This is a clergy-only executive session and will not be livestreamed or recorded. Clergy will be released for the day at the close of this session.

During this session, we will vote to elect two reserve delegates for the 2024 Jurisdictional Conference Delegation.

The Missouri Conference will vote via personal smart phone devices to fill vacancies in the jurisdictional delegation to attend the 2024 Jurisdictional Conference on July 10-12 at Central UMC in Rogers, Arkansas. Elections will be determined by plurality. Those candidates receiving the most votes on a single ballot will be seated in the order of election. We are electing for two clergy delegation vacancies and one laity delegation vacancy. We will not be electing reserves for the Jurisdictional Conference delegation.

Clergy Delegate Requirements

Clergy shall be elected from the clergy members in full connection. The voting body for clergy elections includes deacons and elders in full connection, associate members, and provisional members who have completed all their educational requirements. Local pastors who have completed Course of Study or an M.Div. degree and served a minimum of two consecutive years under appointment immediately preceding the election are also eligible to vote (Para. 35). Clergy members with voting rights:

• Yellow: Full Clergy Members

• White: Licensed Local Pastors with voting rights (completed COS and two years of appointed service immediately preceding the election)

• Black: Provisional Clergy who have completed their educational requirements or Associate Members.