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 investment notes, and earnings on RCACGF assets. More InformationGrant empowers house churches for ministryThe CGF and the RCA Church Multiplication Team are partners in a grant program that supports new ministries. The multiplication team decides which grants to award. The CGF provides the funds. Each grant is awarded over a period of three years and is for program costs only. The maximum grant amount is $22,000 and covers up to one-third of the cost of a project. The grant recipient must raise the remainder from other sources. 
Each of the 16 cell groups that make up Lighthouses of Oxford Valley, a network of house churches in Penndel, Pennsylvania, looks a little bit different. Most meet once a week, each with a distinct focus.
"We realize that the body has a lot of different gifts--mission, ministry, study, teaching," says Heidi Butterworth, one of the pastors at Lighthouses. "Each group tries to focus on whatever the passion of that group is. For example, a group of 20-somethings was meeting at Panera Bread, and they got into missions--now they take up nothing but mission projects. Another group feels called to prayer. Another group is a Bible study for new Christians, focused on development of the basics. There is a group focused on worship and worship music."
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