Category: Faith in Action

Church “living life on mission” assembles walls for Legacy Build

Church “living life on mission” assembles walls for Legacy Build

Church “living life on mission” assembles walls for Legacy Build CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia — As The Bridge Senior Pastor Will Fillingham witnessed his congregation come together Sunday in his parking lot with hammers in hand, he thought, “This is what the body of Christ looks like.” Young and old, men and women, black and white — […]

Church teams up with Fuller Center for repair project, neighborhood cleanup in Fort Valley, Georgia

Church teams up with Fuller Center for repair project, neighborhood cleanup in Fort Valley, Georgia

Church teams up with Fuller Center for repair project, neighborhood cleanup in Fort Valley, Georgia FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Mount Olive CME Church members teamed up with The Fuller Center for Housing of Middle Georgia to put a new roof on the home of Sandra Deloach — the same home in which she grew up. […]

New Jersey-based Erin’s Gift of Hope volunteers put faith into action in North Carolina

New Jersey-based Erin’s Gift of Hope volunteers put faith into action in North Carolina

(This is part of a series of reports on those who make The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders’ work possible. Next week, we will have an extensive report at FullerCenter.org.) At age 15, Erin McFaull was a full-of-life teenager with a heart for missions and putting her faith into action. After her life was cut short […]

Disaster ReBuilders bring many new friends for Harvey victim in Friendswood, Texas

Disaster ReBuilders bring many new friends for Harvey victim in Friendswood, Texas

(Photo: Lou Ellen Hatchett, seated, was joyful during the recent dedication of her restored home.) Lou Ellen Hatchett has a crystal-clear message for all those folks — often dirty and sweaty — who kept marching in and out of her house earlier this year while she just wanted to return to the Friendswood, Texas, home […]

Pennsylvania church sees September project resurrected at groundbreaking in Louisiana

Pennsylvania church sees September project resurrected at groundbreaking in Louisiana

Many Fuller Center for Housing new home builds have gotten a huge head start thanks to CrossRoads Missions and enthusiastic volunteers from churches across the nation. CrossRoads sends lumber packages to churches, who often put dozens of volunteers to work on their grounds assembling walls that will be stood up and placed in the shape […]

Why would an atheist support this Christian ministry? Volunteer is happy to explain

Why would an atheist support this Christian ministry? Volunteer is happy to explain

The Fuller Center for Housing is an unashamedly and enthusiastically ecumenical Christian housing ministry. Our Mission Statement clearly states that we are “faith-based and Christ-centered.” However, we do not use the term Christian as a restrictive limitation of our approach. It is, in fact, just the opposite. Our supporters and volunteers do not have to […]

FAITH IN ACTION: UCC church members from Elkhurst, Illinois, put faith in motion

FAITH IN ACTION: UCC church members from Elkhurst, Illinois, put faith in motion

(This is the latest installment of our “Faith in Action” series. If you have a story of how involvement with The Fuller Center has impacted your faith, please let us know at this link.) The youth of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ of Elkhurst, Illinois, go on a mission trip every summer, but the […]

FAITH IN ACTION: Jewish documentarian inspired by Christian charity

FAITH IN ACTION: Jewish documentarian inspired by Christian charity

(This is the latest installment of our “Faith in Action” series. If you have a story of how involvement with The Fuller Center has impacted your faith, please let us know at this link.) There were many common sights at the 2017 Millard Fuller Legacy Build in Indianapolis back in June. You could not open […]