The Synod of the Covenant Announces Higher Education Scholarships for Christian Leaders Award Winners

The Synod of the Covenant is delighted to announce that it has awarded over

$50,000 in scholarships to 37 students from 10 presbyteries and 21 churches.

These awards, ranging from $1,250 to $2,000, go to the winners of the Higher

Education Scholarships for Christian Leaders.

These scholarships include 33 bachelor degrees, 1 associate degrees, and 3

masters degrees. Of the 36 scholarships 32 were given to people who self-

identified as Black, Korean, Asian, and African.

These scholarships are funded in part by per capita payments from the almost 650

Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations and more than 85,000 members, mostly

in the states of Ohio and Michigan, throughout the Synod of the Covenant.

The Scholarship Sub-Committee includes Rev. Amy Duiker (Miami Valley

Presbytery), Rev. Erin Guzman (Muskingum Valley Presbytery), Adrienne Adams

(Presbytery of Detroit), Carol Burnworth (Maumee Valley Presbytery), Robert

Gustafson (Scioto Valley Presbytery), and Georgia McCall (Lake Huron

Presbytery).

Let us focus together on the words of Colossians 1:9-10 as we thank God and pray

for our scholarship winners:

Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven’t stopped praying for

you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so

acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works.

2025-26 Higher Education Scholarship for Christian Leaders

Cincinnati Presbytery

Heritage Presbyterian Church

Comfort Olugu

Immanuel Presbyterian Church

Ian Sheppard

Detroit Presbytery

Calvary Presbyterian Church of Detroit

Alissa Cooper

Austin Martin

Loren Martin

Michael Jordan

Tyrone Taylor

Gratiot Avenue Presbyterian Church

Jerisha Frazier

Grosse Pointe Memorial Presbyterian Church

Onction Zape

Reformed University Fellowship

Cassidy Van Skiver

Eastminster Presbytery

New Lisbon Presbyterian Church

Aiden Bower

Lake Huron Presbytery

Memorial Presbyterian Church

Elinor Hnizda

Unity Presbyterian Church of Flint

Sunghyeon Moon

Lake Michigan Presbytery

First Presbyterian Church of Buchanan and Kalamazoo

Orlando Totobesola

North Park Presbyterian Church

Matthew Osmun

Maumee Valley Presbytery

First Presbyterian Church Van Wert

Jonathan Hruia

Andrew Hruaia

Hanmi Covenant Presbyterian Church

Dongjun Yang

Hyuri Kim

Jeongmin Kwak

Jiwon Gu

Juwan Kim

Juyeon Kim

Sihyeon Kim

Yunseo Chung

Yujin Jung

Presbytery of the Miami Valley

College Hill Community Church

William Ford III

Muskingum Valley Presbytery

First Presbyterian Church of Ashland

Feifei Xu

Jiaxing Ouyang

Na Yang

First Presbyterian Church Wooster

Lydia Bartel

Scioto Valley Presbytery

Ramseyer Presbyterian Church

Caroline Ampadu

Second Presbyterian Church of Newark

Adeline Tracy

Presbytery of the Western Reserve

Church of the Covenant

Immanuel Poindexter

Korean Central Presbyterian Church

Joshua Choi

United Protestant Campus Ministries (UPcaM) Cleveland

Giraneza Francois

Mugema Arnaud Pierre Ikuzwe