Passion - Disciples Church Extension Fund

Church Extension Annual Report
and Report to Congregations
ChurchExtension
2010
Partners
Passion
Purpose
Finding mission in collaboration
2010
Annual Re port
On a missional journey …
together
By Lori Adams
Transitional President • Church Extension
T
he conventional purpose of an
annual report is to look back at
an organization’s successes and
challenges during
the previous year.
Normally, my role as
transitional president
would be to comment
on those high
points and struggles.
However, there was
very little about 2010
at Church Extension
that had to do with
looking back or with
“life as usual.” Church Extension and
New Church Ministry staffs spent the year
assessing shifting congregational needs,
talking with partners and looking ahead
to how we might collaborate to better
meet leadership support, housing and
facilities, ministry planning and lending
needs for congregational mission.
funding and planning resource, but from now on we will focus intentionally on helping
new and established congregations develop and house ministry that is outward-facing,
that uses resources less to maintain buildings than to act in service to others.
The fact of the matter is that’s a tall order. However strong the call to shift our focus
now, Church Extension recognizes that no one entity has the resources, expertise,
wisdom and energy necessary to develop and deliver the services and programs that
congregations and their leaders seek and need in this new age. To that end, Church
Extension staff and directors are actively and intensely engaged in discussion and
planning with other Disciples ministries and regional, pastoral and ecumenical partners
who also recognize the need for significant change. Together, and with a common
sense of urgency, we have made the commitment to collaborate on the imperative to
meet congregations at the point of their needs, not at the point of our structures; to
find new and more effective ways to mobilize resources that support new and renewing
congregational mission.
Towards the fulfillment of that commitment, we are dividing our work into two
primary areas:
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services focused on supporting leaders in their efforts to
learn new skills and sensibilities for today’s mission; and
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investment, lending, and fundraising in support of
that new and renewing mission, including counsel around
capital asset utilization.
That vision is what we’d like to share with
you through these words and the stories
in this annual report.
The first of these efforts has a name and is taking shape as we speak—Hope
Partnership for Missional Transformation. The investment and lending operations
In the context of this relatively new
will continue with better customized service under the Disciples Church Extensioncentury, with the rapid decline and
associated name.
evolution of congregational life as we
know it, Church Extension’s role in
But today, let’s take a closer look at the new service side of our work.
working with congregations is shifting
With clear partnership from Disciples Home Missions, Higher Education
dramatically. For 127 years, Church
and Leadership Ministries and regions, Hope Partnership’s purpose is to
Extension has been a resource to
empower courageous leaders as they guide congregations into life-giving
congregations, helping them acquire the
ministries for this new era of God’s mission.
knowledge, loans and other funding to
plan and construct buildings to meet their
19th and 20th century ministry housing
needs. We will continue to be a capital
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To unpack that a bit:
“…empower…”
Through coaching, conferences,
one-on-one support, peer networks,
retreats and technical skill building.
“...courageous leaders...”
This includes both laity and clergy—
people of passion who understand God’s
mission as larger than themselves. “...life-giving...”
Mobilizing financial and housing
resources for mission in ways that bring
healing and wholeness to neighborhoods
near and far.
“...ministries for this new
era...” Congregations of all ages are
ever adapting and renewing themselves to
serve new people in the community. In
this sense, every church is a new church.
“…of God’s mission...”
It is not the Church’s mission. Instead, it
is the mission of God, who has a Church
in the world.
Our challenge in 2011 and beyond is to
convert this collaborative vision of Hope
Partnership into reality—to develop a
toolkit full of practical and impactful
services that enable leaders
to better guide and inspire
others to live out God’s
mission in the world; to
find resourceful ways of
leveraging capital assets for
this work; and to utilize
assets to respond to lending needs in responsible and effective ways.
Church Extension and other Hope partners are looking forward
to sharing more about these tools with you as they become more
clearly defined, tested and evaluated in the months ahead.
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It would not be possible to carry out this critical work that
Disciples have come to expect from us were it not for you and
fellow donors, investors, congregational partners, ambassadors and others who support
Church Extension and New Church Ministry. Your faith in us will be invaluable
encouragement and validation as we enter into this new ministry with partners,
passion and purpose. Thank you!
Finally and importantly, I do want to take a moment to look back at the ministry of Jim
Powell, who after 27 years of exceptional leadership with Church Extension, announced in
July, 2010, that he was retiring as president.Yet, even as we reflect on what Jim has contributed
to our ministry over nearly three decades, his legacy has everything to do with the future. Jim’s
legacy is the vision of the new church movement and of Hope Partnership—working across
older institutional lines to do new things with a collaborative spirit. Jim’s legacy is one of service
that helps congregations become more outward-focused and more reflective of the ever-changing
face of America. Jim’s legacy is Church Extension’s continued commitment to find ways to lend
responsibly to congregations who can’t get funding anywhere else. I and many others will forever
be grateful to Jim for this vision and for amassing a creative, committed and knowledgeable team,
who will translate the vision into tools for new and renewing mission. Even more, we will cherish
his friendship and his love for us and God’s church.
Grace and peace to you. I give thanks to God each day for your part in this ministry!
A growing partnership benefits Disciples facilities
W
herever Church Extension turns, there are congregations, individuals
and organizations eager to work together in mission. Beloved Disciples
benevolent care facility Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian
Home in Denver is one of those organizations. Tennyson Center recently
completed a capital lending agreement with Church Extension that will enable
this residential treatment facility to better serve the needs of at-risk children
and families in Colorado. Additional conversation is underway with Disciples
Benevolent Services and Disciples Care Network, an association of Disciples
benevolent care service providers, about how operational and capital loan
support from Church Extension can help congregations engage in the mission
of benevolent care in their communities. So many possibilities …
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Annual Re port
A Promising Future
By Rev. Nadine A. Schrodt
Cleveland Heights Christian Church
C
leveland Heights Christian Church
(CHCC) celebrates our 90th anniversary
in 2011. We celebrate not only our history,
but a promising future that we are now creating for
generations to come. We praise God for the saints
before us, who have provided a firm foundation
of faith, shown through their work and witness of
God’s love and those who continue to work for the
Kingdom of God on Earth. We praise God, too, for
Church Extension, who has walked with us through
much of our history, making new mission possible
with their financial ministry, and most recently, with
their New Beginnings Assessment Service.
CHCC began in 1921 as a mission in
Cheektowaga, N.Y., with support from
nearby Richmond Avenue Church of
Christ in Buffalo. In 1923, Richmond
Avenue Church of Christ funded the
purchase of a lot and the construction of a
building known as Chapel Park Christian
Mission. In 1940, the mission was
restructured and became known as the
Cheektowaga Church of Christ. By 1944
there was need for expansion, and it was
then that we began our relationship with
Church Extension.
With a loan from
Church Extension, new
property was acquired,
a new building was
built and Cleveland
Heights Christian
Church was dedicated
in 1947. Nearly 15
years later, Church
Extension was there
for us again as we
completed our current
sanctuary in 1961.
And yet again, with a
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Church Extension loan, in 1996 we began
the work of extending our parking lot,
enlarging our space with a new atrium
and entrance, adding an elevator, and
renovating the Christian education,
dining and kitchen areas.
Looking back, we have had many times
when we have known transition, not just
in our building and location, but in our
congregation. Over time, CHCC has
met the challenges and joys of merging
three Disciples congregations. In the early
1940s, our records indicate that we had
four people who attended the church,
which led to restructuring. In the 1970s
there was concern over how the church
had stopped growing; thus new programs
were tried. In the late 1990s, we began
transition again with the changing of
pastors.
In 2007, our first woman pastor was called
to serve CHCC. We also had begun the
challenge of understanding what it meant
to fully welcome the stranger into our
midst. In spring 2008, just as we were
completing our study and making our
decision to be an open and affirming
congregation, we co-sponsored our
first refugee family. What began with
welcoming one family of four from the
Karen state of Burma (Myanmar), via
a refugee camp in Thailand, now has
us welcoming more than 100 refugees
through our doors to worship and share
fellowship with us.
Thus, we find ourselves in a very
significant time of transition in our
journey. This time, we must consider
the merging of different cultures and the
challenges of language, educational needs,
transportation and outreach. We are not
two cultures who want separate worship.
We are two cultures who want to be
united as one in worship and mission. We
are slowly making the transition within
our congregation.
However, we have many challenges to
meet, many of them concerning finances
and understanding what it is that God
is calling us to do for—and in mission
with—our Karen sisters and brothers.
Once again, Church Extension has come
to our aid!
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been helpful in showing us the facts
concerning our building, congregation
and neighborhood. They have opened
us up to things we might not have
considered before and have raised new
questions, including exploring what a
missional church might look like for us.
For us, the key to understanding
what missional church means is at the
communion table. Each Sunday, a diverse
group of people gather around the
communion table to experience
the love and grace of Jesus, to
remember his life, death and
resurrection. We don’t all speak
English. We’re diverse in race,
age, gender, sexual orientation,
economic status, physical and
mental abilities, even religion.
But when we come to the table
together, we understand that we are
all loved and accepted by God just
as we are. We are, at that moment,
the visible Kingdom of God. As a
missional church, this is what we
hope to look like in the world.
As we celebrate our 90 years as a
congregation, we are grateful to Church
Extension for being with us in our
past and for continuing with us on
our journey.
As we began to question what God
is calling us to do and be, we recently
incorporated Church Extension’s New
Beginnings Assessment Service to help
move us forward. The consultants have
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2010
Annual Re port
If you lead...
