Farr Named Missouri Conference Episcopal Nominee
After a period of intentional prayer and discernment, Rev. Robert “Bob” Farr has been endorsed by the Missouri Conference delegation as a candidate for the Office of Bishop. Farr, Director of Congregational Excellence of the Missouri Annual Conference and clergy member for the 24-member Missouri delegation, received a strong endorsement with 95 percent of the vote of the delegation during its first gathering on Saturday, August 28 in Columbia. He will be the Missouri Conference nominee for election to bishop at the South Central Jurisdictional Conference episcopal elections in July 2016 in Wichita, Kansas. If elected, Farr, 56, would serve one of the episcopal areas within the jurisdiction that includes the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Because of episcopal term limits, the Missouri Conference will be one of those expecting to receive a new bishop in 2016.
