Good News Stories

Your Gifts At Work

We are thankful for those who have made an estate gift to Disciples Church Extension Fund. Learn more about how their gifts have made an impact.

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The pages of our Gratitude Report tell the stories of churches and individuals whose generosity made lasting impact in people’s lives last year. We are grateful for donors and friends like you who made it all possible.

Samoan Congregation Sustains Ministry Through Reliable Partnership

A thriving congregation in Kent, Washington moves forward with plans for a new religious and community center through partnership with Disciples Church Extension Fund.

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Central Rocky Mountain Region Church Shares Growth Fed by Disciples Church Extension Fund With the Larger Community

A decades-long partnership with Disciples Church Extension Fund has helped a church in Colorado serve its community by addressing the pressing need for affordable housing and childcare.

Decades-Long Partnership Sustains Congregation’s Changing Needs

Tapping the full mission potential of an 87-year-old church building can be daunting—especially when even basic systems like heating start to fail. But a partnership with Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) that began more than a decade ago has provided Hope Central Church new life in ministry.

Sharing the Load

When The Connecting Grounds needed a new place to serve locally unhoused people during COVID-19, they became affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and found abundant support as well as a new “home.”

Your Generosity Makes So Much Possible

Congregations are at the heart of answering God’s call for the Church to meet the physical and spiritual needs of our communities. It is through worship and advocacy, caregiving, and service that people experience the Good News in their daily lives.

Supporting Disciples Every Step of the Way

Thanks to the generosity of Disciples like you, when tornadoes devastated our communities in December 2021, DCEF was there to help light a path toward recovery.

Lights, camera, action: How DCEF’s technology grant helped an Arizona church

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).

140-years-old and still kicking: Washington Ave. Christian Church’s story

You may think that a place of worship which is nearly a century and half old might be set in its ways. Not Washington Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), established in 1881.

When Thinking ‘Outside the Box’ Requires a Box

How has Light of the World Christian Church in Indianapolis weathered a pandemic in the midst of an interim ministry? Surprisingly well, according to Pastor R. Janae Pitts-Murdock.

Sacred Space Extends Beyond the Sanctuary

Everything starts here: Ministry. Fundraising. Fellowship. And, of course, lunch. The heart of La Iglesia Cristiana La Trinidad in Corpus Christi, Texas, is la cocina—the kitchen.

A Legacy Continues

Erick “Rick” D. Reisinger announced his retirement as president of DCEF effective at the end of 2021. In gratitude for Rick’s legacy of leadership and in honor of his deep love for congregations, DCEF has established the Erick and Denise Reisinger Fund.

DCEF Loan Opens New Possibilities in a Crisis

When a retired school administrator went from serving as financial officer at her church to chair of the board, the “fit” was obvious. The church’s biggest mission: a preschool teeming with children. Then the pandemic took hold.

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Ministry Continues!

When the COVID-19 pandemic changed our world, congregations quickly pivoted to respond to emerging needs with intentionality and innovation. Sunday services went virtual, food pantries operated with social distancing, and ministry continues. Disciples all over North America dug deep to find the fortitude to endure these strange times – and not just endure, but continue to practice life-changing mission and ministry.

Facilities for the Future

The Glendale Mission & Ministry Center (GMMC) is a collaborative vision of the First Christian Church Glendale (FCCG), the Arizona Region, and Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF). When FCCG ceased operations in 2017 after more than one hundred years of ministry, GMMC ensured that the Church would stay connected in the Glendale community.