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Angel Eaglin

Associate Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program

aeaglin@div.duke.edu


Angel Eaglin is a gifted educator with 20+ years of teaching and training experience in higher education, the public and private school systems and the nonprofit sector. Angel’s passion for reflecting God’s love across ministries has enabled her to develop leaders, build communities and create rich ecclesial experiences serving as a director of discipleship, worship arts director and worship leader in ministries in the Bay Area, Chicago and Raleigh. As a CQ® (Cultural Intelligence) Certified Facilitator, Angel combines her background in education design and instruction with practical training to help churches and faith-based organizations improve team effectiveness in multicultural interactions. Angel has been influential while serving in a myriad of roles including as a steering committee member for the Center for Public Christianity in North Carolina —  a movement of churches seeking the cultural, social and spiritual renewal of the Triangle.

In addition, as an international recording worship artist, she cultivates a deep appreciation for the rich and diverse expressions of Christian traditions and practices across cultures, enabling her to create culturally immersive worship experiences.

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Lilly Endowment Inc. announces Exploring Christian Practices Initiative

The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith. 

In this open and competitive initiative, the Endowment invites charitable organizations to submit proposals for grants of up to $2.5 million each that may be used for up to a five-year period to develop new and/or enhance existing programs that present promising strategies for advancing the aim of the initiative and provide compelling and thoughtful responses to its guiding questions. The Endowment anticipates awarding approximately 60 grants and announcing grant awards in December 2026.

The Endowment will host four virtual information sessions (February 17, 19, 24, and 25) to discuss the Exploring Christian Practices guidelines for submitting a proposal. An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.

Learn More and register for information sessions