Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook
time pastors in purchasing health insurance. The 11% increase is in line with the pro- jected 2026 projected marketplace premiums. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in 2026 each charge with active full-time pastors shall pay the pastor an annual health insurance allowance of $20,000 in addition to salary to assist the pastor in purchasing health insurance. Legislative Item 107: 2026 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Clergypersons of the IGRC Subject : 2026 Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disabled Clergypersons of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference The Illinois Great Rivers Conference (the “Conference”) adopts the following resolu- tion relating to rental/housing WHEREAS, the religious denomination known as The United Methodist Church (the “Church”), of which this Conference is a part, has in the past functioned and continues to function through ministers of the gospel (within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code section 107) who were or are duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed ministers of the Church (“Clergypersons”); WHEREAS, the practice of the Church and of this Conference was and is to provide active clergypersons with a parsonage or a rental/housing allowance as part of their gross compensation; WHEREAS, pensions or other amounts paid to active, retired, and disabled clergypersons are deferred compensation and are paid to active, retired, and disabled clergypersons in consideration of previous active service; and WHEREAS, the Internal Revenue Service has recognized the Conference (or its predecessors) as the appropriate organization to designate a rental/housing allowance for clergypersons who are or were members of this Conference and are eligible to receive such deferred compensation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: THAT an amount equal to 100% of the pension or disability payments received from plans authorized under The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church (the “Discipline”), which includes all such payments from Wespath, previously known as the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits (“GBOPHB”), during the year 2026 by each active, retired, or disabled clergyperson who is or was a member of the Conference, or its predecessors, be and hereby is designated as a rental/housing allowance for each such clergyperson; and THAT the pension or disability payments to which this rental/housing allowance applies will be any pension or disability payments from plans, annuities, or funds authorized under the Discipline, including such payments from the GBOPHB and
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