Church Growth Fund (formerly known as Building and Extension Fund)
Our name has changed, but our purpose remains the same. The Reformed Church in America Church Growth Fund, Inc. (RCACGF) supports the work and witness of the RCA by making loans to RCA churches, classes and other agencies and affiliates so they can purchase, construct or improve church property or facilities. The RCACGF also provides funds for New Congregation Matching Grants.
Loans of up to $25,000 are made on an unsecured basis. Larger loans (up to the current loan limit of $2,000,000) are secured.
RCACGF funds come from gifts and bequests from members and friends of the RCA, the sale of savings certificates, and earnings on RCACGF assets.
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New York Church Finds Creative Ways to Make Urgent Repairs
Community Church of Wurtsboro's sanctuary
ceiling urgently needed repair--plaster
was pulling away from the lathe and
mortar, endangering anyone who sat
below. Other less pressing work needed
to be done too--the pews had to be
refinished and the walls were due for a
fresh coat of paint.
Leaders of the church, which is located
in a small village in upstate New York,
looked into what it would take to make
the repairs. The cost was prohibitive in
light of the funds they had available, so
they tried another approach.
"We applied for a grant from the regional
synod to do the ceiling," says pastor
Robert Meyer. "In the meantime we had
the walls painted and the pews refinished
by state prisoners."
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