Whereas, persons who have completed half their seminary work and are made probationary members of an Annual Conference are permitted to be enrolled in the Comprehensive Protection Plan while still in school, if the Annual Conference agrees to such enrollment under the Special rules, paragraph 3.2(h); and,
Whereas, persons who are full-time local pastors may need to reduce their service to less than full time in order to complete their first half of seminary work; and,
Whereas, the Staff Rules and Regulations Committee interpretation of paragraph 3.2(h) excludes from participation in the Comprehensive Protection Plan former full-time local pastors who are assigned part- time; Now be it resolved, that paragraph 3.2(h) of the Comprehensive Protection Plan be amended as follows:
(h) A person described in subsection 3.1(a)(ii) (including one who is granted a leave of absence) or 3.1(a)(iii) who is otherwise eligible to be an Active Participant under subsection 3.1(a), except for receiving less than the equivalent of the applicable Plan Compensation or is appointed less than full time, may, in special situations participate in the Plan under special arrangements with the General Board regarding contributions and benefits. Such special arrangements may include persons who have been participants but have been reclassified as Student Local Pastors in order to pursue their theological education. Such special arrangements shall include all Comprehensive Protection Plan benefit coverages except the Ministerial Pension Plan church account pensions supplement as provided in Comprehensive Protection Plan subsection 5.5.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20953-FA-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference