Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! We are honored to serve you as partners in the mission of our Lord and His Church. Each of us have gifts to share in the service and mission of our Lord. Together we get to experience the joyful blessing of witnessing lives transformed in and through the forgiveness and life in Jesus. What a glorious gift! 

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Below are the Mission and Ministry Grant Application forms that you will use to apply for a District grant for this coming year. The District Mission Council hopes to make this process positive and productive for you. If you have any questions or concerns about the process, please contact the Mission Executive or Ministry Executive at the District Office (see below for contact information).

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The District Mission Council (DMC) distributes an annual budget allocation from the Pacific Southwest District Board of Directors. The funds are a tithe of the offerings received from ministries of District who value the overall mission in our life together. The DMC members are representative of the diverse regions and cultures of our District. They will evaluate applications and issue grants two times per year, in February and September. The DMC has the freedom and authority to distribute three types of mission funding: Innovation, Incubation, and Impact Grants.  

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• Innovation Grants: (up to $5,000) to spark missional thinking and provide seed funds to experiment in reaching a new community with the Gospel. Examples like starting an ESL class or a pre or after school reading program or launching a new worship service could qualify for an innovation grant.
   

• Incubation Grants: (up to $20,000) to partner with leaders and core groups in order to provide necessary support to new mission endeavors resulting in sustained Christian community. Incubation grants are for building momentum for ongoing programs like a small group ministry, infant care for a pre-school, or beginning work to plant a new church with another culture group. 
   

• Impact Grants: (up to $50,000) to offer new mission starts significant funding support to build the systems and capacity necessary for a new congregation, school, or mission agency. As a ministry develops and is now considering building scale, examples might include additional staffing, building renovations, or capital equipment purchases.
   

The DMC members and the District Staff will continue to provide encouragement and support to all mission and support grantees while ensuring the proper use of funds and reporting of their ministry activity to the Board of Directors.

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We continue to pray that God blesses us with the ability to grant funds to meet as many mission and ministry needs as possible. Naturally, the constraints of our District’s budget will require us to steward as best we can the means that are available. We pray that God will bless and multiply our efforts, and that new faith communities of intentional Gospel proclamation will be launched and flourish throughout the Pacific Southwest District.