Samford Receives Historic $5 Million Lilly Endowment Grant to Invigorate Rural, Small-Town Churches
January 15, 2025
January 15, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 15 -- Samford University issued the following news release:
Samford University has received a grant of $5 million--the largest single grant in the university's 183-year history--from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Initiative. The grant will support the work of Samford's Center for Congregational Resources, which provides services to help congregations become thriving ministries. The aim of Lilly Endowment& . . .
Samford University has received a grant of $5 million--the largest single grant in the university's 183-year history--from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Initiative. The grant will support the work of Samford's Center for Congregational Resources, which provides services to help congregations become thriving ministries. The aim of Lilly Endowment& . . .