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1854:
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The Church Building Fund is established to help churches construct facilities.
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1861:
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The fund makes its first loan – $400 to First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church (now Central Reformed) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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1958:
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General Synod establishes the Reformed Church in America Extension Foundation, Inc. to issue debt securities to raise funds for loans to local churches.
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1966:
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The first series of debt securities (CGF Savings Certificates) for the extension fund mature – $212,900 of the $229,600 in matured funds is reinvested.
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1993:
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General Synod approves the merger of the Church Building Fund and the Extension Fund into a single new entity, the Building and Extension Fund.
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1998:
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The Building and Extension Fund board approves making annual contributions to the denomination to support RCA church multiplication.
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1999:
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The first Building and Extension Fund contribution is made to the denomination for church multiplication in the amount of $200,000.
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2007:
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The Building and Extension Fund adopts a new name – the Church Growth Fund – to better reflect its mission.
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2011:
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The Church Growth Fund reaches $50 million in assets for the first time in its history and contributes a record $414,000 to the RCA for church multiplication and church plant grants.
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