Retirement Preparedness

Because finishing well shouldn’t be a financial impossibility.

The Gap No One Talks About

Many pastors and missionaries serve faithfully for decades without any form of retirement plan. Their income has supported ministry, raised families, and covered urgent needs—but left little margin for long-term sustainability. As they approach their most fruitful years, too many are faced with uncertainty, insecurity, and difficult choices.

Rivergate’s Retirement Preparedness initiative exists to change that.

Building Margin. Protecting Calling.

Our current pilot is focused within the Antioch Movement of Churches. As capacity grows, we intend to expand. If your organization serves pastors or missionaries and wants to explore a future partnership, contact us.

Educate ministry families on financial planning

Provide access to retirement savings tools

Pilot matching contributions or seed investments

Equip donors to give toward future-focused funds

We are currently piloting this initiative within the Antioch Movement. Trusted financial advisors and ministry leaders are helping shape the model. If you serve in full-time ministry and want to be part of the first cohort, reach out.

Who Will This Serve?

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Mid-career and late-career pastors, missionaries, and church staff

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Those with limited or no employer-provided retirement plans

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Ministry workers preparing for a healthy, faithful finish

Our current pilot is focused within the Antioch Movement of Churches. As capacity grows, we intend to expand. If your organization serves pastors or missionaries and wants to explore a future partnership, contact us.

Who Will This Serve?

Our current pilot is focused within the Antioch Movement of Churches. As capacity grows, we intend to expand. If your organization serves pastors or missionaries and wants to explore a future partnership, contact us.

01

Mid-career and late-career pastors, missionaries, and church staff

02

Those with limited or no employer-provided retirement plans

03

Ministry workers preparing for a healthy, faithful finish

Seed the Future

Donors play a key role in building this program. Your investment can:

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Help launch education and planning resources

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Fund early pilot programs for matched giving

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Support long-term systems that ensure pastors finish well

01

Help launch education and planning resources

02

Fund early pilot programs for matched giving

03

Support long-term systems that ensure pastors finish well

Seed the Future

Donors play a key role in building this program. Your investment can:

A Sustainable Finish Line

The Church has invested generations into the beginning of a pastor's ministry. Rivergate exists to honor the end of it, too. We are building practical tools, access to retirement savings structures, and a community of support for leaders within ten to fifteen years of finishing well. Pilot partnerships are forming now. If your organization wants to help shape what this looks like, we want that conversation.