Church Extension’s response
to a crisis in leadership
By Rick Morse,Vice President for New Church Ministry
and Mission Initiatives • Church Extension
D
isciples today find themselves in
the midst of one of the greatest
shifts in religious participation in the
United States. In the past 20 years, the
U.S. population has grown by 51 million
people, with no appreciable gain in
worship attendance during the same time
period. In fact, currently only about
20 percent of U.S. congregations are
growing, while 80 percent are in decline.
The fastest growing category in religious
participation in the United States today
consists of those not affiliated with any
faith community.
Surprisingly, Disciples have bucked
that trend slightly due to a robust
development of new congregations. Even
with this active movement, 63 percent of
all Disciples congregations are declining,
nearly a fifth at a rate of more than
10 percent a year!
Today, 47 percent of all Disciples
congregations average less than 60 in
worship, with another third averaging
between 61 and 120. While some of
these congregations have vital ministries
and missions, they would all admit that,
depending on their location and cost of
living index, they struggle to keep a fulltime pastor, maintain a building, provide
valuable ministry services and support
the mission of the church. Exacerbating
this reality is the retirement of a
growing number of babyboomer clergy. Lilly
Endowment research indicates that not
enough people are entering seminary
to serve all the congregations that need
pastors. In fact, only 50 percent of
seminary graduates enter parish work, and
roughly half of those who do will leave
ministry after five years, many because
they cannot support families and pay
student loan debt on a pastor’s salary.
Another reality of congregational decline
is that more and more congregations are
using their funds to support themselves.
Due to rising maintenance costs, many
congregations spend between 25 and
40 percent of their annual revenue on
their building. This greatly affects a
congregation’s ability to think missionally.
Fifty-three percent of Disciples
congregations give less than four percent
of their income towards any mission cause
and 11 percent give nothing!
Even in the face of the challenging
issues that will impact the church
of the future, there is hope if we
invest in our greatest asset—our
leaders. I am energized by the ministry
opportunities that are within our reach if
we can retool our leaders to move simply
from “managing” congregations in the
midst of decline towards developing and
empowering missional congregations that
are vital, sustainable and committed to
making a difference in the world.
For those who have been involved in the
new church movement, it is no secret
that the church planter determines the
success of a church plant. The same is
true for pastors and other leaders who
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are called to transform congregations.
Why, then, would Disciples not dedicate
ourselves to designing and providing
the training, support infrastructure and
other resources leaders need to guide
congregations into transformation?
Disciples are uniquely positioned to
help leaders and congregations make
this transition with success, thanks to
a refreshing spirit of collaboration that
is evolving quickly and productively
between Church Extension, Disciples
Home Missions, Higher Education and
Leadership Ministries and other general
ministry, regional, ecumenical and pastoral
partners. We’ve already invested months
of in-depth research, discernment and
planning into resources for transforming
leaders and congregations:
• Assessment tools will help identify
those individuals who are best suited
and equipped to transform themselves
and the congregations they feel called to
serve. This assessment process will borrow
heavily on the proven tools already in use
to identify the new church planter who is
most likely to succeed.
• Several partners are currently developing
the framework of a certification process
for transforming pastors, consisting of
targeted training, coaching and an essential
peer-group network. This combination is
a proven recipe for success.
spends 97 percent of its income to support itself, there is a pressing
need for a priorities adjustment. A successful leader will work with a
transforming congregation to develop a ministry plan centered on a
new vision for changing times, a vision for which the congregation
will be accountable. Church Extension and others can help these
leaders and congregations create and own their unique ministry
plans.
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There are many more resources we will need to help develop
transforming leaders for our future church. But, this is where we
will start. Church Extension is heartened by the progress being
made and humbled by our partners’ wisdom, our supporters’
encouragement and by the transformed individuals who are already
leading the way.
A HEART FOR
mission
C
arolyn Bibbs, pastor of Saving Station Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn.,
has a leader’s heart for mission—mission with a razor-sharp focus on
children. It’s a focus that began to take shape through her interactions with
the New Church Ministry team and the leadership training and support they
provided to her through the years.
Carolyn helped her congregation recognize and answer the call to care
for at-risk youth and children in their community. Between their church and
school, they serve 300 children and youth a week, providing meaningful
activities, safe haven and much needed outreach to meet basic needs.
• A carefully crafted certification
program would expose pastoral leaders
to valuable principles of congregational
development and provide them with tools
to conduct contextual analysis of their
communities—a necessity for missional
congregations if they are to respond
meaningfully to community needs.
Program participants would also practice
and evaluate the practical application of
these principles and tools.
• When a congregation believes that their
mission is to “keep the doors open” and
“I knew we were doing what God wants us to do the summer day I watched
a little child run after our lunch truck,” she says. “When she was given a sack
lunch, she ate it happily under a tree.” She adds, “I sat in tears watching this
hungry baby get something to eat. I truly knew at that moment what our
ministry is all about.” By the end of the summer, Carolyn’s congregation had
distributed 20,000 nutritious lunches to local children.
Carolyn and her church are transformed
and are transforming the lives of others. Is
there a greater calling?
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Something new
is new again
S
ometimes God works in you and
sometimes God works through
you. And sometimes both. The
latter applies to Damaso and Maritza
Morales, the pastors of Centro Cristiano
Tabernáculo de Restauración in Aurora,
Colo.
“Our mission is to develop our church into a
community of multicultural believers that are
well equipped. Our goal is to make each
believer a potential leader.”
Apparently, God was waiting with
answers in the form of a small group
of worshippers who had split off from
another congregation. Cecelia Roman, the
pastor of that small contingent, had prayed
for someone to come lead the mission
she had started. With her encouragement
and a growing number of worshippers,
Damaso and Maritza became the leaders
of what was then the “Pentecostal Church
of God” in 2002.
With hearts for planting new churches,
Damaso and Maritza started new
ministries in Brentwood, N.Y., where
they had moved from Puerto Rico. More
than a decade ago, while serving as the
long-time pastors of a large non-Disciples
church in Long Island, N.Y., Damaso
heard God’s call to go to Colorado to
fulfill an important mission—to prepare
leaders.
Damaso admits that it was difficult to
leave a loving and vibrant congregation
to go where only unanswered questions
and unfulfilled mission were there to greet
them. “All we knew was that we would
be coming to an area where there weren’t
many churches for Spanish-speaking
people,” he said. “We just prayed to God
for direction.”
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church into a community of multicultural
believers that are well equipped. Our
goal is to make each believer a potential
leader.”
And that’s just what they did. The
efforts of Maritza, Damaso and their
congregation have resulted in the birth of
four new congregations, not all of them
Disciples. “We told them that when
they feel the call from God, be a pastor,”
Damaso says. “It’s okay with us that the
God began working through these pastors, churches are all different. More important,
it’s okay with God.”
but Damaso determined that more was
needed. The couple connected with
Jose Morales, transitional regional minister
New Church Ministry, which operates
under Church Extension’s oversight. After of the Central Rocky Mountain Region
attending New Church’s planter training, of the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ), attends Tabernáculo, precisely
they realized they needed a clear mission
because of the way it transforms
and vision for their church. God wanted
Damaso and Maritza to prepare
leaders of the church, to help others
do what they were doing. “We
found a new way to do churches,”
he said.
That became the mission of the
newly Disciples-affiliated and
renamed church, Centro Cristiano
Tabernáculo de Restauración:
“Our mission is to develop our
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others. “Damaso and I share the same
philosophy—every moment is a leader
development moment.” He adds, “This
is a congregation that is less concerned
with making members and more
concerned with making disciples. They
take spirituality very seriously. Also, their
hospitality is louder than worship.”
When Jose first visited Tabernáculo, he
was struck by the way the church pays
attention to and invests in its multitude of
children. “The church is a place where
learning starts early,” he says. Jose observes
that the learning never stops. “For adults,
we first build community in small group
homes settings, then through dedicated
retreats, where leadership skills are
developed.” He notes, “By the time people
have completed this process, they’re ready
to lead others. It comes full circle.”
Tabernáculo worships about 250 people
each Sunday, nesting in First Christian
Church in Aurora, an Anglo congregation
“that has been a blessing to us,” says
Damaso.
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Centro Cristiano
Tabernáculo de
Restauración will
celebrate its 10th
anniversary in 2011—a
decade of a new
church always doing
a new thing. Damaso
reflects, “As pastors
we are grateful for the
congregation that God
has put in our hands
and that keeps growing.
Our vision is to reach
as many people as possible and to start
new Hispanic missions so that we can
establish the Kingdom of God in the state
of Colorado.”
Answering God’s Call
P
arkway Christian Church in Davie, Fla., knows that God
is calling them to provide sound Christian academic
education to area children, preschool through eighth
grade. A multicultural congregation organized in 1957,
Parkway is answering that call. Their two-story school
building, originally designed to house a student population
of 275, is overflowing, and the student body continues to
grow, in spite of the downturn in the economy. Additional
land on which to expand is needed.
With a ten-year expansion plan in place, Parkway turned
to Church Extension in 2010 to help them mobilize the
resources they need to implement the first step in that
plan—property purchase. Having borrowed from Church
Extension in the past to re-finance the balloon payment
on an existing mortgage, Parkway knew they would be
helped by having a trusted partner work with them to
navigate through complicated processes, such as city
approvals, possible foreclosure on previous landowners,
and banking and real estate negotiations, to name a few.
is also working with Church Extension to raise resources
from church members and parents through a capital
campaign. Ultimately, Parkway hopes their answer to
God’s call will involve building or expanding facilities to
meet future needs of the church and school, perhaps to
include a high school program on the site.
