Ecclesiastical:
1. Of or pertaining to a church;
2. Relating to the organization or government of the church;
3. Appropriate for use in a church.

Terry serves the presbytyery
on a part-time basis and is normally in the presbytery
office on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
from 9:00 to 4:00.

Phone his office at
314.772.2395 x123.

Judy Pickett is Terry's assistant. Phone Judy at
314.772.2395 x112.

E-mail Terry at:
Terry Epling, Stated Clerk

Rev. Terry Epling, Stated Clerk

The Rev. Mr. Terry Epling serves as Stated Clerk of the presbytery. The Stated Clerk is elected by the presbytery to three-year, renewable terms.

The Stated Clerk is the presbytery's chief ecclesiastical administrator, he relates to other governing bodies, interprets presbytery actions, represents the presbytery on various boards, serves as a trustee and officer of the Corporation, staffs the Permanent Judicial Commission and Committee on Representation, and is the presbytery's secretary and parliamentarian, and secretary of the Mission Council.

The Stated Clerk conducts reviews of session minutes annually and is a polity resource to Clerks and Moderators of Sessions and the constitutional and programmatic committees of presbytery.

The duties of the Stated Clerk include: supporting and interpreting the church's Constitution and the Manual of Operations and policies of presbytery; organizing and managing meetings of the presbytery; publishing the minutes and policies of presbytery; collecting annual membership statistics; reviewing the minutes of sessions annually; assisting the Moderator and Vice-Moderator of presbytery; communicating through various media with our constituents; supporting the administrative commissions of presbytery; coordinating the ecclesiastical work of the presbytery between meetings; preserving the archives of minutes and records; providing support and training to clerks of sessions; and ensuring fair and effective representation on presbytery committees and agencies.