Announcements:
All announcements (slate of nominees, etc.) will be added in this location.
Pastor Search Team Timeline:
April 12:Pastor Ronnie announces the path to forming our Pastor Search Committee.
April 12:Nominations are open and will be reported to the Board of Overseers
April 29:Nominations are closed.
April 30:Board of Overseers meet to finalize slate of nominees to be voted on by the church.
May 1: Email containing the slate of nominees will be sent to the church membership.
May 1: Slate of nominees will be uploaded and made viewable on this.
May 2: Called Church wide day of prayer.
May 3: Church will enter a called business meeting to vote on Pastor Search Committee members.
May 10:Results will be made known.
May 19:Commissioning of Pastor Search Committee will take place during our regularly scheduled worship
FAQ:
Q:Who can nominate people for the committee?
A:Only church members may nominate.
Q:How do I nominate someone?
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Q:How many people may I nominate?
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Church Bylaws on Pastor Search Committee Selection and Process:
GABC Bylaws concerning Pastor Search Committee
In SECTION III - Church Officers and Staff under sub-section C. (Senior Pastor), number 2 (selection.)
In the selection of the Senior Pastor, a committee of seven ( plus two alternate members, one male and one female), to be known as the Pastor Search Committee shall be nominated by the Board of Overseers and elected at the regular or called business conference of the church.
Members of the Pastoral Leadership Team and their immediate family members (spouse, parents and children) shall not be eligible to serve on the Pastor Search Committee.
Suggestions for members to serve shall be solicited from the Church. The Board of Overseers shall choose the nominees from those suggested and others they may deem appropriate. The Board of Overseers shall present a slate of nominees to the church body of not less than 3 members of the Board of Overseers, and not less than 3 men, and not less than 3 women. The three Overseers and the two men and two women receiving the most votes from the church
election will be elected as the Pastor Search Committee. The committee shall serve until its task is completed. The man and the woman receiving the third highest number of votes will be
elected as the alternates. Such committee shall proceed in the selection of a Senior Pastor whose gifts, character and calling fit him for the office to be filled. The Senior Pastor shall be presented to and elected by the Church according to the election process specified in Section V.
Election Process (Connected Section V – Senior Pastor)
“In the selection of the Senior Pastor, a committee of seven ( plus two alternate members, one male and one female), to be known as the Pastor Search Committee shall be nominated by the Board of Overseers and elected at the regular or called business conference of the church.
Members of the Pastoral Leadership Team and their immediate family members (spouse, parents and children) shall not be eligible to serve on the Pastor Search Committee.
Suggestions for members to serve shall be solicited from the Church. The Board of Overseers shall choose the nominees from those suggested and others they may deem appropriate. The Board of Overseers shall present a slate of nominees to the church body of not less than 3 members of the Board of Overseers, and not less than 3 men, and not less than 3 women.
The three Overseers and the two men and two women receiving the most votes from the church election will be elected as the Pastor Search Committee. The committee shall serve until its task is completed. The man and the woman receiving the third highest number of votes will be elected as the alternates.
Such committee shall proceed in the selection of a Senior Pastor whose gifts, character and calling fit him for the office to be filled. The Senior Pastor shall be presented to and elected by the Church according to the election process specified in Section V.”
Election Process (Connected Section V – Senior Pastor)
“The Pastor Search Committee shall make a recommendation to the Church to fill a vacancy in the Senior Pastor position…
The election of the Senior Pastor shall occur at a Church business conference called specifically for that purpose. No name shall be considered or nominated except that recommended by the Pastor Search Committee.
The vote shall be by secret ballot and shall require a three-fourths affirmative vote of the members present and voting for election. If the recommendation does not receive three-fourths of the vote, the Pastor Search Committee shall present another recommendation to the Church.”
In the selection of the Senior Pastor, a committee of seven ( plus two alternate members, one male and one female), to be known as the Pastor Search Committee shall be nominated by the Board of Overseers and elected at the regular or called business conference of the church.
Members of the Pastoral Leadership Team and their immediate family members (spouse, parents and children) shall not be eligible to serve on the Pastor Search Committee.
