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Texas Methodist Foundation Launches Neighbor2Neighbor Initiative
News: Mar 13, 2023
Neighbor2Neighbor is a 3-year initiative that helps churches be the heart of flourishing for their local neighborhood and community.
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Fall 2022 Grant Recipients Help Communities Flourish
News: Feb 13, 2023
Recipients are improving the daily lives of people and addressing deeper social and economic factors that shape health and well-being across communities.
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Texas Methodist Foundation honors Tom Locke with Medallion of Merit
News: Jan 17, 2023
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) recently awarded its Medallion of Merit, the organization’s highest honor, to Tom Locke in recognition of his pivotal 33-year role as TMF president
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Rev. Lisa Greenwood selected as next president of Texas Methodist Foundation and Wesleyan Investive
News: Aug 9, 2022
On August 8, the Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) and Wesleyan Investive Boards of Directors elected the Rev. Lisa Greenwood as president of the two organizations. Greenwood succeeds Tom Locke.
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Texas Methodist Foundation Awards $1.2 Million in Grant Funding to 49 nonprofits
News: Jun 21, 2022
Spring 2022 Grant Recipients served in one of four areas of focus, improving the condition of those living in poverty, outreach, community programs and services, and need-based scholarships.
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News: May 3, 2022
Sam Hodges from Methodist News interviewed President Tom Locke about his incredible tenure at TMF and our leadership as an edge organization.
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Wesleyan Investive Awards $200,000 to Spiritual Entrepreneurs
News: Mar 29, 2022
Four Innovative Leaders to be Honored at a Virtual Event on Sunday, May 22
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TMF End-of-year Update Q&A with President Tom Locke
News: Mar 17, 2022
We are pleased to offer this interim report on the 2021 financial results for TMF. The detailed 2021 impact report will be distributed in April, after the auditors’ final report has been submitted and approved by the finance committee of our board.
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Six Distinguished Leaders Join TMF Board
News: Dec 2, 2021
The Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) announced six new board members who will each help support the organization’s work “to empower the Church in the achievement of its God-appointed mission.”
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President Tom Locke announces plans to retire in 2022
News: Nov 30, 2021
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) President Tom Locke has announced he will retire in 2022 after 33 years with the organization.
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News: Jun 7, 2023
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) has deepened its ability to serve the unique needs of churches with the addition of Daniel Park as Loan Officer. Daniel will play a leading role in managing accounts, helping clients continue to grow their churches and ministries.
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Flexing Muscles of Vitality and Wholeness
News: May 11, 2022
Using a cohort-based model, TMF gathered congregations by affinity to learn and experience the five adaptive muscles through C3.
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Building a Legacy Through Gifts of Stock
News: May 31, 2022
Faithbridge raised 5% of their Legacy Campaign through gifts of stock to support building a state-of-the-art space that is convertible, allowing for more traditional services in a chapel-like environment and youth worship in a trendy loft-type space.
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Funding Hope in the Fight Against Childhood Cancer
News: Sep 2, 2022
Candlelighters provides financial, psychosocial, and therapeutic programs to address the holistic needs families have during pediatric cancer. This year Candlelighters received a TMF grant to help fund their work.
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News: Jan 31, 2023
The Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) is offering seminars for clergy and church staff for laity participating in the financial management of the local church.
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News: Jun 15, 2023
Spring 2023 grant recipients are engaged in faith-based initiatives, making a positive impact on communities in poverty by directly serving individuals and strengthening social fabric.
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Texas Methodist Foundation Names Pamela A. Gray as Director of Philanthropy
News: Oct 17, 2023
Spring 2023 grant recipients are engaged in faith-based initiatives, making a positive impact on communities in poverty by directly serving individuals and strengthening social fabric.
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News: Jan 9, 2024
The Texas Methodist Foundation is expanding its investment in growing the church with the addition of Chris Miller as vice president of lending and Douglas Cotner as senior loan officer. Building on the Texas Methodist Foundation’s 85 years as a trusted financial and leadership partner helping to bring about the loving world God imagines, Miller and Cotner will continue to increase the Texas Methodist Foundation’s role as an essential partner supporting the vitality and impact of churches and nonprofit ministries across Texas and New Mexico.
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Texas Methodist Foundation Fall 2023 Grant Recipients Empower Individuals and Lift Up Communities
News: Feb 13, 2024
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) has awarded $440,000 to 42 churches, schools, and nonprofit organizations during its Fall 2023 grant cycle. This cycle’s recipients are making positive social impacts through innovative faith-based initiatives that are lifting up communities by focusing on the personal and financial wellbeing of individuals and families in those communities.
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Cy-Hope Lives into its God-Sized Dream of Bringing Hope to At-Risk Children
News: Feb 26, 2024
Rallying the entire Cypress, Texas community to transform childhoods, making life better for its children, Cy-Hope provides counseling, fine arts programs, access to food in and out of school, and a hope-filled Christian summer camp experience for underserved youth.
