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Serving the Greater East Valley and Payson Rim
Mission Fair 4:00PM - 5:00PM Fellowship Meal 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Business Session 6:00PM- 7:45PM Guest Speaker 7:45PM - 8:25PM
Mission Fair 8:25PM - 9:25PM
Association Director Dr. James Martin Director of Education Dr. Debra Wolfrey Office Manager Sandy Eglinton
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57th Annual Meeting
1235 East Evergreen Street, Mesa, AZ 85203 Phone: 480.835.9706 Fax: 480.835.9731
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Valley Rim Southern Baptist
Association Of Churches
“Dispelling Darkness”
1 Peter 2:9
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Table Of Contents 2017
Page No.
Agenda 04
Minutes of Previous Meeting 05-08 Financial Report 09-18 Proposed Budget 10
Time, Place, Report 19-20
Digest of Letters 21-23
Digest of Churches 24 Announcements 25-30 88th Annual Mtg. ASBC 26 Lottie Moon 2017 27 Annie Armstrong 2018 27 Disaster Relief Training 28 VBS 2018 29 Character Challenge Children’s Camp 2018 30 Reports from Partnering Organization's 31-38 Arizona Southern Baptist Convention 32 Gateway Seminary 33 Arizona Baptist Children’s Services 34 Life Among the Nations 35 Christian Challenge 36 Casa De Amor 37 International Mission Board 38 Team Reports: Church Planting 39 Valley Rim Staff: Ed Minister Report 40 Association Directors Repot 41-42
Valley Rim By–Laws 43-48 Job Descriptions President / Vice President/Teams 49-52 Recommendation Form 53
Thank You... 54
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“Dispelling Darkness” 2017 Annual Meeting Agenda
October 10, 2017 at First Southern Mesa
Mission Fair 4:00PM
Fellowship Meal 5:00-6:00PM
Business Session: 6:00PM-7:45PM Call to Worship Cliff Merrill / Worship Co-op
Call to Order George Barnes
Scripture & Prayer Byron Banta Welcome Tom Trujillo Seating of Messengers George Barnes Adoption of Agenda George Barnes Introduction of Participating Partners George Barnes Congregational Singing Worship Co-op
Business Session: George Barnes Minutes George Barnes Financial Report Tom Trujillo Adoption of Budget Tom Trujillo Time/Place/ Report Joel Padilla Election of Team Leaders George Barnes Election of Officers George Barnes Business from Messengers George Barnes Message from International Mission Board Video Congregational Strengthening /Evangelism Team Rob Gaschler/Debra Wolfrey Education Director Debra Wolfrey Church Planting Louis Spears Video Associational Director Jim Martin Congregational Singing Worship Co-op Introduction of New Staff George Barnes
Commissioning of Officers & Ministry Team Leaders Jim Martin
Guest Speaker 7:45-8:25PM Tim Lesher
Mission Fair: 8:25-9:25PM
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Minutes
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“Hands of Jesus” Valley Rim Southern Baptist Association
56th Annual Meeting October 11, 2016 Session 1: 3:00 PM 1. Call to Order Frank Yeary 2. Congregational Singing Gateway Fellowship 3. Scripture and Prayer Larry Deskins 4. Welcome Larry Deskins 5. Seating of Messengers Frank Yeary 6. Adoption of Agenda Frank Yeary Accepted by acclamation 7. Introduction of Participating Partners Frank Yeary 8. Casa De Amor Tim Lesher Report (page 37) The story of a homeless man with cancer was shared and the effect CDA‘s ministry has had on the man and his family. His faith has grown stronger. CDA’s platform to meet the needs of people & be friends is impacting families. 9. Arizona Historical Society Marge Kuban Presented the Meritorious Service Award to Debra Wolfrey Debra expressed her gratitude and that it was a privilege to accept the award. 10. Education Director Debra Wolfrey Deferred report to later time in the meeting. 11. Congregational Singing Gateway Fellowship 10. Business Session: Frank Yeary Minutes (page 05-08) Sandy Eglinton Approved by Consensus Financial Report (page 11-18) Jim Martin Approved by Consensus Proposed Budget ( page 10) Jim Martin Accepted by Consensus Time and Place (page 27-28) Frank Yeary Time: 3:00PM October 10, 2017 Place: First Southern Mesa Alternate: Place: Fil/Am International Baptist Church Accepted by consensus Election of Team Leaders: Fred Lindy The Administrative Team Brings the following recommendations Evangelism– Debra Wolfrey Congregational Strengthening - Rob Gaschler Church Planting - Louis Spears Accepted by Acclamation Election of Officers: Frank Yeary The Administrative Team brings the following recommendations For the office of Associational Clerk - Sandy Eglinton For the office of Associational Treasurer - Tom Trujillo Accepted by Acclamation For the Office of President The Administrative Team Brings the following names. George Barnes Nomination by Frank Yeary Accepted by Acclamation
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11. Business from Messengers: Frank Yeary No Business 12. Church Planting Team Report. Louis Spears See (page 38) for report The story of growing a house church was shared and in 4 1/2 months this one house church became two. A snowball effect. This particular group has never been churched. At 21 people need to start looking for next house church to start. Can see the movement of God. Prayer was said for church plants, planters, sending churches, churches housing plants. Louis also shared Romans 15:20-21 13. Congregational Strengthening/Evangelism Team Report Debra Wolfrey/Rob Gaschler Written Reports (page 39-41) . Debra shared that discipleship is two sides of the very same coin. All Team are open. Introduced Team members and area serving in. Each capable of coming and doing a workshop for the churches. Donna Daniel is leading VBS Strategies Simone Lake – Women's Ministry & Prayer Sandy Eglinton—Children’s Policy Manuel Bethany Rhul-Prayer Cards Justin Akine—Web presence Kelcey Fry-Youth Jerry Walker -Hospital Visitation David Dodds –Sunday School Gail Lasley & Rick Luster-Evangelism Wanted to bring to your attention that baptisms are down – started raised to life campaign to celebrate baptisms. Shared story of five young men who were baptized by Mark Pratt. Team working on creating modules for Watch Care, Prayer, Hospital Visitation, etc. Watch Care Module has been used at Summit Vista, First Miami, and Central Heights. Rob shared about his passion for training on how to share the gospel and working together to take the gospel into your community. Talked about “Share Your Faith Workshop”- Can be done in 3 steps… 1 day seminar, On the Job Training, and Follow Up. Watch for future dates. Recognized persons in leadership. Prayer was said for all leaders in Small group/Sunday School Ministry areas. 