Employers,
Concordia Plans is dedicated to serving LCMS organizations and church workers.

Created by The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod nearly 60 years ago, Concordia Plans brings together thousands of ministries of all sizes, enabling us to offer you affordable, quality benefits, as well as business solutions that allow you to focus on what really matters: spreading the Word of God.


Our solutions





Be well to serve well

Aligned in faith with a passion to serve, CPS is here to help you help your workers be well to serve well.




employers-served

6,000


Employers proudly served including congregations, universities, schools, seminaries, social service organizations and other ministries.

members-served

85,000


Ministry workers and dependents covered by the Concordia Plans.

retirees-served

25,000


Retirees and surviving spouses receiving benefits from the Concordia Retirement Plan (pension).


What makes us different?

Our purpose.

Community.

Founded nearly 60 years ago by the LCMS, CPS was formed with a simple purpose: to provide benefits to pastors, teachers and church workers as they focused on a life of service. We bring the LCMS community together so you can benefit from collective negotiating that allows for greater benefits at lower costs and new opportunities for your ministry and workers.

Targeted outcomes.

CPS is in it for life – we’re invested in the long-term health and wellness of LCMS workers. Focused on improving physical, emotional and financial health for all members, we offer support to help workers get healthy and stay healthy – so workers can be well to serve well:

  • Financial planning.
  • Retirement solutions.
  • Disability and life insurance.
  • Health care benefits.
  • General and targeted wellness programs.

Customer focus.

We ask, listen and respond to your needs because we understand that not all ministries are the same. The solutions we offer are flexible for you.

 

Best-in-class financial expertise.

Concordia Plans is fortunate to have strong leadership on our Board, through an experienced investment management team among our staff and through best-in-class advisors, including Fidelity, Willis Towers Watson, and J.P. Morgan. Together we’ve earned a top 500 ranking in Pensions & Investments, and a top 1,000 ranking in Retirement Plans as we work to fulfill our mission to serve LCMS workers in retirement and to protect the stability of the plans for generations to come.

 

A real partnership.

We can do more together.

Through Concordia Plans, you have access to best-in-class partnerships and offerings not always available to individual organizations. Health care, retirement plans, HR services, life and disability insurance – we’re able to offer your ministry and workers solutions for a fraction of the cost that an individual organization would pay on the open market.

We go the extra mile for you.

As part of the LCMS community, we’re here with you every step of the way – making sure you understand the choices available to you and what your decisions will mean to your workers so you can create a sound plan to put into action. We’re here to help teach your workers about their Concordia Plans health care, financial and wellness solutions available to them.

 

Our Promise.

You can count on us. Caring for your ministry and LCMS ministry workers is what we do, and we take our responsibility to serve you to heart – with heart.