Greetings from the Board of Ordained Ministry of the Río Texas Conference!

The role of the Board is assist persons in discerning and confirming a call to ordained ministry in The United Methodist Church. Your exploration of that call begins with your local church pastor. If you have not already done so, please share your sense of what may be a call to ordained ministry with your pastor, allowing them to begin this discernment process with you.  The Río Texas Conference is seeking missional leaders with a call to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ into the mission field of south Texas. Among the qualities we are looking for in these leaders are:

1.  Faith in the calling of God
2.  A heart for evangelism
3.  Cultural proficiency
4.  Ability to develop other missional leaders
5.  Catalytic capacity

We want to provide you with helpful resources for your inquiries related to your exploration. Please contact Eve Albert in the Conference Office (210-408-4500; evealbert@riotexas.org) for more information.

We rejoice with you that God’s Holy Spirit is stirring in your heart and we pray that God will continue to order your steps in following a faithful path of service and leadership in The United Methodist Church.

Grace and peace,

Rev. David Payne, Chair
Río Texas Conference Board of Ordained Ministry