Episode 33: Benefits Calling: The World of Church Plans with Rev. Jeff Thiemann




American Benefits Podcast show

Summary: Ably representing the perspectives of church health and retirement plans is the Church Alliance, a coalition of the chief executive officers of 38 church benefit programs. In this episode, host Jason Hammersla speaks with Reverend Jeffrey Thiemann, vice chair of the Church Alliance and president and CEO of Portico Benefit Services (a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), to talk about what makes church plan benefits so challenging -- and rewarding -- to administer.