CCPI Update Newsletter: Summer 2010
Articles include: Fundraising Milestone Celebrated, Annual Evaluation of Liberia Pilot, Donor Spotlight, Planning Continues in Other Central Conferences
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Pension initiative hits $20 million goal
The United Methodist Church’s Central Conference Pension Initiative has reached its initial fundraising goal of $20 million to help provide for retired pastors like Nyanungo and their surviving spouses.
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CCPI Update Newsletter: Spring 2010
Articles include: Angola Pension Pilot Program Begins, Donor Spotlight, Mozambique Pension Program Completes First Year, CCPI in the Congo, Philippines Pension Plans Moving Forward, Zimbabwe Planning New Pension Program
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Press Release: Central Conference Pension Initiative Launches Angola Pension Pilot Project
The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits (General Board) and the office of the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) announce the launch of a pension pilot project in the country of Angola. This is the CCPI’s third pilot program; the first pilot program was launched for the Liberia Annual Conference in January 2007, followed by a pilot program for Mozambique’s two annual conferences in January 2009.
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Press Release: Central Conference Pension Initiative Visits Define $25 Million Challenge Goal
Nashville, Tenn.—For the Rev. Charles Horace, a retired Liberian pastor, life without a pension was a daily struggle. He recalls weeks in which he would "just live on water" for two or three days. But through the Liberia pension fund, Horace now receives a quarterly pension benefit made possible by gifts to the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI).
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Campaign Update Newsletter: December 2009
Articles include: Micro-Business Thrives in Mozambique, UMCOM Helps with Final Push, Donor Spotlight, Bishop Asks Denomination to Support CCPI, Storm Delay Philippines Pension Plans, Emergency Grants Address Urgent Needs, Campaign Goal Refined, CCPI Sees Opportunity for Baltics, Russian Plan Progress
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Interpreter Story Promotes CCPI Gifts of Peace
In a letter to pastors, Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, president of the Council of Bishops, and the CCPI steering committee are asking United Methodists to "close the gap and put us over the top, so we can provide the economic security our retired clergy and their spouses have justly earned by their faithful service."
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Campaign Update Newsletter: August 2009
Articles include: Reception Brings CCPI Supporters Together, Bishops Vote Unanimous Support for CCPI, Conferences Answer Cokesbury Call, DOE Oil Refunds Donated, Mozambique Pilot Project Update
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Campaign Update Newsletter: April 2009
Articles include: Mozambique Pilot Project Under Way, Angola to Manage Countrywide Pensions in Single Plan, Liberia Plan Description Completed, Donor Spotlight, Liberia Pilot Project Update and more.
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Press Release: Liberian President Supports CCPI Fundraising Effort
Evanston, IL—Southern Methodist University was the site for a Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) donor reception on April 14, attended by Her Excellency Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of The Republic of Liberia.
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Gifts and Pledges Reach $15.2 Million
Pledges and gifts to support the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) have reached $15.2 million to date—75% of our minimum goal of $20 million. We are grateful for the continuing generosity from across the denomination. The CCPI campaign has received donations and pledges from individuals, local churches, general agencies, annual conferences, foundations and conference boards of pensions.
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$13.4 Million Pledged to CCPI Campaign
The Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) recently reached an important milestone—pledges and gifts of $13.4 million—more than half of the amount needed to reach our minimum $20 million goal. (From the Campaign Update Newsletter)
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Donor Spotlight
Read about the generous donations from Milford United Methodist Church and Will and Dianne Green.
(From the Campaign Update Newsletter)
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Q and A with the CCPI Office
Your questions answered on the Liberia distribution process, review findings and how recipients are benefitting from your donations. (From the Campaign Update Newsletter)
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Your Support is Changing Lives Across the Globe
An Update on the Liberia Pilot Project (From the Campaign Update Newsletter)
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Campaign Update Newsletter: November 2008
The Central Conference Pension Initiative recently reached an important milestone—pledges and gifts of $13.4 million—more than half of the amount needed to reach our minimum $20 million goal.
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CCPI Tracked and Evaluated: Pension Recipients Are ‘Grateful’ for the Help
It has now been nearly eight years since the General Conference 2000 charge to “launch a pension support plan for the central conferences” and slightly more than a year since the first pension pilot program began in Liberia, in January 2007.
Although there has been anecdotal evidence that the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) is working, leaders decided that it was time to gather some hard data to show the efficiency of distribution of the pensions. A field review was performed to ensure that retirees are receiving their pensions in a timely manner and receiving the correct amounts, as well as to gather input about challenges and successes.
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Retirement presents challenge for Estonian pastors
These are the stories the retirees and widows told when a delegation of United Methodists from the United States and Norway visited Estonia in 2006 in preparation for launching a campaign to raise funds for the denomination's Central Conference Pension Initiative.
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Zimbabwe's economy adds to retirees' misery
In Zimbabwe, retired pastors and surviving spouses don’t receive regular pension support from the church. This year, an emergency grant of $68 was provided through the initiative and the Board of Global Ministries. Zimbabwe has 36 retirees and 34 surviving spouses.
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Retired Liberian clergy eke out survival on pensions
A news team from United Methodist Communications and members of the denomination's Board of Pension visited the Liberia Annual Conference in 2005 to gain a better understanding of the pension needs in that West African country. The team visited cities outside of Monrovia, Liberia's capital city, meeting with pastors and surviving spouses whose pension funds were minimal or nonexistent. Many had given 20, 30 or 40 years of service to the church.
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Church acts to help pastors, widows on meager pensions
Mozambique became the denomination's second pilot pension program on Nov. 3, at a meeting of the Central Conference Pension Initiative Committee. The action will provide additional pension benefits to 132 ordained clergy, 32 deacons and 278 evangelists in Mozambique.
This is the first of a four-week series on the Central Conference Pension Initiative. Following weeks will focus on Zimbabwe, Liberia and Estonia.
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Pilot Projects Aim to Help Central Conference Clergy
Their stories are unique, yet they share a common thread: years of commitment to the Church followed by a retirement marked by hardship. While retired U.S. pastors and surviving spouses receive significant pension benefits, many of the roughly 2,000 retired pastors, surviving spouses and lay workers in the central conferences struggle to survive with little or no retirement income.
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Reverend Paul Dirdak to Assist with CCPI Pension Support Activities
The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits and the office of the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) today announced a consulting agreement with the Reverend Paul Dirdak of the California-Nevada annual conference.
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