Specialized Plan for Venture Church Network Churches

VCN is excited to offer a specialized retirement plan option through GuideStone to pastors and staff of churches in the Venture Church Network family.

GuideStone is one of the nation’s largest providers of employee benefits and financial services, working with 36,000 churches and nearly 600 ministries to offer retirement plans customized to help employees reach their individual financial goals.

Retirement Plan

Why Guidestone?

  • Values-Based Investments: GuideStone sponsors the nation’s largest Christian-screened mutual fund family — GuideStone Funds — which provides you with socially responsible investing options that align with your values.
  • Ministers’ Tax Benefits: GuideStone offers a 403(b)(9) church retirement plan, allowing distributions as housing allowance in retirement for employees who qualify as Ministers for Tax Purposes.
  • Personalized Services: GuideStone’s team of personal financial advisors is available to deliver customized advice to participants, including asset allocation, contribution planning, gap analysis, Social Security maximization and more. GuideStone’s Customer Service Center of trained specialists is also available by phone, email or chat Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. — allowing for secure, knowledgeable conversations.
  • Targeted Educational Resources: Informative and timely employee resources are available via webinar, newsletter or by accessing a personalized MyGuideStone™ account.
 
 

 

 

Who is eligible?
  • Employees receiving taxable income from a participating Venture Church Network church or ministry.
  • Contributions can be made by the employer, employee or both.
  • Salary-reduced contributions can be made as tax-deferred or Roth.
What are the costs?
  • There are no costs to the local church/ministry for participation and no required minimum contributions.
Who to contact

Senior Relationship Manager

Shawn Dorrough  Shawn.Dorrough@GuideStone.org   214-720-4690

Shawn is our primary advocate and consultant at GuideStone Financial Resources. He can be contacted for general questions about the plan or help to navigate the plan resources.

New Business Specialist

Kent Gayle – Kent.Gayle@GuideStone.org 214-720-2153

Kent should be contacted by churches that want to get started in our retirement plan. He can also help enroll employees into the retirement plan and set up contribution payments.

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