Wesleyan Investment Foundation
Since 1946, WIF has done one thing: financially resource the local church. Investors put money in, churches borrow to build, and the interest goes right back into more churches. Inside Compass, WIF is the lending partner. When your vision calls for financing, they are the team on the other side of the table.
"We want to see more people personally encounter Jesus Christ."
Clear lanes, one table
Here is how the partnership works. Compass helps you understand what your church can raise. WIF handles everything about lending. You get honest numbers on one side and a trusted lender on the other, with no pressure in between.
The wisdom
WIF has spent decades learning what healthy church finances look like. That wisdom shapes the guardrails inside Compass, and their guidance is there in your sidebar whenever a money question comes up.
The lending partner
Compass estimates what your church can raise. When your vision calls for financing beyond that, WIF owns the conversation. Your Compass numbers become a clean, ready brief for their team, so you never start from zero.
The long partnership
A WIF loan is a relationship, not a transaction. And the partnership can flow both ways: your church and your people can invest alongside WIF, so money keeps going back out to resource more local churches.
Church finance, done the Kingdom way
Loans, investments, tools, and plain-spoken guidance, all from a nonprofit that exists only to resource local churches.
Financing for the vision
Property purchase, new construction, expansion or renovation, and refinancing, with the grace and room to minister effectively while you build.
Invest from $100
Individuals, churches, nonprofits, and businesses invest with WIF, and that money goes back out to resource local churches through loans.
Faith-based IRAs
Self-directed IRA options that put retirement savings to work for the Kingdom.
Planning and budget tools
Calculators and planning tools on wifonline.com that help your church think clearly about facilities, budgets, and next steps.
Church finance know-how
Answers to the questions churches actually ask about borrowing and building, drawn from decades of working only with churches. WIF resources are available right inside Compass.
A team you can call
The WIF loan team walks with you personally, and the application itself typically takes just 10 to 15 minutes.
A lender that has never foreclosed on a church
WIF is an Indiana nonprofit with no shareholders, organized exclusively for charitable and religious purposes. The model is simple: money comes in from people and organizations who want a faith-based place to invest, and it goes back out as loans that help churches buy, build, renovate, and refinance. That is why Compass trusts them at the table with your church.
Explore WIF church loansServing churches ever since
Founded by people who saw churches struggling to finance building projects and wanted to offer flexible, ministry-minded terms.
Loans across North America
Churches and church-related ministries, and in more than 75 years WIF has never foreclosed on a loan it provided.
Investors who trust the model
WIF has never missed an interest payment and has honored every investor's request for a withdrawal.