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04/29/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/29/2026 15:27

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

GuideStone Funds Global Real Estate Securities Fund
Institutional GREYX
Investor GREZX
Summary Prospectus
May 1, 2026
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund online at GuideStoneFunds.com/Fund-Literature. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-888-GS-FUNDS (1-888-473-8637) or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected]. If you purchase shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, the prospectus and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary. The current prospectus and statement of additional information, dated May 1, 2025, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by referenced into this summary prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website, phone number or e-mail address noted above.
Investment Objective
The Global Real Estate Securities Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and current income.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Global Real Estate Securities Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Institutional Class
Investor Class
Management fee
0.71%
0.71%
Other expenses
0.17%
0.49%
Total annual Fund
operating expenses
0.88%
1.20%

Expense Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Finally, the example assumes that all dividends and other distributions are reinvested. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: 
Institutional Class
Investor Class
1 Year
$90
$122
3 Years
$281
$381
5 Years
$488
$660
10 Years
$1,084
$1,455

Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the total annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 139% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests mainly (at least, and typically more than, 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any) in equity securities of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate related companies. The Fund defines a real estate related company as one that derives at least 50% of its revenue from, or has at least 50% of the value of its assets in, real estate, including the ownership, construction, management or sale of real estate. A REIT is a company dedicated to owning, and usually operating, income-producing real estate or to financing real estate.
A Sub-Adviser generally looks for real estate securities that have the potential to provide superior returns and focuses on companies with the potential for stock price appreciation and a record of paying dividends. A Sub-Adviser may sell a security when it no longer is deemed to meet these criteria or when other opportunities appear more attractive.
The Fund may invest in equity securities of REITs and other real estate related companies located throughout the world and in countries having economies and markets generally considered to be developed but may also invest in equity securities of REITs and other real estate related companies located in emerging markets. The Fund may invest in REITs and other real estate related companies of any size, including small-capitalization companies (companies with holdings greater than approximately $159.5 million but less than approximately $4.2 billion). Equity securities in which the Fund may invest include preferred stock and convertible preferred stock.
Depending on market conditions, the Fund may at times be more concentrated in particular sub-sectors of the real estate industry, such as apartments, retail, hotels, offices, industrial, health care and others.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest significantly (at least 40%, unless market conditions are not deemed favorable, in which case the Fund would invest at least 30%) in securities of non-U.S. issuers. An issuer is considered to be from the country or countries where it generates operating income. A single issuer's geographic exposure, therefore, may be divided between countries, including between the United States and multiple other countries. The Fund will allocate its assets among no less than three countries. In addition, the Fund will consider notional exposure of its derivative investments when determining the percentage of its assets that are invested in non-U.S. issuers.
The Fund may engage in frequent and active trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective.
The Fund may invest its uninvested cash in high-quality, short-term debt securities, which may include repurchase agreements and high-quality money market instruments, and also may invest uninvested cash in the GuideStone Funds Money Market Fund. To the extent the Fund invests in a money market fund, it generally is not subject to the
limits placed on investments in other investment companies. Generally, these securities offer less potential for gains than other types of securities.
The Fund uses a multi-manager approach, using two or more Sub-Advisers that each manages a portion of the Fund's portfolio under the oversight of the Adviser. The Sub-Adviser uses different investment techniques to identify securities that it believes would be the most profitable to the Fund over the long term. The Adviser recommends sub-adviser selections to the Board of Directors of GuideStone Funds and determines allocations of Fund assets among Sub-Advisers based on a variety of qualitative and quantitative factors in an attempt to maximize return across the entire portfolio while minimizing risk to the extent possible. Buy and sell decisions are made at the discretion of each individual Sub-Adviser with regard to the portion of the Fund's portfolio that it manages in accordance with its investment strategies and processes.
In accordance with GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention's (GuideStone®) Christian values, the Fund does not invest in any company that is publicly recognized (as determined by GuideStone) for offering products or services that are incompatible with the Christian values of GuideStone, including, but not limited to, those involving abortion, sexual immorality, alcohol, tobacco or gambling.
Principal Investment Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks that can significantly affect the Fund's performance, including Market Risk, Faith-Based Investing Risk, Equity Risk, Real Estate Investment Trust Risk and Foreign Securities Risk. Descriptions of these and other principal risks of investing in the Fund are provided below. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
