The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in mega-and large-size companies outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team relies on a proprietary strategy to identify companies that will increase in value over time.

The research process is driven by fundamental analysis of one stock at a time. When evaluating individual securities, the team emphasizes companies whose earnings and revenues are not only growing, but growing at an accelerating pace.

Also, the research team integrates environmental, social and governance factors as part of its process.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager invests in companies located in at least three developed countries world-wide (excluding the United States).

The fund may also invest in emerging market countries.
 

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies outside the United States.

The fund prefers a multi-manager investing approach to manage its assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is divided into segments managed by individual managers

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the process focuses on stocks of issuers in Europe and the Pacific Basin.

The investment team believes a country will be considered part of Europe if it is part of the MSCI European indexes, and part of the Pacific Basin if any of its borders touches the Pacific Ocean.

Also, in determining the domicile of an issuer, the team considers the domicile determination of a leading provider of global indexes, such as Morgan Stanley Capital International.

Other factors that the team may take into account are where the company’s securities are listed and where the company is legally organized, maintains principal corporate offices, conducts its principal operations and/or generates revenues.

Then the research team prefers companies demonstrating the potential for growth, namely the potential for above-average capital appreciation.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager favors attractively valued companies in developed and emerging markets that are positioned to benefit from innovation, global economic growth, increasing consumer demand or a turnaround in business conditions.

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies outside the United States.

The fund prefers a multi-manager investing approach to manage its assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is divided into segments managed by individual managers

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the process focuses on stocks of issuers in Europe and the Pacific Basin.

The investment team believes a country will be considered part of Europe if it is part of the MSCI European indexes, and part of the Pacific Basin if any of its borders touches the Pacific Ocean.

Also, in determining the domicile of an issuer, the team considers the domicile determination of a leading provider of global indexes, such as Morgan Stanley Capital International.

Other factors that the team may take into account are where the company’s securities are listed and where the company is legally organized, maintains principal corporate offices, conducts its principal operations and/or generates revenues.

Then the research team prefers companies demonstrating the potential for growth, namely the potential for above-average capital appreciation.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager favors attractively valued companies in developed and emerging markets that are positioned to benefit from innovation, global economic growth, increasing consumer demand or a turnaround in business conditions.

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies outside the United States.

The fund prefers a multi-manager investing approach to manage its assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is divided into segments managed by individual managers

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the process focuses on stocks of issuers in Europe and the Pacific Basin.

The investment team believes a country will be considered part of Europe if it is part of the MSCI European indexes, and part of the Pacific Basin if any of its borders touches the Pacific Ocean.

Also, in determining the domicile of an issuer, the team considers the domicile determination of a leading provider of global indexes, such as Morgan Stanley Capital International.

Other factors that the team may take into account are where the company’s securities are listed and where the company is legally organized, maintains principal corporate offices, conducts its principal operations and/or generates revenues.

Then the research team prefers companies demonstrating the potential for growth, namely the potential for above-average capital appreciation.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager favors attractively valued companies in developed and emerging markets that are positioned to benefit from innovation, global economic growth, increasing consumer demand or a turnaround in business conditions.

The fund seeks to maximize total return by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The sub-adviser’s investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager focuses on companies located, or exercising the predominant part of their economic activity, in Asia, excluding Japan.

The manager considers a company to be located, or exercising the predominant part of its economic activity, in Asia, excluding Japan, if it is legally organized in Asia, excluding Japan, the primary trading market for its securities is located in Asia, excluding Japan, or at least 50% of the company’s (including any of its subsidiaries’) non-current assets, capitalization, gross revenues or profits have been located in Asia, excluding Japan, during the last fiscal year.

The fund is geographically diversified.
 

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

According to the investment team, China includes Mainland China and China’s special administrative regions, such as Hong Kong.

Additionally, the research team integrates environmental, social and governance factors as part of its process.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager allocates the fund’s net assets by evaluating a company’s upside potential and downside risk, its attractiveness, and how the addition will impact sector and industry weightings.

Next, the fund may invest in the aggregate up to 20% of its net assets in equity investments in issuers that are not economically tied to China, and fixed income securities, such as government, corporate and bank debt obligations.

The fund may also invest in depositary receipts. This may include securities that trade in local Chinese, Hong Kong, or other foreign exchanges and securities that trade in Renminbi.

The fund may invest in Chinese companies through the China Stock Connect program or other channels.

In addition, the fund may also invest in B Shares of companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, H Shares of companies incorporated in Mainland China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and other foreign exchanges, shares of Red Chip and P-Chip companies.

The fund has the flexibility to invest in companies across any market capitalization, but primarily invests in large- and mid-capitalization companies.

The fund may also invest in futures, exchange-traded funds and other instruments.
 

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

According to the investment team, China includes Mainland China and China’s special administrative regions, such as Hong Kong.

Additionally, the research team integrates environmental, social and governance factors as part of its process.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager allocates the fund’s net assets by evaluating a company’s upside potential and downside risk, its attractiveness, and how the addition will impact sector and industry weightings.

Next, the fund may invest in the aggregate up to 20% of its net assets in equity investments in issuers that are not economically tied to China, and fixed income securities, such as government, corporate and bank debt obligations.

The fund may also invest in depositary receipts. This may include securities that trade in local Chinese, Hong Kong, or other foreign exchanges and securities that trade in Renminbi.

The fund may invest in Chinese companies through the China Stock Connect program or other channels.

In addition, the fund may also invest in B Shares of companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, H Shares of companies incorporated in Mainland China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and other foreign exchanges, shares of Red Chip and P-Chip companies.

The fund has the flexibility to invest in companies across any market capitalization, but primarily invests in large- and mid-capitalization companies.

The fund may also invest in futures, exchange-traded funds and other instruments.
 

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term and income by investing in companies outside the United States.

The fund manages assets with the help of six sub-advisers. The fund prefers a multi-manager investing approach with the aim of reducing volatility and downside risk.

The sub-advisers are AQR Capital Management, LLC, Harris Associates L.P., MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc., Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, and WCM Investment Management, LLC.

The sub-advisers’ investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

According to the investment team, an issuer is considered to be from the country where it is located, where it is headquartered or incorporated, where the majority of its assets are located or where it generates the majority of its operating income.

Next, the research team invests in securities of foreign companies located in developed countries and in emerging markets.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The portfolio is diversified among a large number of companies across different industries and economic sectors.

Also, the Fund may invest in American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts.

Furthermore, the fund may invest its uninvested cash in high-quality, short-term debt securities, or in the GuideStone Funds Money Market Fund.

However, the fund may not invest in any company that is publicly recognized, as determined by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention as being in the alcohol, tobacco, gambling, pornography or abortion industries.

The fund also avoids investing in any company whose products, services or activities are publicly recognized as being incompatible with the moral and ethical posture of GuideStone Financial Resources.

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The sub-adviser’s investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

According to the investment team, investments are deemed to be foreign if an issuer’s domicile or location of headquarters is in a foreign country.

The team also considers an issuer that derives a significant proportion of its revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in a foreign country or has at least 50% of its assets situated in a foreign country.

Also, investments are deemed to be foreign if the principal trading market for a security is located in a foreign country; or it is a foreign currency.

Next, the research team focuses on foreign equity securities.

The team employs a multiple sleeve structure to select potential securities for the portfolio. Each of these sleeves is managed independently of each other.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

Additionally, the manager also may allocate a portion of the fund’s assets in securities that may complement the risk factor biases of the other sleeves.

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The sub-adviser’s investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on securities of Japanese companies.

The team considers a Japanese company to be a company organized under the laws of Japan, for which the principal securities trading market is Japan, or that has a majority of its assets or business in Japan.

In addition, the team prefers high-quality companies that are trading at attractive prices.

Also, the team looks for companies having a well-capitalized balance sheet with little debt, sustainable competitive advantage, high return on equity, above- average earnings growth rate, and superior cash flow generation.

