Science for Ministry RFP Finalists

The Science for Ministry Grants Competition yielded twenty creative and substantive proposals. This is the first program focused on the intellectual challenges of bringing science and ministry into a more fruitful engagement with pastors and their congregations. Consequently, we were mindful that these proposals could help set a standard for what dialogue of this nature could accomplish. The judges and Foundation staff were impressed with the quality of the proposals submitted by these institutions. That being said, as with all competitions, only a select few can be funded that hold the highest of quality toward the Competition’s purpose and guidelines.

Congratulations to the Organizations below who were nominated* by the judges to receive the first grants in the Science for Ministry Initiative. We invite you to review the Project Overview as submitted with their Full Proposal. Please click on the Project Title for each Organization.

Asbury Theological Seminary Project Title: Changing Pastoral Practice to Integrate Science into Ministry

Calvin Theological Seminary Project Title: Science on Sunday: Integrating Science into the Life of the Congregation

Fermi Project Project Title: Thinking About Science

Princeton Theological Seminary Project Title: Science for Ministry Initiative

Regent College Project Title: Pastoral Science: Reading, Teaching, and Delighting in God’s Two Books

The Collegeville Institute Project Title: The Way the World Is: Cosmology and the Practice of Ministry

The Trinity Forum Project Title: Science, Faith, and Truth

* Awards are provisional until the Organizations fulfill the technical requirements of the Foundation’s grant making guidelines.