Handful of positions eliminated at North American Mission Board

Five or six positions at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) have been eliminated in what is being described as fine tuning from the large-scale downsizing of more than 100 positions in 2010.

“[The current downsizing] is not a wide-scale adjustment,” said Mike Ebert, NAMB’s vice president of communications. “It … reflects a refining of our direction and focus,” he said. “Some of these positions are being eliminated because those functions are no longer needed or have been absorbed by people in other roles.” 

While neither the positions cut nor the savings created by the cuts were released, Ebert said, “We … are committed to keeping the cost and size of our Alpharetta staff down so we can maximize the resources with which Southern Baptists have entrusted us.”

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