Retirement.--Retired ordained ministers...(See ¶¶ 1606-1609 for pension information and the Ministerial Pension Plan.) Requests for retirement...
2. b) With Thirty-five Years of Service or at Age Sixty-two.--At
their own request and by vote of the clergy members in full connection, any
clergy members who will have attained age 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 with an annuity claim for an actuarially reduced pension (see ¶
1606.4i).
3. [Add a new paragraph at the end.] Any clergy member who is placed in the retired relationship under this subparagraph shall be entitled to the privilege of receiving his/her pension 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 ¶ 355.2c could have occurred, then the provision of ¶ 1606.4i shall apply.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21881-MN-452-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference