The Standing Committee is the Bishop’s counterpart and advisory body providing a check and balance on the Bishop’s authority and also giving the Bishop the benefit of its council. The Standing Committee becomes the Ecclesiastical Authority in the absence or incapacitation of the Bishop. It also has final approval of applications for candidacy and ordinations, consents to episcopal elections, and property sales of diocesan or parochial properties.
The Standing Committee is pleased to welcome the Rev. Brittany Sparrow Savage as a new committee member.
Welcoming the Rev. Brittany Sparrow Savage to the Standing Committee! Read More »
Three-minute read. Diocesan Council Vice President, the Rev. Galen Snodgrass reports on the Council’s progress in preparing the 2024 diocesan budget.
West Missouri on the move: March Diocesan Council update Read More »
Three-minute read. It’s all well and good to discern vision and mission statements. What matters is where we go with them. The diocese’s two primary leadership bodies, the Diocesan Council and the Standing Committee, met February 3 – 4 to take those next steps.
West Missouri on the move Read More »
El Comité Permanente de la Diócesis de West Missouri ha anunciado su selección de un candidato para Obispo Provisional de West Missouri. La selección formal del candidato será el tema de la primera resolución que se presentará y se votará en la convención anual diocesana de este año, que está programada para el sábado 6 de noviembre de 2021.
Candidato Obispo provisional para West Missouri anunciado por el Comité Permanente Read More »
Two-minute read. The Standing Committee of The Diocese of West Missouri has announced their selection of a candidate for Bishop Provisional of West Missouri. The formal selection of the candidate will be the subject of the first resolution to be presented and voted upon at this year’s diocesan annual convention, which is scheduled to be held on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
Bishop Provisional candidate for West Missouri announced by the Standing Committee Read More »
Two-minute read. Planning is now underway as we prepare for the search for the ninth bishop of West Missouri.
In search of a new bishop Read More »
A letter from the Standing Committee outlining the process for finding a Bishop Provisional, leading up to the search for the Ninth Bishop of West Missouri.
An Announcement from the Standing Committee Read More »
