Only God knows your future, but smart financial planning can make it a little less “uncertain.” Creating an estate plan is an important step in the process, and it’s one of the best ways to protect you and your family while also leaving a meaningful gift to ministry at your passing.
The 4 basic building blocks of an estate plan are:
The Foundation partners with WatersEdge to provide tax-advantaged giving options that benefit you and the ministries you support. To find the right option for you, explore the giving vehicles below on the WatersEdge website or contact a WatersEdge giving professional at 800-949-9988 or give@WatersEdge.com.
Donor Advised Fund
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I decided that the best vehicle for me was a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT). By using a CRT, I could donate some highly appreciated stock and not pay any capital gains taxes, get a contribution tax deduction, and get a guaranteed income for life. I could then support the Christian charities of my choice with the endowment that remained until Jesus comes again.
I also set up a “Donor Advisory Fund” (DAF). With this fund I can make a current gift and then decide periodically what Christian charity I want to make a gift to.
Scholarships
The Baptist Foundation of Indiana is proud to administer funds established by generous donors to provide scholarships to Indiana Baptists. During the past 40-plus years, we have awarded over $253,000 in scholarships to 656 applicants!
Scholarship funds are available to assist in college tuition costs for members of State Convention of Baptists in Indiana (SCBI) churches, who are called to and preparing for vocational ministry. Scholarship funds are limited and are awarded based on need and parameters set by scholarship fund donors. Scholarships are not available for doctoral candidates.
Scholarship applications for the 2024-2025 academic year will be accepted from January 1, 2024 – June 1, 2024. Please download and complete our scholarship application form using the button below. Email completed forms to: scholarships@inbaptistfoundation.org. Applicants selected to receive scholarship funds will be notified by August 1, 2024.
Process for Awarding Scholarships
Complete your application by June 1.
Endorsement form from your SCBI church is due by June 1.
BFI's scholarship committee reviews information from all applicants and examines available funds.
Recommendations are brought to the Board of Directors for approval.
Applicants awarded scholarships will be notified by August 1.
Scholarship funds will be sent to the recipients' schools in early fall.
Master of Divinity Student The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
KIRK BOKENKAMP
Member Corydon Baptist Church, Corydon
Master of Divinity Student The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
ANDREW BRENNER
Member Calvary Baptist Church, West Lafayett
Youth Ministry Student Taylor University
HALLIE BRENNER
Intern Calvary Baptist Church, West Lafayette
Christian Ministry Student Taylor University
DAVID KEFFLER
Campus Missionary H2O Church, Bloomington
Masters of Divinity Student Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
ISAAC MANG
Member Falam Christian Church, Indianapolis
Biblical Counseling Student College of Biblical Studies, Indianapolis
CHRISTOPHER MANN
Member St. Joe Community Church, Fort Wayne
Masters of Divinity Student The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
TAYLOR QUINLEY
Pastor Oolitic Baptist Church, Oolitic
Master of Divinity Student The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
BETHANY RILEY
Member Graceland Baptist Church, New Albany
Missiology Student The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Scholarship Testimonials
I am so grateful and honored and want to say thank you for your generosity – your scholarship will help me to achieve my educational and ministry goals. It will help me have more time for studies, family, and ministry in the church and the church.
My family and I are continually amazed at how God has provided for us during this season of life. Certainly, receiving this year's BFI Scholarship is evidence of God’s providential care. In covering a significant portion of this year’s tuition, I am able to continue pursuing my call to church ministry without the fear of placing school on “pause” to save the necessary funds.
My special thanks to [scholarship] donors. You are a channel of blessing. With your obedience to give financial offerings to God, the ministry that God has called me into will be made possible. Please remember that you are always part of the ministry.