Learn about our Three Grants Program
1. Evangelism for the Twenty-First Century Grants: -21 Grants are awarded annually for innovative ministry projects that take the gospel to the unchurched, empower lay and ordained ministers to bring new evangelical vigor to parish churches, and help believers to understand and articulate the Christian faith.
Evangelism for the 21st Century grants are intended to help define, encourage and support the emerging forms of lay and ordained ministries that the new century demands.
The Society offers annual grants of $500 to $5,000 for new projects that will strengthen the evangelical witness of the Episcopal Church to help reach out both to the unchurched and to those within the church who want to grow in Christian faith, knowledge and practice.
Go directly to the Grant Application (PDF) or Grant Application (Word Document)
2008-2009 Dates
February 4, 2008: Applications Due
Mid-April: Notification
May 1, 2008 – April 30, 2009: Disbursements
Eligibility
E-21 Grants are awarded to Episcopalians in the eleven Episcopal seminary communities, and in seminaries accredited by the Association of Theological Schools. Students, faculty, staff, and their spouses and partners, are eligible for EES support.Grant Criteria
Each Spring the Society awards grants for projects that focus on one or more of the following objectives.
Taking the Gospel to the unchurched
Raising up lay and ordained ministers to bring new evangelical vigor to parish churches
Helping believers to understand and articulate the Christian faith
Guidelines
The Society especially encourages initiatives in evangelism and education that:
Connect the academic and professional world of the seminaries to the work carried out by lay and ordained ministers in surrounding communities
Foster new initiatives and methodologies
Present well-defined goals; state clearly how funds will be used; and show how the project’s results can be evaluated
May result in pilot programs or models that others can adopt or adapt
2. Special Grants:
EES has further broadened its reach in recent years with its support for Episcopalians from the United States who are participating in the Canterbury Scholars program which brings together seminarians from throughout the Anglican Communion for three weeks of study at Canterbury Cathedral. The Society also supports the Seminarians Leadership Conference, the annual fall gathering of student leaders from the eleven Episcopal seminaries who spend a weekend together building relationships between their diverse schools of theology.
Through the generosity of its forebears, EES also offers a limited number of scholarship awards to African-American candidates for ordination in the Episcopal Church and to persons preparing for ministries in Africa or among Native Americans in the United States.
These grants of $1,000 each are awarded annually to eligible students at four Episcopal seminaries that are selected on a rotating basis. Recipients are selected by the seminaries, and there is no application process through EES.
3. Special Grants (Scholarship):
In addition, the Society makes scholarship awards to African American candidates for ordination in the Episcopal Church and to persons preparing for ministries in Africa or among Native Americans in the United States.