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  • Request for Lay Ministry License

    All lay ministers serving in the Diocese of Missouri are required to be licensed by the bishop. As of January 2025, these licenses will now last for 3 years instead of 1 year. A reminder will be sent to your parish when the 3 year period is up. Each parish should send the names of their lay ministers to the bishop's office no later than March 1, 2025. These certifications will be good until March 1, 2028. Please fill out this form and click "submit." Please note: your digital signature (typed name) is accepted in this online form.

  • (To be signed by resident clergy, senior warden or bishop's warden)

    This is to certify that, as required in the Guidelines for Licensed Ministries in the Diocese of Missouri, the Vestry, Bishop's Committee, or other governing body, and resident clergy, if any, find each individual listed below to be an upstanding example of Christian living, is believed to have a call to said ministry, and is demonstrating competency for said ministy.

  • Please list the first and last names of all people to be licensed in each category.

    Separate names with commas.

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