I am sending you a status report on the election process across the IPHC to date. Twenty-four of the thirty USA conferences have held their quadrennial business session and have elected their leadership. I trust the Analysis below will be helpful for you as a Ministry Leader in the IPHC. My love and prayers are with you daily as we labor together for the Master!
Analysis of Conference Leadership
Date: July 13, 2010
NINE ELECTED TO DATE
Sonshine Hispanic - Joaquin Mercado
Rocky Mountain - Larry Herrera
Appalachian - Preston Matheena
South Carolina - Greg Amos
Mississippi - David Moore
Mid-South - Gordon Atwell (Appointed)
SonShine Network Ministries - Ray Willis
Alpha Conference - Mike Gray
Tennessee Valley - Manual Pate
ONE DEFINITE CHANGE YET TO COME
Upper South Carolina - Ronald Moore - Announced that he will not serve another term
FIFTEEN RE-ELECTED TO DATE
West Coast Hispanic - Freyman Valdez
Golden West - Curtis Belcher
New Horizons - Randell Drake
ACTS2DAY - Chris Thompson
Northwest Latin - Trinidad Guiterrez
Redemption Ministries - Dayton Birt
Korean - John Kim
Regeneration Network Ministries - Rick Fountain
Texas Latin - Jamie Trevino
Cornerstone - Tommy McGee
Georgia - Bill Jones
Heartland - Frank Tunstall
Harvest - Charles Womack
Pacific Western - Roger Halvorson
Pennsylvania - Charles Hawes
FIVE ELECTIONS YET TO BE HELD
North Carolina Conference - Jimmy Whitfield
Grace Bible Ministries - Curtis Baker
Ephesians 4 - Brad Reynolds
Mid-Atlantic - Wesley Russ
Great Plains - Gary Burd
We honor the men and women who have served and continue to serve the IPHC so faithfully. We all are obviously standing on the shoulders of others in the past in order to be where we are today. However, several Bishops had felt their time of service was complete and had previously announced their intention to leave the office. Therefore, some degree of change in leadership was inevitable during the 2010 Quadrennial Conference business sessions.
I felt from the beginning that we would see a minimum of eight and a maximum of 12 new Bishops come into office during this time of transition. The average number would be 10. We currently have nine new Bishops in place and at least one more definite change to come which will be in Upper South Carolina. That would be at least 10 new Bishops for the coming Quadrennium.
Based upon our total number of USA conferences being 30, it appears that 30% of the membership of the Council of Bishops will be new to the office when we meet for the Fall COB meeting in Oklahoma City. This brings the exciting dimension of youth and fresh thinking to the Council of Bishops. It also means there will be a need for intentional training and mentoring to address the learning curve for denominational leadership that they will obviously encounter. That is why the meeting in October is an extended one to include two days of orientation as I mentioned in my previous e-mail. We happily and anxiously anticipate our first occasion to meet with this new "synergy of personalities"!
This is another example of the "Convergence Factor" that has been so prominent in my thinking in recent months. The addition of these new Bishops presents a scenario conducive to even more positive and expeditious change as the IPHC moves into the leadership position God has ordained for her in the church-world of the 21st Century!
Sincerely,
Ronald W. Carpenter, Sr
Posted on
Fri, July 16, 2010
by Hugh Morgan