<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/westmont-news/program-explores-meaning-preaching.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>11/27/2023</pubDate><title>Program Explores Meaning of Preaching</title><excerpt>Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Westmont College a $1.25 million grant to create a unique program exploring the meaning and value of in-person Christian preaching. At a time when much communication takes place online, remotely and impersonally, the Incarnational Preaching Project will invite active and aspiring preachers to investigate the value of preaching live to a church community. Westmont’s Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts expects to launch the program in spring 2025.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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