There is no guarantee that the securities that the Fund buys will increase in value. It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
Controlling Voting Interest Risk: In accordance with the GuideStone Funds Trust Instrument, GuideStone will, at all times, directly or indirectly own, control or hold with power to vote at least 60% of the outstanding shares of GuideStone Funds. This means that GuideStone will control the vote on any matter that requires the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of GuideStone Funds.
Currency Risk: Changes in currency exchange rates could adversely impact investment gains or add to investment losses. Currency exchange rates can be affected unpredictably by intervention, or failure to intervene, by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks or by currency controls or political developments in the United States or abroad.
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Dividend Paying Securities Risk: There is no guarantee that the companies in which the Fund invests will declare dividends in the future or that dividends, if declared, will remain at current levels or increase over time.
Emerging Markets Risk: When investing in emerging markets, the risks of investing in foreign securities is heightened. Emerging markets are generally smaller, less developed, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of the U.S. and other developed markets. There are also risks of: greater political or economic uncertainties; an economy's dependence on revenues from particular commodities or on international aid or development assistance; currency transfer restrictions; a limited number of potential buyers for such securities resulting in increased volatility and limited liquidity for emerging market securities; trading suspensions; and delays and disruptions in securities settlement procedures. The governments of emerging market countries may also be more unstable and more likely to impose capital controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country, intervene in the financial markets and/or impose burdensome taxes that could adversely affect security prices. In addition, there may be less publicly available information about issuers in emerging markets than would be available about issuers in more developed capital markets, and such issuers may not be subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those to which U.S. companies are subject. Emerging markets are financial markets in countries with developing economies, where industrialization has commenced and the economy has linkages with the global economy. Generally, emerging markets are located in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia (excluding Japan).
Equity Risk: Stocks and other equity securities generally fluctuate in value more than fixed income securities and may decline significantly over short time periods. There is a chance that stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles with periods of rising and falling prices. The market value of a stock may fall due to changes in a company's financial condition as well as general market, economic and political conditions and other factors.
Faith-Based Investing Risk: The Fund invests in accordance with the faith-based investment restrictions of GuideStone. The Fund may not be able to take advantage of certain investment opportunities due to these restrictions, which may adversely affect investment performance. In evaluating an investment, the Adviser or Sub-Adviser is dependent upon information and data that may be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable, which could adversely affect the analysis of the factors relevant to a particular investment.
Foreign Securities Risk: Obligations or securities of foreign issuers may be negatively affected by political events, economic conditions or inefficient, illiquid or
unregulated markets in foreign countries. Foreign issuers may be subject to inadequate regulatory or accounting standards, which may increase investment risk. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. It may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities. In addition, securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations or holdings can involve risks relating to conditions in foreign countries.
High Portfolio Turnover Risk: The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading and expects to have a high portfolio turnover rate. High turnover could produce higher transaction costs and taxable distributions and lower the Fund's after-tax performance.
Large Shareholder Transactions Risk: The Fund may experience adverse effects when certain large shareholders, including institutional accounts managed by the Adviser's affiliates, as well as other series of GuideStone Funds (i.e., funds) that invest in the Fund, purchase or redeem large amounts of Fund shares. Such large shareholder redemptions may cause the Fund to sell portfolio securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's net asset value and liquidity. Similarly, large Fund share purchases may adversely affect the Fund's performance to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash and is required to maintain a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. These transactions also will increase the distribution of taxable income to shareholders if sales of portfolio investments result in gains, and may also increase transaction costs. In addition, a large redemption could result in the Fund's current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the Fund's expense ratio.
Market Risk: The Fund's value will go up and down in response to changes in the market value of its investments, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Market value will change due to business developments concerning a particular issuer or industry, as well as general market and economic conditions. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact the market as a whole. Geopolitical risks, including terrorism, tensions, trade disputes or open conflict between nations, or political or economic dysfunction within some nations that are major players on the world stage or major producers of oil, may lead to instability in world economies and markets, may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects. Additionally, the imposition of tariffs or trade restrictions can disrupt global supply chains, increase costs for certain industries, and contribute to heightened market volatility, which may adversely affect the Fund's investments. Local, regional or global events such as the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health issues, recessions, natural disasters or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments. In addition, markets and market participants
