Walter Russell Lambuth Scholarship

These scholarships provide support for United Methodist full-time, undergraduate students attending United Methodist-related colleges and universities and honor Bishop Walter Russell Lambuth, who lived a life of service to all the world.

Eligibility/Criteria

• An applicant must be a member of a United Methodist church in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference and must have been so for a minimum of two years immediately prior to applying for the scholarship OR must be an active participant in a Wesley Foundation located in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference that is recognized and governed in accordance with the United Methodist Church’s Book of Discipline and must have been so for a minimum of two years immediately prior to applying for the scholarship.  For this scholarship, an active participant is defined as a student engaging in Wesley Foundation activities at least once per month.
• An applicant must be (or be accepted as) a full-time student (12 or more hours) in a United Methodist-related college or university.
• An applicant must have a minimum high school or college/university GPA of 3.0 to qualify for this scholarship.
• An applicant must complete an application from the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry.

Award Amount: Two $5,000.00 scholarships will be awarded in 2025.

The scholarships awarded in 2025 are for one semester. Recipient(s) may reapply for this scholarship, using the scholarship application process established by the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry.

Application Process:  Applicants must:

• Indicate their eligibility criteria
• Complete all application information
• Submit one-page essay responses to two questions
• Provide their most recent official high school or college transcript and GPA
• Provide a recommendation letter from the senior pastor of their church or from their Wesley Foundation campus minister.

Deadlines: Applications for 2025 awards will be accepted from September 15, 2025 – October 15, 2025.  All applications must be submitted on or before 11:59 PM on October 15, 2025. Scholarships will be awarded by December 15, 2025.

Information Contact: Mandy Mitchell, Ministry Assistant-Connectional Ministries, Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church