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Purchase an MIF Investment
Follow these
five easy steps to purchase an MIF investment.
Step 1: Review these Eligibility Requirements for Mission Investors. Eligible investors are:
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persons who are, before their receipt of the Offering Circular, members or employees of, contributors to, or other participants in, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
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congregations and related organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and
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persons who are, before their receipt of the Offering Circular, members, employees, contributors and other participants in those congregations or related organizations.
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South Carolina residents: MissionPlus investments are only available to congregations and ELCA-related
ministries, not to individuals. MissionFirst and MissionAdvantage Adjustable-rate investments will not be offered and sold in South Carolina. (See the South Carolina Supplement.)
Louisiana residents: MissionFirst, MissionPlus and Mission-Advantage Adjustable-rate investments are not available for sale in Louisiana. (See
the Louisiana Supplement.)
Step
2: Download Supplement to the Offering Circular for your
State. If you live in one of the states listed below, click on the name of your state to download a PDF of the Supplement to the Offering Circular. The Supplement for your state provides important information.
Note: The
State of Ohio
Department of
Commerce
requires Ohio
residents to
sign and return
a copy of
the supplement
to the Mission
Investment Fund.
Step
3: Select a Purchase Application.
The
PDF files
below contain the
56-page Offering Circular,
followed by a purchase
application and
where applicable, a
beneficiary
designation form.
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MissionTermSelect
Offering
Circular, Purchase Application, Beneficiary Designation
MissionTermSelect
18-month
special
offer
Purchase Application and Beneficiary Designation
($2,500
minimum
investment;
new
money
only;
funds
already
invested
in
MIF
are
not
eligible)
Online
application
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MissionTermSelectGrand
Offering
Circular,
Purchase
Application
and
Beneficiary
Designation
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MissionPlus
Offering
Circular, Purchase Application and Beneficiary Designation
Includes application for Mission Investment Fund Visa®
Debit
Card
(for
individuals)
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Youth
Gathering
MissionPlus
Offering
Circular
and
Purchase
Application
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MissionFuture4Kidz
Offering
Circular
and Purchase Application
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MissionFirst
Offering
Circular, Purchase Application and Beneficiary Designation
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MissionAdvantage
Access
the
IRA
Service
Center
to
complete
an
online
purchase
application
for
a
term
investment
that
may
be
held
in a
Traditional
or
Roth
IRA
or a
Coverdell
Education
Savings
Account
with UMB
Bank,
n.a.,
as
custodian.
Sign
the
forms
and
mail
them
to
MIF
with
a
check
in
the
amount
of
your
investment.
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Health
Savings
Account
Access
the
HSA
Service
Center
to
complete
an
online
purchase
application
for
an
investment
that
may
be
held
in a Health
Savings
Account
investment
with UMB
Bank,
n.a.,
as
custodian.
Sign
the
forms
and
mail
them
to
MIF
with
a
check
in
the
amount
of
your
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Please read the
Offering Circular
before making any
investment
decisions.
Step
4: If convenient, make a photocopy for your records of your completed Purchase Application(s) and Beneficiary Designation form(s).
Step
5: Send the completed forms and check(s) for initial investments to:
Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA
PO Box 31070
Chicago, IL 60631-0070
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Mission Investments are subject to certain risks. See "Risk Factors" following the introduction in the Offering Circular.
A Mission Investment
is not a bank
account. As securities issued by a non-profit institution, the investments are not insured by the FDIC, SIPC or any other federal or state regulatory agency. The securities are sold only by means of the Offering Circular, which can be obtained from the Mission Investment Fund. This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein.
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