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Pensions

Plans for clergy and lay employees 

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Clergy pension plan

The Church Pension Fund (CPF) provides pension and related benefits to Episcopal clergy, their eligible surviving spouses and adult beneficiaries and dependent children.

With this defined benefit plan, retirement benefits are determined at the time of retirement, based on compensation and years of service, and they are assured for the duration of retirement.

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Work in retirement

2.3% COLA increase in '08

Plus $10 a month, for retired clergy, lay employees, and surviving spouses in defined benefit plans.
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Lay pension plans

Episcopal Church employers may choose between two kinds of pension plans for lay employees: a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan. Details

In 1991, General Convention resolved that all Episcopal Church organizations would provide pension benefits to lay employees, and that dioceses would see that they do.

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Call Pension Services
(866) 802-6333
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (Eastern)
or email us

 

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