wfn.org | GIFT MATCH AND CHALLENGE BOTH SUPPORT DISCIPLES MISSION FUND

["Wilma Shufitt" <wshuffit@cm.disciples.org>]

Date: April 2, 2003
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Melinda Mains
Phone: 317-713-2496
E-mail: mmains@cm.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

INDIANAPOLIS, April 2, 2003 -- On behalf of the Pastoral Commission for
Hispanic Ministries the Central Pastoral Office for Hispanic Ministries
gave $500 to Disciples Mission Fund. An additional $500 matching gift
was given by an individual. Gifts to Disciples Mission Fund enable the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to reach more than one hundred
Hispanic and bilingual congregations in the United States and Canada.
Most of these are young congregations established in the past twenty
years. The Disciples Mission Fund provides vital support for Hispanic
Ministries. More than half of the Central Pastoral Office for Hispanic
Ministries' operational budget comes from distributions of the Disciples
Mission Fund.

"Hispanic Ministries also encourages each Disciple to support the
Disciples Mission Fund, believing God is using this fund to reach
thousands of Hispanic Americans with the powerful message of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ," said the Rev. Pablo Jimenez, National Hispanic Pastor,
Central Pastoral Office for Hispanic Ministries.

Also, the staff of the Church Finance Council has made a $500 gift to
the Disciples Mission Fund's Easter offering. They are challenging other
general unit's to also contribute to this offering, which is designate
to support the work of general ministries.

For more information regarding Disciples Mission Fund and the Special
Day Offerings go to: http://www.churchfinancecouncil.org/.

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Contact:
Joey Edmundson
Church Finance Council
317-713-2440
jedmundson@cfc.disciples.org 

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