Parkway’s minister, Dr. David Walton, says that part of their
congregation’s mission is “to equip students so that they
may manifest a Christ-like character in their conduct and
knowledge of the world in which they live.” He adds, “The
school program exists in partnership with the home and
the church.” And, Church Extension.
With a second loan from Church Extension (made possible
by forward-thinking Disciples who invest at Church
Extension), Parkway has completed the purchase of land
adjacent to the church property. They are now in the
process of developing a portion of it for athletic fields
to serve their middle school students. The congregation
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It’s Our Turn!
By Jim Powell, Senior Advisor for
Advancement • Church Extension
A
recent USA Today cover story, “When Retiring
Means Giving Back,” describes the retirement years as
a time many see as an exciting opportunity for an
“encore career,” a time of making a meaningful difference
during the years ahead of them. Coining this phase of life as
“returnment,” the article reports that 77 million baby boomers
are nearing this time of transition and possible transformation…
perhaps missional transformation.
That describes me! That describes many of you! At
this time of our lives, we can reclaim those values
we have at our core. We have the opportunity to
be released into new ways of being, new kinds of
doing. I recently participated in a discussion with a
group of older individuals in a congregation about all
of the ways we could make a difference… differently,
appropriate to our new identity and role as retirees. One
woman expressed that for a while she has had a sense of
being marginalized, that as a retiree she has felt excluded
from the decision-making process in the church
that has been at the center of her life, all
her life. We spent time talking
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about new opportunities available to her and others to
support and empower those who are now at the
center of decision-making. Once she realized that her
contributions, while different than they’ve been in years
past, are equally essential to the future vitality of her
congregation, she exclaimed, “It’s our turn!” She first had
to turn from sadness and resentment at the changes in her
life to be released into its potential.
As you read of the powerful new partnerships in this
report that are generating new passion for Christ
and Christ’s mission, even as they give focus to
Church Extension’s purpose, I invite you,
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our longtime supporters who are in the “harvest
time” of your life, to join me as we turn from ways of
living that identified us for so many years to find our
new song to offer to the world. As we sing this song, we
will serve this church in invaluable ways that are unique
to our generation.
I am so proud of the vision that Church Extension and
our partners have claimed to mobilize the resources that
can bring about missional transformation centered in
leaders and congregations, not in our structures. And, I
am glad to step aside from leadership as I have known
it for these past years to be one of a “Living Cloud of
Witnesses,” whose privilege it is to provide support
for Church Extension and our partners who are boldly
living out their callings in partnership, with passion and
purpose.You have provided support for this ministry
through your investments, gifts and advocacy over the
years. Won’t you all join me in investing ourselves in
new ways in this mission we share to bring the Good
News to a changing and hurting world as we find and
sing the song that is our encore!
L
arry and Diana Brown are active
members of their Chickasha, Oklahoma
congregation, deeply committed Disciples
and long-time supporters of Church Extension
and New Church Ministry. So, when they heard
Jim Powell talking about how Church Extension,
Disciples Home Missions, Higher Education and
Leadership Ministries and others are working
together to develop new and effective ways
to help leaders strengthen congregations,
they said, “Count us in!” They committed
to supporting Hope Partnership for Missional
Transformation financially and as advocates.
Larry, current moderator of the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), says, “Hearing about
the collaborative efforts of Hope Partnership
gave us hope and convinced us that, even as
older Disciples, we have new and meaningful
opportunities to serve our congregations. We
pray that our gift will help motivate others to
support the work of Hope partners as they
develop ways to help guide leaders and their
congregations into new ways of doing God’s
mission in our world.”
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D O N O RS
During 2010, generous
families, individuals,
congregations and other
organizations gave
unrestricted or directed gifts
to Church Extension. The
donations created new honor funds,
added to existing funds, or established
gift agreements for which Church
Extension is the ultimate
beneficiary.
N. Dwain and Virginia K. Acker
Betty Adams
Carlene Adams
Lori Adams and Patricia Case
Tommy and Vickie Akers
Barbara and Korey Albert
L. D. and Beulah Alexander Fund
Paul J. and Barbara A. Allen, IV, Fund
Edwin R. and Nellie L. Allender Fund
Priscilla Alvarez Torres
Clela Anderson
Charles and Burnell Babcock
William and Mary Backstrom
R. Michael and Andrea Bales
Mary Banks
Charles and Barbara Bare
William and Carol Bass
Mary S. Beight
Dwayne and Beverly Bell
Leon and Doris Bennett
John Bennett
Mabel Bergesen Estate
John Bergman Fund
Virginia Betts
Bessie Bishop
Clara Bishop Estate
Earl and Martha Bissex
Sally Blowitz
Alice and John Bolen
Robert and Barbara Boyte
Jack and Virginia Bradbury
William and Lou Bradley
Marion and Peggy Brady
David and Elaine Branaman
Donald and Nancy Brewer
Andrew and Rhona Brink
Eugene Kent Brink
Nancy Brink and Maria Perez
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Charles and Peggy Brittan
Charles and Jewell Brooks
Alice Brooks
Harsh and Frances Brown
Larry and Diana Brown
Robert and Wilma Brown
Janeen Bruner
Malcolm and Sally Bryant
Arthur and Elizabeth Buell
Timothy and Carolyn Burkholder
Donald Burns
Les Butler
John Henry Cain
Joyce Carius
Clarence and Charlotte Carpenter
Delores Carpenter
Robert and Martha Carter
John and Nadine Cartwright
Irvin and Loma Mae Chalfant
Daisy Chambers
Paul and Ruth Channels
Chatham Christian Church Fund,
Chatham,VA
Christian Church in Illinois-Wisconsin, Bloomington, IL
Christopher and Teresa Clark
Delores Clark
Robert and Ida-Anne Clarke
James and Janice Clifford
Niel and Amy Climer
Harold and Ruby Cline Fund
George and Jannie Coates
Austin and Mary Jo Coe
W. Philip and Judy Coe
Ruth Cole Estate
Gilberto and Ruth D. Collazo
W. Darwin and Rachel Collins
Don and Verna Comstock
Bobby and Nancy Cook
Harry Cotabish
G. Malcolm Cottington
William and Dora Cox
Kenneth and June Coy
James and Frances Craddock
Melba Crank
Raymond and Dorothy Crawford
Lillian, Hubert and Dewitt Crook Fund
CrossBridge Christian Church, Lincoln, NE
Oscar and Francisca Cruz
A. C. Cuppy
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
Alison Daigle
Robert and Barbara Dally
Jack and Renae Daniel
Laura Dargitz
Don and Marsha Davidson
John and Kris Davidson, Jr.
Alice M. S. Davis Estate
Gail and Eva Davis
Gail and Eva Davis Fund
Gilbert Davis
Joan Dennehy
Berta Jean Detamore
Donald and Susan Gonzales Dewey
Carlos and Wilmarie Diaz
Gene and Cara Dickerson
Arthur and Joy Digby
Disciples Christian Church, Nevada, MO
Beth and Bruce Dobyns
Harold and Ann Bruce Doster
Della Dove
W. Joel and Karon Duffield
April and Drew Dunagin
Michael Dunn
Eloise Eads
Jim and Nina Eads
Marvin Eckfeldt
Eglise Evangelique Marantha, Miami, FL
David Emery
Betty Joan Emshwiller
Murvin and Linda Enders
Faith United Christian Church Fund, Indianapolis, IN
Elaine Farmer
William and Nancy Fellers
A. Dale and Betty Fiers Fund
First Christian Church, Auburn, IN
First Christian Church Fund,
Douglas, AZ
First Christian Church – Seekers Class,
Fort Worth, TX
First Christian Church, Harrison, AR
First Salem Evangelical Church and Community Center, Miami, FL
First Christian Church, Sedalia, MO
First Christian Church, Waxahachie, TX
Edythe Fisher
Walker and Marjorie Fletcher Fund
Carl Flock
Martin and Paula Foster
Yolanda and Kenneth Foster-Smith
Margie Frank
Robert and Karen Frank-Plumlee
Eugene and Bonnie Frazier
David Freeman
William and Lourdes Garcia
Garden Plain Community Church,
Garden Plain, KS
Jack Garrett
Albert K. Gast, Jr.
Fred and Sharon Gee
General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) –
Reconciliation Ministry Commission
Earl and Laurice Gibbs Fund
Robert Gibbs
Michael Gilbert
Herbert and Sharon Gillen
Shirley Ginos
Helen Goble
Hector Gonzalez and Ana Marcial Cortes
Howard and Darlene Goodrich, Jr.
Harry and Irma Gopaul
James Gordon
Charles Robert and Elizabeth Goss
Paul and Sara Graham
Albert Graves
Velva Graves
Greenfield Christian Church,
Greenfield, IN
Eddie Griffin
Juanita Griggs
Larry and Carol Grimes
James Haas
Evelyn Hale
Michael and Kimberly Halter
W. Gordon and Sylvia Hamlin, Jr.
Jerri Handy and Marge Boyd
Arthur and Susan Hanna
Richard and Marcile Hanna
Robert H. Harry Estate
Paul and Laureen Hartig
Mary Hartley
Cayla Heacock
Robin Hedgeman
David Hedgepeth and Monica Hardcastle
Walter Hehl
Margaret Henegar
George Graham and Jean Henry
Laura Beth and Robert Hevelka Fund
Kennith Hewitt
Ray S. and Margaret W. Hewitt Fund
Max and Carolyn Hickerson
Nathan and Claudia Higginbotham
Larry Hill
Marjorie Hill
James Hillery
Norm and Catherine Hinkle
Hiram Christian Church, Hiram, OH
Donald Hiscox and Karen Vroman
Paul and Wanda Holman
J. Harold and Dorsia Hopkins
Donald and Geraldine Houk
Mary Howard
William C. and Ann Howland, Jr.
