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.

We’re creating a long-term strategy to:

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

This program is in early-stage development and will grow in partnership with trusted advisors and participating organizations.

Who Will This Serve?

01

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

We’re starting within the Antioch Movement and evaluating future expansion.

Who Will This Serve?

We’re starting within the Antioch Movement and evaluating future expansion.

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:

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

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

We believe the Church is stronger when its leaders are supported to the very end of their calling—not just the beginning. As we expand this initiative, we’ll be piloting tools, resources, and funding models that help leaders prepare, retire, and re-engage in ways that honor a lifetime of service.

Stay tuned for updates as this program develops.