wfn.org | Long joins Church Extension general consultant team

["Communication Ministries" <wshuffit@cm.disciples.org>]

Date: April 25, 2002
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
E-mail: news@cm.disciples.org
Web: http://www.disciples.org

02a-40

Contact Eugene Randal, II, Church Extension
317-635-6500; bce@churchextension.org

INDIANAPOLIS -- Church Extension, a financial unit of the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), called a new
general consultant in late April.

Dee Long, Indianapolis, who previously served as program
administrator for Church Extension's New Church Ministry
team, started in the new position on April 22. 

"Dee will counsel congregations and regions on their
facility and capital needs," said the Rev. Eugene Randall,
II, vice president for ministry resources of Church
Extension, who leads the team of general consultants.

"She brings to this position a real heart for the Disciples
of Christ," Randall said. "Dee's passion and energy will be
tremendous assets to those she will now serve."

Long holds a bachelor's degree in communication from
University of Memphis, Tenn., and is a graduate of Rutledge
Business College in Raleigh, N.C., her hometown.

Long "married into the Disciples," she said. Her husband
the Rev. Sotello Long serves as Disciples-related Homeland
Ministries' minister of evangelism. They are members of
Light of the World Christian Church.

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