Call for Nominations

Please consider nominating yourself or another gifted individual for the below leadership opportunities. 

The nomination form is available here: https://tinyurl.com/Nominations199

Each nominee should consent to be nominated before the form is submitted. When making a nomination, please email a high-resolution color headshot photograph of the nominee for publication to the Rev. Annie Elliott, elliotta@gosaints.org. If unable to submit the nomination form or the photograph through these methods, please contact the Rev. Annie Elliott (601.853.6016).

 Elections will be held at the 199th Annual Council, January 30-January 31, 2026. We will convene at the North Campus of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland. Please note, training in the prevention of sexual misconduct is required for these leadership positions; anti-racism and other diversity awareness training is encouraged.

TREASURER

Election details: One layperson for a one-year term.

Description: The Treasurer of the Diocese works closely with the Finance and Executive Committees, the Trustees of the Diocese, and the diocesan staff on financial and budgetary matters impacting our operations, investments, mission, and ministry. Financial and budgetary acumen is required; current or previous experience as a treasurer is desired.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Member

Election details: Two clerics and two laypersons, each for a three-year term. 

Description: The Executive Committee and its subcommittees focus on mission and ministry opportunities across the Diocese, work with supported churches and chaplaincies, and meet quarterly to review or amend the budget, consider insurance plans, and/or initiate programs and offerings. In many ways the diocesan Executive Committee is analogous to a local vestry or mission committee.

TRUSTEES OF THE DIOCESE, Trustee

Election details: One layperson for a four-year term. 

Description: As the official diocesan corporation chartered by the State legislature, the Trustees focus on property matters (diocesan and mission church holdings), money, and portfolio management. Our catalog of investments includes diocesan funds, endowments, and other monies, as well as those of parishes and missions across the Diocese who invest alongside the Trustees. Often, Trustees have a background in finance, banking, investments, law, real estate, business, or entrepreneurial professions and prior experience serving the Church in an official capacity.

STANDING COMMITTEE, Member

Election details: One presbyter and one layperson, each for a four-year term. 

Description: The Standing Committee focuses on churchwide consents in elections for bishops, considers postulancy, candidacy, and ordination for those from our Diocese studying for and seeking Holy Orders, and deals with property matters and questions of incumbrance or indebtedness. The Committee serves as a council of advice to the Bishop and, in the case of a vacancy in the office of Bishop Diocesan, acts as the Ecclesiastical Authority. Committee members have often served in a prior leadership role on the local or diocesan level.

DISCIPLINARY BOARD, Member

Election details: Two clerics and two laypeople for three-year terms.

Description: The Disciplinary Board considers matters of clergy conduct. Nominees should have a working knowledge of Title IV of the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church or have a willingness to learn. Members are frequently process-oriented. Skills in the areas of discernment, consensus building, and active listening are beneficial. A background in mediation, conflict management, reconciliation, discernment, Canon law, civic law, counseling, family systems, or related fields is helpful for this work.

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH (Sewanee), Trustee

Election details: One cleric for a three-year term, beginning July 1.

Description: As one of the owning dioceses, the Diocese of Mississippi annually elects an individual to serve a three-year term on Sewanee’s Board of Trustees. Nominees should be invested in the ongoing interests and well-being of the University. Nominees regularly have an ongoing relationship with the University, either as an alumnus or through another affinity or affiliation. Alumni status is not a prerequisite.

GENERAL CONVENTION DEPUTATION, Deputy, Alternate

Election details: Four clerics and four laypeople to serve as deputies. Four clerics and four laypeople to serve as alternates.

Description: Deputies to the general convention, consisting of four clerics and four confirmed adult lay communicants, will be elected. Council shall also elect four alternate deputies in each order. The 82nd General Convention will be held in Phoenix, Arizona. The dates are July 3-8, 2027. Deputies and alternate deputies to general convention serve as deputies and alternate deputies, respectively, to provincial synod the year before and the year of convention.