by System Administrator | Aug 25, 2016 | News, Stories
It’s a classic story of a church that started many years ago, grew in its heyday and then found itself struggling more recently with an unclear purpose in an aging building with a large mortgage. However, the story of Shawnee Park Community Christian Church (formerly...
by System Administrator | Jun 28, 2016 | News, Stories
Janet Williams has a special passion for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. As a caregiver for her father, who suffered from dementia (Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia), she can relate to their situation. Janet fondly remembers the great stories...
by System Administrator | Jun 22, 2016 | News, Stories
Sometimes it just takes that extra boost to get to the finish line. Iglesia Mision La Roca in Dallas, Texas, recently received that boost when Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) awarded the congregation our very first Holy Places grant, which is a grant for the...
by System Administrator | May 24, 2016 | News
Within hours of a devastating fire on May 19 at First Christian Church in Lake Jackson, Texas, Disciples Church Extension Fund Advisor Jim Michel received a call from the Coastal Plains Area of the Southwest Region telling him about the church’s building disaster. As...
by System Administrator | Apr 28, 2016 | News, Stories
Home dwellers know about the preliminary decision-making that goes into the repair and renovation of a home: Is this home even right for us? Is it in a place that is the right fit? Does it still speak to our family’s future goals and direction? Should we even invest...
by System Administrator | Feb 23, 2016 | News
The same, but more. Disciples Church Extension Fund has always been about church places, as the ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that provides congregations with building planning and capital funding services for their church facilities, with...
