Michelle Boyer, a

teacher at West

Portal Lutheran

School in San

Francisco, is among

31,000 workers 

who receive benefits

through Worker

Benefit Plans.

Worker Benefit Plans

`Serving Those In His Service'

W

hen church leaders set out years ago to assist LCMS

church workers, they took the model from the book

of Acts, where Christians shared everything, distrib 

uting to each member what was needed.  In the early 1900s, a

plan was designed for churches, schools and other organizations

to pool some resources and through ongoing contributions and

investments provide pensions.  The result, in 1937, was the

Pension Plan for Pastors and Teachers (PPPT).

31,000 

church workers 

$141 million 

in health claims 

$95 million 

in retirement benefits

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Photo: From  A Week in the Life of the LCMS    LCMS