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How to Give

Click on each link below to find out more about the many ways to make your gift to Covenant Seminary.

• Online Giving

  Our secure and user-friendly online giving option makes it easier than ever to can support the Seminary’s mission and ministry.

• Credit Card

  Credit card payments may be made in a variety of ways:

  1. Online.
  2. By phone—Call 1.800.264.8064 with your credit card information.
  3. By mail—Download our Printable Giving Form (pdf, 72.18KB), fill it out, and mail it to: Development Office, Covenant Theological Seminary, 12330 Conway Road, St. Louis, MO 63141

• Check

  To give by check, download our Printable Giving Form (pdf, 72.18KB), fill it out, and mail it with your check to the address below. A check may be a convenient way for you to handle your charitable donation using your IRA distributions.

• Electronic Funds Transfer, Stock Transfer, or IRA Distribution

  1. In an electronic funds transfer (EFT), you allow Covenant Seminary to deduct electronically a set amount for a set period of time from a specified account.

  2. In a stock transfer, you instruct your broker to transfer stock donations electronically to Covenant Seminary's account.

  3. An IRA distribution allows you to make a charitable contribution without being taxed upon its withdrawal. Learn more about IRA opportunities.

  If you would like to set up an EFT or stock transfer, you may download the EFT/Stock Transfer Form (pdf, 319.14KB) and mail it to the address below. If you would rather speak with someone personally about this process, or to verify that your stock transfer information was received properly, please call our Development staff at 1.800.264.8064.

What to Give

Click on each link below to find out more about the various assets you can use to fund a gift to Covenant Seminary.

• Gifts of Cash

  A gift of cash is the simplest way to put your contribution to work immediately for Covenant Seminary. It’s as easy as writing a check or authorizing a charge on your credit card.

• Gifts of Securities

  One significant way to help the Seminary while also benefiting yourself is through a gift of securities, such as stock that has increased in value (once it has been held for a minimum of a year).

• Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets

  Your retirement plan assets are a major part of your financial future. To get the most the value out of a retirement account, you might consider making a lifetime gift of its after-tax values to a tax-exempt deferred giving plan.

• Gifts of Savings Bonds

  As widely held appreciated assets that may have stopped growing or been forgotten about, savings bonds are major assets that can be put to tax-wise use by supporting a cause you care about.

• Gifts of Real Estate

  Real estate, such as your house, farm, or commercial property, can be used to fund a gift and allows you to preserve your cash assets, receive significant tax and income advantages, and make a larger charitable gift than anticipated.

• Gifts of Closely Held Stock

  Donating your closely held stock can be an excellent way to make a sizable charitable contribution while realizing important tax benefits.

• Gifts of Life Insurance

  Naming Covenant Seminary ad the beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy allows you to make wise use of your resources and expands your ability to support our mission with a significant gift

Contact Us

We invite you to contact our Development staff at 1.800.264.8064 with any questions you may have about giving to Covenant Seminary.

If you prefer, you may e-mail either John Ranheim (john.ranheim@covenantseminary.edu) or Joel Christie (joel.christie@covenantseminary.edu), our directors of development.

We will be happy to help you in any way we can. We look forward to partnering with you so that, together, we may better fulfill our calling to train future pastors and those who will serve beside them.

Giving: The Heart of the Gospel

Giving is at the very heart of the gospel message. God the Father, in love, gave his Son, Jesus, to redeem the fallen world through the sacrifice of his blood. Jesus did not shy away from this mission; rather, he embraced it, as Paul tells us in Philippians 2:6-8:

Though he was in the form of God, [he] did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Because we have been given so great a grace through the redemption found in Jesus Christ our Savior, we too, by faith in him, are able to give wholeheartedly of ourselves — of our time, our talents, and our treasures — for the glory of his name and the advancement of his Kingdom.

Investing in the Future of Christ’s Church

Your participation in the mission of Covenant Seminary — both prayerfully and financially — is an investment in the future of Christ’s church and is vital to ensuring that we are able to continue training pastors and ministry leaders who are faithful to the Scriptures, true to our Confession, and rooted in grace for a lifetime of fruitful ministry. Whatever your passion or heart for the Lord, you’ll find exciting opportunities to support his Kingdom work through the Seminary and the Covenant Theological Seminary Foundation.

If you feel that the Lord is calling you to be part of our support team, we would like to talk with you. Contact our Development staff today at 1.800.264.8064.

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