• to deepen and enrich the religious lives of American Christians, primarily by helping to strengthen their churches;
• to support the recruitment and education of a new generation of talented ministers and other religious leaders;
• to encourage theological reflection and religious practices that recover the wisdom of the Christian tradition for our contemporary situation;
• to support scholars and educators who seek to help the American people to better understand contemporary religion and the role it plays in our public and personal lives; and
• to strengthen the contributions that religious ideas, practices, values and institutions make to the common good of our society.

In all these ways, the Lilly Endowment Inc. seeks to support people and organizations striving to generate knowledge, communicate insights, nurture practices, and renew and sustain institutions that provide the religious resources upon which a flourishing and humane society depends.

For further information about the Lilly Endowment Inc., see the website http://www.lillyendowment.org