The team also focuses on companies that are trading at a discount to their estimated intrinsic value and whose future earnings power is not reflected in their current valuations.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The fund may also invest in Japan real estate investment trusts or other investment companies including exchange traded funds that invest in equity securities of Japanese companies.
 

The fund seeks total return by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on companies in foreign developed markets and, opportunistically, in emerging markets.

The team evaluates companies on the basis of factors, such as fundamental economic strength, earnings growth, quality of management, sector growth, credit quality and interest rate trends.

Additionally, the research team integrates environmental, social and governance factors as part of its process.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager may invest in at least three different countries other than the United States. However, the manager may invest a substantial part of its net assets in just one region or country.

The fund intends to invest in companies in the Far East (including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia), Western Europe (including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, France Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia and Spain), Australia, and Canada.

Also, a substantial part of the fund’s net assets may be invested in U.S. companies based in countries that are represented in the benchmark index.

However, the fund may also invest in companies or governments in emerging markets.

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on companies in foreign developed countries, including foreign subsidiaries of U.S. issuers.

The team employs behavioral based and quantitative screens to identify companies with attractive valuations and looks to capitalize on market inefficiencies.

Further analysis of companies includes evaluation of their momentum and quality characteristics.

Additionally, the research team integrates environmental, social and governance factors as part of its process.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The fund may invest a substantial part of its net assets in just one region or country, or in companies of any one particular market capitalization category.

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in mega-and large-size companies outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on securities of non-US companies.

In addition, the team favors established companies in economically developed countries that are estimated to trade below their fair values based on their earnings, cash flow or asset values.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager may invest in securities of companies whose principal business activities are located in emerging market countries.
 

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term and current income by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on companies located in Asia, which consists of all countries and markets in Asia, including developed, emerging, and frontier countries and markets in the Asian region.

According to the team, a company or other issuer is considered to be located in a country or a region, and a security or instrument is deemed to be an Asian security or instrument, if it has substantial ties to that country or region.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The manager employs a strategy of owning convertible bonds and dividend-paying equities to reduce the volatility of the portfolio.

As part of its investment strategy, the fund may from time to time invest a significant portion of its net assets in one or more sectors, but the fund may invest in companies in any sector.

The fund may also invest in depositary receipts, including American, European and Global Depositary Receipts.

The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on foreign securities, including emerging market securities.

The team favors companies exhibiting above average earnings growth potential.

The research process is driven by fundamental analysis of one stock at a time. In selecting securities for the portfolio, the research team prefers companies with good fundamentals, superior management teams, and a durable competitive advantage.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

Also, the fund invests its assets across different industries, sectors, countries, and regions, but may invest a significant percentage of its net assets in issuers in a single industry, sector, country, or region.

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

The research process is driven by fundamental analysis of one stock at a time.

Next, the research team focuses on high quality established and emerging companies located in Asia (excluding Japan) that are estimated to trade below their fair values.

The team favors companies with durable competitive advantages that can generate revenue through growth.

Additionally, the team integrates disruptive change, financial strength, environmental, social and governance factors as part of its sustainability analysis.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The fund may also invest in American Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts and other types of depositary receipts with respect to issuers located in Asia.

Also, the fund invests in securities of companies located in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

The fund seeks primarily capital appreciation in the long term and secondarily current income by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on stocks of non-U.S. companies and depositary receipts associated with such stocks.

In selecting securities for the portfolio, the research team focuses on companies that are trading at discounts to their estimated intrinsic value not yet recognized by investors.

In addition, the team evaluates companies on the basis of its earnings and industry growth potential, franchise value, industry leadership, consistency of revenues, and potential for favorable developments.

Other factors in consideration include valuation multiples such as earnings, book value, and cash flow, as well as profitability, enterprise value to EBITDA, and dividend characteristics.

Also, the team categorizes its investments as basic values, consistent earner, and emerging franchise.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

The fund may invest in developing countries.

The fund has the flexibility to invest in companies across any size, but invests primarily in the large and middle capitalization range of publicly traded companies.