To Stabilize the Cost of Benefits Offered by Concordia Plan Services

Ov. 8-05

To Stabilize the Cost of Benefits Offered by Concordia Plan Services

WHEREAS, Concordia Plan Services (CPS) provides significant blessings to workers enrolled in their health, retirement, and disability plans; and

WHEREAS, The cost of the Concordia Health Plan (CHP), Concordia Retirement Plan (CRP), and the Concordia Disability and Survivor Plan (CDSP) offered by CPS is a substantial expense borne by congregations, schools, and other ministries of the Synod;

and

WHEREAS, The pool of workers available to enroll in the CPS benefit plans is relatively small; and

WHEREAS, A larger pool of workers contributing to the CHP , CRP, and the CDSP would provide the opportunity to spread expenses over a larger membership base and would increase the ability of CPS to negotiate with vendors; and

WHEREAS, There are other church bodies with whom we agree in biblical morality and medical ethics; and

WHEREAS, Our doctrine permits us to cooperate in externals with other church bodies in non-doctrinal matters; therefore be it

Resolved, That the 2026 Synod convention amend the Synod’s Bylaws so that CPS can serve a wider population, by working with other church bodies to increase collective worker enrollment in order to stabilize the overall cost of the benefits offered by CPS.

South Dakota District