Author

Jane Lyon

Pastor and nonprofit founder

The Rev. Jane Lyon is former senior pastor at Antioch Baptist Church in Charlotte County, Virginia, and a former member of the governing board for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. She holds an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School, where she serves on the board of visitors and previously served as president of the national alumni council.

Lyon and her husband, Michael, have been co-owners and partners in providing end-of-life and death care services in North Carolina and Virginia for four decades. In addition, she founded Whole Woman Conference, Inc., a Christian nonprofit for women that featured her original writing and programming.

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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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