Roland and Kathryn Huff
Norman and Judith Hunt
Indiana-Kentucky Conference
of the United Church of Christ
Ingleside Christian Church Fund,
Phoenix, AZ
William and Connie Inglish, Jr.
Dona M. Irion Estate
Roy and Araceli Ives
Emily Jackson
Eldon and Ellen Jandebeur
Harold and Patricia Jensen
Bettye Jimerson Fund
Barry and Elizabeth Johnson
JoAnne Kagiwada
Vergil Kelley
Richard and Norma Kendrick, Sr.
Margaret Kenner
Jim and Oletta Keown
Marjorie Kieffer
Reeves King
Dayna Kinkade
John and Jane Kixmiller
Edward and Mary Kolbe
Donna Kraft
Kellie Lala
John Lambert
Lark Ellen Christian Church Fund,
Fullerton, CA
Marvyn R. F. and Maxine P. Lear Fund
Edwin Linberg
Edythe Lindsey Estate
William and Stella Linter Fund
Dee and Sotello Long
Dennis and Lynette Long
Michael Long
Part ne r s
DONORS
R. Joseph Long, Jr.
William and Leonta Longman
William Lyon
Bert Mackaman
Frederick Mackel
Betty G. Manlove
Eleanor Manning
Katherine Marlowe
Steven Martz
Mary Matthews
Samuel E. McIlvaine
Mary Ida McReynolds
Keith and Melanie McFarland
Robert and Molly McGavern
James Meek
Beryl Meritt
Marian Meyers
Jean Claude and Darlene Michel
Middletown Christian Church,
Louisville, KY
Sara Josephine Miller Estate
Vandy and Sylvia Miller
Mission Tabernacle de la Bonne
Nouvelle Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Mary Mitchell
Ellen and Lennis Mitchell
Robert Mooty
Deborah Morgan
Alex Morse
Richard and Cecilia Morse
Thomas Morse
Willie Neal
Vernon and Lois Neilson
Louis Earl and Evelyn Nelson
Mae Nelson
Shirley Nelson
Carolyn Nettles
Linda and Michael Nodley
Karen Nolan
William and Patricia Nottingham
John and Kristy Ohneck
George and Sue Oliver Fund
Denise Olmsted
Oreon E. Scott Foundation
Marianne Overley
Garland Pannell and Susan Baron-Pannell
Marie Pannell
Aaron and Susan Park
Patti Parkes
Darryl Parr
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D O N O RS
Rodney and Mary Anne Parrott
Patricia Parsons
John Robert and Margy Cook Patterson
John G. Pecsok
Sharon Penry
Jim and Sharon Perreault
Raleigh Peterson, Jr.
Fred and Miriam Plantz
Betty Ponich
James and Margaret Powell
Than and Margaret Booth Powell
Ann Preston
Edsel and Ann Pugh
Larry and Nancy Pugh
Arnold and Karen Ramos
Eugene and Pauldenia Randall, II
Howard and Sheila Ratcliff
Paul and Betty Rathbun
Lucille Reed
Ray Reeder
Edmund Reeve, III
Robert Regenold
Louise Reinoehl
Erick and Denise Reisinger
Oren and Florence Reneau
Philip Rhein
David and Joyce Riddle
Hank Riffe
Addie Arthur Risser Fund
Beauford W. Robinson
Beauford W. Robinson Estate
TaShana Robinson
Irma and Roberto Rodriguez
Juan Rodriguez
John Donggook Roh
Ronald and Dawn Rosignol
Matthew Rosine
Ketty and Domingo Santos
Maryannis Saunders
Richard Savage
Sayre Christian Church, Sayre, PA
Mary Ellen Scarbeary
Ann Schleiffarth
Harold and Marilyn Schneider
Paul and Susan Schneider
Theresa and Jeff Schneider
Nancy Schoen
Carmen Semprit
VirgieLee Shaw
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Don and Linda Shelton
Richard and Andrea Sherman
Colleen Shook
Joan Sidell
William and Jane Sikes, Jr.
Cecil and Eleanor Simonton
William and Melissa Singer, Jr.
Ralph and Ruth Small
Belva Elaine Smith
Greg Smith
Larry Smith
Lenore M. Smith Estate
Nathan and Karen Smith
South Gate First Christian Church Fund, South Gate, CA
James and Joanne Spainhower
William and Margaret Spangler
Richard and Esther Spellman
Larry and Nancy Squier
Nancy Carol Stahl
Bridget Steen
Glen and Joyce Stewart
Gary and Geneva Straub
Charles L. Strickler Estate
Judie Stroh
Sun City Christian Church Fund,
Sun City, AZ
Glenda Survance
Joe and Martha Tarpley
David Taylor
Marlene Teal
Bess Terry
Naomi Terry
The Pub Church, Cambridge, MA
Harvey and Sybel Thomas, Sr.
Neil and Sandra Topliffe
Torrey Pines Christian Church, La Jolla, CA
True Destiny Christian Church,
Charlotte, NC
Edith Tuten
David and LaVon Tyler
Union Avenue Christian Church,
St. Louis, MO
University Christian Church Fund,
Normal, IL
Irene Van Boskirk Fund
Via Dolorosa Congregational Christian Church, Modesto, CA
Richard Virnig
James Waggoner, Jr.
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
Mary Helen Wagner
Cynthia Walker
W. H. and Fannie Walker Fund
Charles and Ruth Chavez Wallace
Richard and Dorothy Walters
Charles and Jane Watkins
Evelyn and Harold Watkins
Mark and Kimberly Watkins
Marilyn Watkins
Wilbur Earl and Gretchen Watson
Richard and Shirley Weidner
Maribeth Westerfield
William and Lois Whitehurst, Jr.
Blanche Wickes Estate
Evelyn Wiker Estate
Bruce and Ann Willard
Willcox Community Christian Fund,
Willcox, AZ
Deborah and Michael Williams
J. O. and Ida Williams
Robert and Shirley Williams
Kathryn Wilson
Ogden and Helen Wilson
George and Sydney Wirsdorfer
Clinton and Doris Wolf
Doris Woodruff-Filbey
B. Fred and Judith Woolsey
Helen Jean Worden
James and Jeanette Wright, Jr.
Philip and Marcea Young
Gerasimo and Marrianne Zanatos
Reporting a strong
financial position
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FINANCIAL SUMMARY
By Erick D. Reisinger,
Vice President and Treasurer • Church Extension
I
am pleased to report on the financial results for 2010.
Church Extension experienced significant growth and
many positive financial results in 2010, even though
the overall economic recovery remained sluggish. With the
continuing turnaround in the financial markets, Church
Extension recovered most of the remaining unrealized
losses sustained during 2008. These gains, coupled with
strong gift income and operating income, increased net
assets to approximately the same level as before the crisis.
We are thankful for our investors, donors and friends who
continued to increase their investments and support for
Church Extension, as this support is essential to the ongoing
work of this ministry.
The Audited Financial Statements included in this annual
report reflect this growth in Church Extension’s financial
foundation. In 2010, total net assets grew by 8.5%. Much
of this is attributable to gift income and operating income,
along with the increase in market values of our short and
long-term investment assets.
It is important to note that the economy’s adverse effects on
congregations include declines in their ongoing operating
and capital income. That results in a decrease in loan
demand from Church Extension, as congregations hesitate
to borrow. In 2010, outstanding loan balances dropped
by about $1.8 million. Also, many congregations have
experienced difficulty in making loan payments during the
past couple of years. With the counsel of Church Extension,
most of these congregations have been slowly working
through this challenge and are reducing past-due amounts.
Financial highlights for the year include:
Operating income was $1.11 million.
Net assets increased by $2.15 million to $27.5 million.
Outstanding investment note balances increased
by $6.94 million to $162 million, an increase of 4.48%.
Gift income remained strong with contributions of
more than $1 million.
The number of loans past due by more than 90 days
decreased by 11%, and outstanding loan balances on
these loans decreased by 7%.
Church Extension remains in a strong financial position to
meet the challenges of the future. Together with our
partner ministries, we look forward to creating and
discovering new ways to serve and assist Disciples
congregations. As you read our annual report, you
will discover the new and exciting development
of services to support congregations. Thank
you for your support of this ministry with
your investments and gifts.
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C H U R CH EXTENSIO N FUNDS
Gifts and bequests of real estate, cash or securities honoring donors, or those designated, provide ongoing
resources for Church Extension’s efforts to help Disciples congregations plan and finance facilities to house
their ministries. Funds appreciate periodically based on increase in net assets from operating income.
EXTENDERS FUNDS
Gifts of $25,000 or more provide ongoing resources for services
to congregations.
Fund Name
Fund
Value
Date
Est.