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are increasingly reliant upon information data systems. Data imprecision, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies, unauthorized use or access and similar circumstances may have an adverse impact upon a single issuer, a group of issuers or the market at-large. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may affect the investments or investment strategies available to the Adviser in connection with managing the Fund, which may also adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
Multiple Sub-Adviser Risk: Fund performance is dependent upon the success of the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers in implementing the Fund's investment strategies in pursuit of the Fund's investment objective. To a significant extent, the Fund's performance will depend on the success of the Adviser's methodology in allocating the Fund's assets to Sub-Advisers and its selection and oversight of the Sub-Advisers. The Sub-Advisers' investment styles may not work together as planned, which could adversely affect the performance of the Fund. In addition, because each Sub-Adviser makes its trading decisions independently, it is possible that the Sub-Advisers may purchase or sell the same security at the same time without aggregating their transactions or hold long and short positions in the same security at the same time. This may cause unnecessary brokerage and other expenses. A Sub-Adviser's strategy may be out of favor at any time.
Preferred Stock Risk: Some of the REITs and other real estate related company securities in which the Fund invests may be preferred stock that receives preference in the payment of dividends. Convertible preferred stock is exchangeable for common stock and may therefore be more volatile.
Real Estate Concentration Risk: The Fund concentrates its assets in the real estate industry, so an investment in the Fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. Property values may decrease due to increasing vacancies or declining rents resulting from unanticipated economic, legal, cultural or technological developments or because of overbuilding or lack of mortgage funds. The value of an individual property may also decline because of environmental liabilities or losses due to casualty or condemnation. Because of this concentration in the real estate industry, the value of the Fund's shares may change at different rates compared to the value of shares of a mutual fund with investments in a mix of different industries.
Real Estate Investment Trust Risk: The Fund is subject to the risk that REITs' and other real estate-related companies' share prices overall will decline over short or even long periods because of rising interest rates. During periods of high interest rates, REITs and other real estate related companies may lose appeal for investors who may be able to obtain higher yields from other income-producing investments. High interest rates may also mean that financing from property purchases and improvements
is more costly and difficult to obtain. In addition, equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties they own, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit they extend. Equity and mortgage REITs are dependent upon management skills and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. Domestic REITs could be adversely affected by failure to qualify for tax-free "pass-through" of net income and net realized gains under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or to maintain their exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Foreign REITs could possibly fail to qualify for any beneficial tax treatments available in their local jurisdictions. Failure to meet these requirements may have adverse consequences on a Fund. For example, Japanese REITs (J-REITs) are subject to complex tax regulation in Japan and a failure to comply with those requirements could disqualify the J-REIT from special tax benefits and reduce the amount available for distribution to J-REIT investors.
Real Estate Sector Concentration Risk: The Fund may at times be more concentrated in particular sub-sectors of the real estate industry, such as apartments, retail, hotels, offices, industrial, health care and others. As such, its performance would be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those businesses.
Small Capitalization Companies Risk: An investment in a smaller company may be more volatile and less liquid than an investment in a larger company. Small companies generally are more sensitive to adverse business and economic conditions than larger, more established companies. Small companies may have limited financial resources, management experience, markets and product diversification.
Performance
The following bar chart and table illustrate the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and the annual total returns of the Fund's Investor Class shares. The table provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's Investor Class returns, both before and after taxes, and the Fund's Institutional Class, before taxes, averaged over certain periods of time, compare to the performance of a broad-based securities market index, the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index - Net, during the same periods. In addition, the performance of the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index is provided to show how the Fund's performance compares with the returns of another securities market index that reflects the market sectors in which the Fund invests, during the same periods. The performance of each index is shown for the same periods as shown for the performance of the Investor Class.
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The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the GuideStone Funds' website at GuideStoneFunds.com or by calling 1-888-GS-FUNDS (1-888-473-8637).

