Committee on Committees form
Nominating Committee form
SPRINGFIELD | The Illinois Baptist State Association’s Nominating Committee and the Committee on Committees are seeking nominations of Illinois Baptists to serve as members of its three boards and seven standing committees. The Nominating Committee will meet on August 12 and the Committee on Committees will meet on August 13 in Springfield to consider names of those willing to serve and who meet the constitutional requirements. Nominees will be voted on at the Association’s Annual Meeting November 10-11.
The Nominating Committee, chaired by Vezetter “Slim” Whitaker, associate pastor at Alpha Baptist Church in Bolingbrook, nominates pastors and laypersons from IBSA member churches to serve as members of the Association’s three governing boards. The IBSA board of directors has 33 members, while the Baptist Foundation of Illinois (BFI) and the Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services (BCHFS) boards of trustees have 21 members each. Members of all boards serve three-year terms. In 2010, IBSA’s board of directors will need 11 new members, BFI will need seven new trustees and BCHFS will need seven new trustees.
The IBSA Board of Directors meets twice a year in Springfield with committees meeting another two times a year. Nominees need come from various regions of the state as specified in the IBSA Constitution.
The BFI board meets twice a year in Springfield and BCHFS trustees meet four times a year in either Mt. Vernon or Carmi.
The Committee on Committees, chaired by Larry Richmond, Gateway Association director of missions and a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Troy, nominates persons for membership on the state Association’s six standing committees. This year, the Committee on Committees will need 27 new members to serve on next year’s order of business (4), nominating (5), credentials (4), constitution (4), resolutions (5) and historical (5) committees.
Each of the Association’s committees have 12 members, all serving a three-year term, and meets at least once during the year in Springfield. (The committees which meet twice are Credentials, Order and Resolutions. The Constitution, Historical, and Nominating Committees are scheduled to meet once.)
People who want to nominate an individual for any of the boards or an Association committee need to complete the appropriate recommendation form available online at IBSA.org or by calling (217) 391-3107. Completed forms should be returned to IBSA by July 23.
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