Fuller Seminary Receives $258,699 Grant for Spirituality Podcast Series – Pasadena Now

Fuller Theological Seminary’s Thrive Heart for Human Improvement has secured a one-year grant exceeding a quarter-million {dollars} to assist its “With & For” podcast collection. The $258,699 award from the John Templeton Basis, introduced on April 14 will fund a 14-episode season exploring the science of spirituality and its function in private and neighborhood thriving.

“In an period when there may be a lot exterior chaos and divisions added to the inner stress and misery of so many, the With & For podcast is a useful resource that may assist many to search out inspiration and insights for ‘strolling the steadiness,’” stated Fuller President David Emmanuel Goatley. “We rejoice within the beneficiant assist of the John Templeton Basis and their confidence within the work of Dr. Pam King and the Thrive Heart at Fuller Seminary.”

The Thrive Heart was amongst a choose group of 125 organizations invited to submit a full grant proposal, having survived an preliminary spherical of three,109 purposes from 120 international locations collectively looking for greater than $2.3 billion.

The podcast, hosted by Thrive Government Director Pam King, will give attention to three key actions: producing content material on the science of spirituality and thriving; increasing and deepening the attain and influence of the podcast by public relations, advertising, and neighborhood engagement; and connecting with thought, practitioner, and spiritually engaged leaders to grasp extra deeply how their communities thrive and develop non secular well being.

This funding arrives at a important second when cultivating and embracing wholesome types of spirituality are more and more acknowledged as important parts of particular person well-being and neighborhood flourishing.

Fuller Seminary, headquartered in Pasadena, California, is among the world’s largest nondenominational seminaries with over 2,600 college students enrolled in grasp’s and doctoral packages. College students can attend lessons on-line, in individual at campuses in Pasadena, Houston, and Phoenix, or by hybrid preparations.

The John Templeton Basis, established in 1987, helps interdisciplinary analysis and catalyzes conversations that encourage awe and surprise. The Basis works to create a world the place persons are curious in regards to the wonders of the universe, free to pursue lives of that means and function, and motivated by nice and selfless love.

With an endowment of $3.4 billion and annual giving of roughly $140 million, it ranks among the many 25 largest grantmaking foundations in america and has prolonged its philanthropic actions to greater than 58 international locations worldwide.