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LCMS Organization Investment Opportunities

Knowing that their dollars are helping to build churches and schools, LCEF investors also have unique goals for their funds. To help meet those goals, LCEF provides a variety of investment products offering competitive interest rates and accessibility. To learn how to open an account, please select one of the investment options below.

LCEF’s Convenient and Flexible Investor Tools

With these Investor Tools, you can make your investments work for you, your business or organization. Learn more about LCEF’s Investor Tools.

Easy Access
Competitive Rates

Demand Certificate

This investment earns interest yet you will not be penalized for redemptions. It also allows for unlimited deposits, providing a conservative way to build an organization’s capital fund.

Cemetery Perpetual Care StewardAccount®

An easy way to access funds set aside for your congregation’s cemetery endowment. This investment earns a competitive interest rate but offers accessibility through free check writing, VISA® ATM/Check Card, and electronic funds transfers.

K.I.D.S Stamps

Provide your young members with lasting lessons of stewardship and discipleship through K.I.D.S. Stamp Program activities and Bible studies. K.I.D.S. is available for congregations or Lutheran schools. New programs can receive $100 in FREE stamps.

Also, check out the brand new K.I.D.S. Count curriculum—stewardship-focused lessons for K-8. Go to www.lcefkids.org.

An easy and convenient stewardship tool, this investment earns interest for your organization, while providing funds for other LCMS groups and dedicated workers to use for low-cost loans or ministry services. Features include check writing, an optional VISA® ATM/Check Card, and online access and e-statements through MyAccount.

Congregation Endowment Certificate

These investments have stated maturity dates, helping you plan for your organization’s needs, such as investment income, building projects or endowments. Features include unlimited additional deposits and fixed or floating interest rates.

Term Notes

Fixed: A note having available terms of 6, 9, 18 months and 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6-20 years, an initial minimum investment requirement of $500, and a fixed interest rate.

Floating: A certificate having a 60-month term and a variable interest rate.

Next Generation Note

The investment stewardship opportunity, Next Generation Note, combines contributed and invested dollars to help create a stronger LCEF ministry. With your partnership, you will earn an additional interest rate on your invested dollars! Make a difference for tomorrow with your commitment today.

Investor Tools

LCEF—Offering Convenient and Flexible Account Tools for Your Investments.

With these options, you can make your account work for you—giving you control of your account, now and in the future. Learn more about LCEF‘s Investor Tools.

Organizational Investment Forms
Organizational Investment Brochures
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Contact LCEF directly, or call the Lutheran Church Extension Fund at 1-800-843-5233, 7:45 a.m. - 4:15 p.m., CT, Monday through Friday if you have any questions or requests.
LCEF is a nonprofit religious organization; therefore, LCEF investments are not FDIC-insured bank deposit accounts. This is not an offer to sell investments, nor a solicitation to buy. The offer is made solely by LCEF’s Offering Circular. Investors should carefully read the Offering Circular, which more fully describes associated risks.