Gifts
12/31/10
James W. and Maida Thokey
William B. Jones
Willard and Pat Walker
Cliff and Donna Albright
Dee L. and Lucy Roberts
Harold R. Watkins
Earl H. and Elbert Lee Crawford
Dale A. and Gwendolyn E. Dunsmore
Lucille and Lloyd Christensen
Joseph Hope Hornback
and Helen Hornback Wert
Evelyn N. Watkins
Stanley and Betty Callas
First Christian Church,
Brooksville, FL
Christian Church of Southern
California
Donald E. and Mary E. Mitchell
Dr. and Mrs. William E. Wright, Jr.
John W. and Noma J. Fitzpatrick
1982 $ 25,014 $ 36,061
1986 25,246 35,340
1987 50,089 70,117
1990 40,120 48,358
1990 31,090 41,505
1994 58,411 69,109
1995 25,000 29,584
1995 30,313 35,872
1996 55,000 62,185
1997
2002
2004
188,320
30,404
20,214
208,253
36,493
27,298
2005
26,045
44,008
2005
2005
2005
2006
25,312
25,004
27,600
59,948
78,335
27,312
30,189
62,376
$743,160
$942,395
TOTAL EXTENDERS FUNDS
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NAMED FUNDS
A minimum of $5,000 or more establishes a perpetual witness
in the donor’s name to support loans and services to
congregations.
Fund Name
Date
Est.
Gifts
General F.M. Drake
Standard Publishing Co.
T.W. Phillips
First Christian Church, Frankfort, KY
First Christian Church,
Cedar Rapids, IA
Dr. J.W. Gill
Asa Shuler
First Christian Church, Louisville, KY
J.W. Cossell
Frank H. Main
Sarah A. Holman
Lizzie P. Chapman
George Darsie
Independence Blvd. Christian
Church, Kansas City, MO
High Street Christian Church,
Akron, OH
Christian Church Sunday
School Fund
First Christian Church,
Columbus, IN
Union Avenue Christian Church,
St. Louis, MO
First Christian Church, Pomona, CA
George F. Rand
Nell D. Ford
Linwood Blvd. Christian Church,
Kansas City, MO
Walker Cowherd
Margaret K. Long
M.H. Shelton
S.S. and R.J. Chapman
Paul Austin
University Christian Church,
Des Moines, IA
Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Rodefer
1889
1889
1890
1891
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
Fund
Value
12/31/10
$ 5,000 $ 74,369
5,000
67,805
13,500 156,282
6,890
67,732
1895
1895
1896
1900
1901
1903
1904
1905
1905
5,982
5,000
5,483
6,650
5,000
5,000
5,220
5,000
5,496
56,270
49,216
57,059
48,912
50,174
36,920
51,460
37,468
34,428
1905
9,461
67,385
1906
8,032
35,730
1906
9,298
57,359
1906
5,500
29,296
1906
1907
1907
1908
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
24,447
29,952
31,671
36,648
1908
1910
1910
1910
1911
1916
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
11,500
29,175
29,692
32,131
34,485
28,205
54,222
1916
1916
5,000
5,000
22,085
29,518
Gifts
Fund
Value
12/31/10
Fund
Date
Value
Fund Name
Est.
Gifts
12/31/10
1916
$ 5,000
$ 29,031
1919
1920
1922
1922
1923
1923
1924
1926
1929
1934
1936
1937
7,250
5,000
6,000
5,000
24,500
5,000
5,000
4,650
5,000
5,000
7,000
5,000
26,074
22,018
24,322
22,610
81,183
19,989
19,207
18,261
18,743
15,611
21,855
15,611
1937
1937
1942
1942
1945
1949
1949
1950
1951
1954
1958
1975
15,000
5,000
11,700
11,100
5,000
5,575
5,000
5,000
23,000
5,008
5,000
11,672
46,832
15,611
30,813
31,056
15,000
14,749
13,999
13,860
50,607
10,038
11,830
18,849
1975
1975
1978
1979
1983
1984
1984
1984
1985
1985
1986
1988
4,942
11,198
14,982
10,091
9,989
7,700
15,297
12,600
9,215
5,000
21,666
5,000
8,350
18,921
23,854
15,752
13,114
10,857
21,627
15,701
12,265
6,999
30,330
6,862
Ernest and Katherine Harrold
1991 $ 6,150
$ 8,112
Howard B. and Myrel Frank
1991
6,233
8,221
H. Myron and Ethel A. Kauffman
1992 17,250
20,571
Howard F and Helen G. Miller
1992
5,000
5,521
Erick and Denise Reisinger
1992 10,500
11,395
Arthur M. and Berta Jean Detamore 1993
9,093
11,188
Glenn M. and N. Pauline Hamlett
1994
5,585
6,730
1994
6,500
7,059
Harry M. Davis
Donald T. Hogan
1994
5,000
5,521
Ralph and Margaret Richardson
1994
5,725
6,265
1994 16,000
18,600
Lee M. Klopfenstein
1994
6,115
7,381
Gerald Lee Woodley
N. Vernon and LoAnn Blankenship 1995
5,210
6,161
Robert W. and Virgie Lee Shaw
1995 10,575
11,539
Kenneth Bonham
1995
8,000
9,467
1996
5,400
6,248
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Stefani
Jim and Oletta Keown
1997
6,662
7,365
Bill and Rose Marie Vassar
1997
5,250
5,892
Marvin Eckfeldt
1997 11,500
12,246
Gale and Lucille Race
1997 29,480
31,114
2000 10,322
11,399
Jovita Dreisbach
Thomas M. Gerke
2000
6,500
7,075
Pauline E. Askin
2001 10,513
11,610
Robert M. Johnston and
Nettie M. Johnston Waldrop
2003
5,127
5,495
2005
5,000
5,203
Rev. KK and Craig Wiseman
Marilyn Church
2005 19,818
20,620
Oral and Helen Bass
2006
8,000
8,266
Richard and Mary Jane Heyburn
2006
6,692
6,963
James L. and Margaret A. Powell
2006
5,005
5,208
James C. and Gail Moore Suggs
2006
5,114
5,321
Gerald Wiker
2006 12,471
12,956
Richard and Joy Dodson
2008 23,273
23,740
2008
6,153
6,277
Melvin R. Watson
Anne Dixon Ditzell
2009
6,405
6,503
Gilberto Collazo-Rivera
2010
5,410
5,452
Don and Gerry Houk
2010
5,000
5,030
Named Funds in Process 11,328
11,328
TOTAL NAMED FUNDS
$849,156 $2,532,115
1991
12,551
14,487
Fund Name
Date
Est.
John Beverly Vawter
First Christian Church,
Fort Worth, TX
Sol Van Meter
Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Scott
Jennie Withers Smith
Christian Board of Publication
George W. Muckley
Albert R. Teachout
Mr. and Mrs. H.C. McMillin
John J. Loar
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Corder
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Goode
Mr. and Mrs. W.I. Heddens
Central Christian Church,
Indianapolis, IN
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Ramsey
Mary and John A. Shreck, M.D.
First Christian Church, Canton, OH
Magdalena Stukey
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Booth
Mrs. Mattie Hodges McAfee
Henry Clay Vawter
Oreon E. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Mack
Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Wickes
Hiram C. and Edith Gemmer
First Christian Church,
Dallas Center, IA
Baskin Chapel, Fayette, MS
Kittie L. Stevenson
Adelade L. Claar
John and Marie Goodson
Aaron and Helen Keown
Illmo Christian Church, Illmo, MO
Wayman and Mary Ida McReynolds
Charles J. Betts
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Page
Mr. and Mrs. H. Parr Armstrong
Luther and Kate Taylor
Donald D. and Marjorie Turley
Reisinger
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C H U R CH EXTENSIO N FUNDS
MEMORIAL AND
HONOR FUNDS
Gifts and bequests memorialize and honor
donors, or those designated, while
providing ongoing resources for
Church Extension services
to congregations.
Over $500,000
Robert H. Stockton
1925
$100,000 to $500,000
Russell G. Anderson
Thomas E. Bondurant
Eldred E. Brown
John Frederick Cooke
James E. Logan
Sara Josephine Miller
Addie Arthur Risser
Ralph and Bertha Rohrbach
Lenore M. Smith
John H. Taylor
Paul and Helen Thomson
1987
1916
2008
1994
1951
2009
1992
1987
2001
1980
2008
$50,000 to $100,000
Odelia V. Bickett
Beatrice Lillian Boyer
Jeneve C. Cassels
William H. Dulany
Lark Ellen Christian Church,
Fullerton, CA
Harry G. Martin
John M. Miller
Frances A. Rees
J.T. Smith
Kenneth W. Thomas
Mable Lois Smith Tryon
Myrle O. Ward
Emily V. Willis
$25,000 to $50,000
D. Rees Browning
Edith S. Churchill
Ruth E. Cole
Maude O. Davis
Anna, Peter and
Charles Doerr
Thomas M. Garland
Richard and Vivienne Hammell
Jennie Trigg Kuster
William L. Powell
Clare and Velma J. Rexroth
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2005
1978
1997
1949
1993
1957
1979
1988
1948
2006
1990
1992
1973
1951
1983
2006
1995
1982
1960
2009
2005
1928
1997
Daisy F. Smith
Kathryn Snider
Charlene F. Stewart
Elmo G. Zimmerman
$10,000 to $25,000 Frances Dorothy Adams
L.D. and Beulah M. Alexander
Ben Hill Cleaver
Buford Darnall
Glenn A. Davis
Carol M. Dawson
May S. Dickinson
C.L. and Maggie Dooley
Vida N. Ennis
Jean M. Fisher
John E. and Mamie C. Grant
Groves Christian Church,
Groves, TX
Naomi H. Hansjergen
Kim and Kyle Harry
Earl R. Jarvis
Lucy V. Jones
Emma Duncan Kubach
Marvyn R.F. and Maxine P.
