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Investments
LCEF Investments—Helping LCMS, Helping You
LCEF offers a wide array of investment opportunities to help The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) individuals, business members, and LCMS organizations meet their investment goals while supporting the overall mission and ministry of the Church.
As an LCEF investor, you earn competitive rates of interest, retain ownership of investment balances, and maintain accessibility of funds. While meeting your investment goals, you can share the use of your invested resources with fellow Lutherans, making LCEF loans and related services possible.
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To make a change to an existing account, please call the Lutheran Church Extension Fund at 1-800-843-5233, 7:45 a.m. - 4:15 p.m., CT, Monday through Friday.
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Missionaries Adamant About StewardAccount®
Whenever financial blessings flowed into Carol and Jerry Loewe’s lives, they returned them to the Lord by investing in an LCEF StewardAccount®. “We wanted to make sure that our savings were being used to build Lutheran churches and schools,” said Carol. She is adamant that even if they could earn more in a different kind of investment, they would still invest through LCEF. “There’s no choice. We want our money used for the Lord.” The Loewes are now retired, but volunteer for Mission Central, which helped support them while they served as missionaries in Africa. |
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Rural Church Gets Modern Updates
Though attendance at St. Paul Lutheran in Brandon, Minn., averages 15, the congregation is determined to grow. Established in 1900, the current building has the same amenities it always has, which means no running water, kitchen or inside bathrooms. A loan from LCEF helped the congregation build all of this and a fellowship area. The congregation is excited and restarted its vacation Bible school last summer. The congregation’s positive energy is a good example of how rural congregations can begin work on revitalization and renewal. |
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Mission Carries On Ministry as Building Plans Develop
When the auctioneer’s hammer fell one day this summer, Christ Lutheran Mission of Perry, Ga., was declared the successful bidder on nine acres of land. Christ Lutheran is the three-year-old daughter congregation of Mt. Calvary, Warner Robins, Ga. LCEF acted quickly to provide funding for the purchase and looks forward being Christ Lutheran’s partner as members plan to build a worship facility, preschool, and retirement community. Until then, members continue to their outreach ministries, including providing home-cooked meals free to families in need every Friday. |
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Loan Facilitates the Delivering of the Message
Family of Christ is blessed with a beautiful, peaceful setting for its church, and members certainly enjoy it. They gifted funds, materials, and sweat equity to build an outdoor worship space, with the help of a LCEF loan. |
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Shanghai School Flourishes, Celebrates 10 years
A loan granted in 2001 to Concordia International School Shanghai—located in Shanghai, China—has been paid off and the school is celebrating its 10-year anniversary and flourishing ministry. |
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Check Out Changes to MyAccount
LCEF has made significant improvements to MyAccount. If you have not yet signed up, now’s the perfect time. Summer can be busy for you and your family—MyAccount can make paying bills, viewing e-statements, transferring funds, checking on investments or loans easier! Apply for access by filling out and faxing in an application. |
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StewardAccount® Keeps Ministry in Motion
One of LCEF’s most popular investment products, the StewardAccount®, is one of the best ways to help keep funds available for ministries in need of loans and services. This easy-access investment earns a fair rate of return for you while providing worldwide opportunities for spreading the Gospel to others. View the latest rates. |
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Consider K.I.D.S. Count for Next School Year
K.I.D.S. Count curriculum resource can be a valuable tool for your school next year. Order a kit today and discover how much fun teachers and students can have learning stewardship and what it means to be a Christian disciple. Appropriate for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Go to www.lcefkids.org for more information. |
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Ensure a Joyful Response® Even During Vacations
If a significant share of your congregation members is still placing cash and checks into the offering plate, your church may be missing valuable offerings when families leave town for holidays and vacations. Offer members an automated way to fulfill their financial stewardship commitments: LCEF's Joyful Response®. It’s free for LCMS organizations and easy to use for both congregation members and office staff. |
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LCEF IRAs Work for LCMS Now, You in Retirement
If you are not yet taking distributions from your individual retirement account (IRA), you may think that money just sits in the account, waiting to be used for your retirement dreams. But if your IRA is invested with LCEF, your money is hard at work now. Your IRA can be earning you two dividends: one for your future and one for the future of the Church. |
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