MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE
Appointments 2026-2027
When Believers Pray... Vision is Revealed 2026-27 Appointment Codes
AF
Affiliate Member (¶¶, 337.1344.3b, 586.4d)
AL
Administrative Location (¶ 360)
AM
Associate Member (¶¶ 322, 370.1, 634.2h)
OD
BH
Bishop
OE
CC
Certified Candidate OF
DC
Deaconess (¶ 1913.2)
DM
Diaconal Minister (2004 Discipline ¶ 369.1)
DR
Retired Diaconal Minister (consecrated under provisions of 1992 or earlier Discipline) (¶ 357)
NL
Local Pastor Approved, Not Appointed
OA
Associate Member of Other Annual Conference (¶ 346.1) Deacon Member of Other Annual Conference (¶¶ 331, 346.1)
ORD Retired Deacon of Other Annual Conference ORE Retired Elder of Other Annual Conference PD
Provisional Deacon (¶¶ 324, 325, 326)
Elder Member of Other Annual Conference
PE
Provisional Elder (¶¶ 324, 325, 326)
PL
Part-time Local Pastor (¶ 318.2)
Full Member of Other Denomination (¶ 346.2)
PLR Part-time Local Pastor Retired (¶ 318.2)
OFD Full Connection Deacon of Other Annual Conference (¶¶ 331, 346.1)
RA
Retired Associate Member (¶ 358)
RD
Retired Deacon in Full Connection (¶ 358)
OFE Full Connection Elder of Other Annual Conference
RDC Retired Deaconess (¶ 1913.2)
FD
Deacon in Full Connection (¶ 330)
OL
Local Pastors on Loan (¶ 318.4)
RE
FE
Elder in Full connection (¶ 355)
OM
RHM Retired Home Missioner (¶ 1913.2)
FL
Full-time Local Pastor (¶ 318.1)
Other Methodist Denominations (¶ 346.1)
FLR
Full-time Local Pastor Retired (¶318.1)
HL
Honorable Location (¶ 359.1)
HM
Home Missioner (¶ 1913.2)
HR
Honorable Location Retired (¶ 359.3) (status restored by GBHEM)
LM
Certified Lay Minister (¶ 268)
OPE Provisional Elder of Other Annual Conference
NC
No Longer Clergy
OR
OMR Retired Other Methodist Denomination OP
Provisional Member of Other Annual Conference (¶ 346.1)
OPD Provisional Deacon of Other Annual Conference (¶¶ 331, 346.1)
RL
Retired Local Pastor (¶¶ 320.5, 327.7)
RP
Retired Provisional Member (¶ 357) (Prior to Jan. 1, 2013)
SL
Student Local Pastor (¶ 318.3)
SY
Other Supplied – assigned pastors this will also include Lay Servant and Lay Speaker Persons (¶¶ 266, 267)
Retired Member of Other Annual Conference
(Bold indicates new appointments and charge line changes.)
Mississippi Conference of The United Methodist Church
Retired Full Elder (¶ 358)