About us

Berea Faith Community Outreach, Inc. (BFCO) is an association of churches, community organizations and active and retired clergy working in the Berea area. BFCO administers three aid progams — BUURR, Food Bank, and the Frank Gailey Transient and Emergency Assistance Fund — to meet the housing, nutritional and other material needs of at-risk individuals and families in the community.

• Berea Baptist Church
• Berea Friends Meeting
• Berea United Methodist Church
• Bonner Foundation Crisis Ministry Program
• E4 Unity Ministry
• Farristown Baptist Church
• First Baptist Church, Middletown
• First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Berea
• Glades Christian Church
• Habitat for Humanity of Madison & Clark Counties
• Hospice Care Plus
• River of Life Foursquare Gospel Church
• St. Clare Catholic Church
• Saint Joseph–Berea Hospital
• Union Church
• Westside Baptist Church
• White Lick Baptist Church
• White's Memorial Presbyterian Church

On behalf of these organizations, BFCO is administered by a board of directors:

• Dave Kobersmith, President
• Shirley Carlberg, Vice President
• Jessica Burton, Secretary
• Jay Thesing, Treasurer
• Dale Barlow, Donations
• Tony Crachiolo, Food Bank and BUURR Executive Director
• Mary Kniskern, Frank Gailey Fund Executive Director
• Charles Bertrand
• Barry Lukoff

Read our 2020 Annual Report .
Read our 2021 Annual Report .