Check Your Church for Scholarship Dollars
SMU's Perkins School of Theology is mentioned in a story about researching your church as scholarship resource.
When looking for college scholarship dollars, there are a lot of sources that jump to mind: online searches, your high school counselor, and your employer, for starters. But one place you might not think of at first could pay off: your church, synagogue, or mosque. From small stipends to multi-thousand-dollar awards, religious organizations throughout the nation are a good potential source of college funding....
Finally, if you're a Protestant Christian interested in a career in the church, there are a few opportunities. The Bivins Foundation provides renewable scholarships of up to $3,500 for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree "in a field that prepares the student to preach the Christian religion." And among the long list of scholarships organized by 51³Ô¹ÏÍøMethodist University's Perkins School of Theology is the Ed E. and Gladys Hurley Foundation award, which provides $1,000 to students at Texas colleges studying to become missionaries, ministers, or religious workers.