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Who is Thrivent Financial for Lutherans?

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans exists to help its members achieve financial security and give back to their congregations, institutions and the broader community.

The organization and its affiliates offer a broad range of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more.

As a not-for-profit membership organization, Thrivent Financial also sponsors national outreach programs and activities that enable its members to demonstrate their care for others through support of congregations, schools, charitable organizations and needy individuals.

For more than 100 years, Thrivent Financial has been guided by its members’ shared Lutheran traditions and Christian values. Today, these same traditions and values form the foundation of an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of those it serves.

  • Mission
    Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a faith-based membership organization called to improve the quality of life of its members, their families, and their communities by providing unparalleled solutions that focus on financial security, wellness and caring for others.

  • Vision
    Our vision is to be the organization that Lutherans, Lutheran congregations and Lutheran institutions seek first when pursuing their financial goals. More than creating financial solutions, we add the unique capability of enabling Lutherans to demonstrate their care and concern for others.

  • Our Core Values
    Thrivent Financial was founded to help Lutherans care for and support one another in time of need, guided by the principles of the Christian faith. We remain committed to this rich fraternal heritage as we strive to achieve the highest possible good for members, staff and society. We hold these values to be essential as we work to fulfill our mission, vision and strategies.

    Stewardship
    Accountability

    Growth

    Integrity




    Community





  • Facts & Figures
    Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a not-for-profit Fortune 500 financial services organization helping 2.7 million members achieve their financial goals. Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a broad range of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more. As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent Financial sponsors national outreach programs and activities that support congregations, schools, charitable organizations and needy individuals.

    As a member of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA), Thrivent Financial subscribes to a rigorous set of standards and has adopted policies and procedures that demonstrate a commitment to honesty, fairness and integrity in all customer contacts.

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Texas Regional Financial Office

2007 Program Highlights

Our Management Staff

Marvin Allensworth
Marvin Allensworth
Managing Partner
Gregg Knudten
Gregg Knudten

Managing Partner

Bob Markle
Bob Markle

Launch Manager
Dallas

Rachel Thue
Rachel Thue

Launch Manager
Austin
Chad Thompson
Chad Thompson

Partner
Austin

Yvonne Dean
Yvonne Dean

Launch Manager
Houston

RFO Mission
We exist to help Lutherans:

      • Live their values
      • Express the faith
      • Fund their dreams         

RFO Vision  All Lutherans have a financial plan that provides for their security and creates their legacy

Texas Region Values
Integrity, Helping Others,  Personal Growth, Achievement, Perseverance, Communication, Spiritual Growth, Family, Teamwork, Fun, Respect, Honesty.

Contact a member of the Lutheran Community Services Team.


Contact a Texas Regional Financial Office

Dallas office
909 Lake Carolyn Parkway
Suite 940
Irving, TX 75039
Phone:  972.401.2080
Fax:  972.401.2081

Houston office
9720 Cypresswood Drive
Suite 130
Houston, TX 77070
Phone:  281.807.2620
Fax:  512.452.5232
Austin office
7000 North Mopac
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78731
Phone:  512.452.5733
Fax:  281.

View Texas Regional Office Financial Representatives

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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a Fraternal Benefit Society. As a fraternal benefit society, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is comprised of members who are joined together into local volunteer groups—Thrivent Financial calls them chapters. Thrivent chapters provide an enjoyable, rewarding opportunity for members and others to join together to meet individual and community needs. See Fraternal Highlights on Thrivent.com for a glimpse of the overwhelming assistance via funds raised/supplemented and volunteer hours provided by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and its chapters.

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Membership

Types:
To best serve the need of Lutherans and their families, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans offers three forms of membership including:

  1. Benefit Member – A benefit member is an individual age 16 or over who has been admitted for membership in accordance with Thrivent Financial's membership eligibility rules, and who is a member holding a Thrivent Financial insurance or annuity product or who is a member and received a settlement agreement from such insurance - in brief, someone who has a financial relationship with Thrivent.

Interested in making your money work not only for you, but also for your community? Would you like to explore a financial plan that will help you accomplish your goals and realize your dreams?