14. Congregational Singing Gateway Fellowship 15. Associational Director Jim Martin Reports (page 42) Several things to talk about , 1-People 2-Churches and 3-Responses. People: Billy Van Camp—Heart Cry Church– building accident –reached out in love to workers Dave Barber-Rim View Community Church– investing in children in the community of Star Valley Gary Knighton– First Southern Mesa— Health needs for him, his wife and grandchild. Churches: Spread out all over from East Valley, Rim, Globe , Miami and Tucson. AC need at Light in the Desert– met by sister churches AC went out at 1st Apache Junction—need met by sister churches We as an association find our strength in all of us. Response: Pray for our Pastors and churches. 16. All Reports received by Consensus Frank Yeary 17. Congregational Singing Gateway Fellowship 18. Introduction of New Staff Frank Yeary
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19. Gateway Resolution Frank Yeary The churches of the Valley Rim Association wish to express their gratitude to the members of Gateway Fellowship for hosting this year and to the Praise team who provided the music for this annual meeting. Thank You. 20. Annual Sermon “ United We Stand” Scripture Philippians 1:27-30 Mark Pratt There are three(3) things to remember 1. Remain true to the Faith- Be United 2. Be of one heart, one mind and spirit – Don’t Fear 3. Share in the suffering Continue to share the gospel. Thank you all for walking with God. Remember we are not alone we are in it together. Don’t be alarmed by opposition. Put on the full armor of God. 21. Prayer & Adjourn to Fellowship Meal Larry Deskins 22. Ministry Fair followed Fellowship Meal at 6:30PM Respectfully Submitted, Sandy Eglinton Clerk
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Financial Report
2017
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2018Proposed Budget Associational Director 2017 2018 Salary $ 8,650.00 $ 8,650.00 Annuity/Insurance $ 4,200.00 $ 4,200.00 Housing/Utilities $ 7,150.00 $ 7,150.00 Business Reimbursement $ 0.00 $ 1,000.00 Total Associational Missionary $ 20,000.00 $ 21,000.00 Office Manager Salaries $ 30,940.00 $ 30,940.00 Annuity/Retirement $ 2,896.00 $ 2,896.00 Total Office Manager $ 33,836.00 $ 33,836.00 Education Director Salary $ 17,510.00 $ 17,510.00 ED DIR Bus. Reimbursement $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 ED DIR Annuity $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Total Ed Director $ 22,510.00 $ 21,510.00 Christmas Bonus-Staff $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 Workman's Comp. $ 1,100.00 $ 663.00 Payroll Expenses $ 3,706.00 $ 3,706.00 Total Staff Expenses $ 82,152.00 $ 82,715.00 Office Expenses Building Insurance $ 7,000.00 $ 7,000.00 Building & Grounds $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 Custodial/Kitchen $ 500.00 $ 500.00 Equipment $ 16,500.00 $ 16,500.00 Office Expense $ 4,250.00 $ 4,250.00 Postage $ 500.00 $ 500.00 Utilities $ 3,500.00 $ 3,500.00 Telephone $ 3,400.00 $ 3,400.00 Memberships $ 250.00 $ 250.00 Total Office Expenses $ 37, 400.00 $ 37,400.00 Ministries Expenses
Partnership Ministries Christian Challenge $ 6,000.00 $ 6,000.00 Casa De Amor $ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00 Congregation Emergency $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 Contingency $ 500.00 $ 500.00 On Missions Celebration $ 500.00 $ 500.00 Pastors Emergency Ministry $ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00 Summer Missionaries $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 Total Ministry Expenses $ 14,400.00 $ 14,400.00 Teams Evangelism $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 Congregational Strengthening $ 7,000.00 $ 7,000.00 Church Planting $ 28,000.00 $ 28,000.00 Leadership Development $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 Total Teams $ 40,000.00 $ 40,000.00
Total Budget $173,952.00 $174,515.00
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Apache Junction, First 845.00 4,458.00
Arizona Avenue 0.00 631.17
Arizona Korean 30.00 240.00
Brown Road 1,015.56 5,010.48
Cambodian Baptist Church 55.00 440.00
Canaan Missionary—The Word Church 0.00 0.00
Central Heights 3,147.80 7,354.85
Centro Christo De Alabanza Y Adoracio 0.00 544.83
Chandler, First 475.00 3,705.00
Church on Mill 41.67 375.03
Church on Randall Place 401.00 3,531.45
Clear Creek Country Church 0.00 1,927.78
College View 514.00 6,203.00
Cornerstone Korean Baptist 0.00 198.81
Corona Baptist 618.79 7,357.94
CrossPoinTempe 270.03 2,550.20
Crossroads 0.00 6,943.00
Crystal Fountain 0.00 0.00
Desert Community Christian Fellowship 50.00 450.00
Desert Hills BC 0.00 149.04
East Valley International Church 0.00 709.60
East Verde BC 111.52 1,447.80
Faith Tabernacle BC 0.00 0.00
Family of Faith Fellowship 144.71 972.51
Ferguson Memorial Indian 0.00 0.00
Fil-AM Int’l Baptist Church 600.00 1,500.00
Fil-AM Christian Fellowship (Tucson) 0.00 654.58
Fountain Hills, FBC 826.62 4,823.21
Freedom Life Church 183.51 1,898.45
Gateway Fellowship 0.00 7,164.28
Glory of the Lord 0.00 0.00
Good Faith Institutional 0.00 0.00
Good Shepard Baptist Church 0.00 0.00
Here By Grace Glory Ministrys* 0.00 0.00
Harmony Community BC 0.00 804.04
Heart Cry Church 0.00 1,071.06
Heart Cry Cowboy Church 0.00 74.99
Heart Cry Gathering—Passion Creek 0.00 713.69
Hi-Way Baptist Church 0.00 11,457.32
Iglesia Bautista HPC 0.00 0.00
Iglesia Bautista Westridge 0.00 0.00
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Iglesias Ncuentro 0.00 812.00
Indian Baptist Fellowship– Every Tribe & Nation 0.00 750.00
Int’l Baptist Ministries 0.00 0.00
Islands Community 0.00 0.00
Light In the Desert 0.00 850.00
Living Stone Community 0.00 0.00
Longmore Road 77.11 1,115.47
McQueen Road 251.72 3,243.26
Mesa, FSBC 1,314.95 6,977.96
Miami, FSBC 0.00 4,365.33
Mount Calvary Baptist Church 0.00 0.00
New Beginnings Christian Church 0.00 0.00
Patriarch Church 0.00 0.00
Pinnacle Church 301.36 2,374.45
Primera Iglesias Bautista Chandler 25.00 160.00
