A Season of Rebuilding

At the Board of Pensions, we are committed to assessing and restructuring the Benefits Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to meet the needs of a changing Church and to serve the most people possible. Approximately 30 percent of ministers ordained since 2007, the very people the plan is meant to embrace, are not enrolled in the Benefits Plan, with women representing 63 percent of those not covered through the Board. Small congregations, where resources are scarce, are also affected, with this being particularly true for African American churches, only 20 percent of which have installed pastoral leadership. These numbers highlight the need for solutions. During the season of rebuilding, our goal is to make the necessary changes to provide greater flexibility and cost control for congregations as they care for the well-being of their pastoral leadership.