Attention to all the churches with programs that are related to ethnicity and reaching out to marginalized indigenous peoples.
The General Board of Church and Society is accepting applications for the Ethnic Local Church Grants until August 10, 2009.
Here’s the information from the official website of the GBCS:
Deadline to apply is Aug. 10.
Aug. 10 is the deadline to apply for an Ethnic Local Church Grant from the United Methodist General Board of Church & Society (GBCS). The grants program is to strengthen ethnic local churches through education, advocacy or leadership training and development as they engage in social justice.
To qualify for grant consideration, applicants must be either:
a United Methodist local church, district, annual conference, racial/ethnic caucus, or other affiliated ethnic group/organization; or
an ecumenical group/organization working with and through at least one United Methodist agency or organization whose program impacts at least one United Methodist ethnic local church.
Two funding periods are available for consideration: Aug. 10 is deadline for the October cycle and Jan. 10 for the March. The Ethnic Local Church Committee makes grant recommendations to GBCS’s Board of Directors at spring and fall meetings.
To read more about how you and your church can avail of this Grant Program, click here.
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