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Commonly Asked Questions

Q: How does Lutheran Planned Giving benefit me?

A: Everyone owns things.  Everyone has an estate.  It may be large or small, but you do have one.  Lutheran Planned Giving in the Arkansas-Oklahoma and Central States Synods will help you consider ways to arrange your assets to make them more valuable to you and your estate.

Lutheran Planned Giving is available to help you through:

bulletWill Planning: Assistance is available so that your needs, desires and goals are met in the will drawn by your attorney.
bulletEstate Preservation: Informed estate planning can lower the cost of estate settlement and can save you federal estate and state inheritance taxes.
bulletLife Income Agreements: Gifts which are planned can produce increased income, major tax savings and immediate satisfaction.

 

Q: How does Lutheran Planned Giving benefit the Church?

A: The goal of Lutheran Planned Giving in the Arkansas-Oklahoma and Central States Synods is to share information and assist members of these synods to express their faith and commitment to the Lord's work by establishing planned gifts. These gifts will provide lasting support for the ministries of the donor's choice.

There are a variety of ways to arrange gifts for the Lord's work. Possible methods include: Bequest, Gift Annuity, Charitable Remainder Trust, Beneficiary Designation or Reserved Life Estate Arrangement.

Both the Arkansas-Oklahoma and Central States Synods have remarkable records of outreach ministries. Lutheran Planned Giving shares information about the variety of ministries our church is carrying out in response to our Lord's command to "Love one another as I have loved you."

Available Resources

You may order individual copies of the following by using the contact us form.

Endowment Brochures

bulletHow to Create a Mission Endowment Fund (6-0001-3098-8)
bulletInvesting with the ELCA Endowment Fund Pooled Trust

General Brochures

bulletServices for Individuals and Congregations (6-0001-3099-6)
bulletLife Insurance Special Needs Retirement Fund (AF #67-6121 or 6-0000-2560-2)
bulletTaking Stock and Giving It
bulletInstructions for Gifts of Securities

Life Income Agreement Brochures

bulletLife Income Agreements
bulletELCA Foundation Application Form
bulletCharitable Gift Annuity (AF #67-6019 or 6-0000-2558-0)
bulletDeferred Payment Charitable Gift Annuity
bulletCharitable Remainder Trust
bulletPooled Income Fund
bulletCharitable Gift Annuity Disclosure Brochure
bulletCharitable Remainder Trusts Disclosure Brochure
bulletPooled Income Disclosure Brochure

Wills Brochures

bulletI Will . . . (AF #67-6006 or 6-0000-2551-3)
bulletChristian Preamble for Your Will
bulletNotes for My Family and Friends

Multiple copies of the brochures marked "AF #67" or "6-0000-" are available free of charge form the Augsburg Fortress Distribution Service, 1-800-328-4648.

 
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