Queen Valley 0.00 2,142.00
Rim View Community Church 414.60 4,061.99
Shiloh Missionary 0.00 0.00
Silent Hope 0.00 467.92
Steadfast Ministries 0.00 0.00
Streams or Life Church 0.00 0.00
Summit Vista Bible Church 0.00 1,490.00
Sun Lakes, FBC 703.24 3,215.04
Superstition Foothills 50.00 400.00
Tempe Christian 0.00 450.00
The Bridge Mesa - Casa De Amor 0.00 800.00
The Light at Fort Gibson* 0.00 0.00
The Light at Indigo Springs* 0.00 0.00
The Light on Angeline Ave. * 0.00 0.00
The Light on Kyle* 0.00 0.00
The Lighthouse Network 335.00 2,775.00
Tonto Village 0.00 913.79
Trinity Baptist Church 194.00 653.00
Twin Butte 761.04 4,655.34
Willow Grove 0.00 0.00
Xtra Mile* 0.00 0.00
Total $13,758.29 $126,430.77
* Giving listed under Lighthouse network ($204.96 average pre church)
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Time, Place
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Digest of Churches
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TIME, PLACE REPORT
DATE: October 09, 2018 TIME: 4:00PM PLACE: Fil/AM International Baptist Church 745 N Alma School Rd. Mesa, AZ 85201 ALTERNATE: Place: Brown Road Baptist Church 4801 E Brown Road Mesa, AZ 85205
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2017 Digest of Letters updated
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Digest of Churches Updated Digest of Churches 2014 2015 2016 2017
Churches Repor ng 46 of 65 50 of 71 47 of 73 68 of 75
Total Members 10,651 11,391 11,130 12,274
Total Bap sms 301 235 221 437
Average Worship A endance 4,549 4,372 4,769 6,020
SS Average A endance 3,587 2,982 2,914 3,775
Total Receipts $8,619,048 $8,515,413 $8,177,292 $10,645,964
Total Mission Expense $1,175,953 $1,171,377 $1,311,827 $1,329,693
Arizona Avenue
Iglesia Bautista Hispanos Para Cristo
Iglesia Bautista Westridge
International Baptist Ministries
Living Stone
Steadfast Missionary Baptist
Streams of Life
2017 Churches Not Reporting...
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8:00 a.m. Cooperative Program Breakfast with Ashley Clayton
9:00 a.m. Alumni & Friends Coffee and Donuts with Gateway Seminary Arizona
Registration Opens
Mission Fair Opens and continues through lunch
9:30 a.m. “Multiply” Pastors’ Conference
11:45 a.m. Lunch Provided
1:30 p.m. Business Session & Worship*
Centennial Vision Report Dr. David Johnson AZSBC Executive Director
With Special Guest Ashley Clayton Vice president for Cooperative Program
And stewardship SBC executive Committee
Special AZ Speakers:
Noe Garcia Senior Pastor, North Phoenix Baptist Church
Brian Bowman Lead Pastor, Valley Life Church
Jackie Allen Lead Pastor, Palm Vista Church
Mark Martin Senior Pastor, Calvary Community Church
La session de negocios seran traducido simultaneamental al Espanol
For updates and a list of hotels in the area, visit www.azsbc.org
FRIDAY, November 17, 2017
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December 4 -11
Week of Prayer and Mission Study for International Missions and the Lottie Moon
Christmas Offering.
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR
North American Missions
March 4-11, 2018
Annie Armstrong.com Theme
National Goal: $70 M
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Disaster Relief Training Event Many people have been asking how they can be involved in the flood
recovery following Hurricane Harvey. DR will be holding a training event:
When: Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 Where: Church at Arrowhead
7902 W Union Hills Dr, Glendale, AZ 85308
Classes Offered: Involving Southern Baptists in Disaster Relief
Introduction to working in a DR Kitchen
Introduction to Disaster Recovery
Work Cost: $40, including Background check, shirt, and hat
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Valley Rim Associational VBS Training
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Time: 9:00AM - Noon
Place: TBA
VBS Jump Start
October 21 Church at Arrowhead
7902 W Union Hills Dr, Glendale, AZ 85308 10:00am-1:30pm Cost: $10 (Lunch Provided) As kids with them! Invite your kids into the clubhouse and show them ith them.
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ASSOCIATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT Fall 2017
Thank you for your partnership in the gospel! The mission of Arizona Southern Bap sts is “working
together to make disciples of all peoples in Arizona and around the world.” The Centennial Vision calls for us
to have 1000 churches averaging 12 bap sms per year with 2/3 of their average a endance involved in
discipleship and giving an average of 10% to the Coopera ve Program by 2028. That means plan ng new
churches and revitalizing churches that are plateaued and declining. That means increasing our evangelis c
effec veness. That means inten onally engaging people in discipleship. That means giving generously so we
can give even more to reach the world for Christ. The only way that is going to happen is if we work togeth‐
er—churches, associa ons, and partners. We believe we can accomplish more by working together than we
can by ourselves. Why else would our conven on exist?
2016 was both good and bad for Arizona Southern Bap sts. We had a decrease in total bap sms but
s ll our churches s ll recorded 2,629 bap sms. The AZSBC added 24 new churches in 2016 but 22 churches
closed their doors. Coopera ve Program giving increased only slightly over the previous year but more
churches gave. The Lo e Moon Christmas offering for Interna onal Missions was the best ever with over
$810,000 given by our churches. We also exceeded the Arizona Mission Offering goal for the first me with
over $151,000 given.
Arizona is home to the fastest growing county and the 5th largest city in the na on. 80% of Arizona’s
popula on is consider unchurched and many are never churched. We live in a me where 59% of the world’s
people groups are considered unreached. We must do something to change both of those reali es! That is
what the Centennial Vision is all about. We believe working together through the Coopera ve Program can
make a difference in our world and in our state. Thank you for working together to reach our state and our
world for Christ! I hope you will join us at First Southern Bap st Church in Tucson for our annual mee ng on
November 17 as we celebrate what God is doing among Arizona Southern Bap sts.
