Listen and launch: How Everence Federal Credit Union will change in the new year

by Nathan Anderson, CUSO Magazine

Right before the holiday season, rkGoBig’s Lending Council (a group of collaborators meeting monthly for the past five years) gathered to trade knowledge on the “go-forward” for their credit unions. I was listening to them list idea after idea of how they were moving their already successful credit unions forward in 2024.

I plucked one motivating story to share and hopefully inspire you to consider change in your walls.

Kristen Heisey is the CEO of Everence® Federal Credit Union in Lancaster, PA. They have $423 million in assets, nine branches, and a national branch. They help members across all 50 states integrate their faith and values with their finances. The credit union is also part of Everence Financial.

In this national faith-based financial services organization, members and clients put their faith and values into practice through their comprehensive financial products and services, member and community benefits, and stewardship education resources. Across the organization’s entire enterprise, Everence manages over $6.7 billion in assets on behalf of their 78,000 members and clients nationwide.

 

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