Alongside IPHC, GuideStone^® is excited to offer a unique retirement plan for church staff members. The plan is offered as part of IPHC’s commitment to a secure retirement investment platform for churches, pastors, staff and missionaries and is now available to all churches in the IPHC 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 Funds, the nation’s largest¹ faith-based mutual fund family, offers a comprehensive lineup of diversified mutual funds and provides 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.
• Advisory Services: GuideStone's team of financial advisors is available to deliver customized advice to members for an additional fee. Plus, our customer solutions specialists are 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: Click here to send an email to get started with the plan documentation.
• If you have questions before signing up: Schedule an appointment to speak with a representative.

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).