UMC General Conference (2024)
Wespath Legislation and Resources
Legislation Highlights
(Legislation as submitted for the 2020 General Conference. Implementation dates and some other details may be amended due to postponement of General Conference)
| Legislative Overview | New Retirement Plan (Proposed) | Plan Design Video |
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| U.S. Regional Conference Proposal | Planning for Potential Scenarios | FAQs about Key Legislation |
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Wespath Petitions and Rationales
Quick Links
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Plan Changes |  |
Wespath Governance |  |
Wespath Services |
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Church Investment Ethics |  |
Contingency Planning |  |
Other Discipline Updates |
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Plan Changes
Discipline ¶1504.1—Compass Retirement Plan Discipline ¶1504.1—Clergy Retirement Security Program Amendments Discipline ¶1504.1—Mandatory Plans and New Clergy Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Discipline ¶1504.1—Comprehensive Protection Plan Amendments |
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Wespath Governance Discipline ¶1501—GBPHB-Wespath Name Discipline ¶1502.1—GBPHB Membership (Wespath Board of Directors) Discipline ¶1502.3—Wespath Meetings Discipline ¶1502.4—Wespath Committees Back to Wespath Petitions and Rationales Quick Links |
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Wespath Services Discipline ¶1504.2—Wespath Voluntary Benefit Plans Discipline ¶1504.16—Wespath Institutional Investors Discipline ¶1504.20—Central Conference Pensions Back to Wespath Petitions and Rationales Quick Links |
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Church Investment Ethics Discipline ¶717—Sustainable and Socially Responsible Investments New Discipline ¶718—Investment Management Services Back to Wespath Petitions and Rationales Quick Links |
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Planning for Potential Contingencies New Discipline ¶2555—Pensions Matters for Disaffiliation by U.S. Annual Conferences or Groups of Local Churches Discipline ¶1504.1—Contingency Changes to Retirement Plan for General Agencies (RPGA) Back to Wespath Petitions and Rationales Quick Links |
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Other Discipline Updates (Clarifications and Technical Changes) New ¶640—Joint Distributing Committee Cross-Reference ¶715.4.d—General Agency Benefit Funding Plan Report ¶807.8—General Agency Property Reporting Exemptions ¶807.12.c—General Agency Pay Equity Reporting ¶1504.8—Cost Allocation of Mandatory Plans ¶1504.21—Health and Wellness Information ¶1505—General Agency Pension Credit Other Discipline Updates (Move Discipline paragraphs about Conference Boards of Pensions to a more intuitive location in the Discipline: the ¶600s, Annual Conferences section, from the ¶1500s, Wespath section)
¶1506—Move Pension Duties and Responsibilities of Annual Conferences Discipline ¶1506 and ¶639 ¶1507 and ¶639—Financing Pension and Benefit Programs ¶1508 and ¶639—Conference Pension Conflict of Interest Policies Back to Wespath Petitions and Rationales Quick Links |
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Legislative Collaborations Co-submitted with NAACT and AUMCPBO
¶615, 622, 639 and 818—Proportional Payment Connectional Table Proposal for a U.S. Regional Conference
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