MCNCR Local Ministry Grants

The idea for these grants came out of a Management Team meeting where we were allocating funds. There was a desire to give money back to the local churches, but we wanted to do so in a more significant way than giving $300 to each church. A fund was established for “Local Quick Start Grants.” The idea was to fund a dream or project that a church desired to implement but didn’t have the needed capital to get off the ground. This will be the third time that the North Central Region has offered Local Ministry Grants.


Parameters:

Applications must be submitted online at MCNCR.ORG by September 30, 2025.  The grant project must be completed within one year. Applicants need to be able to describe the grant project with some level of detail. The project must be either something new that the church would not do without this grant, or an enhancement or addition to something they have previously done. Only one grant application may be submitted per church.

Past Grant Examples:

  • Community newspaper

  • Community block parties

  • Vacation bible school

  • Monthly “Cowboy Church” service

  • Curriculum for Financial Peace University

  • College kid “adoption” and group meals

Grant Application

The Governance Board will form an ad-hoc committee to make the selection following the September 30 deadline.  Grant awards will be made in October.


We have allocated $21,000 to the Local Ministry Grant Fund. This will allow for seven grants of $3,000 each.


COMPLETE APPLICATION