Curtis D. Sharp

DALLAS (BP)--Immediate assistance to GuideStone Financial Resources participants and eligible churches in areas destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been put in place by the Southern Baptist Convention entity’s staff.

DALLAS (BP)--The Medicare supplement plans available through GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention will provide prescription drug benefits that exceed the minimum standard set by Medicare.

DALLAS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention completed the first six months of 2005 with strong performances of the AB Funds Trust registered mutual funds, while also increasing services to participants. At the close of the second quarter total assets grew to $8.4 billion.

DALLAS (BP)--Rates for the majority of GuideStone Financial Resources’ PPO medical plan participants will decrease for 2006, with improved benefits to be provided for preventive care and other services.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)--GuideStone 100, a long-range plan to guide GuideStone Financial Services of the Southern Baptist Convention to its centennial year in 2018, was adopted by trustees during their Aug. 1-2 meeting in Orlando, Fla.

DALLAS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (Annuity Board) has launched a concentrated effort to locate retired Southern Baptist workers, ministers or widows whose income is insufficient to meet their daily needs.

DALLAS (BP)--“The theme for our work during 2005,” O.S. Hawkins told trustees of GuideStone Financial Resources (the Annuity Board), “is ‘the year of the second mile,’” a theme drawn from Matthew 5:41.

DALLAS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention reached an all-time high of $8.3 billion in assets at the close of 2004 -- 12.05 percent increase over the 2003 closing numbers of $7.3 billion.

DALLAS (BP)—Continued positive trends in insurance rates were reported to trustees of GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (Annuity Board) during their Nov. 1-2 meeting in Dallas.