May 6, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: EquiTrust Variable Insurance Series Fund (File No. 033-12791)
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the above-referenced registrant, and in lieu of filing a
prospectus pursuant to Rule 497(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, I hereby certify pursuant to Rule 497(j) that the form of prospectus
that would have been filed would not have differed from the prospectus
contained in the registrant's most recent post-effective amendment filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999.
Please contact the undersigned at 515-226-6028 if you have any questions
about this filing.
Sincerely,
Kristi Rojohn