Suggestions for members to serve shall be solicited from the Church. The Board of Overseers shall choose the nominees from those suggested and others they may deem appropriate. The Board of Overseers shall present a slate of nominees to the church body of not less than 3 members of the Board of Overseers, and not less than 3 men, and not less than 3 women. The three Overseers and the two men and two women receiving the most votes from the church
election will be elected as the Pastor Search Committee. The committee shall serve until its task is completed. The man and the woman receiving the third highest number of votes will be
elected as the alternates. Such committee shall proceed in the selection of a Senior Pastor whose gifts, character and calling fit him for the office to be filled. The Senior Pastor shall be presented to and elected by the Church according to the election process specified in Section V.
Election Process (Connected Section V – Senior Pastor)
“In the selection of the Senior Pastor, a committee of seven ( plus two alternate members, one male and one female), to be known as the Pastor Search Committee shall be nominated by the Board of Overseers and elected at the regular or called business conference of the church.
Members of the Pastoral Leadership Team and their immediate family members (spouse, parents and children) shall not be eligible to serve on the Pastor Search Committee.
Suggestions for members to serve shall be solicited from the Church. The Board of Overseers shall choose the nominees from those suggested and others they may deem appropriate. The Board of Overseers shall present a slate of nominees to the church body of not less than 3 members of the Board of Overseers, and not less than 3 men, and not less than 3 women.
The three Overseers and the two men and two women receiving the most votes from the church election will be elected as the Pastor Search Committee. The committee shall serve until its task is completed. The man and the woman receiving the third highest number of votes will be elected as the alternates.
Such committee shall proceed in the selection of a Senior Pastor whose gifts, character and calling fit him for the office to be filled. The Senior Pastor shall be presented to and elected by the Church according to the election process specified in Section V.”
Election Process (Connected Section V – Senior Pastor)
“The Pastor Search Committee shall make a recommendation to the Church to fill a vacancy in the Senior Pastor position…
The election of the Senior Pastor shall occur at a Church business conference called specifically for that purpose. No name shall be considered or nominated except that recommended by the Pastor Search Committee.
The vote shall be by secret ballot and shall require a three-fourths affirmative vote of the members present and voting for election. If the recommendation does not receive three-fourths of the vote, the Pastor Search Committee shall present another recommendation to the Church.”
SECTION III - Church Officers and Staff
C. Senior Pastor
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2. Selection
In the selection of the Senior Pastor, a committee of seven ( plus two alternate members, one male and one female), to be known as the Pastor Search Committee shall be nominated by the Board of Overseers and elected at the regular or called business conference of the church.
Members of the Pastoral Leadership Team and their immediate family members (spouse,
parents and children) shall not be eligible to serve on the Pastor Search Committee.
Suggestions for members to serve shall be solicited from the Church. The Board of Overseers shall choose the nominees from those suggested and others they may deem appropriate. The Board of Overseers shall present a slate of nominees to the church body of not less than members of the Board of Overseers, and not less than 3 men, and not less than 3 women. The three Overseers and the two men and two women receiving the most votes from the church election will be elected as the Pastor Search Committee. The committee shall serve until its task is completed. The man and the woman receiving the third highest number of votes will be
elected as the alternates. Such committee shall proceed in the selection of a Senior Pastor whose gifts, character and calling fit him for the office to be filled. The Senior Pastor shall be presented to and elected by the Church according to the election process specified in Section V.
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2. Selection
In the selection of the Senior Pastor, a committee of seven ( plus two alternate members, one male and one female), to be known as the Pastor Search Committee shall be nominated by the Board of Overseers and elected at the regular or called business conference of the church.
Members of the Pastoral Leadership Team and their immediate family members (spouse,
parents and children) shall not be eligible to serve on the Pastor Search Committee.
Suggestions for members to serve shall be solicited from the Church. The Board of Overseers shall choose the nominees from those suggested and others they may deem appropriate. The Board of Overseers shall present a slate of nominees to the church body of not less than members of the Board of Overseers, and not less than 3 men, and not less than 3 women. The three Overseers and the two men and two women receiving the most votes from the church election will be elected as the Pastor Search Committee. The committee shall serve until its task is completed. The man and the woman receiving the third highest number of votes will be
elected as the alternates. Such committee shall proceed in the selection of a Senior Pastor whose gifts, character and calling fit him for the office to be filled. The Senior Pastor shall be presented to and elected by the Church according to the election process specified in Section V.