Provision for those who build the local church.
The Elijah Fellowship deploys grants to church planters and revitalization pastors — resourcing the leaders doing the hardest, most faithful work in the Kingdom.
Two grant tracks, one mission
Every dollar is deployed through two focused grant tracks — each designed to meet leaders where the work is hardest and the resources are fewest.
Church Revitalization
Grants for pastors and congregations navigating seasons of decline or transition. Revitalization is slow, costly, and often invisible work — and most leaders attempt it without adequate financial backing.
These grants provide sustained funding so pastors can focus on shepherding, not fundraising. Recipients also gain strategic guidance and peer connection with leaders who've walked the same road.
Church Planting
Grants for planters starting new gospel-centered churches where they're needed most — whether underserved domestic communities or challenging international contexts.
New churches need runway before they're self-sustaining. These grants provide early-stage financial foundation so planters can focus on building a congregation, not chasing support.
Leaders submit a grant application through either the revitalization or planting track. We evaluate vision, context, need, and alignment with the Fellowship's mission.
Approved fellows receive grant funding deployed with clear criteria and accountability — designed to sustain their work through the most difficult and formative stages.
Grant recipients enter the broader Cherith ecosystem — peer community with other fellows, Labs technology for operational challenges, and BAM infrastructure for marketplace ministry.
Modern day Elijahs
Our grants go to pastors, planters, and ministry leaders operating in some of the most challenging contexts — people who've answered a call that most won't, in places where the work is hardest and the resources are fewest.
Like Elijah at the brook, they depend on provision from unexpected sources. The Fellowship exists to be one of those sources — the provision narrative lived in relationship.
Whether you're revitalizing an aging congregation, planting a new church in an underserved community, or leading a team in a difficult international context — we built these grants for you.
If you're a church planter or revitalization pastor doing faithful work in a challenging context, we'd welcome a conversation about how a Fellowship grant can resource your mission.
All inquiries are treated with discretion.