provisional members, associate members, and local pastors under appointment. Te 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 In order to provide an equal number of clergy and lay members, additional professing lay members shall be elected in the following order: one additional young person between 12 and 17 years of age from each district, one additional young person between 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/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.


200.15 If additional lay members are needed to provide an equal number of 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:


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