministry, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, $20,000
Halau Wa’a, Diocese of Hawaii, $25,000
Latino Hispanic Ministry, Purepecha Community, Diocese of Western North Carolina, $5,000
Harvest Grants 285k
All Souls at Wellspring on Main, Diocese of Texas, $20,000
Church at the Crossroads, Diocese of Michigan, $20,000
Faith Christian Church of India, Diocese of Missouri, $30,000
Grovetown Episcopal Lutheran Mission, Diocese of Georgia, $20,000
Harvesting the Work of St. Nino’s, Tbilisi, Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, $30,000
Mother of the Savior, Diocese of Michigan, $30,000
New Hope Church, Diocese of Southern Ohio, $30,000
Northside Episcopal Church, Diocese of Texas, $20,000
Plainsong Farm, Diocese of Western Michigan, $30,000
South Wedge Mission, Diocese of Rochester, $25,000
The Benedictine Way, Diocese of Nebraska, $30,000
Redevelopment Grant 89,150
Center for Mission and Ministry at St. Paul’s, Diocese of Kansas, $20,000
Karen Church at Messiah, Diocese of Minnesota, $19,150
Latino Community at Trinity, Diocese of Massachusetts, $15,000
Saint Marks Spanish Language Community, Diocese of Minnesota, $15,000
St. Augustine Hispanic Ministry, Diocese of Atlanta, $20,000