Sincerely,
David W. Johnson
Execu ve Director
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Gateway Seminary - Arizona Associational Report 2017
Gateway Arizona celebrated our 21st year in 2017! This is the result of God working through our strong partnership with Arizona Southern Baptists and your support of the Cooperative Program. What a privilege it has been, and will continue to be, to provide theological education and leadership development to our Arizona churches.
Gateway Arizona has graduated 157 students. More than half the churches in Arizona have a Gateway Arizona graduate, former student or current student serving in a leadership position.
We currently have about 100 students taking classes this fall, 20 of which are new. More than
70% of our student body has enrolled in the last 2 years. Graduation ceremonies celebrated 16 graduates in May 2017. Thanks to several churches and individuals, as well as a foundation established to help stu-
dents called to missions, 40 students are receiving financial assistance. We are grateful for this continued support and partnership!
One reason for our success is the ability to create and nurture relationships with local leaders. Here are just a few ways that Gateway is partnering with you:
A new facelift on the campus was completed this year. The smaller classroom can now com-fortably seat 14-16 students, and the office area was expanded, making room for a new staff person, and a small faculty lounge area was completed.
Many people have benefitted from our intentional coaching relationships. By asking powerful
questions and expecting commitment, coaching helps you clarify direction and achieve God’s best for yourself and your church. This coaching is open to anyone who is ready to take the “next step!”
The 15-hour Church Planting Certificate complements our state’s vision of planting 500
churches in the next few years. It offers church-planting skills as well as a coaching network for those involved in starting new works around the state. Currently, 16 students are training in this program.
The Bible Teaching Certificate has been met with great enthusiasm across the state. This is a
15-hour certificate that trains anyone desiring to grow in their knowledge of the Bible, and their skill in teaching the Word!
We have recently expanded our reach throughout the state, with classes held in:
Scottsdale: main campus Northside Campus: Calvary Community Church Havasu: Calvary Baptist Church Payson: Payson Christian School Tucson: Mountain View Baptist Church
For more information on the seminary, call 480-941-1993, visit www.gs.edu.or facebook. We are humbled and excited for the calling which God has extended to us, to train up relevant and effective leaders in Arizona for His purpose!
Come see us at our booth at the ASBC in November !
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Arizona Baptist Children’s Services & Family Ministries (ABCS) ABCS remains committed to orphan care by licensing loving, Christian families to provide foster and/or adoptive homes for children in the state’s care. ABCS partners with churches to help create awareness about foster care, as well as to promote upcoming training classes and resources. Recently, ABCS creat-ed bookmarks for our Arms of Love Foster Care ministry that matched this year’s VBS theme and fea-tured children in the state’s care who are available for adoption and in need of a forever home. It was a blessing to have 63 churches and three schools distribute more than 8,600 bookmarks through Vacation Bible Schools, raising awareness and generating thousands of prayers for foster children. The new Community Resource Centers (CRC) ministry continues to expand with a resource center re-cently opened in Yuma, and another small resource center opening in Tucson. So far in 2017 35,086 food boxes, 5,768 clothing bags and 1,779 hygiene bags have been distributed through CRCs including the Rio Vista Center, Casa de Amor, Caring Ministries and the ABCS resource centers at Tucson Chi-nese Baptist Church and the ABCS Phoenix office at Mission Drive. The Yuma center’s grand opening was in July, and 113 families received food boxes in the first few weeks it was open. The local food bank has already doubled their delivery to the center. Volunteers regularly pray with families visiting for food boxes. As with all of our Community Resource Centers, this ministry points to Jesus and his great love for us. Preparation is underway for Turkey Day at the Rio Vista Center and the holiday food drive at Caring Ministries. Please contact us to learn more about how you can get involved and support families in need. Pursue Life Adult Ministry (PLM) is working toward the goal of establishing an elder care ministry where abled adults and financial supporters help senior adults in need. In partnership with community organizations, and with grant and private donor funds, PLM installed ramps at an elderly woman’s home. She lives near the Phoenix ABCS office, and we connected with her through her church. She de-sired the ramps so that she can remain in the home she has lived in for decades. PLM hopes to meet sim-ilar needs as elder care expands. Currently PLM is organizing a statewide Leadership Council for volun-teers to engage their local communities in adult ministry and activities. The Mission Encounter 360 team took another mission trip in early April to Ciudad Morelos in northern Baja Mexico to serve our local church partner and New Life Pregnancy Center. ABCS has been invest-ing in this community for the past five years. This mission team included Pastors Ashley Evans from 22nd Street Baptist in Tucson, Mark Ellington from College View Baptist Church in Mesa and Dan Gutierrez of Drexel Heights Baptist Church in Tucson, as well as members of their churches. What a blessing for these three churches to come together with ABCS staff to follow the Great Commission and build relationships with each other. Leader Care facilitators continue to reach out to pastors and church leaders to help support them in the important role they play in the body of the church. They provide crisis response, counseling or just a friendly ear to hear the concerns leaders have and the issues they face. Sandy de Jesus recently joined the team to help serve women in ministry. Leader Care is part of ABCS’ New Life Counseling ministry. Several ABCS staff served at or attended Zona Camp. A few of our New Life Counseling team mem-bers were there to provide counseling and crisis intervention. This is the fourth year in a row New Life counselors have been at Zona. New Life Pregnancy Center (NLPC) representatives were also there again this year, hosting purity classes, as well as a class on pregnancy and abortion. Raquel Williams and Tricianne Spacht from NLPC taught the girls’ purity class, while the boys’ purity class was taught by David Trenbeath from the ABCS finance department and Nathan Shook, who works at our front desk in the Phoenix office and is a parent aide. It was a great ABCS team effort! Thank you for your support and prayers. We are blessed to be on mission with you. Please visit abcs.org or call us at (800) 678-0648 to stay connected. Steve Hanna
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Associational Report 2017
Our Mission and Vision
Christian Challenge exists to engage college students with the gospel, develop disciples of Jesus Christ, and mobilize servant leaders for the church. We are committed to seeing vibrant communities of college stu-dents, who love God, live for Christ, and serve in the power of the Holy Spirit, impacting every university and community college in Arizona. Our passion is to develop students who LOVE God, LIVE His Word, and SERVE His Church. Our prayer is that every student on every college campus in Arizona would have the op-portunity to hear the gospel and respond to Jesus Christ.
