Alabama pastor Barry Holcomb, chairman of the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) trustees, has announced appointment of two committees — a presidential search committee and an executive level policy committee.
Ellie Ficken, a member of Vaughn Forest Baptist Church, Montgomery, in Montgomery Baptist Association, will serve on the search committee along with seven other trustees.
The committee will be chaired by Terry G. Fox, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Wichita, Kan., and co-chaired by David Crump of Broken Arrow, Okla. The search committee was necessitated by the April 17 resignation of NAMB President Bob Reccord.
The executive level policy committee “will be tasked with recommending healthy, accountability-focused policies for NAMB’s next executive leader. This group will fulfill the spirit of the recommendations found in the Trustee Task Force Report adopted by the board March 23, 2006.”
That 19-page task force report contained the results of a special trustee investigation of concerns expressed in denominational press reports critical of NAMB’s results, relationships and executive leadership.
The policy committee will be chaired by Larry Thomas, director of missions for Little Red River Baptist Association in Heber Springs, Ark. The vice chairman will be Ron Wilson of Thousand Oaks, Calif. Six other trustees will serve on the committee.
Holcomb, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church, Andalusia, in Covington Baptist Association, said he believes the committees represent the great diversity of the Southern Baptist Convention.
“It is my desire that all Southern Baptists feel they have representation on these committees, which are composed of laymen, lay women and pastors from large and small churches, from areas of North America where Southern Baptist work is strong as well as new work areas,” he said.
The NAMB trustees were set to meet in regular session May 2 near New York City. (Baptist Press)
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