Should pastors save for retirement?

Should pastors save for retirement?   Yes! There are many great reasons a pastor should save and invest for retirement. Let’s look at a few: Meet future financial needs: Work until the Lord calls you home? Due to health, energy, or other reasons, many older pastors find they can’t or don’t desire to keep working…

Don’t DIY Your 401(k)

“I know doing my business taxes right is important – so I’m just going to Google it and do it myself.”   “I’ve got a growing team of over 20 employees. I don’t need an HR person, I can save money by managing employee benefits and payroll myself.”   “It costs a lot to hire…

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What is Faith-Based Investing?

We talk a lot about faith-based investing, and it’s been our investing focus for the past 25 years. But many Christians are still unfamiliar with the term, so what is faith-based investing? Simply put, faith-based investing is the process of aligning your investments with your faith values. Among Christian investors sometimes it’s referred to as…

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Which retirement plan is best for my church?

Which retirement plan is best for my church? If you’re like many pastors or church administrators, thinking about your church’s retirement plan is not something you look forward to! While you may not enjoy thinking about it, you probably recognize that offering church employees a retirement plan is beneficial. Providing pastors and other church employees…

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Are Christian Nonprofits Undermining Their Own Mission?

Faith-based nonprofit organizations form part of the bedrock of communities around the country. The mission-aligned services these organizations provide have a positive impact on the community and those they serve. Churches, crisis pregnancy centers, homeless care and shelter, addiction recovery, foster care, adoption, family and pro-life advocacy, education, healthcare, refugee resettlement…the list of services Christian…