the head of the endowment's religion division has been craig dykstra, who is retiring from lilly this summer. dykstra's friends say the endowment's grants and dykstra's personal religious convictions have had a profound influence on thousands of christian believers, and have helped restore vigor to many congregations, especially in the protestant mainline. >> the reverend dr. craig dies diekstra is a minister they call a reformed minister dating from john calvin. >> in the heart of it is understanding god and the gracious, giving and generous god, and the proper response as human beings to that generosity is gratitude. >> while he's been at the endowment, it has concentrated most of its religious grant-making on congregations and found the best way to do that was to help pastors. on his watch, the endowment made possible sabbaticals for some 60,000 pastoral ministers. over the 23 years dr. dykstra has been head of the endowment, he made grants totalling $1.8 billion. that's billion with a "b." >> there are countless ministers out there, thousands of them who i think are clearer in the