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Mycal X. Brickhouse

Director, Fuller FORWARD, Fuller Seminary

The Rev. Mycal X. Brickhouse serves as the director of Fuller FORWARD at Fuller Seminary and as the senior pastor of St. Luke AME Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina. From 2022 to 2026, he was a director of programs and grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, now the Forum for Congregational Life. 

Ordained as an itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brickhouse previously served as a pastor in North Carolina and as director of alumni relations at Duke Divinity School. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and earned an M.Div. and a D.Min. from Duke Divinity School. The Rev. Brickhouse is passionate about community relations and spending time with his family. 

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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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