Press Release: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa Receives $1.25m Lilly Grant 2023

The Episcopal Diocese of Iowa has received a $1,250,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment's Thriving Congregations Initiative to establish a Regional Mission Initiative.

The Diocese of Iowa’s Regional Mission Initiative (RMI) is an immersive program to support and strengthen our lay and clergy leadership in small churches to address the challenges facing our shrinking, rural communities.