External Scholarship Sources From Baptist Partners

Golden Gate Seminary gladly cooperates with Southern Baptist partners throughout our nation to assist students in ministry preparation. Many SBC state conventions, foundations, associations, agencies and individual churches support students directly through scholarships, grants or loans. Most of these “external” organizations govern their own procedures and systems, and quite often post different application deadlines. Direct contact with these sources should provide students with current scholarship information/applications unique to each institution. NOTE: An Asterisk (*) denotes further information/applications sometimes available through the Northern California Campus Student Services Office

Baptist Communicators Association

BCA Student Scholarship: Deadline December 7 (go HERE for more information).

Woman’s Missionary Union Foundation 

Listing and criteria for various scholarship resources from the WMU Foundation in support of the national Southern Baptist WMU. Go HERE for more information.

Alabama

Baptist Foundation of Alabama Scholarship: Deadline March 31 (contact 334-394-2000 or go HERE  for more information). 

Alabama WMU Scholarship: Deadline May 1 (email hickslcp@yahoo.com or call 334-889-4225 or write to Scholarship Committee, Cynthia Hicks, 1808 County Road 14, Newville, AL 36353). 

Calvary Baptist Church Scholarship. Natives of Alabama or graduates from the University of Alabama. Write to Calvary Baptist Church, 1121 Paul W. Bryant Dr., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401.

Arizona

Rice Family Scholarship Trust:  Deadline June 1st  (contact 602-242-6104 or write to First Southern Baptist Church, 3100 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85017). 

Arkansas

Harriet Elizabeth Pryor Scholarship, Arkansas Baptist Convention: Deadline March 1 (contact 501-376-4791 x5102). 

John & Ferrel Suttle Scholarship: Deadline March 1 (contact 501-376-0732 or go HERE for more information). 

Arkansas Baptist Foundation: Multiple scholarship options with either a March 1 or July 1 deadline (write to ABF, 10117 Kanis Road, Little Rock, AR 72205 or go HERE for more information). 

Arkansas WMU Lillian May Scholarship: (contact 800-798-0969 or write to PO Box 552, Little Rock, AR 72203). 

Arkansas Rural Endowment Fund: Deadline March 1 (Preparing for service with IMB or NAMB- write to Arkansas Rural Endowment Loan Fund, 1306 West Fourth, PO Box 750, Little Rock, AR 72203).

California

Church Starting Group Scholarship, California Southern Baptist Convention: (contact Michelle Sanchez at 559-229-9533 x276 or msanchez@csbc.com) .

Colorado

Colorado Baptist General Convention Scholarship: Deadline April 15 (contact 303-771-2480 or go HERE for more information). 

Delaware

WMU of Maryland/Delaware Scholarship: Deadline March 1 (fall) & Sept. 1 (spring) (contact 410-290-5290).*

Florida

Florida WMU Scholarship: (contact 800-226-8584).* 

Florida Baptist Foundation Student Loan Program: Deadline July 1 (contact 800-780-0325 x221 or go HERE for more information).

Georgia

Baptist Women in Ministry Sara Owen Etheridge Scholarship: Deadline March 15 (also for Doctoral Studies- contact 706-354-0090 or email BWIMGA@gmail.com).* 

Georgia WMU: Deadline March 1 (contact 1-800-746-4422, ext. 324 or go HERE for more information). 

Georgia Baptist Foundation Seminary Scholarship: (also for Doctoral Studies- contact 800-452-9064 or go HERE for more information).*

Hawaii

Jo Evans Music Scholarship: Deadline March 15 (contact 808-946-9581).*
 
Shiraki Foundation Memorial Scholarship: Deadline June 1 (contact GGBTS Student Services Office)*

Illinois

Baptist Foundation of Illinois Scholarship: Deadline January 31st (Go HERE for more information). 

Illinois WMU Scholarship: Deadline March 15 (contact 217-786-2600 or write to the Illinois WMU Office, PO Box 19247, Springfield, IL 62794-9247).

Indiana

Indiana Baptist Foundation Scholarship: Deadline March 1 (contact 800-444-5424 or go HERE for more information).

Iowa

Betty Jo McFerron Scholarship Fund, Baptist Convention of Iowa: (contact 515-278-1566 or write to 2400 86th Street, Suite 27, Des Moines, IA 50322).

W. B. Small Trust Scholarship: Deadline May 1 (write to W.B. Small Trust Scholarship, 2709 Fairlane Ave., Waterloo, IA 50702).

Kentucky

Janie Cree Bose Anderson Scholarship, Kentucky WMU: Deadline February 1 (contact 502-289-3534 or go HERE for more information). 

John Harlow Scholarship, Harrodsburg Baptist Foundation: (contact HBF, Box 286, Harrodsburg, KY 40330).

Louisiana

Seminary Scholarship for Women, WMU, Louisiana Baptist Convention: Deadline July 1 (contact 800-622-6549 or go HERE for information and application). 

Nelda C. Seal Endowed Scholarship for Mission Pastors, WMU, Louisiana Baptist Convention: Deadline July 1 (contact 800-622-6549 or go HERE for information and application). 

African American Mission Pastors Scholarship, WMU, Louisiana Baptist Convention: Deadline July 1 (contact 800-622-6549 or go HERE for information and application).