Investor Class Annual Total Returns years ended 12/31
  
Best Quarter:
15.64%
9/30/2024
Worst Quarter:
(24.59)%
3/31/2020

Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/25
One
Year
Five
Years
Ten
Years
Investor Class before taxes
8.54%
3.56%
4.43%
Investor Class after taxes on distributions(1)
7.10%
2.22%
2.70%
Investor Class after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares(1)(2)
5.18%
2.27%
2.72%
Institutional Class before taxes
8.98%
3.88%
4.73%
MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index - Net (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
22.34%
11.19%
11.72%
FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index - Net (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
9.58%
2.76%
3.25%
(1)
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown and are not relevant if you hold your shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 403(b) plans, 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs). After tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class and after tax returns for the Institutional Class will vary.
(2)
Returns may be higher than other returns for the same period due to a tax benefit of realizing a capital loss on the sale of Fund shares.
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Management
Investment Adviser and Portfolio Managers 
GuideStone Capital Management, LLC 
Joshua Chastant
Vice President - Portfolio Management
Since January 2024
Brandon Pizzurro
President and Chief Investment Officer
Since April 2019
Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers 
Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC 
Charles Harbin, CFA
Managing Director, Co-Head and
Portfolio Manager - Public Real
Estate Securities
Since January 2020
Jacques Perdrix
Executive Vice President and
Portfolio Manager - Europe
Since November 2017
Damon Wang, CFA
Senior Vice President and Portfolio
Manager - Asia Pacific
Since June 2021
Jeffrey Yurk, CFA
Managing Director, Co-Head and
Portfolio Manager - Public Real
Estate Securities
Since January 2020
RREEF America L.L.C. 
Barry McConnell
Managing Director and
Head of Investment Strategy Liquid
Real Assets
Since October 2021
Chris Robinson
Managing Director and
Regional Head of Liquid Real Assets
Since September 2013
Robert Thomas
Head of Investment Strategy Liquid
Real Assets
Since January 2017
David W. Zonavetch, CPA
Head of Investment Strategy Liquid
Real Assets
Since August 2013
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Purchase of Fund Shares
Investor Class Shares: Any individual or entity may invest in Investor Class shares by making a minimum initial investment of $1,000 per Fund. The $1,000 initial purchase minimum applies separately to each Fund of the Trust that you own. In addition, the following minimums apply to subsequent purchases of Investor Class shares of a Fund
(however, if you have implemented GuideStone Advisors' investment advice, minimum subsequent purchase requirements do not apply): 
Minimum Subsequent
Purchases
Automatic Investment Plans
$100
Exchanges from another Fund
$250
Individual Retirement Accounts
("IRAs")
$100
GuideStone Investment Accounts and
Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minors
Accounts
$100
Sale of Fund Shares
The Funds' shares are redeemable, and may be redeemed on any business day, through our website at GuideStoneFunds.com; by mail at GuideStone Funds, P.O. Box 9834, Providence, RI 02940-9886 (for overnight delivery, GuideStone Funds, c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., 4400 Computer Drive, Westborough, MA 01581-1722); or by telephone at 1-888-GS-FUNDS (1-888-473-8637). (Purchases and redemptions by telephone are only permitted if you establish these options on your account.) You may also purchase or redeem shares of the Fund through certain other financial intermediaries. You may be charged a fee for effecting transactions through these financial intermediaries.
Tax Information
A Fund's distributions are taxable to you as ordinary income or long-term capital gains, except when your investment in a Fund is made through a 403(b) plan, a 401(k) plan, an individual retirement account (IRA) or other tax-deferred arrangement, from which withdrawals may be taxed.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and certain servicing and administrative functions. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
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