{"id":771,"date":"2013-03-13T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T15:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.disciplescef.org\/?p=771"},"modified":"2019-10-23T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T20:17:00","slug":"raytown-christian-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplescef.org\/blog\/raytown-christian-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Using God\u2019s house to do God\u2019s work&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4964 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.disciplescef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Raytown-CC-food-pantry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"172\" \/>When applying for a Disciples Church Extension Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disciplescef.org\/borrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjh3dS2mLPlAhXLTN8KHVPiCDIQFjAAegQIARAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fraytowncc.org%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw0IP6PWBkzRNnrneKTwnYyf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raytown Christian Church in Raytown, Mo.<\/a>, described their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disciplescef.org\/borrow\/renovation-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">renovation<\/a>\/repair project not just in terms of what it would mean to them, but also in terms of its impact on their community. The congregation\u2019s capital improvements committee chair noted,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8230;the focus on structure enlargement, improved entrance and access&#8230; are all important factors for our church, but the noticeable benefits also reach out to the surrounding community.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He adds that in addition to many community organizations that are served by the project,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8230;the food pantry is a major benefactor of the building improvements. There is now designated, appropriately located space for the pantry where it can be more easily managed by the workers and accessed by recipients. This ministry continues to grow as the&#8230; community, especially in trying economic times, recognizes that Raytown Christian Church is a place to fill their spiritual as well as food needs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to the food pantry, the church includes local outreach (for example, a summer lunch ministry that feeds 500 kids a day), mission trips and Disciples mission giving in their annual budget. The congregation pledges generously and makes above-and-beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disciplescef.org\/give\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gifts<\/a> to Disciples Church Extension Fund-assisted\u00a0<a title=\"Raise\" href=\"\/fundraise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">capital campaigns<\/a>\u00a0to fund designated capital project components and loan debt reduction.<\/p>\n<p>With mission driving Raytown\u2019s financial decisions and operations, Disciples Church Extension Fund felt more than comfortable approving the church\u2019s loan, which was partially funded by donations to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disciplescef.org\/borrow\/renovation-loans\/#accessibility-loans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accessibility loan<\/a> fund. And, during the economic downturn when the church\u2019s capital fund budget got a little tight, the congregation and Disciples Church Extension Fund worked together to identify solutions that would keep the church on track with their loan payments. That allowed them to stay focused on serving God\u2019s people, including a new African-American Disciples of Christ congregation that recently began nesting there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When applying for a Disciples Church Extension Fund loan, Raytown Christian Church in Raytown, Mo., described their renovation\/repair project not just in terms of what it would mean to them, but also in terms of its impact on their community. The congregation\u2019s capital improvements committee chair noted, \u201c&#8230;the focus on structure enlargement, improved entrance and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[3,10,4],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Using God\u2019s house to do God\u2019s work... - Disciples Church Extension Fund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In addition to a food pantry, Raytown Christian Church includes local outreach, mission trips and Disciples mission giving in their annual budget.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/disciplescef.org\/blog\/raytown-christian-church\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using God\u2019s house to do God\u2019s work... - 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