ELCA NEWS SERVICE
December 4, 2009Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Habitat for Humanity Finish 2,000th Home
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A new home for Abdikalik Abdulahi and his wife, Suaada Abdiaziz of Somalia, built by a host of volunteers, was dedicated Dec. 4 in Minneapolis -- the 2,000th home built through an alliance of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity International.
"Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity" is a four-year, $125 million alliance of the two organizations. Their work has resulted in construction of homes in 46 states and the District of Columbia.
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GJ - Legally, Thrivent is called "lodge insurance," sold by such groups as the Masons, Knights of Columbus, and KKK to benefit their own members. Thrivent takes away the money to give away to Jimmie Carter's favorite charity.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Your Thrivent Money at Work - ELCA Brags":
My father-in-law hates Thrivent. I will ask that he dump the policies that he owns.
Since JK will not be with us any longer, I will speek on his be-half:
"Now GJ, this time you are frying some bigger fish."
In Christ,
from WELS church lady
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GJ - Someone can take the money in the old policy and pass it into a new policy, without paying tax on the gain. However, that would be subject to new underwriting and an older age for the person being insured. It might not be a good plan to get rid of policies on someone whose health has changed or who cannot afford the new plan. In other words, exercise caution.
