CFC - Broader Church Mission

Disciples Mission Fund
Similar to the United Way in local communities, gifts to Disciples Mission Fund support 72 Disciples mission partners, general units, regions, colleges, and seminaries.

Special Day Offerings

Week of Compassion Offering (February)
Supports domestic and global disaster relief, refugee resettlement, and Third World development projects.
Easter Offering (March/April)
Supports General Units including the Division of Overseas Ministries, Disciples Home Mission, Council on Christian Unity, the Historical Society, Higher Education and Leadership Ministries, NBA, ethnic ministries, Pension Fund, Church Extension, Christian Church Foundation, Church Finance Council.
Pentecost Offering (May/June)
Supports new church establishment. Church Extension uses half for projects across the nation. The other half is used for projects in Regions where the funds were contributed.
Reconciliation Offering (September)
The Reconciliation Office receives half of this offering to be used for anti-racism training. Regions use the other half of this offering to provide grants to congregations supporting innovative programs addressing poverty and race and anti-racism efforts.
Thanksgiving Offering (November)
Supports the work of higher education institutions, 14 colleges and seven seminaries.
Christmas Offering (December)
Supports the work of Regional ministries.

Note: contributions to these offerings are typically promoted and received in the months indicated but may be contributed and received in any month. Simply identify the appropriate offering on the remittance form.

Contact the Church Finance Council, 317-713-2444, to receive promotional materials, posters, and offering envelopes for each offering you wish to receive. Standing orders can be established so that these materials come each year and may updated on-line.

Designated Giving
Congregations may designate support for a particular project or ministry of the church. Common designations include special Week of Compassion offerings for specific events such as the tsunami, regional campgrounds, new church ministries within a region, scholarship funds at a college or seminary or support for a particular overseas ministry partner. Congregations may also designate a gift for the operational budget of one of the Disciples Mission Fund partners, though by covenant these gifts are not solicited from local churches in fairness to all the partners. Designated gifts are indicated on the remittance form.

All the above offerings can be remitted to the following address:

Church Finance Council
P O Box 1986
Indianapolis, IN 46206

You can download English and Spanish versions of the remittance form by selecting the appropriate form in the "Remittance Forms" section to the left of this page.