Retirement.----Retired ordained ministers clergy
members are those who have been placed in the retired relation either at
their own request or by action of the clergy members in full
connection ordained elders upon recommendation of the Board of
Ordained Ministry. (See ¶¶ 1606-
1609
and The Ministerial Pension Plan for pension information.)...
2. a) With Twenty Years of Service.- ----Any clergy members of the Annual Conference...
b) With Thirty-
five
Years of Service or at Age Sixty-
two.-----
At
their own request...sixty-
two
on or before July 1 or will have completed thirty-
five
years of service under appointment as ordained ministers, or as local pastors
with pension credit for service before 1982 or with full participation in the
Comprehensive Protection Plan since 1981, in the year in which the
session of the Annual Conference is held or will have completed thirty-five
years of service under appointment as an ordained minister, or a local pastor
with pension credit for service before 1982 or with full participation in the
Comprehensive Protection Plan since 1981, as of the conference session may
be placed in the retired relation...
d) ...as the effective date of retirement of an ordained
minister a clergy member who is placed in the retired
relation...
3. Involuntary Retirement.-----
By
a two-
thirds
vote of those present and voting, the clergy members of the Annual
Conference in full connection may place...This process shall not
preclude the rights to appeal and trial by any person so guaranteed by our
Constitution. Any clergy member who is placed in the retired relationship
under this subparagraph shall be entitled to the privilege of receiving their
pensions for the number of approved years served in the Annual Conference or
conferences and such other benefits as the final Annual Conference may provide,
payment to begin the first of any month after the ordained minister attains age
sixty-
two.
If pension begins prior to the age at which retirement under ¶
452.2c could have occurred, then the provisions of ¶ 1606.4i
shall apply.
5.a) All retired ordained ministers clergy
members who are not appointed as pastors of a charge,...
7. Return to Effective Relationship.----A clergy member...by majority
vote of the clergy members in full connection of the Annual
Conference...Each ordained minister clergy member
requesting return...
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21488-MN-452-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference