Francisco Zamora Avila
Francisco Zamora Avila is a bivocational pastor and the founder of Modus Church in Bell Gardens, California. He lived more than half his life as an undocumented immigrant after coming to the United States at the age of 15. Zamora Avila has served in ministry since 2000 and holds a graduate degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. In addition to his call as a pastor, Zamora Avila works as an operations manager for a multimillion-dollar company in Santa Fe Springs, California.
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Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants from the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship are designed for worshiping communities. These grants allow a wide range of Christian worshiping communities to focus on projects that connect public worship with Christian discipleship and faith formation. Funding awards range from $8,000 to $25,000.
The grants support year-long projects that show promise in fostering renewed or strengthened worship practices within worshiping communities in the United States or Canada. Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants for teacher-scholars are also available. Applications for the October 15 deadline will open on July 15, 2026.
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