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Emerging Markets Equity Fund Investment Risks - Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Dec. 31, 2025
Controlling Voting Interest Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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 [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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. Derivative contracts on non-U.S. currencies involve a risk of loss if currency exchange rates move against the Fund.
Depositary Receipts Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Depositary Receipts Risk: Investments in depositary receipts (including ADRs, European Depositary Receipts and GDRs) are generally subject to the same risks of investing directly in the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, including, but not limited to, currency fluctuations and political and financial instability in the home country of a particular depositary receipt or foreign stock. In addition, 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 as there may be an imperfect correlation between the market value of depositary receipts and the underlying foreign securities. In addition, issuers underlying unsponsored depositary receipts may not provide as much information as U.S. issuers and issuers underlying sponsored depositary receipts. Unsponsored depositary receipts also may not carry the same voting privileges as sponsored depositary receipts.
Derivatives Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Derivatives Risk: Derivatives involve risks different from, and in some respects greater than, those associated with investing directly in securities, currencies or other instruments. Derivatives may be illiquid or less liquid, volatile, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes in the value of the underlying instruments may produce disproportionate losses to the Fund. There may be imperfect correlation between a derivative and the reference instrument underlying the derivative. Derivatives involve counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party to the derivative will fail to make required payments or otherwise comply with the terms of the derivative. That risk is generally thought to be greater with over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives than with derivatives that are centrally cleared. However, derivatives traded on organized exchanges and/or through clearing organizations involve the possibility that the futures commission merchant or clearing organization will default in the performance of its obligations. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with investments in more traditional securities and instruments.
Emerging Markets Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Emerging Markets Risk: Investing in emerging markets countries involves risks in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in more developed foreign countries. The governments of emerging markets countries may 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 and/or impose burdensome taxes that could adversely affect security prices. Also, there may be less publicly available information about emerging markets than would be available in more developed capital markets, and such issuers may not be subject to legal, accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those to which U.S. companies are subject. In certain countries with emerging capital markets, reporting standards vary widely. As a result, traditional investment measurements used in the U.S. may not be applicable. In addition, the economies of emerging markets countries may be dependent on relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates. Securities markets in emerging markets countries are also relatively small and have substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities of issuers in emerging markets countries may be more volatile and less liquid than securities of issuers in foreign countries with more developed economies or markets. In times of market stress, regulatory authorities of different emerging markets countries may apply varying techniques and degrees of intervention, which can have an effect on prices and may require that a Fund fair value its holdings in those countries.
Equity Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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 [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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.
Financial Services Sector Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Financial Services Sector Risk: Performance of companies in the financial services sector may be adversely impacted by many factors, including, among others, changes in government regulations, economic conditions and interest rates, credit rating downgrades and decreased liquidity in credit markets. The extent to which the Fund may invest in a company that engages in securities-related activities or banking is limited by applicable law. The impact of changes in capital requirements and recent or future regulation of any individual financial company, or of the financial services sector as a whole, cannot be predicted. In recent years, cyberattacks and technology malfunctions and failures have become increasingly frequent and have caused significant losses to companies in this sector, which may negatively impact the Fund.
Foreign Securities Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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.
Frontier Markets Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Frontier Markets Risk: Investing in frontier markets involves greater risk than investing in traditional emerging markets because frontier countries generally have smaller economies, greater political instability and less developed capital markets, and as a result, the risks of investing in emerging markets countries are magnified in frontier countries.
Futures and Options on Futures Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Futures and Options on Futures Risk: There is a risk that the prices of futures and options on futures contracts will diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments. Futures and options prices are affected by such factors as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instrument and the time remaining until expiration of the contract, which may not affect security prices the same way. Imperfect or no correlation also may result from differing levels of demand in the options and futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how options and futures and securities are traded and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits or trading halts. There can be no assurance that, at all times, a liquid market will exist for offsetting a futures or options contract that the Fund has previously bought or sold and this may result in the inability to close a contract when desired.
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Geographic Concentration Risk: Investments in a particular country or geographic region may be particularly susceptible to political, diplomatic or economic conditions and regulatory requirements. To the extent the Fund concentrates its investments in a particular country, region or group of regions, the Fund may be more volatile than a more geographically diversified fund.
Greater China Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Greater China Risk: There are special risks associated with investments in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (including Chinese issuers listed on Chinese and U.S. securities exchanges), such as risks relating to liquidity constraints, expropriation, nationalization, confiscatory taxation and exchange control regulations or currency blockage. Rapid fluctuations in currency exchange rates, inflation and/or interest rates may negatively affect the economy and securities markets of China. China is considered by the Fund to be an emerging market country, which that means an investment in this country is subject to heightened risks due to a lack of transparency and established legal and accounting standards and limited auditor oversight, including restrictions on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) ability to inspect the audit work of public accounting firms, as well as the possibility for more widespread corruption and fraud. In addition, there may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary to conduct investigations into or pursue litigation against companies located in or operating substantially in China, and shareholders may have limited legal remedies with respect to such investments. Investments in Chinese issuers may also be subject to greater risk of volatility due to political or social unrest or military conflict. Certain securities issued by companies located or operating in China, such as China A-shares, are subject to trading restrictions, quota limitations and clearing and settlement risks.
