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Securing a building loan from MIF enabled Zumbro to make its sanctuary and other church spaces more inviting to the growing community it serves and gave the congregation a role in meeting the needs of the larger church.
An MIF loan helps Saint Peter’s deliver on its gifts to the people of New York City
Generations of worshippers have identified Central Lutheran in downtown Minneapolis with its historic, neo-Gothic sanctuary. When the congregation’s members saw a need to complement that space with a modern, welcoming great room that could be home to Central’s dynamic ministry work, they found a supportive lending partner in the Mission Investment Fund.
The Orange County congregation’s new sanctuary, built with the help of a Mission Investment Fund construction loan, allows for worship indoors and out. It also offers a clear view of a vibrant church community increasingly engaged with its neighbors.
With food insecurity a growing local problem, a Center City Philadelphia congregation envisioned a commercial-grade kitchen and more storage space, then found an eager partner in the Mission Investment Fund.
The loan that Trinity Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Florida, took out from MIF didn’t just repair a leaky roof. According to the Rev. Robert Kinley, Trinity’s pastor, it has helped enable the congregation to continue doing what it has done for more than 95 years: provide vital ministry to its community.
Pantry House, the congregation-run food pantry adjacent to Trinity Lutheran Church, has served approximately 1,100 families monthly. Now it’s better equipped to serve even more.
Like many of his fellow faith community leaders, the pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Royal Oak, Michigan, is grateful for the ELCA’s Resourceful Servants program and the roles played by the Mission Investment Fund and our partner, the ELCA Federal Credit Union.
After being turned away by a local bank, a Michigan congregation received a PPP loan thanks to the ELCA Federal Credit Union and MIF.
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