by Nadine Compton | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured, Stories
All are welcome at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), an open-minded congregation that invites people of all backgrounds and multiple opinions to worship with them in downtown Bowling Green, KY. When walking through its windowless, cinderblock fellowship...
by Debbie Williams | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, News, Press Releases
INDIANAPOLIS — Disciples Church Extension Fund has named Rev. John Powell, M. Div. its Interim President and CEO. Rev. Powell has over 30 years of bi-vocational experience in ministry and commercial banking, including strategic planning, lending, and corporate...
by Debbie Williams | Oct 24, 2024 | News
by Nadine Compton | Sep 3, 2024 | Featured, Stories
When Fifth Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Cleveland, Ohio called Rev. E. Regis Bunch to serve as Transitional Pastor, its community of faith stood at a crossroads. “The congregation knew they were experiencing a deep decline, but they didn’t have consensus...
by DCEF | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Dear Disciples Church Extension Fund Family and Ministry Partners, I’m writing to inform you that, effective the end of August, I will be stepping down as president and CEO. This decision was not taken lightly. It was made after prayerful consideration and discerning...
by Nadine Compton | Jun 28, 2024 | Featured, Stories
Comox Valley Presbyterian Church (CVPC) never intended to go through Disciples Church Extension Fund’s New Beginnings process. This congregation in Comox, British Columbia is a relatively new one, getting its start on Vancouver Island in 1995 and moving into its...
by Nadine Compton | Apr 24, 2024 | Featured, Stories
During the worst days of the pandemic, the cooped-up inhabitants of Charlottesville, VA, including elderly couples and parents with kids, would walk along the natural trail that winds itself through the woods and slopes of Park Street Christian Church (PSCC)’s...
by DCEF | Mar 18, 2024 | News, Press Releases
INDIANAPOLIS — Disciples Church Extension Fund has named Anicia Kosky of Franklin, Indiana its new Chief Relationship Officer. A nonprofit leader with more than two decades of experience, Kosky most recently served as Chief Impact Officer for United Way Northwest...
by DCEF | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, News, Press Releases
INDIANAPOLIS — Disciples Church Extension Fund has named Rev. Angéle Saunders Johnson, M.Div. its new Chief Administrative Officer. Rev. Johnson has over 20 years of corporate, faith-based, and nonprofit experience, which includes 10 years of executive leadership...
by Nadine Compton | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured, News, Stories
Gwinwood Retreat Center, a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) camp in the Northern Lights Region, sits on 29 acres of forested land right at the edge of Hicks Lake in Lacey, WA. It’s surrounded on three sides by wetlands and on a good day, you can see Mt. Rainier...
