Residential Loans

LCEF offers the benefit of low down payments and no private mortgage insurance requirements for rostered church workers.

Residential Loans for Rostered Church Workers

LCEF rates are competitive—thanks to dedicated investors and donors to LCEF—helping minimize the financial burden church workers must bear. We can help you finance or refinance your home, reduce your debt burden or provide a loan for major purchases, using the equity in your home.

LCEF offers residential loans in 16 states. Before submitting your application, please view the list of states in which LCEF is able to provide residential RCW loans.

Features:

  • Competitive interest rates.
  • Low down payment obligations.
  • No private mortgage insurance (PMI) required.
  • Friendly, knowledgeable loan officers.
  • Internet and automated telephone access to loan information.

Program participants receive and give the "ministry dividend." We ask that you also invest with LCEF (in which you earn a competitive interest rate), and these invested dollars further help us help other church workers in the future. Your true investment is in helping others—just as others have helped you.

Before downloading an application, you must read these important items:

  • The Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Handbook on Adjustable-Rate Mortgages booklet—provides overview of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), explains how they work and discusses issues you may face as a borrower.
  • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Settlement Cost Booklet—includes important information to consider before buying a house, taking out a home equity loan or refinancing your home loan. Includes glossary of terms.

If you have questions, you may contact us or see the frequently asked questions.

Big Events Support Churches, Schools

Planning a wedding, buying a new house or retiring in the near future? Targeting a specific date for some of your investments can help fund those plans. Term notes are invested for a specific period of time and remain yours to redeem at the end of the term or to re-invest. While invested, they are not only building your dreams, but helping fund a loan for a school or church.

Help Managing Ministry Finances

LCEF is a partner that understands how best to fund and sustain ministries. LCEF offers a variety of loans, including lines of credit for cash-flow purposes. Used with the StewardAccount® investment, with its competitive rates, and the free electronic tithing service Joyful Response®, your ministry can be the best financial steward possible.

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. LCEF will offer and sell its securities only in states where authorized. The offer is made solely by LCEF's Offering Circular. Investors should carefully read the Offering Circular, which more fully describes associated risks.
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