RICHMOND — A recently-adopted bylaw change by the Religious Herald's board of trustees will give the newspaper representation from outside of Virginia, the paper has announced.
The trustees, who elect their own successors, voted to reduce the number of annual nominations from the Baptist General Association of Virginia for trustee positions from six to five. The sixth nominee each year will be offered by the board's own nominations committee.
Editor Jim White said the Herald has looked at offering its ministry to readers in other states, and the trustees thought that opening the board to representation from outside Virginia would facilitate that goal.
A total of 24 trustees, each serving four-year terms, sit on the Herald's board. Six trustees are elected or reelected each year. The new policy, which will go into effect next year when the nomination process for terms beginning in 2009 is initiated, will eventually result in four of the 24 trustees having been nominated by the board. The other 20 trustees will continue to be nominated by the BGAV.