Lear
Ancil F. Linn
William and Stella F. Linter
Claude L. and Wavelene
Mangas
Faith A. McCracken
Ronald B. Mershon
Oscar V. Monteith
R. Ethel Moore
Ingleside Christian Church,
Phoenix, AZ
George Robert Ringo
Bertha B. Rosson
Earl F. and Bernice L.
Schmogrow
Henry L. and Ruth M. Searle
Elizabeth Smead
William Martin Smith
Chester A. and Blanche P.
Snyder
Neyl Spitler
Bertha M. Thomson
J.W. Towry
Pete H. Wall
Viola M. Whitehurst
William Zack
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
1959
2006
1998
2000
1985
2001
1978
1970
1970
1981
1970
1984
1991
2008
1965
1980
2009
1988
1993
1966
1981
2009
1948
2005
2005
1995
1997
1983
2007
1993
1989
1989
1996
1993
1970
1993
1976
1998
1950
1947
1993
1983
2006
$5,000 to $10,000
Richard Babcock
Betty Lewis Bowles
Eldon and Edythe Curtright
Nellie Wagar Darby
Alice M.S. Davis
Burrus Dickenson
Charles and Hazel Duxbury
Wesley P. and Grace Ford
Frances Marie Gilb
Martha E. Gilbert
Mattie E. Goldman
Glenn W. Hall
Curtis and Iris Harker
Benjamin R. Hollis
Betty Vawter Jenks
Lenna O. Jett
Silas Jones
Norman and Elaine Ketner
Barbara MacWilliam
Charles F. and Janet L. Morris
Keith and Mildred Otterman
Neil A. Pew
Carl M. Porter
E. Estella Reynolds
Beryl Sawyer
Ethel M. and Wayne A.
Shaneyfelt
Augustus and Mary Sinks
Lucile and Kathryn Snider
Bessie J. Stahl
Roberta B. Tye
Mabel E. Wiles
May Ella Wilson
Rolfe and Thelma Worden
$2,500 to $5,000
William C. Adams
Charles H. Addleman
Anita H. Anderson
Pearl H. Baldwin
Helen and David L. Bolon
Herbert Bowman
Bertie Burner
J. Eric and Jessie B. Carlson
Rachel Carmichael
Nelle P. Dawes
William A. Ewing
G. Everett and Mabel M. Figgs
E. Roger Frey
Emma Grim
Virginia B. Hupp
2008
1966
1994
1996
1973
1991
2000
2009
2008
1973
1974
1998
1985
1995
1998
1977
1949
2008
2006
1995
1996
1970
2001
1973
2006
2009
1954
2005
1950
1996
1965
1989
2010
1948
1996
1970
2005
1975
2003
1978
1993
1957
1975
1957
1990
1999
1970
1989
Paul H. Kilgore
Inez Faye Leatherby
Robert Bruce and
Mary Hilton Lemmon
Montrose Christian Church
CWF, Montrose, CO
Robert W. and Doris G. Omer
Ella P. Powell
James and Derrick Randall
Lester B. Rickman
Lois and Ralph Schlichtig
Leisure World Christian
Church, Seal Beach, CA
Willa E. Smith
Frances L. Stansell
William and Gladys Stanton
Edna Copeland Watkins
$1,000 to $2,500
Henry B. and Gladys C. Aikin
Addie A. Anderson
E.O. Ashley
John Barnett
Raymond Bengston
Mabel Corinne Booth
Bergesen
Harry Bledsoe
Chester E. and Esther Bonham
Elmer C. Bush
Thomas D. and Mary L. Bush
Jesse E. Callison
Margaret P. Cochran and
Mary Forgy
Mabel C. Corey
Madeline and Robert Ebberts
Robert and Harriette Elliott
Harold and Vera G. Enz
William K. and Edith R. Evans
Mamie Henderson
Hjalmar F. Hillman
Doris Howard
Hazelle M. Johnson
M.C. and Mattie H. Johnson
Clara Jones
George Kearse
Mary Walton Lawson Miss Vaughn Livermore
Doris H. McCoy
Helen G. Miller
Howard F Miller
Mount Morris Christian Church,
Mount Morris, IL
Bessie J. Neally
1985
2007
1996
1994
2004
1953
1996
2004
1999
1975
2001
1993
1984
1999
1993
1976
1963
2003
1984
2004
1962
1967
1989
1995
1961
2002
1980
1995
2007
2003
1990
1971
1998
1974
1973
1961
1983
1996
2003
1972
1997
1996
1995
1975
1974
I.M. and Grace Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Newton
William T. Pearcy
L.G. Pierce
Kathryn Plopper and
Ray E. Shorb
George H. Ramsey
Fairy Naomi Rehfeldt
Brian L. Reisinger
Howard L. Rogers
Jessamine S. Ruble
Arthur G. and Louise M.
Schlamp
Evelyn C. Scott
Ben W. Sinderson
Kenneth V. Smith
John and Betty Somer
Ruby R. Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. P.E. Stiles
Zora M. Strasser
Irene Van Boskirk
Mary Viley
Herman F. Vosloh
Esther D. Zimmerman
Up to $1,000
O. Paul Abrams
Dorrismaye A. Allen
Elizabeth Alvarez de Barbosa
Bruce Ammerman
Mattie Andrews
Charles Russell Barnett
John Francis Bellville
Miriam Bellville
Neil and Shirley Bergman
Mrs. C.N. Campbell
Lloyd Channels
Bessie Miller Chapman
Viola Clarke Chapman
William Charles Chapman
Claire Clark
Clark W. Comstock, Sr.
Barbara Cook
Cora E. Cox
John D. Crist
Mona Crocker
Carol M. Crump
Carl C. Davis
Ella C. Demoisy
D. Wayne Doolen
Ruth V. Doolen
John T. Dozier
Pattye C. Endicott
2007
1940
1998
1975
2007
1960
1974
2008
2008
1983
1988
1982
1995
1995
2008
2009
1972
1991
2005
1980
1989
1973
1986
2003
2003
2006
1998
2003
1996
2005
1988
1972
2003
1960
1960
1960
1985
1958
1998
1988
1979
2007
2000
1955
1949
2004
2003
1949
1981
Bernice E. Etherington
G. Lavon Fisher
Lillie B. Foster
Dr. William K. Fox
Molly Gardner
Jessie M. Gifford
Nannie E. Goodman
Francille Harry
Emily Jeanne Heacock
Jane Hipsher
Hoobler Memorial Corporation
Christian and Norma Irion
Mildred E. Jackson
Bruce Jones
Grace Knolla
Bernice E. Koehler
Richard Lentz
Frank Arthur Lindberg
Joy R. and Joyce E.
Longfellow
Lyons Christian Church,
Lyons, OH
Jessie B. McLeod
J. Irwin Miller
Margie E. Mitchell
St. John’s Christian Church,
Monroe, LA
Taylor Moore
Philip Morgan
Loretta R. Myrick
Laura Nahm
Elva B. Nuckles
Alice Obermaier
Barbara M. Parsons
Velda DePoister Pirtle
Beauford W. and Erma Lee
Robinson
Leola Rose
Florentino Santana
George H. and Hazel R.
Sharp
Mildred and Frank Shaw
Eva May Slavin
First Christian Church,
Sperry, OK
Cora Dryden Sprinkle
Mary Stout
Charles L. Strickler
Joseph J. Van Boskirk
Grace W. Walker
Sam Wilcoxon
1978
1999
2006
2004
2009
2004
1980
2005
2007
2004
1979
1989
1967
2004
1958
1977
1988
1979
Part ne r s
CHURCH EXTENSION FUNDS
1993
1976
1974
2004
2004
1975
2005
2005
1973
1995
1975
1986
2005
2005
2010
1974
2004
1966
1997
1961
1997
1993
1978
2010
1997
1970
2003
Church Exte nsion
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C H U R CH EXTENSIO N FUNDS
UNDESIGNATED PERMANENT FUND
ACCESSIBILITY LOAN FUNDS
UNDESIGNATED PERMANENT FUND –
NAMED FUNDS ($5,000 or more)
Gifts to the Undesignated Permanent Fund provide ongoing
resources for Church Extension services to congregations.
Gifts to Accessibility Loan Funds help provide low-interest loans
to congregations renovating facilities to remove barriers for
people with disabilities.
Fund Name
Fund
Date
Fund Name
Est.
Value
12/31/10
Evelyn E. Chase
2008
Named Funds in Process
$ 6,517
11,430
TOTAL NAMED FUNDS
$17,947
Undesignated Permanent Fund –
Memorial and Honor Funds
Gifts and bequests honoring donors, or those designated,
provide ongoing resources for Church Extension services to
congregations.
Fund
Fund Name
Date
Value
Est.
12/31/10
Chloie M. Manger
2008
Betty Gaile Manlove
2008
William J. and Nancy T. Smith
2008
Gary Straub
2008
Estee Weaver Brandt
2009
Chalmer and Grace Friedly
2009
Florence L. Fulk
2009
Ruth L. Jacobs
2009
Donald E. Mitchell
2009
B.C. Nolan
2009
Dr. Gerhard Rosegger
2009
Dona M. Irion
2010
TOTAL MEMORIAL AND HONOR FUNDS
$210,487
Fund Name
$ 51,354
1,292
14,431
300
13,677
2,685
50
13,112
635
1,420
50
111,481
Date
Est.
