2020 Rio Texas Annual Conference

Officiating bishop:  Bishop Robert Schnase

Main actions enacted by the conference:

Approve Board of Trustees Report II:

                Board of Trustee’s Fund

Approve Board of Pensions Report I and II:

                Past Service Rate 2021

                Resolutions Relating to Rental/Housing Allowance for Retired or Disable Clergy

Approve the Finance Table (CF&A) Report I through IV:

                Authority of the Finance Table (CF&A) to Respond to Unforeseen Financial Situations

                Support for District Superintendents

                Equitable Compensation Policy on Minimum Pastoral Support

                2021 Apportioned Funds

All of the delegates were previously elected, prior to scheduled 2020 General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference, none had to be replaced.

Names of delegates for 2021 General Conference, as well as whether they are lay or clergy:

Clergy delegates: The Revs. Laura Merrill, James Amerson, Raquel Cajiri Feagins, Taylor Fuerst.

Lay delegates: Jay Brim, Rachel Wright, Chuck McGarity and Ralph Thompson.

Delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference:

Clergy: The Revs. Paul Escamilla, Abigail Parker Herrera, Wilson Pruitt and Amelia Beasley.

Lay: Carol Loeb, Cynthia Andrade Johnson, Kercida McClain, Iris Chavez.

Reserve clergy delegates: The Revs. Russell Miller, Liliana Padilla, Michael Mumme and Thomas Deviney.

Reserve lay delegates: Priscilla Patterson, Aislinn Deviney, Patricia Stewart and Abby Gutierrez

Number of people ordained, commissioned, or received into associate membership, and average age: There were six ordained, and six Commissioned.  The average age for all 12 is 43 years old.  

Number of clergy retired: 23

Membership stands at 112,809 which is down by 1.7% from the previous year.

Worship attendance stands at 40,672 which is down by 0.04% from the previous year.

Church school attendance stands at 13,434 which is down by 0.04% from the previous year.

Professions or reaffirmations of faith for 2019 stands at 2,860 which is up 32.6% from 2018.

Adults and young adults in small groups for 2019 is 3,219 which is up by 0.02% from 2018.

Worshippers engaged in mission for 2019 is 29,833 which is up by 0.05%, from 2018.

—Submitted by Jozlin Parker, Rio Texas Conference director of technical ministries.