by Nadine Compton | Jun 17, 2025 | Featured, News, Stories
When it’s hurricane season, seaside towns and cities know how to protect their properties and buildings from wind and rain. The same can’t be said for inland communities, which is why Hurricanes Helene and Milton were so damaging when they made landfall last year....
by Nadine Compton | May 16, 2025 | Featured, Stories
They say that video killed the radio star, but for the Disciples in Daytona Beach Shores, FL, radio is very much alive. Every Sunday morning, church goers maneuver their vehicles onto Daytona Beach Drive-In Christian Church’s grass field, tune their radios to 88.5FM,...
by Nadine Compton | Apr 2, 2025 | Featured, News, Stories
When Rev. Steven DeFields-Gambrel was called to serve Garfield Park Christian Church in Santa Cruz, CA, he was only given two years to perform a miracle or the congregation would close. What followed was the start of a 20-year-long partnership between Rev. Steven and...
by Nadine Compton | Mar 19, 2025 | Featured, News, Stories
University Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)/United Church of Christ in San Diego, CA is hard to miss. Resting against the pillars that frame its front entrance is an array of rainbow doors, a nod to the congregation’s open and affirming stance. The sound of...
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...