Undesignated Permanent Fund Other Gifts
1986
Fund
Value
12/31/10
$205,067
Fund
Date
Value
Est.
12/31/10
Accessibility Loan Fund Other Gifts
1986
ACCESSIBILITY LOAN FUNDS –
Extenders Funds ($25,000 or more)
Fund
Date
Value
Fund Name
Est.
12/31/10
Robert E. and Lena B. Butler
1998
DiscipleData, Inc.
1999
Mary Frances Hayden
2001
Extenders Funds in Process
$ 80,305
50,000
45,654
6,265
TOTAL EXTENDERS FUNDS
$182,224
Accessibility Loan Fund –
Named Funds ($5,000 or more)
Date
Fund Name
Est.
Betty Bob Blackman
1997
N. Vernon Blankenship
1997
Sam B. and Mary A. Howard
1998
Nellie and Edwin Allender
1999
Jay and Audrey Calhoun
1999
Bill and Jean Eaton
1999
Frank A. Mullen
1999
Beauford A. and Shirley Norris
1999
Charles H. and Wilma E. Wyman
1999
Leila Callender
2000
First Christian Church, Perry, IA
2000
Charles and Susanne Powell
2000
James P. and Linda S. Hamlett
2001
James C. Salsgiver
2002
Wanetta Rohrbach
2004
L. Dale and Barbara Mitchell
2006
Cecil G. and Eva I. Arthur
2009
Named Funds in Process
TOTAL NAMED FUNDS
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$123,115
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
Fund
Value
12/31/10
$ 10,499
18,058
23,261
17,191
5,582
10,000
20,000
10,488
10,000
5,000
15,000
6,667
10,245
13,307
5,500
5,000
5,500
10,586
$201,844
Accessibility Loan Fund –
Memorial and Honor Funds
Special Gift Agreements
Gifts and bequests honoring donors, or those designated,
provide ongoing resources for low-interest accessibility loans.
Fund
Date
Value
Fund Name
Est.
12/31/10
Evelyn Baker
1992
Betty K. Fiers
1998
Franklin and Iness Frey
1998
William S. Inglish Sr.
1998
Smart, Stephenson and Watson-I.B.C.C.,
Kansas City, MO
1998
Carl and Lita Osborne
1998
Maurice and Beulah Schoen
1998
Neil E. Topliffe
1998
Bequeathals-I.B.C.C., Kansas City, MO
1999
Robert Preston
1999
William O. and Rose Marie Vassar
1999
Jean Bell
2000
Helen E. Boynton
2000
Mildred F. Cain
2000
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Figgs
2000
Floreine R. Mathews
2000
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Peterson
2000
Mildred M. Reinhardt
2000
Kim and Kyle Harry
2001
Verla M. Ross
2001
Walter H. Carroll
2002
Veda Harrah 2002
Gertrude Rosalie Logan
2002
2002
James L. Rexrode Lee and Betty Scott
2002
Georgia Flock
2003
Ralph W. Manger
2004
Ralph and Margaret Richardson
2004
Doris V. Stratton
2004
Robert and Julia Fangmeier
2005
Norma L. Cody
2006
Beverly Wheatley
2006
TOTAL MEMORIAL AND HONOR FUNDS
$ 3,200
100
7,763
600
25,005
2,051
2,025
225
25,000
3,350
300
500
12,264
500
10,123
500
10,123
13,174
1,000
11,820
2,644
4,682
9,421
425
1,050
2,505
21,004
1,720
71,478
517
11,226
480
$256,775
Louis A. and Loice C. Nelson, a committed Disciples couple
from southern Indiana, became the first participants in
Church Extension’s restricted gift funds in 1982. Today, 23
agreements include options for distribution of earnings to
ministries of the contributor’s choice or shared interest
between continuing fund growth and those ministries.
At the same time, funds provide resources for loans to
churches.
Fund
Fund Name
Gifts
Nelson Outreach Growth Fund
$ 114,867
Dorothy E. Bartholomew Memorial Fund
1,000
Mary Robena Midyette Virginia Midyette Osgood Fund
7,279
Oster Outreach Growth Fund
14,274
Leland Cook, Sr. Memorial Fund
5,000
Morgan Avenue Christian Church,
Parsons, KS
100,000
Ethel M. McCombs Fund
1,793
Christian Community Church,
Markham, IL
70,572
Ivan and Helen Goble Fund
8,247
Velma J. Rexroth Fund
30,000
Helen Woodman Archer Fund
15,024
Central Christian Church,
San Diego, CA
141,730
Thomas B. and Frances L.
Saulsbury Fund
451,999
First Christian Church, Fort Scott, KS,
Ray and Mary Shepherd Fund
10,000
59,177
Cecil and Belgen Wells Fund
Rozella Dillard Ashbaucher Memorial
Growth Fund
15,109
Samuel’s Children’s Ministry and
NCM Growth Fund
16,653
Case/Adams Family Fund
17,136
Irving Park Christian Church
NCM Growth Fund
102,726
Kathryn Plopper and Ray E. Shorb
41,216
Robert E. Bock Growth Fund
79,973
E. L. and Luberta Griffin Endowment
11,693
First Christian Church, Rochester, MN
NCM Growth Fund
63,452
TOTAL SPECIAL GIFT AGREEMENTS
Part ne r s
CHURCH EXTENSION FUNDS
$1,378,920
Value
12/31/10
$ 133,521
1,000
10,266
16,189
5,000
100,000
1,793
70,572
10,000
30,000
15,024
143,369
451,999
10,000
59,177
15,109
16,653
17,136
102,726
41,216
79,973
11,693
63,452
$1,405,868
Church Exte nsion
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C H U R CH EXTENSIO N FUNDS
Interest-Free Loan Funds
Interest-Free Loan Funds help Church Extension provide loans
to qualified new churches and minority congregations, as well
as those who have faced natural disasters, such as hurricanes
and floods.
Interest-Free Extenders Funds
($25,000 or more)
Fund Name
Fund
Date
Value
Est.
12/31/10
1986
1986
1990
1991
1991
2003
2003
2006
2007
$ 26,700
25,200
53,092
25,000
25,000
40,069
28,495
66,690
30,000
TOTAL EXTENDERS FUNDS
$320,246
William T. Pearcy
Rolland H. Sheafor
Blanche P. Wickes
John T. and Gladys B. Cannon
Loy L. Franklin
J. Hubert and Floy D. Smith
William C. Woods
Bethany Christian United Parish
Leonard and Denise McCampbell
Interest-Free Named Funds
($5,000 or more)
Fund
Date
Value
Fund Name
Est.
12/31/10
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Boyer
1973
William T. and Amelia Pearcy
1987
Edna D. Brown
1990
Raymond A. and Elizabeth E. Stahl
1990
Kathryn Williams
1993
Don and Sally Roberts
2001
E. Roger and Mary Frey
2003
Verna C. and T.G. Robert Johnson
2004
Leighton W. Johnson
2004
Steven Morgan Church
2005
Lisa and Mark Harry
2005
Ethel and Howard R. Johnson
2005
Three Singer
2005
Helen F. Spaulding
2005
Named Funds in Process
TOTAL NAMED FUNDS
“We really appreciate what Church Extension does
to help spread the Word through new and developing churches,
and we know that assistance from Interest-Free Loans
is truly vital to this effort. That is why we support
the Interest-Free Loan Fund.”
– Don and Sally Roberts, Lenexa, KS
22
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
$ 10,000
5,725
10,773
7,183
5,735
5,000
18,759
19,602
9,394
6,040
5,250
5,513
7,900
10,093
25,707
$152,674
Interest-Free Memorial and
Honor Funds
Interest-Free Fund for Integrated
Congregations
The Interest-Free Fund for Integrated Congregations provides
resources for interest-free capital loans to congregations
that are intentionally racially inclusive. The first loan was
granted in 1991.
Gifts and bequests honor individuals or churches, while
providing ongoing resources for interest-free loans.
Fund
Date
Fund Name
Est.
Seventh Christian Church,
Indianapolis, IN
1975
Tropical Sands Christian Church,
North Palm Beach, FL
1976
Foothill Christian Church,
LaCrescenta, CA
1982
John Wesley Runyan
1984
DeWitt and Othel Fiers Brown
1989
First Christian Church, Hammond, IN
1992
Harvey D. Booth
1994
Robert Hipskind
1996
Mary Alma Long
1996
Frances Z. Johnson
2003
Frank W. and Ethel Postlewait
2003
Ralph E. Church 2004
A. Dale and Betty Fiers
2004
Alfred Cox Grosse
2004
Lewis G. Joachim
2004
William C. Morrison, Sr.
2005
Anne R. and Frank J. Spaulding
2005
Carolyn Hubbell
2006
Louise Arnold
2007
Nancy Brink
2008
TOTAL MEMORIAL AND HONOR FUNDS
Part ne r s
CHURCH EXTENSION FUNDS
Value
12/31/10
$
125
116
1,000
1,000
228,153
81,168
1,000
1,000
1,937
2,983
500
5,000
1,845
500
23,085
7,645
15,956
28,352
9,804
2,367
Contributors
Richmond B. Adams
Rowena J. Cargill
John and Margaret Curtin
Juan Figueroa
Robert and Myrna Gemmer
Robert Gemmer Memorial Gifts
Louise Moseley
Nancy Carol Stahl
Alfred C. Stone
Harold and Evelyn Watkins
Kathryn Williams
Fund Value 12/31/10 $22,075
$413,842
“We have included Church Extension in our estate plans
because it is one of the causes near to our hearts.
