Alongside The Baptist Bible Fellowship International, GuideStone^® is excited to offer a unique retirement plan for church staff members. The plan is offered as part of BBFI's commitment to a secure retirement investment platform for churches, pastors, staff and missionaries and is now available to all churches in the BBFI network.

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.

• Faith-based Investments: GuideStone sponsors the nation’s largest¹ faith-based mutual fund family — GuideStone Funds^® — which provides you with investment 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 members — including asset allocation, contribution planning, gap analysis, Social Security maximization and more. Plus, GuideStone's Customer Solutions department of trained specialists is also available by phone or email Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT to assist you in secure, knowledgeable conversations.
• Targeted Educational Resources: Access informative and timely employee resources. Employees can find personalized tools in their MyGuideStone^® accounts.

Step 1:

• If you're ready to sign up: Request your church's plan documents by booking an appointment or contacting Kent Gayle. (Please include "Your Church Name-BBFI" in your email.)
• If you have additional questions: Schedule an appointment with Kent Gayle

Step2 :

• After plan document completion, you will receive information in order to enroll eligible participants to begin employee contributions via the GuideStone Employee Access^® Program (EAP).