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Lydia Shiu
Pastor and co-founder, Progressive Asian American Christians
Lydia Shiu is the co-founder, with Liz Lin, of the Progressive Asian American Christians (PAAC) and director of social justice and action at the nondenominational Reservoir Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
She is a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ordained minister, a Korean-American, a community organizer, a wife and a mother of two children based in the Boston area. Her sermons at Reservoir Church can be viewed on Youtube or Spotify. She co-hosts, with Jonathan Lee, the podcast Shoes Off Please! Get new episodes by following the PAAC Podcast on Spotify.
Austin Almaguer
William H. Lamar IV
Liz Theoharis
Lydia Shiu
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Adam Russell Taylor
Michael Wear
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