Ministry Making a Difference State Wide
4,475 Collegians impacted in Campus Ministry programs 460 Collegians involved in Campus Ministry programs 86 Collegians involved in leadership development 10 Collegians preparing for church vocations 40 Churches assisted by campus ministry 24 Conversions of college students 205 Conversions of others 50 Collegians serving on short-term mission trips
Campus Missionaries Serving in the Phoenix Metro Area:
Brad Schneeflock – State Collegiate Strategist Trevor Bush – Regional Director ASU Tempe/Downtown/MCC Victoria White – ASU Tempe/MCC Kirstie James – ASU Tempe/MCC Justin Akine – ASU Tempe/MCC Eric Dressler – ASU Tempe/MCC Noah Jaeger – ASU Downtown Margarete Nasir – ASU Downtown Brandon Reimus – ASU Polytech Josiah Cantrell – ASU West Josh Tompkins – GCC
We are extremely excited about what God is doing through Christian Challenge in the state of Arizona and here in the Phoenix Metro area.
Here are two key updates about our ministry here in Phoenix:
1. We have restarted Challenge ministries on the campuses of ASU Downtown and ASU West, to add to the restart of the Poly campus last year. We have assigned staff to those campuses and have begun to see mul-tiple students reached and discipled with the Gospel. We could not be more excited about seeing students reached again on these vital campuses. This is just the beginning of our effort to see every college campus reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
2. We have made significant inroads to partnering with specific churches in a more direct and intimate way. Specifically speaking we are working with Foothills, Pinnacle, Crosspoint, and Church on Mill at ASU Tempe, Mercy Hill at ASU Downtown, Passion Creek at ASU Polytech, and Hillside at ASU West.
These partnerships are also only the beginning of an effort to truly coordinate the reaching of college stu-dents on campus with the local church. Christian Challenge is a missional arm of the body, but the end goal is to get students reached, discipled, and plugged into a church where they can fellowship with believers of many ages and hopefully get an opportunity to me leaders in the church
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CHURCH PLANTING TEAM REPORT
ENGAGED – This is the one word which describes the presence and activity of Church plants in Valley Rim Association. BROTHERHOOD – Describes an encouraging relationship current planters are developing with each other for support / accountability / prayer / resources THE FUTURE – Co Vocational church planters. These are different than Bi Vocational planters
Bi Vocational planters have a secular job to meet the economic needs of their family until such a time as the church plant can support them full time. Bi Vo guys do not plan to stay in the secular job market. We need more of these planters. Co Vocational church planters never plan on leaving their secular jobs. Rather than leave that field they see employment as the pool of unredeemed people God has called them to reach. Pastoring such a plant may require more than one Co Vocational person to supply the leadership needed. Pray that this type of leader becomes the first Wave of a Movement.
LANGUAGES – Korean, Swahili, Spanish, Twi, Ashanti, Tagalog, Creole, English, Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Punjabi, Romanichal, DISCOVER / DEVELOP / DEPLOY Finding, training and sending out a planter. THE PIPELINE – A NAMB developed process to take a potential planter through 30 church planting competencies, start-ing with online assessment and moving forward with a coach until he is prepared. CURRENT CHURCH PLANTS – Crystal Fountain Missionary, Ottley Holmes
East Valley International, Rolly Delgado
Freedom Life Church, Shea Ferguson
Glory of the Lord Baptist Church, Jonathan
Here By Grace Glory Ministries, Henry McMillan
Passion Creek, Trey Van Camp
Iglesia Ncuentro, Aldo Gonzales
Every Tribe & Nation, Josh Hodges
Islands Community Fellowship, Charles Hartman
Light On Angeline, Lawrence Smith
Light on Kyle, Wendall Hubbard
Light @ Indigo Springs, Tim Jennings
Living Stone Community Church, Whitney Clayton
Primera Iglesia Bautista Chandler, Hernando Cardenas
Pinnacle Church, Rob Gascler
Rim View Community Church, Dave Barber
Silent Hope, Jeremy Fass
Streams of Life, Peter Kiarie
Summit Vista Bible Church, Lane Weldon
The Bridge Mesa, Tim Lesher
The Light @ Ft. Gibson, Wayne Cruze
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Congregational Strengthening & Evangelism Team Education Directors Report
October 10, 2017 The VRSBA Education Director, Debra Wolfrey, facilitated both the Congregational Strengthening Team and the Evangelism Team in 2017 under the leadership of Rob Gaschler. Team members are Donna Daniel (Corona), Simone Lake (Church on Randall Place), Sandy Eglinton (HiWay), Kelcey Fry (HiWay), and Jerry Walker (Superstition Foothills). Our work is assisted by project managers, Cliff Merrill (Heart of Mesa)-Worship Co-Op, and Josh Barnes (HiWay)- Unmar-rieds Fellowship. Larry Edwards (Heart of Mesa) and Mark Pratt (Tonto Village) will be joining the teams in 2017-2018. The following are some highlights of our work:
Worship Co-op: The Co-op has worked with three churches this year: Summit Vista, Light in the Desert, and Tempe Christian.
VBS- VRSBA held a leader’s clinic in May. 73 attended, representing 10 churches. The “Go
VBS” Partnership with Palm Valley brought one hundred teens to eight churches to conduct a week of Vacation Bible Schools resulting in a collective attendance of 274 children with 34 de-cisions. This partnership took place in June.
The Singles Fellowship for Valley Rim churches is starting this fall. They worked on building the
leadership and branding the project with logos and a web presence (Facebook). Joshua Barnes, from HiWay Baptist is project manager. This team is planning a monthly fellowship to give social, service, and adventure opportunities to unmarrieds, age 23-40.
Summer Missionaries- Five local missionaries served, assisting seven Vacation Bible Schools,
two weeks of children’s camp, Zona Yuth camp, ASBC national convention, and the Equipped to Excel conference. A sincere thanks goes to Dylan Tenney, Alex Steffes, Eleanor Jimenez, Dillon Moffett, and Josh Bond.
We sponsored two weeks of Character Children’s Camp in Christopher Creek. 148 children at-
tending, 17 plus decisions.
Equipped to Excel, a small group training conference, was held in July, led by LifeWay consult-ants/editors (Wayne Poling and Ken Braddy) and the State children’s ministry team. 55 attend-ed.
My John 3:16, an evangelism conference, was taught by Eddie Pearson in May. Attenders were
shown a way to use John 3:16 and the Navigator’s Bridge to share the gospel. 40 attended, rep-resenting 5 churches.
Thailand Mission Trip- 2017 has been the preparation year for a mission trip to Thailand to assist
IMB missionaries, Doug and Cheryl Derbyshire. The trip will take place January 18-28 and will feature four medical clinics and four English camps in four villages in the Isaan province, targeting an unreached people group in that region. All monies have been raised except what is needed for the pharmacy for two of the medical clinics. Each medical clinic costs $350. Would your church assist in this way?
