Grant Application Checklist

• General Information Form

  • Supporting Documentation as needed

  • Budget Information (including bids and research as needed)

  • Funding Plans

  • Initiative plans

  • Timeline of Initiative

  • Church Empowerment Assessment (for Uninstalled Ministries only)

Grant Guidelines

• This grant is meant to fund a new initiative that promotes vitality and is sustainable within your ministry. It is NOT to be used to fund capital/building improvements, unless capital improvements are an essential part of the new initiative.

• Grants can be used to re-vision and re-invent an existing ministry.

• Be creative! Think with a broad perspective. Dream beyond what you have!

• Grants can be a one-time amount or can be given in payments over a set amount of time depending on the needs of your ministry's initiative. Grant cycles will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

• Grants can be used to support Cooperative Congregations or Churches coming together for a coordinated effort.

If chosen as a grant recipient, your ministry can expect to:

• Be excited! Dream! Be asked about your spiritual discernment for this request.

• Receive a liaison from Salem Presbytery's Church Growth and Transformation committee (CGAT) for support; Identify one liaison from your ministry to work directly and be the main contact for CGAT.

• Welcome and expect regular check-ins from your CGAT liaison.

• Share updates with CGAT quarterly throughout the determined grant cycle.

If you have any questions, please contact Emily Wilson at Emily@standrewsnc.org