If your program/project IS funded, we will:

1. Notify you by April 15 (if you submitted an application for the November 1 deadline) or by November 15 (if you submitted an application for the July 1 deadline).
   
2. Send approved funds to your annual conference treasurer.
   
3. Assign a General Board of Discipleship staff person to consult with you on this project. You are urged to use this person in the programmatic aspects of the ministry/project.
   
4. Expect you to evaluate the project and submit to the General Board of Discipleship copies of the evaluation and of any materials that may have been produced for the ministry/project.
   
5. Request that any findings from pilot ministries/projects that could be shared with the Church for the benefit of racial ethnic local churches be submitted to us.

If your program/project is NOT funded, we will . . .
notify you by mail by April 15 (if you submitted an application for the November 1 deadline) or by November 15 (if you submitted an application for the July 1 deadline).

What Happens to Your Application After It Arrives at the
General Board of Discipleship?

• Upon arrival, applications are checked for completeness. If your application is incomplete, it will be returned and only accepted again for that cycle if it arrives by the due date.
  
• Shortly following the deadline dates, copies are made and distributed to appropriate Board members and GBOD staff for evaluation based on the criteria and on the availability of funds.
  
  
• GBOD Board makes Ūnal decisions related to grant funding.
  
  
• Notifications are prepared and mailed.
  
  
• Checks are requested and sent for distribution to annual conference treasurers or to other connectional treasurers.

Note: This process takes several months to complete. Do NOT expect notification until the dates listed above. Checks are processed after notification.

Contact for more information:

Rev. Sungnam Choi
Racial Ethnic Local Church Concerns Office
General Board of Discipleship
PO Box 340003
Nashville TN 37203-0003
Telephone: 877-899-2780 x 7050
E-mail: schoi@gbod.org

Updated 3-4-08.

Download 2009-2012 Racial Ethnic Local Church Concerns Funding Request Application Packet (in pdf)