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2023 Texas Methodist Foundation Impact Report
News: Apr 25, 2024
On behalf of Texas Methodist Foundation, we’d like to share with you stories of impact we are making together, emboldening cultures of purpose, generosity, and courage for the world God imagines.
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News: Jun 5, 2024
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) grants $900,000 to 40 churches and nonprofits across Texas and New Mexico during its Spring 2024 grant cycle. Each grantee nourishes its community through innovative and impactful initiatives that uplift individuals and families.
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Lydia Patterson Institute Nurtures Students Leading Transformative Lives
News: Jun 18, 2024
Each morning, Lydia Patterson Institute (LPI) students wake up before the sun rises in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and cross the border into El Paso, Texas, to go to school. In the process, these students courageously change the trajectory of their lives and their families’ lives forever.
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Joyful Ministry Helps Those With Dementia and Their Families Live Lives with Purpose and Hope
News: Sep 26, 2024
Twenty-eight years ago, Rev. Dean Robinson, a minister at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston, offered just that loving hand. He knew the struggles and debilitating impact of a loved one's memory loss. His experience inspired him to create Amazing Place.
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Texas Methodist Foundation Announces Rev. Alicia Forde as Director of Formation
News: Nov 19, 2024
Texas Methodist Foundation announces the addition of Rev. Alicia Forde, a nationally recognized church leader who will inspire clergy and laity across the Wesleyan ecosystem.
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Texas Methodist Foundation Announces Bishop Gregory Palmer as Senior Advisor
News: Nov 20, 2024
Bishop Palmer will work closely with Rev. Lisa Greenwood, president and chief executive officer, and the executive team to shape initiatives to establish and deepen relationships with leaders and ministries across the Wesleyan ecosystem.
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Envisioning the Church as a Healing Hub
News: Dec 16, 2024
Women with Entrepreneurial Spirit (WES) is a multiracial, multigenerational leadership cohort committed to Spirit-led work through art ministries, economic justice, church revitalization, and innovation, creating a world where all can thrive.
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News: Jan 3, 2024
You only get one chance at a great childhood. The Children's Coalition of Aransas County provides vital year-round and day-long childcare that nurtures the spirits and talents of young kids. This quality childcare frees moms and dads to comfortably go to work, improving the quality of life for their entire family and growing the local economy. TMF's investors in Impact Certificates enabled us to support the Children's Coalition by providing seed funding that launched this community-changing program.
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Creating Space for God in a Generational Church
News: Apr 12, 2024
A&M United Methodist Church has built a thriving generational congregation in College Station, Texas.
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News: Sep 2, 2024
Cathy Bell never imagined herself as a philanthropist. Serving on church finance committees through the years, though, Cathy saw firsthand that “any amount you can give is important” and that generosity is about so much more than the amount one can give. It’s about expressing your generous spirit.
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Supporting Families Facing Childhood Cancer
News: Feb 1, 2023
Candlelighters of West Texas and New Mexico is there for families who have received the worst news you can imagine as a parent – that your child has cancer.
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Launching Spiritual Innovators Across the Country
News: Feb 5, 2024
Launch 3.0 was an energetic and inspired three-day event.
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News: Jan 16, 2025
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) grants $975,000 to 59 churches and nonprofits across Texas and New Mexico during its Fall 2024 grant cycle.
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See the Beauty So You Can Seed the Beauty
News: Apr 10, 2025
As a facilitator for Texas Methodist Foundation’s Courageous Congregations Collaborative, Rev. Escamilla feels humbled to help leaders see the beauty once again of what’s possible in their church and community to live the Gospel life in new and fresh expressions.
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2024 Texas Methodist Foundation Impact Report
News: Apr 23, 2025
On behalf of Texas Methodist Foundation, we’d like to share with you stories of impact we are making together, emboldening cultures of purpose, generosity, and courage for the world God imagines.
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Texas Methodist Foundation Names Brandon Perry as Vice President of Lending
News: May 8, 2025
Throughout his career, Perry has used his expertise in multiple financial products and services to provide comprehensive lending strategies to help organizations achieve their financial goals.
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News: Jun 4, 2025
Texas Methodist Foundation’s Grants Ministry Awards $1.0 million to 31 Churches and Nonprofits Across Texas and New Mexico
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A Ministry That Never Stopped Serving
News: Jun 26, 2025
Despite unexpected challenges, Travis Park United Methodist Church continued to live out its call to do justice, love kindness, and serve its community with steadfast faith.
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When A Church Dares To Dream Big
News: Jul 16, 2025
In Atlanta, a local church is attempting something so big that it could only succeed with God. Read the story. Sit with the question. See where the Spirit might be stirring in your context — and if a story comes to mind, we’d love to hear it.
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The Slow, Sacred Work of Repair
News: Aug 19, 2025
Fifteen women with entrepreneurial spirits gathered in the historic Greenwood District — once known as Black Wall Street.
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News: Sep 24, 2025
Across generations, the church has been a place where deep, resilient roots of faith meet young, energetic shoots of ministry.
