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Pension Fund of the Christian Church

Employer-Sponsored Retirement Products

Overview

As a church plan, Pension Fund is able to offer flexible and worry-free retirement options for employers and their employees. Our team of Area Directors will meet with you to discuss your needs and help you get started.

Individual Savings & Retirement Products

Overview

Whether you’re just starting out or closer to retirement, choose from a variety of products to help you reach your retirement and savings goals.

Program Applicants

Ministerial Relief & Assistance

Our relief programs meet the evolving needs of new, active, and retired clergy and their families to ensure all ministers and lay workers can enjoy a strong, smart, secure retirement.

Supporters & Donors

Make An Impact with a Donation

Your gifts and financial support helps ministry workers in need bridge the unexpected from now until retirement (and beyond).

Resources

For Members & Clergy

View All Member & Clergy Resources

Explore dedicated resources tailored for both members and clergy, offering educational articles, guides, factsheets, and tools to support your financial wellness and ministry journey.

Learn To Live

Learn to Live is your confidential, 24/7 companion for mental wellness—designed specifically for active clergy and their families (ages 13+). Ministry is a calling filled with purpose, but it can also bring stress, sleeplessness, anxiety, and emotional fatigue.

Your Money Line

Pension Fund has partnered with Pete the Planner® to provide members with access to financial guides who will help answer your tough financial questions & online tools such as calculators and eLearning courses.

For Employers

View All Employer Resources

A curated collection of guides, tools, articles, and videos tailored to support your role in administering benefits and fostering financial wellness within your organization.

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Employer-Sponsored Retirement Products

Overview

As a church plan, Pension Fund is able to offer flexible and worry-free retirement options for employers and their employees. Our team of Area Directors will meet with you to discuss your needs and help you get started.

Individual Savings & Retirement Products

Overview

Whether you’re just starting out or closer to retirement, choose from a variety of products to help you reach your retirement and savings goals.

Program Applicants

Ministerial Relief & Assistance

Our relief programs meet the evolving needs of new, active, and retired clergy and their families to ensure all ministers and lay workers can enjoy a strong, smart, secure retirement.

Supporters & Donors

Make An Impact with a Donation

Your gifts and financial support helps ministry workers in need bridge the unexpected from now until retirement (and beyond).

Resources

Learn To Live

Learn to Live is your confidential, 24/7 companion for mental wellness—designed specifically for active clergy and their families (ages 13+). Ministry is a calling filled with purpose, but it can also bring stress, sleeplessness, anxiety, and emotional fatigue.

Your Money Line

Pension Fund has partnered with Pete the Planner® to provide members with access to financial guides who will help answer your tough financial questions & online tools such as calculators and eLearning courses.

TCU Employee Page

Texas Christian University

Helping Make Retirement & Savings Possible for TCU employees.

Pension Fund offers two employer-sponsored retirement savings products for TCU employees. TCU will contribute 8% percent of salary into either of our products. You may also choose to enroll in both and contribute your own funds on a pre-tax basis. To learn more about each and which is the best fit for your retirement savings goals, read below.

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Pension Plan

A defined benefit plan, the Pension Plan provides a monthly retirement benefit for your lifetime (and your surviving spouse/Qualified Domestic Partner's (QDP) lifetime). This means you can never outlive your money. The Pension Plan requires a 14% salary contribution, with an employer contribution of 8% and an employee contribution of 6% to meet the full 14% requirement.

Learn More About the Pension Plan Get Started
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Tax-Deferred Retirement Account 403(b)/Roth 403(b)

The Tax-Deferred Retirement Account 403(b)/Roth 403(b), also known as the TDRA 403(b)/Roth 403(b), is a defined contribution employer-sponsored retirement savings plan that allows eligible employees to set aside a portion of their compensation on a pre-tax basis and/or on a Roth (after-tax) basis to save for retirement. By contributing to a 403(b), participants are able choose a savings strategy that fits their plans for retirement based on how they want to be taxed, now or later.

Learn More About the TDRA 403(b)/Roth 403(b) Get Started

Pension Fund, Your Partner in Financial Wellness

One of the benefits of becoming a Pension Fund member is our dedication to helping employees make retirement possible. That is why we provide all our members with free access to Your Money Line.

Your Money Line is a confidential financial wellness program designed to be a friendly voice along your journey. Their team of experts are here to listen with empathy and lead you to the financial life you’ve always wanted. Additionally, you can learn and grow through their financial wellness resources, materials, tools, and assessments on the YML dashboard.

Learn More About Your Money Line

Meet Your Client Relations Team Member

Need help or have questions? Thomas McCracken, your Client Relations team member, is ready to assist you by phone or email.

Schedule a Meeting with Thomas

For our Spanish‑speaking members, Raquel Collazo is also available to support you by phone or email.

Schedule a Meeting with Raquel