Maryland

WMU of Maryland/Delaware Scholarship: Deadline March 1 (fall) & Sept. 1 (spring) (contact 410-290-5290).*

Mississippi

Mississippi Baptist Foundation Scholarship: Deadline April 30 (contact 601-292-3210 or go HERE for more information). 

Missouri

Madge N. Truex Fund, Missouri WMU: Deadline May 31 (contact 800-736-6227).

New Mexico

Baptist Convention of New Mexico Scholarships: Detail information on individual scholarships through this LINK.
     Bernice F. Elliot Memorial Scholarship: Deadline April 15
     Gladys Eickhoff Scholarship: Deadline July 1 (fall) & Dec. 1 (spring)
     Ira L. and Mary L. Harrison Memorial: Native Americans
     Land/Moyer Memorial Scholarship: Deadline May 15
     Language Missions Scholarship: Deadline July 1
     New Mexico Singing Churchmen Scholarship: Deadline April 15
     Spanish Baptist Convention of NM Scholarship: Deadline May 1
     Mexico WMU Scholarship: Deadline February 15 

New Mexico Baptist Foundation Scholarships: Detail information on individual scholarships through this LINK.
     Dr. Claude and Jeannie Cone Century Fund: Deadline April 15
     New Mexico Baptist Foundation Scholarship: Deadline April 15
     Kathy Loudat Music Scholarship: Deadline April 15
     Norman Nickerson Scholarship: Deadline April 15
     Dwain Marrow Memorial Scholarship: Deadline June 15

New York

Baptist Convention of New York: (contact chots@oal.com or write to Church Growth Division, BCNY, 6538 Baptist Way, East Syracuse, NY 13057). 

North Carolina

Edna R. Harris Scholarship, WMU: Deadline March 1 (go HERE for information and application). 

Martha Watson Student Loan Fund, North Carolina Baptist Foundation: Deadline January 15 (go HERE for information and application). 

Charles B. Keesee Educational Fund: Deadline April 1 (go HERE for information and application).

Oregon

Rhoda D. Hood WMU Memorial Scholarship: Deadline February 1 (360-882-2250 or go HERE for more information).

Northwest Baptist Foundation Scholarship: Deadline February 1 (360-882-2250 or go HERE for more information).

Ohio

State Convention of Baptists in Ohio Scholarship: (contact 614-827-1744 or go HERE for more information).

Oklahoma

Women’s Missions and Ministries Scholarship, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma: Deadline March 1 (write to Women's Missions and Ministries, BGCO, 3800 N. May Avenue, Oklahoma City , OK 73112 or go HERE for more information).

South Carolina

Richard Furman Scholarship: Deadline March 15 (contact 803-765-0030, Ext. 4400 or go HERE for more information- also for Doctoral Studies). 

Craig Holbrook Parham Scholarship: Deadline April 30 (contact 864-229-5557). 

The Kennedy Foundation: Deadline April 1 (write to Dr. Bev T. Kennedy, Jr., 219 Sherwood Dr., Laurens, SC 29360). 

Bozeman Ministerial Scholarship: (write to First Baptist Church, 300 W. Main St., Laurens, SC 29360 or contact 864-984-7500). 

Charles B. Keesee Educational Fund: Deadline April 1 (go HERE for information and application).

Tennessee

Tennessee Baptist Foundation Scholarship: Deadline June 13 (contact 800-552-4644 or go HERE for information). 

Tennessee WMU Seminary Scholarship: Deadline January 10 (contact 800-558-2090 x2038 or go HERE for information). 

Katharine C. Bryan Graduate Scholarship: Deadline January 10 (contact 800-558-2090 x2038 or go HERE for information). 

Texas

Barbara Osborn Memorial Mission Education Fund: (write to Second Baptist Church, 340 Bland St., Bridge City, TX 77611). 

Ida V. Holland Missionary Scholarship: (contact 210-225-2243 or write to San Antonio Area Foundation, 110 Broadway, Suite 230, San Antonio, TX 28205).

Virginia

Charles B. Keesee Educational Fund: Deadline April 1 (go HERE for information and application). 

Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia: Deadline April 1(contact 888-234-7716 or go HERE for more information). 

Scholarship Program, Virginia Baptist Foundation, Inc., Baptist General Association of Virginia: Deadline April 1 (contact 800-868-2464 or go HERE for more information). 

Memorial Baptist Church Foundation Scholarship: Deadline May 15th (contact 703-538-7000 or write to Memorial Baptist Church, 3455 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22207, or go HERE for more information). 

R. P. Welch Ministerial Student Aid Fund: (write to Appomattox Baptist Association, Rt. 2 Box 118-B, Appomattox, VA 24522). 

Baptist General Association of Virginia Ministerial Education Funds: Deadline June 1st (go HERE for information and application).

Washington

Rhoda D. Hood WMU Memorial Scholarship: Deadline February 1 (360-882-2250 or go HERE for more information).

Northwest Baptist Foundation Scholarship: Deadline February 1 (go HERE for information and application).

West Virginia

John I. Snedden Scholarship: Deadline July 1 (write to Director of Stewardship/Evangelism, West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists, One Mission Way, Scott Depot, WV 25560).