Empower & Equip Initiative
The Empower and Equip Initiative emerges from a Lilly Endowment Inc. grant to Pepperdine University to serve rural and small town churches within the Churches of Christ in America. Pepperdine partnered with the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry at Abilene Christian University to create a national program to conduct research on rural and small town congregations as well as to provide a broad array of resources to support the life and ministry of the thousands of congregations found in rural and small town communities. Additionally, this national program has a stunning array of university and other organizational partners that are collaboratively working together for the wellbeing of rural and small town congregations.
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National Partners
Learn more about the involvement of Pepperdine University and the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry at Abilene Christian University as the national partners of the Empower and Equip Initiative.
Regional Partners
The Empower and Equip Initiative is also partnering with universities and organizations on the regional level. Learn more about their regional involvement here.
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