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2017 Associational Directors Report At the height of it’s popularity, 1948, there were in excess of 4,000 drive‐in theaters across America. Many of us can recall spending the night at the movies on the original big screen. Some‐
mes we sat listening from a silver box hanging on our door. Later, you could clip something to your antenna and listen through your stereo. What a step up! Some are old enough to remember when drive‐ins included play grounds where kids could entertain themselves. And who can forget the dancing hot dog jumping into the bun! For some, there are a lot of memories a ached to the drive‐ins. But, alas, for many, drive‐in movie theaters are themselves a memory. Today there remain approximately 330 theaters in the country. In Arizona, only one remains, the West Wind Glendale 9. I have some memories from that place! It was here I saw Wrath of Khan, Rocky and Where the Buffalo Roams (not a great movie by the way). What got me thinking about drive‐in movie theaters was seeing the former Apache Drive‐in in Globe. I passed it on the way to Burton, Arizona for a conference. There it sat. The screen s ll stands, as does the snack bar and projec on building. Though the weeds have over taken where the cars once parked, you can s ll see the poles for the speakers. As I looked at the place, I grew nostalgic. It was kind of cool that at a place with mul ple screens, you could peak in on other movies without having the purchase another cket. What led to the demise of the drive‐in theater? Simple, the increasing quality of walk‐in movie theaters. When people realized they could have the same experience at a walk‐in theater, drive‐ins started declining. Now, in general, people don’t even consider the possibility of wai ng un l dark and si ng in their car on a warm or chilly evening, when they can go to an air condi oned/heated theater at any me of the day and experience superior sound and op cs. But, get this, what happened to drive‐ins, is transpiring in walk‐ins as well. Since the 60s a end‐ance at walk‐in theaters has been on the decline. Over the last 10 years a endance at the movies has decline by over a million people. Why? Because of varying methods of consuming movies. Now people can entertain themselves at their homes, with a high quality image and phenomenal sound. What is interes ng to note is that over the last 70 plus years, despite the changing venues and methods of consump on, one thing has remained. People’s desire for entertainment. Most no longer go to drive‐ins, but they s ll wish to see movies. They aren’t going to walk‐ins as much as they used to, but, people s ll watch movies at home or on a portable device. They may not buy DVDs as once was the case. However, the amount of gigabytes of entertainment that is streamed con nues to rise. People want their movies and TV shows. They’ve just altered the method of de‐livery. It has been said of the movie industry that a endance at walk‐ins over the last 50 years has been stagnant or declining. As a ministry leader, does this sound familiar? We are constantly bombard‐ed with news of the majority of churches facing the same phenomena. For many
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decades, people have been reluctant to show up on Sunday nights. Even fewer on Wednesday. But, now we are witnessing a decline in the prime me hour of Sunday mornings. We take this to mean that people are not interested in God or things spiritual. I don’t believe this to be the case. Like with entertainment, people con nue to be interested in the spiritual. A search of internet data reveals this. They may not turn to orthodox spirituality. But, people are s ll seeking an an‐swer to the spiritual aspect of life. Problem is, Chris anity is not the only op on presented for answering their ques ons, for filling their void. People seeking answers will encounter Buddhism, Wicca, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Transcendental Medita on, Ba’hi, Scientology or any other host of pseudo‐religious systems. But the fact of the ma er is, people s ll have ques ons and interest in the non‐corporeal, the spiritual. Those who turn to God as revealed by His son Jesus, will not necessarily seek Him in the ways previous genera ons have. They may meet in a house church or on a me other than Sunday morning. They may not show up to Sunday School, but they’ll gather with a small group in their homes. People looking for answers may be inclined to push back more and not accept the reli‐gious pla tudes which were once accepted without ques on. Instead, they seek deeper more meaningful answers to their ques ons. But, however they approach the issue, they s ll seek truth and an encounter with God. People will never give up the search for God, even if they aren’t sure that He is who they are seeking. As disciples of Jesus, we are resources of spiritual life, not advocates for a par cular method of distribu on for someone to find eternal life. Maybe when you came to know Jesus, it was during a two‐week revival accompanied by a fantas c song leader. Possibly the case with you is disciple‐ship is a group of men similar to your age mee ng in a classroom on Sunday mornings at a church building. This helps you experience new life. But, those were simply the means of finding Jesus. They are not a sacred path all must walk in order to find him. A lady once commented to me about how people “tex ng in church” disturbed her. Then I point‐ed out that some folks, such as my wife, consume the Bible on their phones. You could see her wheels turning and she responded “Oh, I never considered that.” The “ mes, they are a changin,” there is no mistaking that. Unless we, as followers of Jesus, embrace our responsibility to be salt and light and cease from being advocates for a me long past, we will fail to fulfill our responsibility to make disciples. People may not come to church. But, if we are faithful to our Lord, people will con nue to come to God and discover that new quality of life He provides. Because of the Cross, Brother Jim
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Valley Rim By - Laws
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Valley Rim Southern Baptist Association
Article I This Association shall be called the Valley Rim Southern Baptist Association.
Article II Bounds
This Association shall embrace the orderly Baptist churches now in cooperation with it and such others as may hereafter be admitted to this body. These churches shall be in full sympathy and cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention in all their work.
Article III Objects
Section 1
The object of this Association shall be to help the churches fulfill their purpose in, through, and from their field.
Section 2
Recognizing that this body is in no sense an ecclesiastical one, this Association shall under no circumstances attempt to exercise any legislative or ecclesiastical authority over or interfere with the right and autonomy of the churches. It recognizes each local church as being independent and sovereign in all matters. The basis of operation in the Association shall stem solely from the voluntary cooperation of the churches constituting this organization. The Association may, however, provide advisory counsel upon invitation.
Section 3
The Association may acquire property both personal and real, and shall have power to sell or encumber the same. The Association requests the cooperation of churches or missions within the bounds of this Association.
Article IV Membership
Section 1 This Association shall be composed of messengers of such Baptist Churches within its bounds as shall have applied for affiliation, and have been accepted by the Association at an Annual Meeting, provided the church or churches making such application shall have adopted Articles of Faith acceptable to the Association, and shall have subscribed to this Constitution. Churches which desire membership may be accepted into a Watch Care relationship at any Administrative Team meeting until decision is made at the Annual Meeting. Known entities, other Southern Baptist Churches, may be accepted for full membership at any Administrative Team meeting in accordance with the aforementioned conditions. Section 2 Churches desiring representation with this body shall petition by letter and messengers. The Administrative Team shall investigate the petition or petitions and report its findings to the Association for final action at its Annual Meeting.
