of interests policies, applicable to both members and employees, which embody and live out our Christian
values.
A. 200 Annual Conference Membership and Session
200.00 Membership
200.05 The Annual Conference shall be composed of clergy and lay members. The clergy membership shall
consist of deacons and elders in full connection, provisional members, associate members, and local pastors
under appointment. The lay membership shall consist of professing lay members elected by each charge, the
diaconal ministers, the active deaconesses, and home missioners under episcopal appointment within the
bounds of the annual conference, the Conference President of United Methodist Women, the Conference
President of United Methodist Men, the Conference Lay Leader, District Lay Leaders, the Conference Director
of Lay Speaking Ministries, the Conference Secretary of Global Ministries (if lay), the president or equivalent
officer of the Conference Young Adult Organization, Conference President United Methodist Youth, the Chair
of United Methodist Student Movement, and one young person between the ages of 12 and 17 and one young
person between the ages of 18 and 30 from each district.
200.10 Additional lay members of the Annual Conference, as prescribed by the current Book of Discipline, shall
include: Diaconal Ministers, active Deaconesses under appointment within the bounds of the Annual Conference,
Conference President of the United Methodist Women, Conference President of the United Methodist Men,
Conference Lay Leader, District Lay Leaders, Conference Director of Lay Speaking, Conference President or
equivalent officer of the Conference Young Adult Organization, Conference President of the United Methodist
Youth, Chair of the Missouri United Methodist Student Movement, one youth between 12 and 17 years of age from
each district, and one young adult between 19 and 30 years of age from each district.
200.15 200.10 In order to provide an equal number of ministerial clergy and lay members, additional professing
lay members shall be elected in the following order: one additional youth young person between 12 and 17
years of age from each district, one additional young adult person between 19 18 and 30 years of age from each
district, Vice Chair of the Missouri United Methodist Student Movement, the Associate Conference Lay Leader(s),
Conference Treasurer, Conference Director of Connectional Ministries/equivalent, Conference Coordinator of
Communications, Conference program staff, at-large members of the Mission Council, Conference Chancellor,
chairpersons of Annual Conference Teams, Boards, Commissions, and Committees, Lay Missioners/Ministers
Certified Lay Ministers under assignment, the Conference Missions Secretary, members of General and
Jurisdictional Boards, one additional member from each church that has a Deacon with a secondary appointment
assigned as a clergy person on the staff, District Presidents of United Methodist Women, District Presidents of
United Methodist Men, chairpersons of District Councils on Ministries, member(s) of the World Methodist
Council, and member(s) of the World Council of Churches Assembly or Central Committee.
200.20 200.15 If additional lay members are needed to provide an equal number of ministerial clergy and lay
members, the lay members shall be nominated by each district according to the district’s membership percentage
of the conference membership.
201.00 Session

201.05 All resolutions from individuals, congregations, or groups other than councils, teams, committees, or
boards of the Missouri Conference must be in the office of the Director of Connectional Ministries before April 15
in order to be considered by the approaching session of annual conference. Resolutions that are determined to be
in order by the bishop will be distributed for review as follows:

Resolutions calling for changes to the Standing Rules will be distributed to the Rules and Procedures Committee;
Resolutions with financial implications will be distributed to the Finance and Administration Team;
B-28 2009 Missouri Annual Conference
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