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In this critical time, there is great urgency for the church to show up as the transformational presence that will usher in what Jesus in his day called the ‘kingdom of Heaven’—and what we refer to today as the ‘economy of God.’”. Rev. Dr. Patrick Duggan, Executive Director, United Church of Christ Church Building & Loan Fund.
Rev. Dr. Patrick G. Duggan, Executive Director A NEW WAY TO BEGIN AT GENESIS In August 2019 the United Church of Christ Church Building & Loan Fund did something that, to our knowledge, had never been done in the Fund’s 166-year history.
- What have you found most challenging as a leader? No matter how much it confronts me, I am viscerally offended and outraged by any form of injustice, from the smallest act of unkindness, to rhetoric that distorts truth, to those multi-generational forces of evil that have plagued humanity for centuries.
- How did you become a leader? Can you please briefly tell the story? One night as a child of about 10 years old, affected by the daily news of the Civil Rights movement, the assassinations of Kennedy and King, the violent resistance to supremacy, and the violent responses of supremacists, I dreamed that I was speaking before a crowd of thousands.
- How do you structure your work days from waking up to going to sleep? Morning- 5:30am - 6:30am get up, prayer/meditation, breakfast, start work at 9:00am.
- What's a recent leadership lesson you've learned for the first time or been reminded of? Until the end of June 2023, I had been bi-vocational (pastoral ministry & church real estate) for almost 30 years.
Develop and implement strategies to equip church leaders to advance mission through innovative uses of real estate. Lead the execution of faith-driven initiatives to impact economic, social ...
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- UCC Church Building & Loan Fund
- Brooklyn Technical High School
- Nassau County, New York, United States
Rev. Dr. Patrick G. Duggan Executive Director. As executive director, the Rev. Dr. Patrick G. Duggan is responsible for advancing the mission and growing the capacity, reach and social impact of CB&LF products and services.
Jun 20, 2023 · The Rev. Patrick Duggan has been leading CB&LF as its executive director since 2012. He said its history is long and storied, coming out of a meeting of Congregationalists in Albany, N.Y., in 1852.
The Church Building & Loan Fund works with Christian churches within the United States of America. While we do not offer financing, programs or other services outside of the United States, we pray for churches everywhere. Please contact us if you would like churches of the United Church of Christ to pray for your church. United Church of Christ ...
