2026 Employer Agreement

Prepare for your Employer Agreement in three simple steps | Support for your Employer Agreement | Review and submit your Employer Agreement | Offering the Retirement Savings Plan | New medical pricing requests | Moving members to benefit groups for 2026 | More information about selecting benefits for 2026 | Join our webinar for help with your Employer Agreement

Prepare for your Employer Agreement in three simple steps

As you begin to consider your benefits offerings for next year, here’s how you can prepare to complete your 2026 Employer Agreement:

1. Review your current benefits offerings in Benefits Connect.
   
2. Discuss your organization’s needs and employee considerations for 2026 with your leadership team and decision-makers, as needed.
3. Confirm your employer representative and contact information in Benefits Connect.

Review and submit your Employer Agreement

Starting Aug. 28, your 2026 Employer Agreement will be available in Benefits Connect for you to review benefits options and pricing for 2026.

• After logging in to Benefits Connect, select the blue Employer Agreements button to view your 2026 Employer Agreement.
• Your Employer Agreement will reflect your 2025 selections.
• You may make changes to the benefits you offer your employees for 2026 directly in Benefits Connect.
• Please submit your Employer Agreement after reviewing it and making changes. If you need to make changes to your Employer Agreement after you have submitted it, call the Board to speak to an Employer Services representative.
  

If you are not making changes to your benefits offerings for 2026, you do not need to submit your Employer Agreement in Benefits Connect. Your 2025 benefits selections will carry over to 2026 at the 2026 costs.

New medical pricing requests

Call the Board as soon as possible to request pricing if you would like to offer the Medical Plan to employees who are not:

• enrolled in Transitional Pastor’s Participation or the Congregational Pastors Package
• already offered medical coverage in an existing benefits group

Pricing is established as national, community-rated, fixed pricing adjusted for each employer based on geography and the demographics of the employees being covered.

You will need to provide information about each employee. Requests typically take about three to five business days to process and must be completed prior to submitting your Employer Agreement.

Learn more about requesting new medical pricing.

Moving members to benefit groups for 2026

If you need to move employees to a different benefit group effective Jan. 1, 2026, refer to the Group Assignment Data Collection Guide for instructions. The guide provides step-by-step instructions for completing this process in Benefits Connect after you’ve submitted your Employer Agreement.

More information about selecting benefits for 2026

• For congregations and church employers
  
• For affiliate organizations