Scholarship Ministry
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH 2021 POST SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
We are pleased to offer the Abyssinian Baptist Church Postsecondary Scholarship Application for the 2021-2022 academic year. To be considered for an Abyssinian Baptist Church Postsecondary Scholarship, applicants must meet the following three (3) criteria. Applicants must be:
- A member of The Abyssinian Baptist Church;
- A graduating high school senior with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher;
- Accepted to an accredited college or postsecondary education institution in fall 2021.
Applicants must complete the application and include an essay, three (3) letters of reference (i.e., from a teacher, youth leader, church member) and provide an official transcript of grades.
Application Deadline: The completed application package should be submitted to The Abyssinian Baptist Church Scholarship Ministry via email at louray99@gmail.com on or before June 25, 2021.
The Abyssinian Scholarship program is supported 100% by the consistent generosity of our membership.
Since 2013, The Abyssinian Baptist Church Scholarship Ministry has awarded $191,000 in Postsecondary Scholarships to eligible Abyssinian student members. The Ministry provides four-year scholarships to students who maintain a 2.5 GPA at an accredited college or postsecondary education institution.
Get the 2021 Postsecondary Scholarship Application here.
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Abyssinian Baptist Church is a proud, religious organization founded in 1808 in the City of New York. Our ancestors founded this Church to worship God freely and to enjoy the freedoms denied to them elsewhere. They equated education with freedom. And after Emancipation, their donations and missionary work helped to create and maintain schools and colleges to educate our people in the South. They engaged in this important work when segregationists blocked the doorways to many educational institutions.
The rising cost of higher education is one of the biggest foes facing us today, yet our mission remains the same as our ancestors. The good news is that the God we serve has given us the power to overcome this obstacle. Our faith in God has given us the power to open the doors to opportunity by creating educational scholarships to help Church members realize their potential. Today, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York is announcing its legacy program. Members and friends of the Abyssinian Baptist Church may create scholarships or endowments to be given in honor of loved ones or self.
CREATING AN ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH POSTSECONDARY SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF A LOVED ONE
Typically, Abyssinian Baptist Church Postsecondary Scholarships range between $500 and $2,500 a year. Members and friends will decide how large their scholarship will be and whether they will fund it for one year, two years, or for four years. Members and friends should make a donation to the Abyssinian Baptist Church covering the full amount of their scholarship by April 30 of the year it will be awarded. For example, a donation of $2,000 would create a $500 scholarship that would be awarded for four (4) years.
The Abyssinian Baptist Church has designated the Abyssinian Baptist Church Scholarship Ministry as the Church’s agency for screening, reviewing, and evaluating scholarship applications.
FUNDS ADMINISTRATION
The Abyssinian Baptist Church’s Stewardship Office will administer scholarship funds donated to the Church and will maintain those funds in a separate account. Donations for Abyssinian Baptist Church Postsecondary Scholarships are tax-deductible, charitable donations.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE READY TO PROCEED?
If you would like to make a contribution to The Abyssinian Baptist Church LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP in your name, or in the name of a loved one, contact Dr. Louis Ray (President, The Abyssinian Scholarship Ministry) via: louray99@gmail.com.