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Lay Ministry License

All lay ministers serving in The Diocese of Missouri are required to be licensed by the bishop.

Each parish should send the names of their lay ministers to the bishop's office no later than March 1 of each year.

Please fill out the form below and click "submit." (You must click submit for the form to process.) Please note: digital signature (typed name) is accepted in this online form.

The form will be sent directly to the bishop's office. You will receive a confirmation letter from Bishop Deon soon.

Request for Lay Ministry License

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(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 ministry.

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

Separate names with commas.

Thank you for submitting this request.

Your form has been submitted to Jillian Smith, Executive Assistant to Bishop Deon Johnson.



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The Rev. Canon Doris Westfall
Canon to the Ordinary
314-231-1220 
Jillian Smith
Executive Assistant to the Bishop and Canon to the Ordinary
314-231-1220, ext. 1370 

The Rev. Canon Doris Westfall

Canon to the Ordinary
314-231-1220 |

Jillian Smith

Executive Assistant to the Bishop and Canon to the Ordinary
314-231-1220, ext. 1370 |

Jillian joined the Bishop's staff in 2017 as the Director of the Deaconess Anne House and began serving as Executive Assistant to the Bishop and Canon to the Ordinary in August 2019. Jillian has a Bachelor's degree in history, with a minor in sociology from the University of Evansville. She was a corps member of the first class at Deaconess Anne House, where she served with Episcopal City Mission and All Saints' Episcopal Church. After her internship with DAH, Jillian became the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ladue from 2014-2017. She is married to Anthony Cabrera.

Jillian's duties include:

  • Appointments for the Bishop
  • Appointments for the Canon to the Ordinary
  • Lay licensing
  • Remarriage petitions and authorizations
  • Diocesan Confirmation service
  • Bishop's visitations
  • Renewal of ministry
  • Letters Dimissory
  • Chrism oil
  • Supply Clergy list
  • Clergy Retreats, Clergy Conference
  • License to Officiate
  • Non-parochial Reports
  • Safeguarding God's Children
  • Ordination Process Forms
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The Rt. Rev. Deon K. Johnson is the leader of our diocese. He was elected as our bishop on Nov. 23, 2019, and ordained on June 13, 2020, at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis.

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Approximately 10,000 people throughout Eastern and Central Missouri find their faith home with us. About three-quarters of our members are in the metro St. Louis area, but our diocese reaches much farther than St. Louis. You will find more than 40 Episcopal churches, missions and faith communities as far north as Kirksville, as far west as Columbia, and as far south as Poplar Bluff (and many points in between).

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