To Stabilize the Cost of Benefits Offered by Concordia Plan Services

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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 
2026 Convention Workbook
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