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SUPPLEMENT

DATED AUGUST 2, 2021

TO THE

STATUTORY PROSPECTUS

Timothy Plan Family of Funds

(Class A and Class C Shares)

DATED JANUARY 28, 2021

This supplement replaces the Merrill Lynch sales load disclosure included in Appendix A of the Statutory Prospectus for the Timothy Plan Family of Funds Class A and Class C Shares, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 28, 2021. (SEC Accession No. 0001193125-20-017141).

If you own shares of any of the Timothy Plan Family of Funds Class A and Class C Shares as included in the January 28, 2021, Statutory Prospectus through Merrill Lynch see the information below.

The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund or through a financial intermediary. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales load waivers or contingent deferred (back-end) sales load (“CDSC”) waivers, which are discussed below. In all instances, it is the purchaser’s responsibility to notify the Fund or the purchaser’s financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the purchaser for sales charge waivers or discounts. For waivers and discounts not available through a particular intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund or through another intermediary to receive these waivers or discounts.

Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Merrill Lynch platform or account will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus or SAI.

 

 

Front-end Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares available at Merrill Lynch

                      

                    

 
 

 

Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan

 

 
 

 

Shares purchased by a 529 Plan (does not include 529 Plan units or 529-specific share classes or equivalents)

 

 
 

 

Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program

 

 
 

 

Shares exchanged due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers

 

 
 

 

Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform

 

 
 

 

[Shares of funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform] (if applicable)

 

 

 

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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family)

 

 

                    

 

Shares exchanged from Class C (i.e. level-load) shares of the same fund pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers

 

 

 

Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members

 

 

 

Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus

 

 

 

Eligible shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e. systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill Lynch’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for reinstatement

 

 
CDSC Waivers on A, B and C Shares available at Merrill Lynch    
                         

 

Death or disability of the shareholder

 

     

 

Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s prospectus

 

     

 

Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account

 

     

 

Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code

 

     

 

Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch

 

     

 

Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement

 

     

 

Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee-based accounts or platforms (applicable to A and C shares only)

 

     

 

Shares received through an exchange due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers

 

     

 

Front-end load Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent

 

        

                    

     

 

Breakpoints as described in this prospectus.

 

     

 

Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts as described in the Fund’s prospectus will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets

 

     

 

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[Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time] (if applicable)

 

 

                    

 

                    

 

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