by DCEF | Jan 20, 2021 | Featured, News, Press Releases
Indianapolis, Indiana – On Monday, January 11, 2021, Erick D. ‘Rick’ Reisinger, President of Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF), shared his plans with the DCEF Board and staff to retire at year’s end –December 31, 2021. “This decision has been a long time in...
by DCEF | Jan 15, 2021 | Featured, News
The Paycheck Protection Program has been extended through May 31, 2021, providing small businesses with extra time to apply. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is now accepting Second Draw PPP Loan Applications from January 13, 2021 through March 31, 2021....
by DCEF | Jan 11, 2021 | Featured, News
New Church Ministry is no longer accepting applications,. Thank you for your interest. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR POSITION OPENING PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR NEW CHURCH MINISTRY Full-Time Employment Summary Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) functions as a ministry of the...
by DCEF | Dec 29, 2020 | Featured, News
As the year comes to a close, we want to thank you for your partnership with Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF), including New Church Ministry, and Hope Partnership Services. 2020 has been unprecedented in so many ways. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our usual way...
by DCEF | Dec 17, 2020 | Featured, News, Press Releases
On Thursday, December 17, 2020, the amount of total loan approvals extended by Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) to congregations in need exceeded one billion dollars. Now in its 138th year, the financial ministry offers investments to individuals, churches and...
by Gilberto Collazo | Dec 4, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
This week, Ask the Advisors welcomes guest blogger Gilberto Collazo, Vice President of Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) and Lead for Hope Partnership Services. In 1964, I lived through the 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Alaska. I was only five years old at the...
by Rosario Ibarra | Nov 20, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
Is it possible to thrive during this uncertain time of the coronavirus? It depends. Businesses such as delivery services, online classes, grocery stores and cleaning services are thriving because they are meeting the needs of people at this time. Can congregations do...
by DCEF | Nov 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, News
A goal of Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) is to keep the congregations we serve aware of the financial relief options available to them. During the coronavirus pandemic, one such resource is the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) of which the application...
by Terrell McTyer | Nov 10, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
This week, Ask the Advisors welcomes guest blogger Terrell L McTyer, Minister of New Church Strategies at New Church Ministry. Question: Does God still expect us to fulfill the Great Commission during the pandemic? From the day of Pentecost to the dread of the...
by Jim Michel | Oct 27, 2020 | Ask the Advisors, COVID-19, Featured
Wow!!! I looked out my office window earlier this week and, to my surprise (and that of my local meteorologist), the ground was covered with snow. “How could this happen?” I asked no one in particular, to which my fourteen-year-old son began to explain moisture,...
