The Duke Endowment – Rural Church
- Amount
- Not published
- Status
- No deadline published
- Region
- North & South Carolina
Small Church Program
Presbytery of Chicago
- Amount
- $10,000 plus free assessment and training
- Deadline
- Closes May 1Annually by May 1
- Who
- Presbytery of Chicago small churches without full-time pastors
- Use
- Assessment, leadership training, discernment
You match if
A one-year program for Presbytery of Chicago small churches without full-time pastors, combining $10,000 with congregation assessment, leadership training and discernment support.
You’ll need
- The page says applications are accepted annually by May 1 and links a 2026 Small Church application. The separate quarterly General Mission Grants deadlines do not govern this program.
- Our note: Contact the Mission Committee using the page’s email link for the next Small Church application and required Session commitment before preparing it.
- The listed assessment, leadership training and discernment programming are free to the congregation and funded by the presbytery’s 21st Century Fund.
Watch for
- Applications must come from a church’s Session, not an individual. The Small Church Program is subject to Mission Committee approval and is directed to congregations without full-time pastors.
- Not confirmed: a numerical small-church size limit, further PDF-specific commitments or permitted uses of the $10,000 beyond the program description.
- Not confirmed: any matching-fund obligation or additional participation costs in the separate application.
- Not confirmed: a published 2027 application or a separately announced May 1, 2027 round; the original snapshot’s future date appears to extend the annual rule.
- Full Mission Committee page read, separating Small Church Program from General Mission Grants. Linked 2026 Small Church PDF not reviewed; next-year application not independently established.
Source: chicagopresbytery.org/teams-committees/mission. Recorded Oct 16, 2026. Reviewed Oct 17, 2026. Scope: partial.
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