Information Technology Sector Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Information Technology Sector Risk: Market or economic factors impacting information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market. Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely affect profitability.
Initial Public Offerings Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Initial Public Offerings Risk: The Fund may invest in IPOs, which entails special risks, including limited operating history of the issuing companies, unseasoned trading and limited liquidity.
Large Capitalization Companies Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Large Capitalization Companies Risk: There is a risk that large capitalization stocks may not perform as well as other asset classes or the U.S. stock market as a whole. Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Many larger companies may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Large Shareholder Transactions Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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.
Liquidity Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Liquidity Risk: Certain investments may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price or in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, particularly in times of market turmoil or adverse investor perceptions. The Fund may be required to dispose of investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy redemptions, which may result in a loss or may be costly to the Fund. Illiquid investments may be more difficult to value. Judgment plays a greater role in valuing illiquid investments than investments with more active markets. Certain securities that were liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress.
Market Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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 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.
Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk: Medium-sized company (i.e., mid-cap) stocks have historically been subject to greater investment risk than large company stocks. They generally are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments. The risks generally associated with these companies include more limited product lines, markets and financial resources, lack of management depth or experience, dependency on key personnel and vulnerability to adverse market and economic developments. Accordingly, the prices of medium-sized company stocks tend to be more volatile than prices of large company stocks.
Multiple Sub-Adviser Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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.
Quantitative Strategy Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Quantitative Strategy Risk: Quantitative inputs and models use historical company, economic or industry data to evaluate prospective investments or to generate forecasts. Investments selected using quantitative methods may perform differently than analysis of their historical trends would suggest and may perform differently from the market as a whole. Inputs or models may be flawed or not work as anticipated and may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. There can be no assurance that these methodologies will enable the Fund to achieve its objective or that the models will perform as expected.
Sector Concentration Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Sector Concentration Risk: Although the Fund will not concentrate in any particular industry, it may be heavily invested in a particular economic sector. If the Fund focuses on one or a few sectors, its performance is likely to be disproportionately affected by developments that significantly affect that sector, including market, economic, political or regulatory developments. Individual sectors may be more volatile and may perform differently than the broader market. The Fund’s performance may also suffer if a sector does not perform as well as a Sub-Adviser expected. Prices of securities in the same sector often change collectively regardless of the merits of individual companies.
Small Capitalization Companies Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●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.
Variable Interest Entities Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Variable Interest Entities Risk: Certain investments in Chinese companies may be made through special structures known as variable interest entities or “VIEs.” Under the VIE structure, foreign investors such as the Fund own stock in a shell company rather than direct interests in the VIE, which must be owned by Chinese nationals (including Chinese companies) in order to operate in restricted or prohibited sectors in China. The value of the shell company is derived from its ability to consolidate the VIE into its financial statements based on contractual arrangements that enable the shell company to exert a degree of control over, and accrue economic benefits from, the VIE without formal legal ownership. While the use of VIEs is a longstanding industry practice well known by Chinese officials and regulators, the Chinese government’s acceptance of the VIE structure is evolving. It is uncertain whether Chinese officials and regulators will withdraw their acceptance of the structure. For investments using a VIE structure, all or most of the value of such an investment depends on the enforceability of the contracts between the listed company and the China-based VIE. It is uncertain whether the contractual arrangements, which may give rise to actual or potential conflicts of interest between the legal owners of the VIE and foreign investors, would be enforced by Chinese courts or arbitration bodies. Prohibitions by the Chinese government on the continued use of VIE structures, or the inability to enforce the underlying contracts from which the shell company derives its value, would likely cause the VIE-structured holdings to suffer significant, possibly permanent losses, and in turn, adversely affect the Fund's returns and net asset value.
Warrants and Rights Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] ●Warrants and Rights Risk: Because the market price of warrants may be significantly less than the current price of the underlying security, there is a greater risk that warrants may drop in value at a faster rate than the underlying security. Warrants and rights do not carry with them the right to dividends or voting rights with respect to the securities that they entitle their holder to purchase, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuer. As a result, warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments. In addition, the value of a warrant or right does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities. The Fund could lose the value of a warrant or right if the right to subscribe to additional shares is not exercised prior to the warrant’s or right’s expiration date. The market for warrants and rights may be very limited and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for warrants and rights.
Risk Lose Money [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] 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.