ATLANTA — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to participate in a national program called “Sustaining Pastoral Excellence.” The program is part of a new effort by the Indianapolis-based Lilly to maintain excellence in the nation’s pastoral leaders.
The grant will be spent over four years through the Fellowship’s “Initiative for Ministerial Excellence,” which includes peer-learning networks, sabbatical study and a residency program for prospective ministers studying at CBF “partner” schools.
Seminaries taking part include Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Truett Theological Seminary, Campbell University Divinity School, McAfee School of Theology, Logsdon School of Theology and The Center for Congregational Health.
Lilly Endowment awarded 47 grants for a total of $57.9 million to religious-affiliated organizations across the country. The three- to five-year awards range from $250,000 to $2 million. More than 700 institutions submitted proposals for this program.
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