Connectional Ministries

Staff, boards, agencies and committees work together to uphold and promote shared ministries of annual conference, jurisdictional conference and General Conference as each local church embodies our Core Values. This office is led by the director of connectional ministries and communications. Committees include:

• Mississippi partnerships (Millsaps College; Rust College; Wesley Pines Conference, Camping and Retreat Center; Camp Lake Stephens; Seashore United Methodist Assembly; Gulfside Association, Inc.; Methodist Children's Homes of Mississippi; Choctaw Mission; Delta Grace, Good Shepherd Community Center, Inc.; Edwards Street Fellowship Center; Moore Community House; Wesley House Community Center, Inc.; Bethlehem Center, Inc.; St. Andrew's Mission; United Methodist Hour United Methodist Senior Services, Baddour Center, Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, Seashore Mission and the Mississippi United Methodist Foundation)
• United Methodist Women
• United Methodist Men
• Church and Society
• Board of Global Ministries (missions, United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) and health and welfare)
• Youth and Family Ministries
• Commission on Communication.

Other areas of care include: overseeing and planning the Session of the Mississippi Annual Conference, congregations for children, personnel committee, journal, resolutions and petitions and standing rules.