Curtis D. Sharp
Officer for Denominational and Public Relations
214-720-2127
Curt.Sharp@GuideStone.org

GuideStone Financial Resources Announces New Names for Affiliates

September 14, 2005

DALLAS – In an effort to better serve Southern Baptists, GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention announced today that its affiliates’ names are changing.  Organizations receiving new names are SBC Financial Services, Inc. and AB Funds Trust.

Dr. O. S. Hawkins, president of GuideStone Financial Resources, offered an explanation for the name changes of the affiliates.  “With the Southern Baptist Convention giving final approval to our name change at the June 2005 Convention from the Annuity Board to GuideStone Financial Resources, we were offered the opportunity to proceed with bringing our other organizations under the GuideStone umbrella.  SBC Financial Services, Inc. now will be known as GuideStone Captial Management.  AB Funds Trust now becomes GuideStone Funds.”

GuideStone Capital Management serves as the investment advisor to GuideStone Funds, a family of Christian-based, socially-screened registered mutual funds which provides investors broad diversification across virtually all major asset classes and styles within global financial markets.  GuideStone Capital Management offers its clients investment management advisory services related to its multi-manager approach and investment outsourcing solutions.

A major distinctive for GuideStone Capital Management is its extensive experience in delivering comprehensive, high quality, value-added investment management services with a clear and disciplined investment approach across global markets, noted Rodric E. Cummins, senior vice president and chief investment officer. “GuideStone Capital Management’s disciplined approach seeks to achieve above-average investment returns,” he said.

GuideStone Capital Management’s manager-of-managers approach currently spans 22 investment funds, 34 sub-advisors and 59 investment mandates. In addition to investment management and Christian-based screening, GuideStone Capital Management is prepared to offer its institutional investment clients investment outsourcing solutions including the implementation of investment guidelines and policies, compliance monitoring relative to these policies, asset allocation and rebalancing.

“Although many institutions recognize that GuideStone Capital Management shares their values and concerns, our most important value proposition to this market is that we offer high quality investment products and services without compromise,” Cummins said.

---

Shares of GuideStone Funds are available for purchase through PFPC Distributors, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and underwriter of the Funds, 760 Moore Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406.  GuideStone Capital Management, an affiliate of GuideStone Financial Resources, provides investment advisory services for the Funds.

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds carefully before investing.  A prospectus with this and other information about the funds may be obtained by downloading a prospectus (pdf) or by calling 1-888-98-GUIDE (1-888-984-8433).  It should be read carefully before investing.

Word version - GuideStone announces new names for affiliates