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Facts about our Diocese

• There are 45 congregations in the Diocese; 31 are parishes and 14 are organized missions At the 170th Convention of the Diocese in November 2009, Church of the Transfiguration in Lake St. Louis will petition to change their status from mission to parish.

• According to the 2008 Parochial Reports, there were 13,485 baptized members and 12,228 communicants in the Diocese. The 25 congregations in the metropolitan St. Louis area have approximately 78 percent of the communicants. The average Sunday attendance is 34 percent of baptized members and 37 percent of communicants.

• The 2008 Diocesan Operating Budget calls for expenditures totaling $ 2,373,131.

• Approximately 41 percent of the Operating Budget income is received from congregations through an assessment system instituted by the 2005 Diocesan Convention.

• The Thompson Fund is an endowment that produces an annual income. Use of this fund is at the discretion of the Bishop. For 2008, the Thompson Fund contributed $660,000 to the Operating Budget of the Diocese.

• In 2007 there were 124 ordained men and women canonically resident in the Diocese, of whom 60 are listed as parochial, 46 as retired, 18 as non-parochial and nine persons from the Diocese in the ordination process, including four postulants for the priesthood, and five postulants for the dioconate.

• The Bishop and Council is an elected body that plans policy and recommends budget for the program of the Diocese.

• There are six Convocations in the Diocese serving as communications links between congregations and the Bishop and Council.

• The Diocese has had a companion relationship with the Diocese of Lui in southern Sudan since April 2006. The Diocese previously had a companion relationship with the Anglican dioceses of northern Nigeria and with the Dioceseof Puerto Rico.

• The Bishop, by virtue of the office, serves on several boards of religious and civic organizations, including the Episcopal-Presbyterian Charitable Health and Medical Trust, St. Luke’s Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Updated Oct. 2009