This application is for pastors serving in small churches. It can provide money to help pay for training opportunities.
Students who have previously received the National Presbyterian College Scholarship or the Season of Service scholarships may apply for this supplemental grant to help cover additional expenses.
Financial Aid for Service and Young Women’s Ministries are collaborating to offer women participating in the National Presbyterian College Scholarship and Student Opportunity Scholarship a chance to apply for an additional $1,000 supplemental award sponsored by Young Women’s Ministries.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) provides loans to church members who are students through a student loan program, a parent loan (for dependent students), a loan for theological education with debt forgiveness, and a continuing education loan for pastors. The loan programs are funded with donor restricted gifts and sustained by repayment. The Office of Financial Aid for Studies manages the lending process and directs the work of partners contracted to provide loan administration, billing, and default collection services.
The Transformational Leadership Debt Assistance is seeking up to 50 culturally proficient, adaptive and innovative, critically thinking and emotionally intelligent Christ-like pastors called to serve where they are needed to lead small PC(USA) congregations or emerging worshiping communities. The goal is to help reduce educational debt acquired by seminary graduates called to minister to communities without means to install a full-time pastor. You can download the application on this page.
A list of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) affiliated colleges and schools.
The Native American Education Grant was created for Native American and Alaska natives pursuing full-time postsecondary education attending a college or university in the U.S.A. We invite applications from students of all tribal backgrounds; however, 55% of the funds supporting this program are donor restricted to members of the following tribes: Hopi, Pima, Papago, Tohono O’odham, Navajo, Nez Perce, and Eskimo. Download the application on this page. If you're looking for guidelines for this grant, you can find guidelines here.
The Presbyterian Mariners Family Ministry Grant is awarded on a funds available basis to eligible applicants through Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations, church organizations, or Presbyteries. Projects eligible for consideration will create or redesign opportunities for family ministry in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Successful projects will propose ways to encourage, nurture, and strengthen family ministry and provide measurable goals for evaluation. The Mariner’s gift will support 2-3 grants per year; because funding is limited, grants are not renewable.
The Office of Financial Aid for Studies is partnering with other Presbyterian Mission Agency offices to provide debt assistance to volunteer service project participants. Participants may receive up to $250 of assistance with student loan payments for up to 12 months while the applicant is in service. In order to receive $250 per month, the borrower must have a loan balance in excess of $25,000.
Fine Arts and Performing Arts Scholarship Established by Annie Elizabeth Beall The Beall Scholarship will be used to support women (35 and under) entering church occupations who are pursuing an education in the fine arts or performing arts as a part of their call to ministry. The final thirty thousand dollars in the fund will support no more than three eligible applicants for up to two years. The scholarship fund will be depleted with this usage. The restrictions by gender, age, geographic region and field of study are restrictions placed by the donor.