# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001131013
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-022390
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 13108
**Document Hash:** 3c779d35ad0cb136df862c4fb7c481c6
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-022390.hdr.sgml**: 20230202

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-022390

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 40-17G

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230202

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230202

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230202

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GuideStone Funds
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001131013
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 40-17G
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-10263
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23579442

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5005 LYNDON B. JOHNSON FREEWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 2200
- **CITY:** DALLAS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75244-6152
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 214-720-2148

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5005 LYNDON B. JOHNSON FREEWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 2200
- **CITY:** DALLAS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75244-6152

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AB FUNDS TRUST/DE
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20010405

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ANNUITY BOARD FUNDS TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20010102

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|:---|:---|:---|
| MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES INC | MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES INC | MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES INC |
| ATTN: | Vic Gupta |  |
| 5080 SPECTRUM DR #900E | 5080 SPECTRUM DR #900E | 5080 SPECTRUM DR #900E |
| ADDISON, TX 75001 | ADDISON, TX 75001 |  |
| ***INSURED:*** | ***INSURED:*** | GUIDESTONE FUNDS |
| ***PRODUCT:*** | ***PRODUCT:*** | ***DFIBond*** |
| ***POLICY NO:*** | ***POLICY NO:*** | 81865879 |
| ***TRANSACTION:*** | ***TRANSACTION:*** | ENDT_CORR |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Endorsement No.: | 15 | Bond |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bond Number: | 81865879 |  |
| NAME OF ASSURED: GUIDESTONE FUNDS |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**DELETE AN ENDORSEMENT** |  |  |
| It is agreed that this Bond is amended by deleting Endorsement Number(s) 14 in its entirety. | It is agreed that this Bond is amended by deleting Endorsement Number(s) 14 in its entirety. |  |
| This Endorsement applies to loss discovered after 12:01 a.m. on January 27, 2023. | This Endorsement applies to loss discovered after 12:01 a.m. on January 27, 2023. |  |
| ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS BOND REMAIN UNCHANGED. | ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS BOND REMAIN UNCHANGED. |  |

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Date: January 23, 2023

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ICAP Bond

Form 17-02-5647 (Ed. 11-03)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Endorsement No: | 16 | Bond |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bond Number: | 81865879 |  |
| NAME OF ASSURED: GUIDESTONE FUNDS |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**NAME OF ASSURED ENDORSEMENT** |  |  |
| It is agreed that the NAME OF ASSURED in the DECLARATIONS is amended to read as follows: | It is agreed that the NAME OF ASSURED in the DECLARATIONS is amended to read as follows: |  |
| Guidestone Funds |  |  |
| MyDestination 2015 Fund |  |  |
| MyDestination 2025 Fund |  |  |
| MyDestination 2035 Fund |  |  |
| MyDestination 2045 Fund |  |  |
| MyDestination 2055 Fund |  |  |
| Conservative Allocation Fund |  |  |
| Balanced Allocation Fund |  |  |
| Growth Allocation Fund |  |  |
| Aggressive Allocation Fund |  |  |
| Money Market Fund |  |  |
| Low-Duration Bond Fund |  |  |
| Medium-Duration Bond Fund |  |  |
| Global Bond Fund |  |  |
| Strategic Alternatives Fund |  |  |
| Defensive Market Strategies Fund |  |  |
| Equity Index Fund |  |  |
| Global Real Estate Securities Fund |  |  |
| Value Equity Fund |  |  |
| Growth Equity Fund |  |  |
| Small Cap Equity Fund |  |  |
| International Equity Index Fund |  |  |
| International Equity Fund |  |  |
| Emerging Markets Equity Fund |  |  |
| Growth Equity Index Fund |  |  |
| Value Equity Index Fund |  |  |
| Impact Bond Fund |  |  |
| Impact Equity Fund |  |  |

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ICAP Bond <br> Form 17-02-0949 (Rev. 1-97) Page 1

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This Endorsement applies to loss discovered after 12:01 a.m. on January 27, 2023. <br> ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS BOND REMAIN UNCHANGED.

Date: January 23, 2023

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ICAP Bond <br> Form 17-02-0949 (Ed. 1-97) Page 2

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**EXHIBIT B** 

**SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE** 

I, Melanie Childers, Vice President – Fund Operations and Secretary of GuideStone Funds (the "Trust"), hereby certify that the following resolutions have been adopted, first by the Trustees of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined under Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, ("1940 Act") ("Independent Trustees") voting separately, and then by the entire Board of Trustees of the Trust voting as a whole, at a meeting duly called and held on November 10, 2022, at which a quorum was present and acting throughout:

*Approval of Addition to Fidelity Bond Coverage* 

**RESOLVED**, that the addition of each of the Impact Bond Fund and Impact Equity Fund (together, the "Funds"), each a new series of GuideStone Funds (the "Trust"), to the Fidelity Bond Coverage of the Trust (the "Bond") be, and it hereby is, approved by a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Trustees"), including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust ("Independent Trustees"), as the term "interested person" is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); and it is further

**RESOLVED**, that the Secretary of the Trust be, and hereby is, designated, authorized and directed to file the Bond with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and give notice required under paragraph (g) of Rule 17g-1 under the 1940 Act; and it is further

**RESOLVED,** that the officers of the Trust are each hereby authorized and directed to make any and all payments and to do any and all other acts, in the name of the Trust and on its behalf, as they are any of them, may determine to be necessary or desirable and proper in connection or in furtherance of the foregoing resolutions.

*GuideStone Global Impact Fund – Approval of Plan of Liquidation and Termination* 

**RESOLVED,** that, pursuant to the authority granted the Board of Trustees ("Board") of GuideStone Funds ("Trust") under Article XI, Section 3 of the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, the liquidation of the GuideStone Global Impact Fund, a series of the Trust ("Fund"), on or about January 27, 2023, or such other date as officers of the Trust deem necessary or appropriate be, and hereby is, approved; and be it further

**RESOLVED,** that the Board finds that the liquidation and termination of the Fund as provided for in the Plan of Liquidation and Termination presented to this meeting (the "Plan"), is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders; and be it further

**RESOLVED,** that the Plan as presented to this meeting and subject to such changes as counsel to the Trust and counsel to the independent trustees may deem appropriate, be and hereby is approved and it hereby is, intended to and shall constitute a plan of liquidation within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code 331/332; and be it further

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**EXHIBIT B** 

**RESOLVED,** that pursuant to the provisions of the amended and restated Trust Instrument of the Trust dated October 1, 2020, the Fund be liquidated and terminated as soon as may be reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than 24 months after the adoption of the Plan ("Liquidation Date"); and it is further

**RESOLVED,** that the officers of the Trust be, and hereby are, authorized to provide notice of the liquidation of the Fund to its shareholders and service providers and to terminate any agreements with such service providers as deemed necessary; and be it further

**RESOLVED,** that the officers of the Trust be, and hereby are, authorized, with the advice of counsel, to do any and all things necessary or desirable to close the Fund, including preparing and filing a supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and to make any other appropriate filings with federal, state, and other applicable regulatory authorities.

**IN WITNESS WHEREOF**, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 2nd day of February of 2023.

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| /s/ Melanie Childers |
| Melanie Childers |
|  Vice President – Fund Operations and<br> Secretary of the Trust |

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