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News: Oct 21, 2025
When nineteen innovators from across the country became Wesleyan Impact Partners’ Phygital Preaching Fellows in 2024, they set out to explore how the Gospel might take new form at the intersection of the physical and digital.
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A Generous Spirit That Shines for Generations
News: Dec 10, 2025
When Scott Roberts was only ten years old, his father brought him and his two older brothers to First United Methodist Church in La Porte, Texas. Over time, the early Sunday mornings, hymns, and friendly handshakes became meaningful. Scott’s father’s quiet faith and dedication started to influence him deeply and left a lasting mark.
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News: Jan 7, 2026
Our grantees are serving their communities in ways that usher in the spirit of truly loving one’s neighbor. Whether it’s a hot meal, a pathway to stability, a safe place for children to grow, or a vibrant worshiping community for Deaf students, these ministries remind us that hope is abundant.
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What Does It Mean to Lead in the AI Era?
News: Nov 25, 2025
Participants explored how generative AI can certainly accelerate everyday tasks — from program development and communication workflows to analyzing ministry metrics — but the conversation pointed toward something deeper.
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News: Jan 29, 2026
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) is pleased to announce the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors: Rev. Derrick A. Cyprian, Necia Dexter, Rev. Drew Essen, and Rev. Ross Whiteaker.
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News: Jan 27, 2026
Leaders from different contexts gather together not to claim expertise, but to reflect on what it means to live with wisdom, humility, and attentiveness to the long arc of leadership. Elderhood, as the group is exploring it, names both a season of life and an ongoing becoming.
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Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley Hope in Motion Across Kerr County
News: Mar 3, 2026
TMF expands donor impact by investing in ministries and partnering with churches and nonprofits across Texas and New Mexico.
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TMF Donors Help Deliver Hope and Healing After Kerr County Flooding
News: Mar 3, 2026
TMF expands donor impact by investing in ministries and partnering with churches and nonprofits across Texas and New Mexico.
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The Heart of Neighboring: Building Thriving Congregations and Flourishing Communities
News: Mar 31, 2026
Across learning communities envisioned and convened by Texas Methodist Foundation and Wesleyan Impact Partners over many decades, leaders are rediscovering a simple yet transformative truth: the neighborhood is the unit of change, and proximity is not enough. Churches can sit at the center of neighborhoods for generations and remain strangers to the people around them.
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News: Feb 26, 2026
Leaders from across the United Methodist Church recently gathered to reflect on the future shaped by the Black experience in the church — not simply the future of an institution, but the future of a witness and a spiritual inheritance.
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What We’re Learning from the Phygital Fellows
News: Mar 24, 2026
One of the most interesting lessons emerging from the Phygital Fellows — a group of pastors and innovators experimenting with new forms of ministry — is that the real work isn’t primarily about technology. It’s about soul.
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Stewarding Potential: What This Moment Is Asking of the Church
News: Apr 30, 2026
Across congregations today, leaders are navigating a shared reality: familiar patterns are shifting, long-held assumptions no longer hold, and the path forward isn’t always clear. And yet — there are signs of life. At a recent gathering of pastors and lay leaders from across Texas and New Mexico, we spent time naming both the challenges and the possibilities emerging in this moment. Three insights rose to the surface.
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What practices are forming us for the world we are living in?
News: May 29, 2026
In April, our cohort of District Superintendents traveled to Minneapolis for a learning journey centered on the hard and holy work of justice.
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Planting Seeds of Faith for the Next Generation
News: Jun 25, 2026
The Texas United Methodist Campus Ministry Fund helps students across Texas discover faith, community, and calling during the formative college years. By supporting campus ministries, the fund helps create spaces where young adults can belong, grow, and become leaders who help others find their place as well.
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What Are We Overlooking Because We're Looking for Bigger Things?
News: Jun 30, 2026
In church leadership, it’s easy to assume that the most important things are the most visible things. Bigger attendance. Bigger budgets. Bigger programs. Bigger impact. We don’t arrive at those assumptions thoughtlessly or maliciously. These are simply the measurements we’ve inherited. They’re what we know how to count. But what if some of the most important signs of flourishing are harder to see?
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News: Jul 21, 2026
Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) has awarded $1.2 million to 40 churches and nonprofit ministries across Texas and New Mexico who ground their practices in long-term relationships and on the assets and gifts already at work in the neighborhoods and communities they serve. Selected as part of TMF’s Spring 2026 grant cycle, these ministries serve different needs — from healthcare and mental health to food security, youth development, and education — but share a common approach. Along with delivering programs, they are fully present and committed to those they serve over the long term, coming alongside individuals and families through seasons of crisis and helping them flourish.
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Center the Mission. Adapt the Method.
News: Jul 28, 2026
For nearly five years, C3 has accompanied congregations as they practice discernment, adaptive leadership, and neighborhood-centered ministry. When we decided we wanted to offer a bilingual cohort, we could have just translated the participant materials into Spanish and called it good.