To join Thrivent Financial as a Benefit Member,
contact your financial representative.

  1. Associate Member – An associate member is an individual age 16 or over, who has been admitted for membership in accordance with Thrivent Financial's membership eligibility rules, and who has been issued a certificate of membership. Associate members do not have a financial relationship with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. These members pay dues of $10/year to maintain membership in the organization. To apply for associate membership with Thrivent Financial, fill out this form.

Benefit and associate members are eligible to:

    • Participate in or lead a chapter.
    • Vote in chapter elections.
    • Receive Thrivent magazine.
    • Order member educational and information benefits.

Join Thrivent Financial for Lutherans as an Associate Member!

  1. Youth Member – A youth member is an individual age 15 or younger who has been admitted for membership in accordance with Thrivent Financial's membership eligibility rules and who is issued a certificate of membership. Youth members transition to benefit or associate members when they reach age 16.

Youth members are eligible to:

    • Participate in a chapter.
    • Receive Thrivent magazine.
    • Order member educational and information benefits.

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Help! How do I find my chapter?


Chapter Websites:
Contact Your Chapter President

Abilene Area

Agnes Jeske

Atascosa-Wilson County

Jon Sunday

Austin-Waller County

Carroll Boriack

Bastrop-Lee County

Martin Schubert

Brazoria-Matagorda County

Jose Saavedra (no e-mail)

Brazos River

Rev. Gregory Knippa

Brazos-Burleson

Greg Herwald

Central TX

Charlene Tiemann (no e-mail)

Cleburne Area

Jean Sorenson

Colorado-Fayette County

Garland Midgett

Comal-Hays County

John Hawthorne

Dallas County

Wayne Stageman

Dallas-Tarrant

David Ricks

East Bexar County

Kenneth Weber

East Dallas

Cheryl Brower

East TX

Russell Skoug

El Paso County

Gretchen Schmalz

Fort Bend-Wharton County

Donald Fought

Galveston County

Sheryl Holland

Greater Victoria

Warren Borgfeld

Guadalupe Valley

Clarence Urban

Gulf Coast

Leroy DeHaven

Hondo-Del Rio

Mark Smith

Kerr-Kendall County

Bill Rader

Lubbock Area

Carl McDonald

Nassau Bay

Diane Campbell

North Central Houston

Benjamin Schoppe

North Central TX

Dick Victorson

North Harris County

Garry Stuhr

North TX

Vicar Jeremiah Heydt

North Travis County

Chris Dinan

Northeast Houston

Kathleen Anderson

OK Panhandle

Rev. Mark Wescoatt

Pedernales River

Ernie Choitz

Permian Basin

Bruce Shearer

Piney Woods

Eric Bauer (no e-mail)

Red River

Dan Schmeling

Rio Grande Valley

Rev. Edmund Weber

San Angelo Area

Diane Terrazas

South Dallas

Rev. Robert Hemsath

South Travis County

Penny Cedel

Southeast TX

Robert Milbrath

Southwest Houston

Colleen Banks

Trinity River

Bill Swan

TX Panhandle

Delores Renken

Waco Area

Keith Lund

Washington County TX

David Bockhorn

West Bexar County

Larry Tidrick Jr.

West Fort Worth

Robert Voyles

West Houston

Larry Wong

Williamson County TX

Carol Biesemeier

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Appleton Office:
4321 N. Ballard Road
Appleton, WI 54919-0001 USA
Minneapolis Office:
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Minneapolis, MN 55415-1624 USA
 
         
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Appleton, WI 54919-0001, is authorized to conduct business in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NAIC # 2938-56014. Products issued by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans are available to applicants who meet membership, insurability, U.S. citizenship and residency requirements. Not all products described are available in all states. Thrivent Financial representatives are licensed insurance agents. Insurance and retirement products, where available, are individual contracts, (not group coverage), and issued by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Investment products are offered through Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 625 Fourth Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55415-1665, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Member FINRA. Member SIPC. Thrivent Financial representatives are registered representatives of Thrivent Investment Management Inc.