Setting Financial Goals for the New YearA new year means new possibilities. You likely have set some goals for yourself about your spiritual life, your health, or your finances. Of course, setting goals is one thing. Changing your habits often proves more challenging....
Gary Campbell CFA® - Investment Specialist
One of the most difficult financial challenges many families face is how to convert retirement assets into an income stream that lasts for a lifetime. RBI’s Financial Planning Advisors hear stories like the following. Jerome and Nancy, a family of five, are nearing...
Gary Campbell, president of the PCA's Retirement & Benefits, Inc. (RBI), has informed RBI’s board of directors of his desire to initiate a leadership transition and search for the agency’s next president. Campbell, who has served in the president’s role since...
Ashley Hales breathes life into a place often decried as lukewarm, vilified as selfish, or entirely ignored: the American suburbs. In her first book, Finding Holy in the Suburbs, Ashley provides much-needed teaching on learning to embody the gospel in all of our given places, even the suburbs.
Bob Clarke – Former Relief Director
The day I was married I assumed the role of a husband. Years later, when I was installed in my first church I assumed the role of a pastor. What I didn’t realize until later was the tension that dual role can create. The word pastor is the Latin word for shepherd....
An important case is currently making its way through the federal courts which will impact ministers, and to a lesser extent churches, nationwide. On Oct. 6, 2017, the federal district court declared the clergy housing allowance unconstitutional in the Western...
President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017. This piece of legislation is broad in scope and will affect almost every individual and business, including PCA churches and church related organizations. While the act is broad,...
The 2018 version of the Call Package Guidelines was recently submitted to the 46th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America for their approval. The Assembly, which met in Atlanta, Georgia, exhorted Presbyteries and member churches to implement their use...
Earlier this year in response to increased reports of hacking and fraud attempts and due to a noticeable increase of falsified information being submitted to our offices, we implemented additional security measures including verification and confirmation of certain...