We want to remain a part of a ministry
that we believe truly helps people and congregations
focus on the future of God’s church.”
– Richard and Dorothy Walters, Urbandale, IA
Church Exte nsion
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N E W C HURCH MINISTRY FUNDS
Gifts to New Church Ministry support new church planter recruitment, assessment, training and coaching; target-site
evaluations; program grants; new church start-up kits and quality demographics.
Extenders Funds
($25,000 or more)
Named Funds
($5,000 or more)
Fund
Date
Value
Fund Name
Est.
12/31/10
South Gate First Christian Church,
South Gate, CA
2002
Max Owen Breeding
2006
First Christian Church, Rochester, MN
2007
Elizabeth and Fernando Barbosa
2008
Budd Park Christian Church,
Kansas City, MO
2008
Disciples of Christ Community Church,
Champaign, IL
2008
Harry and Irma Gopaul
2010
TOTAL NEW CHURCH MINISTRY EXTENDERS FUNDS
$ 28,000
48,179
25,000
26,800
25,000
94,540
76,607
$324,126
Date
Fund Name
Est.
Roland and Pearl Thompson
1994
Jim R. Keown
1996
Allen S. and Henrietta G. Edwards
1997
Elsie and Eldridge Topliffe
1997
Deborah R. Thompson
2000
Neil E. Topliffe
2000
Raymond and Suzanne Brown
2001
Rick and Cecilia Morse
2002
Leona Hall
2003
Alfred Cox Grosse and Virginia Fay Grosse
2004
J. Maurice and Avis L. Thompson
2004
Dr. Herman Norton
2005
John and Flora Jane Wallace
2006
Dr. Robert G. Sulanke
and Hazelwood Christian Church
2008
Named Funds in Process
TOTAL NEW CHURCH MINISTRY NAMED FUNDS
24
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
Fund
Value
12/31/10
$ 5,786
18,851
5,000
6,680
5,924
6,526
5,000
27,800
22,225
8,638
20,000
12,720
7,200
7,347
9,698
$169,395
Memorial and Honor Funds
Gifts and bequests honor donors, or those designated, and
provide ongoing resources for New Church Ministry efforts.
Fund
Date
Value
Fund Name
Est.
12/31/10
Doris Bottrell
Lucille Christensen
B. Frank Belvin
Edythe Lindsey
Charles Powell
Mae Yoho Ward
Harold E. and Ruby D. Cline
C. H. Richards, Jr.
Courtney Jenee Bradley (Johnson)
Frank Johnson, Jr., M.D.
Bethany Christian Church, Jackson, TN
John H. Bergman
Dan Kenner
Lawrence and Elizabeth Maines
John Robertson
University Christian Church, Berkeley, CA
First Christian Church, Milan, TN
Patricia Mosher
1998
1999
2001
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004
2005
2006
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
$
25
165,336
500
4,906
500
5,000
11,273
33,778
750
750
28,712
500
21,000
22,650
2,435
19,500
45,000
100
Site Acquisition FUND
Income from the Site Acquisition Fund of Church Extension
assists regions, areas and congregations of the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) in acquiring initial sites – with or
without existing buildings – for new churches. Assistance is
provided in the form of one-time capital grants.
Fund Value 12/31/10
Part ne r s
NEW CHURCH MINISTRY FUNDS
$511,727
Annual Fund – NEW CHURCH MINISTRY
Gifts to the Annual Fund in any amount provide direct
support for the start of new churches through grants,
training, demographics and other non-administrative support.
New Church Ministry Individual Gifts in 2010
$89,851
New Church Ministry Organization Gifts in 2010
$34,257
TOTAL NEW CHURCH MINISTRY $362,715
MEMORIAL AND HONOR FUNDS
Other
Endowment Fund gifts that are not Named or Memorial Funds
also support the start of new churches.
Fund
Date
Fund Name
Est.
New Church Endowment
1996
Value
12/31/10
$8,006
Church Exte nsion
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B OA R D OF DIRECTORS
A N D S PECIAL CONSULTANTS
2011 Board Officers
Linda S. Gardner
Chairperson
Dwayne L. Bell, Sr.
Vice Chairperson
Terms Expire
December 2011
Barbara Albert
Fort Collins, Colorado
Small Business Owner
Linda S. Gardner
Fullerton, California
Owner of EveryVoice
Consulting
Jean Claude Michel
Baldwin, New York
Pastor, Faithful Church of God
Priscilla Alvarez Torres
Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Attorney at Law
Terms Expire
December 2013
R. Michael Bales
Lexington, Kentucky
Energy Industries Consultant
Chris Bowers
Naperville, Illinois
President, Nova Point Advisors
Yolanda Smith
Memphis, Tennessee
Chief Financial Officer,
New Direction Christian Church
Delores Carpenter
Washington, D.C.
Professor of Religious Education, Howard University School of Divinity
Terms Expire
December 2012
David Hedgepeth
Marana, Arizona
Senior Pastor, Community
Christian Church of Marana
Dwayne L. Bell, Sr.
Nashville, Tennessee
Owner-President, Excel Real Estate & Excel Builders of Tennessee
Don Dewey
Altadena, California
Co-Regional Minister, Pacific Southwest Region
David Emery
Louisville, Kentucky
Senior Minister, Middletown Christian Church
Karen Nolan
Morrisville, North Carolina
Director of Gift Planning,
Peace College
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Carmen (Milly) Semprit
Indianapolis, Indiana
Worship Director,
Casa del Alfarero
Aaron Wonil Park
Glendale, California
Adjunct Professor,
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America
Special Consultants
Scott Budlong,
Helena, Montana
New Beginnings
Joseph G. Gardner, Jr., A.I.A.
Atlanta, Georgia
Architect
Robert G. Hershberger, A.I.A.
Tucson, Arizona
Architect
Sandhya Jha,
Oakland, California
New Beginnings
Richard C. Kalb, A.I.A.
Chicago, Illinois
Architect
Thomas E. McGranahan
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Sacred Space
John G. Pecsok, F.A.I.A.
Indianapolis, Indiana Architect
E.J. Potente
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Sacred Space
Eugene Potente, Jr.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Sacred Space
José Sánchez
Orlando, Florida
Architect
Stephen A. Sutton
Greensboro, North Carolina
Design Professional/
Construction Manager
Dick Talley,
Lynnwood, Washington
New Beginnings
Al Terry
Seattle, Washington
Architect
Legal Counsel
Patricia R. Case
Indianapolis, Indiana
New Beginnings
Eads, Murray and Pugh, P.C.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ruth Fletcher,
Great Falls, Montana
New Beginnings
Independent Auditors
Partners • Passion • Purpose... Finding mission in collaboration
Deloitte & Touche LLP Indianapolis, Indiana
Lori L. Adams
Transitional President
Raul Arteaga
Executive Assistant for Congregational Services
Joseph B. Ball
Executive Assistant for Congregational Services
William L. Bass
Loan Workout Specialist Consultant
Mary S. Beight
Corporate Secretary and
Assistant Treasurer
Nadine Burton
Minister, New Church
Leader Development
Christopher M. Clark
Investor Services Representative and Executive Assistant for
Securities Compliance
Gilberto Collazo
Vice President for Congregational Services
TeMesha Crockett
Assistant for Operations and Organizational Development
John M. Davidson
Congregational Services
Consultant
April L. Dunagin
Controller
Tonya Woodard Ellis
Communication Manager
Daniel Feliciano
Hispanic Congregational
Services Consultant
Cayla Heacock
Financial Operations Executive Assistant
Jacqueline J. Hutching
Operations Manager
Frantz LeBlanc
Northeastern Haitian New Church Consultant
Elaine Littleton
Financial Services Manager
Dee Long
Congregational Services
Consultant
Magda L. Mangual
Investor Services Manager
Katie Marlowe
Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communication
Steve Martz
Executive Assistant for
Congregational Services
Rhonda J. McDougall
Paralegal and Loan Services Manager
Sharon Merchant
Executive Assistant for
New Church Ministry and Mission Initiatives
Ellen L. Mitchell
Vice President for Donor/
Investor/Church Relations and Assistant Secretary
Richard P. Morse
Vice President for New Church Ministry and Mission Initiatives
James L. Powell
Senior Advisor for Advancement
Eugene Randall, II
Vice President for
Congregational Relations
Leslie T. Randolph
Reception Services Representative
Erick D. Reisinger
Vice President and Treasurer
TaShana E. Robinson
Executive Assistant for
Donor Relations
Donggook “John” Roh
Korean Congregational
Services Consultant
Matthew Rosine
Congregational Services Consultant
Brenda Rossy
Congregational Services Manager
Ketty Santos
Minister, New Church Coaching
Theresa M. Schneider
Executive Assistant to
the President
Mandy A. Simpson
Loan Processor
William J. Singer, Jr.
Vice President
Bridget E. Steen
Senior Loan Processor
Glenda Survance
Information Systems Director
Charles R. Wallace
Minister for Congregational
Relations
Kimberly A. Watkins
Annual Funds Manager and Executive Assistant for Financial Development
Maribeth Westerfield
Congregational Services
Consultant
Deborah J. Williams
Senior Manager for Marketing and
Communication
Part ne r s
CURRENT STAFF
President Emeritus
Harold R. Watkins
Church Exte nsion
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130 E. Washington Street, 9th Floor
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