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Understanding Option C: The Steady Approach
Managed for the long term and designed to provide monthly retirement income, Option C, titled Lifetime Fund, has provided stable value and steady growth for participants, essentially matching long-term market returns.
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Online System Migration Planned for Retirement Accounts - now scheduled for September 2016
FCMM's vendor for retirement account access will migrate system in coming months.
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How Much Should I Be Contributing to My Retirement Fund?
Both church staff and church leaders frequently ask what a person should be putting away to achieve adequate retirement provision. As with all other things in life, it depends on factors specific to the individual’s circumstances.
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Payroll Service Has Seen Steady Growth
FCMM’s launch of a church payroll service has grown to serve churches in seven states in the first year. The service is scalable and affordable for churches of all sizes and levels of need.
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FCMM Announces Staff Addition for Advising
Jeff Englin has been assisting Retirement Plan participants since 2008 as a contract adviser. With his new assignment, he will give full-time service to FCMM.
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FCMM Accredited by ECFA
FCMM Benefits & Retirement has been accredited by the national financial accountability organization for ministries.
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How Can Retirement Investments Benefit Churches?
Since 2010, FCMM Retirement Plan members have had the opportunity to invest retirement funds with Christian Investors Financial (CIF). CIF is the EFCA-affiliated provider of ministry capital financing along with capital campaign and leadership consulting. Following is information provided by CIF illustrating their ministry partnering.
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FCMM/GuideStone Now Offering Expedited "Micro-group" Health Insurance Quotes
FCMM's partner in group health insurance, GuideStone, now features an online portal for requesting quotes for ministries with 2 to 4 eligible employees.
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Social Security Claiming Options Have Been Dropped
The budget deal enacted in late 2015 nixes the recent provision that allowed "claim-and-suspend" strategies for couples, along with related options.
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Retirement Plan adds GuideStone Mutual Funds
Option J has been renamed "Biblically Responsible Funds" with the addition of GuideStone Mutual Funds to the previous selection of Timothy Plan Funds.
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FCMM Offers Acccess to Pre-Tax Group Health Insurance and Stresses July 1 Compliance Deadline
July 1, 2015, deadline for ACA compliance means that only group health insurance may be provided as non-taxable benefit by employers with multiple staff.
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