2024 Roanridge Trust Grant Recipient - Developing New Models of Sustainable Rural Ministry, Episcopal Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York

Roanridge Trust grants support leadership development in small towns and rural communities.

Developing New Models of Sustainable Rural Ministry, Episcopal Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York, $41,000: Supports cohort-based coaching that helps clergy lead change and activate lay leadership, and a new preaching formation program for lay leaders, new clergy, aspirants, and postulants in three key rural regions: the Oil Region of Western Pennsylvania, the Genesee Region of Western New York, and the towns of DuBois and Brookville, also in Western Pennsylvania.