• Bridgeton Fund Grant Application 2025
    Explanatory Notes

    The Bridgeton Christian Church Fund is an endowment created by the former Bridgeton Christian Church when it closed in 1995. The fund is invested with the Christian Church Foundation. No more than 5% of the previous year-end's closing balance in the fund may be awarded in any year in order to keep the fund in perpetuity. Purpose of the fund, as stipulated by the congregation, is three-fold:

    • To meet monetary shortfalls due to unexpected strife in a church;
    • To help a church underwrite "revitalization/renewal" of its congregation;
    • To help meet property/structural damage caused by an act of God or other circumstances and not caused by neglect.

    Guidelines stipulate that the Fund shall be used to meet a church's temporary financial need, as long as the need was not created by "overextension of a budget or repetitive under-funding of a budget by the congregation". See fund policy.

    Any Mid-America congregation may apply for a 2025 grant. The committee will review applications to determine whether they meet the fund's requirements.

    The committee will meet in late January to determine whether the year-ending balance in the fund warrants grants without jeopardizing the growth of the fund as stipulated by the donors.

    Applications are due May 31, 2025

  • Bridgeton Fund Grant Application 2025

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  • Our pastor is full-time / part-time (check one). If part-time, please indicate the number of hours per week salaried.      

  • The guiding principles state that funds can be used to meet a temporary financial need. A written plan of action to resolve or alleviate the problem must accompany the application form. The plan shall include: a) a definition of the problem; b) the duration the funds are needed; and c) planned distribution of the funds. [This is in addition to the above information] A report of the use of all the funds distributed must be made in the next calendar year and any funds not used within two calendar years must be returned. Funds are to be given out only when there is a reasonable degree of certainty of success of the church's written plan.

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  • Please contact the St. Louis Regional office with any questions.
    (314) 462-0932 or susan@ccmadisciples.org. 

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