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Church Growth Fund (formerly known as Building and Extension Fund)

Church Growth 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

Better Pews

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."