MALIBU, CALIF. — Pepperdine College has obtained a $7.5 million grant by the Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Cities Initiative. The funds will assist Pepperdine’s “Empower and Equip” program, which goals to strengthen the ministries and management of Church buildings of Christ in rural areas and small cities throughout the USA.
Mike Cope
“We’re honored to obtain assist from Lilly Endowment Inc. because it invests in the way forward for Church buildings of Christ in rural areas and small cities,” mentioned Mike Cope, Pepperdine’s director of ministry outreach, who will direct the grant initiative. “We consider our work will assist reignite a ardour for ministry and convey renewed power to those very important congregations.”
John Barton, professor of faith and director of Pepperdine’s Heart for Religion and Studying, will function the assistant director of “Empower and Equip.”
On a nationwide stage, Pepperdine will work with the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry at Abilene Christian College in Texas to conduct and collect contemporary analysis and knowledge, prepare leaders and construct a publicly accessible library that includes sermons, academic courses and group engagement steering.
As well as, Pepperdine will collaborate with two church-planting organizations and supply an estimated $75,000 over 5 years to The Christian Chronicle to assist fund further reporting on rural ministries. The Chronicle will stay solely answerable for its content material, Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ross Jr. mentioned.
