Pam Goslinga Appointed Executive Director of RCA Church Growth Fund

On June 1, Pam Goslinga began serving as the executive director for The Reformed Church in America Church Growth Fund, Inc. (CGF). 

The CGF offers affordable-rate loans to churches that are buying, building, or improving facilities for ministry. Loans are available to current and former RCA churches, and to RCA-related agencies. 

“I’m excited to promote the mission of the Church Growth Fund by continuing to work with our borrowers and investors,” Goslinga says. “As always, we are focused on providing products and services that will best support the churches and individuals that we serve.”

The CGF board appointed Goslinga to the role with enthusiasm. 

“The board of the Church Growth Fund is thrilled that Pam Goslinga has accepted the position of executive director,” says board president Michael Bos. “Pam has faithfully served with us for 26 years, including previously serving as interim executive director. She has demonstrated that she is incredibly committed and highly effective in her work. We are blessed to have her help lead us forward.” 

A longtime CGF staffer, Goslinga began working at the CGF 26 years ago. Over the years she transitioned through different positions assuming additional responsibilities and leadership. From serving as administrative assistant to loan officer, vice president, and interim executive director before being appointed executive director, Goslinga knows the Church Growth Fund inside and out. 

Goslinga and CGF loan officer Karen Hulsart work out of the RCA’s Orange City, Iowa, office. 

The most recent CGF executive director, Mike Dunlap, served the Church Growth Fund for less than a year before returning to the corporate banking world. “He did great work for us, and he was presented with an offer and an opportunity that he couldn’t refuse, which we understand, and he left us last month,” board president Michael Bos told General Synod in June. 

How the Church Growth Fund works

Investors purchase savings certificates from the CGF and receive a favorable rate of return, Goslinga says. Funds from savings certificates are used by the CGF as a primary source of funding to make loans to churches. Interest paid by churches on their loans generates earnings that allow the CGF to make contributions to the RCA for ministry grants that support new church plants, youth scholarships for mission trips, and facility improvements to economically challenged RCA congregations whose ministries are thriving through the Flourishing Churches Grant program.

“We are pleased to support the denomination through the contribution of funds for ministry grants, and pray that the use of those grant funds will impact ministry and bring glory to God,” Goslinga says. 

Learn more about the work of the CGF, including loan and investment opportunities, at www.rca.org/cgf.