Section 3 It shall be the duty of each cooperating church to make an annual report to the Association, giving names of the messengers, the statistics and financial condition of the church and any other helpful information as called for in the Annual Church Profile sent out by the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention or as required by the Association.
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Section 4 If any church fails to report as required by the Association for two (2) consecutive years, the Administrative Team shall investigate their standing and report to the Association at its next Annual Meeting. Section 5 When any church fails to report to the Association for three (3) consecutive years, it shall be considered as withdrawn from the Association, and its name shall be dropped from the minutes. Section 6 While this Association does not assume any authority over the churches in its fellowship, it does reserve the right to withdraw or withhold the hand of fellowship from any church which has become corrupt in faith or practice. Section 7 Each church recognized by this Association shall be entitled to five (5) messengers, and one (1) additional messenger for every twenty-five (25) resident members in excess of fifty (50) provided that no church shall have more than fifteen (15) messengers.
Article V Officers
The officers of this Association shall be the President, the Vice President, the Clerk, and the Treasurer.
Section 1 The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association. He shall be an ex-officio member of all Teams. The Vice President shall preside when the President is absent or at the request of the President. In the absence of both the President and Vice President the Associational Missionary (DOEM) or a Trustee shall moderate the election of a Moderator to preside over that particular meeting.
Section 2 The Clerk shall send out notices of meetings, keep an accurate record of all meetings of the Association, and the Administrative Team and shall be custodian of the Corporate Seal and of any papers belonging to the As-sociation, and shall file a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Association and Administrative Team for perpetuity.
Section 3 The Treasurer of the Association shall receive and keep a strict account of all Association funds and shall make an annual report to the Administrative Team. Budget allocations may be changed by the Association at its Annual Meeting or any regular Administrative Team. Such changes shall be in keeping with the ideal of getting funds to the field through the Ministry Teams. When funds exceed expectations the Administrative Team may allocate funds as needed to the Ministry Teams and to ministries under its responsibility. Salaries may only be adjusted by action of the full Association.
Section 4
Election of officers shall take place at the Annual Associational Meeting. They shall take office immediately following the Annual Meeting. The President and Vice President shall be elected from the floor. The Treasur-er and Clerk shall be elected upon recommendation from the Administrative Team after opportunity for other nomination has been given. No President shall succeed himself more than once.
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Article VI The Administrative Team
Section 1 All work of the Association shall be under the supervision of the Administrative Team consisting of the offic-ers of the Association, Team Leaders, the Associational Staff and the Trustees.
Section 2
Any member of any Valley Rim Church may attend Administrative Meetings and may participate in discus-sions, ask questions, make suggestions and receive documents of the meeting. Only Administrative Team members shall make motions, amend motions, and/or vote.
Section 3
The Administrative Team shall transact any and all business of the Association during its recess, provided that nothing shall be done by the Administrative Team contrary to these By-Laws or to the expressed will of the Association. The Administrative Team shall be responsible for budgeting, nominating, and personnel.
Section 4
The Administrative Team shall make an annual report to the Association of all work done by the Administra-tive Team, of monies received and how disbursed, of missionaries or other workers employed, salaries paid, of field workers, of needy fields, giving itemized statements of all receipts and disbursements, and such matters as pertaining to the business of the Association, with such recommendations and suggestions as the Adminis-trative Team deems wise.
Section 5
The regular meetings of the Administrative Team shall be monthly. Special meetings of the full Association may be called by the Administrative Team. A group of messengers representing at least seven (7) Valley Rim congregations may request a Special Associational Meeting which the Administrative Team is mandated to call.
Article VII Ministry Teams
Section 1 The following Ministry Teams are hereby established to promote the work of this Association: Evangelism, Congregational Strengthening, Church Planting, Leader Development.
Section 2 Leaders of these Teams shall be elected at the Annual Associational Meeting upon recommendation of the Ad-ministrative Team. When the Association is in recess the Administrative Team may enlist and elect Team Leaders when a vacancy occurs.
Section 3
Duties of these Teams shall be as their names indicate in keeping with the promotion of a Southern Baptist program of work or as instructed by Annual Association Meeting or the Administrative Team.
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Section 4 Team Descriptions
Evangelism Team: Will be responsible to develop, motivate, train and implement Evangelism strategy throughout the association and church to church. Congregational Strengthening Team: Responsible for discovering needs and helping churches to reach the next level in their development toward fulfilling their purpose. Program ministries will work as a part of this team. Church Planting Team: Shall evaluate needs, enlist sponsors and partners, monitor partnerships with the goal of each new start having Church Starting as a part of its spiritual DNA. Missions and Mission giving shall be a part of this team. Leader Development Team: Provide developmental training for paid and volunteer leaders through: seminars, conferences, workshops, seminary extension, and local church consultations. Team Membership: Team members may be enlisted by Team Leaders. Members of Valley Rim congre-gations are encouraged to serve on the team of their passion and giftedness. Such members need only to volunteer. Being a team player will insure continued placement or any particular team.
Section 5
The Valley Rim Southern Baptist Association shall have Trustees consisting of three (3) members. These Trustees shall act as the signers for any properties or materials purchased or obtained by the Association. They shall be elected at the Annual Meeting or by the Administrative Team when a vacancy occurs during recess for an indefinite term and shall be part of the Administrative Team. The Director of Evangelism/Missions and President shall be Ex-Officio Trustees.
Article VIII Meetings
Section 1 This Association shall meet annually for worship, the transaction of business, and celebration of the work.
Section 2
Special meetings may be called and the time and place of the Annual Meeting may be changed by the Admin-istrative Team in case an emergency arises deemed sufficient to justify such action. A group of messengers representing at least seven (7) Valley Rim congregations may request a Special Associational Meeting which the Administrative Team is mandated to call.
Article IX Associational Staff The Association may call a Director of Evangelism/Missions and such other staff as are needed and for which funds are available to support. The Administrative Team will assist the Association in matters related to per-sonnel administration in cooperation with the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention and the North American Mission Board. The Administrative Team shall write and keep current, subject to the approval of the Association, a Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual for all staff.
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Article X
The Fiscal year for the Valley Rim Southern Baptist Association shall be January 1 - December 31.
