Alaina Kleinbeck

Executive Director of Grants and Services, Forum for Congregational Life

akleinbeck@div.duke.edu

Alaina Kleinbeck is the Executive Director of Grants and Services at the Forum for Congregational Life. She and her team support networks of organizations and leaders across Christians traditions who support congregational vitality. 

Previously, she led the team supporting more than 300 grantees in the Thriving in Ministry, Thriving Congregations, and Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Coordination Programs.  

Alaina has served ministries and organizations in suburban St. Louis, urban Houston, Central America and Norway. She holds degrees from Concordia University Nebraska and Duke Divinity School. From 2013 to 2018, she was director of the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation. Before that, she was a director of Christian education working with middle school students. She is committed to developing faithful Christian practices within communities, eliminating barriers to resources for Christian communities and pastors at the margins, and including young people in all aspects of life in the church.