by Nadine Compton | Dec 4, 2023 | Featured, News, Stories
Proximity to Los Angeles’ notoriously noxious air pollution intensifies San Fernando, Calif.’s effort to maintain its reputation as an agriculture center. But a tiny Disciples congregation may turn the tide. Focused on eco-spirituality since 2016, Mission Hills...
by DCEF | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, News, Stories
With a $875,000 loan approval, Disciples Church Extension Fund helped Heart of the Rockies Christian Church in Fort Collins, Colo., begin a ministry project that today impacts the lives of hundreds of families. By today’s standards, that size of loan is increasingly...
by Nadine Compton | Oct 20, 2023 | Featured, News, Stories
In 2014, First Christian Church (FCC) of Odessa, Texas, was not in a good place – figuratively or literally. Membership was down. The building had significant accessibility issues, including a shortage of parking the lack of a clear front entrance, a second story with...
by Nadine Compton | Mar 9, 2023 | Featured, News, Stories
With a population of 168,000, Fort Collins, CO, is by no means a metropolis, yet it struggles with issues that many densely populated areas of the United States and Canada currently face: finding affordable housing and childcare. But by leveraging strong partnerships...
by Nadine Compton | Dec 10, 2021 | Featured, News, Stories
Many churches struggle with adopting new technology. Sometimes it’s due to a lack of employees or volunteers and other times, it’s due to hesitancy from elderly congregants who aren’t yet comfortable with technology that they’re unfamiliar with. That wasn’t the case...
by Nadine Compton | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Stories
Pastor Derrick Elliott is a busy man. In addition to being an Air Force chaplain and doctoral candidate, he is the pastor of Desert Heritage Church (DHC), which is an open and affirming congregation of both the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church...
