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  COVID-19, racial justice and community

  Ken Hochstetler, President and CEO of Everence, discusses how the first seven months of 2020 have brought dramatic change and upheaval for all of us – and it’s during times of uncertainty that our relationships with each other are more essential than ever.
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  National church financial trends: Before and after COVID-19

  Webinar recording: Churches have rapidly adapted to the financial swings of the COVID-19 pandemic – on top of significant adaptations in recent years due to changing societal trends. Lake Institute on Faith & Giving has conducted comprehensive research on this topic in two studies: 1) the National Study of Congregations’ Economic Practices, and 2) Faith and Giving in the Time of COVID-19. Listen to this webinar recording on these studies to learn more about the economic practices of congregations, including how they receive, manage, and spend financial resources in the midst of change.
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  Washington, D.C., NFL team agrees to reconsider racist name

  News release: Praxis Mutual Funds®, a fund family of Everence®, signed on to letters calling on Nike, Pepsi, and FedEx to terminate their business and public relationships with the National Football League’s Washington, D.C., franchise if it does not stop using the name “Redskins,” a term long considered racist by American Indians.
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  Everence to celebrate 75th anniversary virtually

  News release: Everence® is not letting social distancing deter plans to commemorate the organization’s 75th anniversary. Instead of an in-person gathering, the faith-based financial services company will celebrate virtually, with a videocast scheduled for Sunday, July 19, 2020, at 3 p.m. (EDT).
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  Loving our neighbor

  Understanding the reality of low-to-moderate income communities in the age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
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  We can and must do better

  All of us at Praxis Mutual Funds®, a fund family of Everence Financial®, are distraught by the systemic racism and police violence plaguing our country. We commit ourselves to using the many tools at our disposal as investors – screening, shareholder engagement, proxy voting, positive impact bonds, community investing and more to address the inequity and systemic racism that infect our lives in so many ways. We can do more. We can do better ... and we must.
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  A message of lament

  From Everence President and CEO Ken Hochstetler, in response to the discrimination and oppression that are an ever-present and daily reality for many who are part of the Everence family – including our employees and members.
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  New African Development Bank social bond targets COVID-19 response

  MarketScreener and several other news outlets recently highlighted Praxis Impact Bond Fund’s investment in the African Development Bank’s Fight COVID-19 social bond: London Stock Exchange: African Development Bank celebrates milestone with first social bond listing on London Stock Exchange.
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  Praxis Mutual Funds among early signatories of ICCR Investor Statement on Coronavirus Response

  Praxis Mutual Funds®, a leading faith-based, socially responsible family of mutual funds from Everence® Financial, calls upon company leadership to uphold policies that care for employees, customers and suppliers in the face of the COVID-19 global humanitarian crisis.
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  COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund distributes most of initial funding

  News release: In just over a month since its launch, the COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund distributed more than $735,000 to 159 churches in the United States facing critical financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  Caring for each other through crisis

  News release: How one church in the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis offers support, connection and hope.
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  Grants provide help for Anabaptist churches facing financial crisis

  News release: From April 13 to May 11, 2020, the COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund has received more than 300 grant applications from churches facing financial hardships.
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  MDS, Everence and MCC launch COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund

  News release: Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), Everence® and Mennonite Central Committee U.S. (MCC U.S.) have joined together to launch a COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund to aid churches facing financial crisis due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
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  Everence offers assistance and relief options during COVID-19 outbreak

  News release: As part of its mission to help people, churches, businesses and organizations integrate their faith and values into their financial decisions, Everence® is offering assistance and relief options to help members and customers impacted by the evolving COVID-19 outbreak.