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What
is it?
The Mission Endowment Fund is intended to provide grants to seminarians,
to first call pastors for seminary debt reduction, to rostered and lay
people for continuing education, and to new congregation starts and
to existing congregation revitalization.
Why
is it important?
The high cost of education is no secret. The median indebtedness for
a seminarian at graduation is $45,000. Scholarship grants and seminary
debt reduction grants allow some relief to the seminarian or first call
pastor to better focus on their studies and ministry.
How
can I help?
Your designated gift to the Mission Endowment Fund assures that financial
assistance will be available in the future. Please prayerfully consider
your gift today!
Your
gift could enable the Mission Endowment Fund Committee to provide …
- Seminarian
Scholarship Grants
for seminarians in the Central States Synod candidacy process
- Seminary
Debt Retirement Grants
for first call pastors in the Central States Synod
- Continuing
Education Grants
for rostered people, professional church workers and lay leaders
in the synod
- Grants
for New Congregation Starts/Revitalization of Existing Congregations
For
more information …
If you have specific
questions, please call our ELCA Lutheran Planned Giving regional gift
planner at the synod office, 913.948.9701 or 866.915.3548 (toll-free),
or email mef@css-elca.org.
Central
States Synod, ELCA
Mission Endowment Fund
21 N. 12th St., Suite 210
Kansas City, KS 66102
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How
to Give
Online
Donations
Mail-in
Donations
Cash gifts for the Mission Endowment Fund may be sent to
the synod office. Make checks payable to Central States Synod, noting
"MEF."
Estate
Gifts
Consider a deferred gift from your estate. Please consult your attorney
or accountant for specific legal or tax advice.
• bequest - specific dollar amount, percentage of the estate
• beneficiary designation on a life insurance policy
• remainder interest of a retirement plan, IRA or Keogh account
• "Payable on Death"
• remainder interest in a charitable life income agreement
• remainder interest in a revocable living trust
• outright gifts of stocks, bonds, real estate
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