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Wesleyan Impact Partners Receives $1.25 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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Lilly Endowment Inc., a philanthropic foundation committed to supporting causes of community development, education, and religion, granted Wesleyan Impact Partners $1.25 million to fund the Phygital Preaching Fellows initiative as part of Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative.

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  • Lilly Endowment Inc., a philanthropic foundation committed to supporting causes of community development, education, and religion, granted Wesleyan Impact Partners $1.25 million to fund the Phygital Preaching Fellows initiative as part of Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative.
  • “Wesleyan Impact Partners works to empower the church to achieve its mission through an ecosystem of congregations, clergy, and spiritual entrepreneurs.
  • "We are honored to receive this grant from Lilly Endowment and support their distinguished mission of helping individuals, families, and communities thrive and flourish,” said Dr. Maggie Jackson, Wesleyan Impact Partners Board Chair.
  • Wesleyan Impact Partners Learning and Innovation initiative began with a Lilly Endowment grant awarded in 2003 to the Texas Methodist Foundation.

Wesleyan Impact Partners Expands Its Learning and Innovation Group with the Addition of Two Nationally Recognized Methodist Leaders

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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Kathleen McShane and Derrick Scott III, two prominent leadership and innovation voices from across the Methodist ecosystem.

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  • Kathleen McShane and Derrick Scott III, two prominent leadership and innovation voices from across the Methodist ecosystem.
  • Kathleen McShane has joined Wesleyan Impact Partners as the Director of Learning and Innovation.
  • "I am inspired by Wesleyan Impact Partners' desire to ignite imagination in church leaders,” Scott said.
  • Dr. Blair Thompson, Chief Learning and Innovation Officer at Wesleyan Impact Partners.