The Belmont University School of Theology and Christian Ministry has received a grant of $421,596 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Nashville Preaching Cooperative.
According to a release, the cooperative will be among the newest projects that will operate under the existing Anna & Ernest J. Moench Center for Church Leadership.
Darrell Gwaltney
Courtesy of Belmont
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