Article XI These By-Laws may be amended upon recommendation of the Administrative Team at any Annual Meeting of the Association by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting, provided written notice of the proposed amendment shall have been given to the churches at least sixty (60) days before the Annual Meeting of the Association. The proposed amendment will be submitted in writing and read before the body after the seating of the messengers with the vote to be taken during the general business session of the Annual Meeting. When titles and program ministry names change in Southern Baptist Life, these changes may be reflected in the next typing of the Constitution.
Article XII
1. The current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order shall be the guide in all matters pertaining to the conduct of business sessions of the Association. Consensus shall be the main form of polity. 2. The budget may be changed by the Administrative Team or at a Mid-Year Meeting. When funds exceed
the present budget the Administrative Team may choose to pass these funds along to the Ministry Teams as needed with a full report being made to the Association. Salaries can only be increased by vote of the full Association.
3. Designated funds shall be administered by the Teams responsible for the designated areas of ministry.
Team budgets will be administered by their respective Team with full report being made to the Adminis-trative Team and the Association.
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Position Descriptions for Valley Rim Association
President, Vice-President
and Teams
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Position Descriptions for Valley Rim Association Spiritual Qualifica ons: For all posi ons, we are seeking mature disciples who are ac ve members in a Valley Rim Southern Bap st church or one affiliated with the Valley Rim Associa on. Those interested should demonstrate a concern for strengthening exis ng churches, developing leaders and a sense of mission ser‐vice. Associa onal President Posi on Assignment: The person shall complete a ques onnaire provided by the Administra ve Team. The posi on is voluntary. The Administra ve Team can consent to mileage and ministry related expenses if it so chooses. While coopera ng with the Associa onal Director, this posi on reports to the par cipa ng churches compris‐ing the Valley‐Rim Associa on. The dura on of the posi on is for one year. Each annual mee ng will elect or re‐elect an associa onal presi‐dent. A person may serve no more than two consecu ve one‐year terms. Principal Responsibili es: In coordina on with the Associa onal Director this posi on will provide responsible leadership in the work of the associa on through the Teams of the Associa on. Encourage fellowship among the churches and their leadership. Planning: Work with the Associa onal Director and Treasurer on the annual budget and strategic plan. Visit pastors, staffs, churches, and mission as available. Counsel churches and leaders as requested and available. Serve the churches as requested and available.
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Posi on Descrip ons for Valley Rim Associa on
Associa onal Vice‐President Posi on Assignment: The person shall complete a ques onnaire provided by the Administra ve Team. The posi on is voluntary. The Administra ve Team can consent to mileage and ministry related expenses if it so chooses. While coopera ng with the Associa onal Director, this posi on reports to the par cipa ng churches compris‐ing the Valley‐Rim Associa on. The dura on of the posi on is for one year. Each annual mee ng will elect or re‐elect an associa‐
onal vice‐president. A person may serve no more than two consecu ve one‐year terms. Principal Responsibili es: In coordina on with the Associa onal Director and President this posi on will provide responsible leadership in the work of the associa on through the Teams of the associa on. Encourage fellowship among the churches and their leadership. Planning: Work with the Associa onal Director and Teams to calendar, resource, budget, and implement an‐nual and long‐range planning. Visit pastors, staffs, churches, and mission as available. Counsel churches and leaders as requested and available. Serve the churches as requested and available.
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Posi on Descrip ons for Valley Rim Associa on Ministry Teams Du es: These func on as their names indicate to support and promote the values and priori es of the churches of the Valley Rim Southern Bap st Associa on of Churches as instructed by Annual Associa on Mee ng, the Ad‐ministra ve Team, or their representa ves. Team Descrip ons Evangelism Team: Will be responsible to develop, mo vate, train and implement Evangelism strategy throughout the associa on and church to church. Congrega onal Strengthening Team: Responsible for discovering needs and helping churches to reach the next level in their development toward fulfilling their purpose. Program ministries will work as a part of this team. Church Plan ng Team: Shall evaluate needs, enlist sponsors and partners, and monitor partnerships with the goal of each new start having church star ng as a part of its spiritual DNA. Missions and Mission giving shall be a part of this team. Leader Development Team: Provide developmental training for paid and volunteer leaders through: seminars, conferences, workshops, seminary extension, and local church consulta ons. Trustees The Valley Rim Southern Bap st Associa on shall have Trustees consis ng of three (3) members. These Trus‐tees shall act as the signers for any proper es or materials purchased or obtained by the Associa on. They shall be elected at the Annual Mee ng or by the Administra ve Team when a vacancy occurs during recess for an indefinite term and shall be part of the Administra ve Team. The Associa onal Director and President shall be Ex‐Officio Trustees.
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Byron Banta Trustee VRSBA* Sandy Eglinton Clerk ,Office Manager VRSBA* Rob Gaschler Pastor, Pinnacle Church, Congrega onal Strengthening Team James Mar n Associa onal Director VRSBA* Louis Spears Pastor, Xtra Mile , Church Plan ng Team Tom Trujillo Treasurer VRSBA*, First Southern Mesa George Barnes Pastor, HiWay Bap st Church, President VRSBA* Debra Wolfrey Director of Educa on VRSBA* Cliff Merrill Worship Co‐op VRSBA* Valley Rim Administra ve Team: Byron Banta, Louis Spears, Rob Gaschler, Debra Wolfrey, Jim Mar n, Aaron Norwood, George Barnes, Chris Baker, Dan Mar n, Mike Jones. Mission Fair Partners: Arizona Bap st Children’s Services –Aaron Norwood Arizona Southern Bap st Conven on –David Johnson, Keith Henry ASBC Women’s Ministry ‐Simone Lake Casa De Amor Bap st Center ‐ Aaron Norwood/Tim Lesher/Paula Compton Character Challenge Kids Camp –Kelcey Fry Chris an Challenge –Trevor Bush & Staff Disaster Relief, Arizona ‐ Roy Stepp Gateway Bap st Theological Seminary AZ ‐ Paul Smith & others Life Among the Na ons – Eric Naylor Vaca on Bible School 2018‐ Donna Daniel Women's Missionary Union, Arizona –Nadine Peterson & Terrie Sullivan Unclaimed Singles Ministry, VRSBA* ‐ Josh Barnes Church Planters: The Bridge at Casa de Amor‐Tim Lesher * VRSBA ‐Valley Rim Southern Bap st Associa on of Churches
We Thank You