DALLAS (ABP) — Texas leadership consultant Harriet Harral will be nominated as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's moderator-elect, the highest elected position in the national group.
“I am both humbled and excited,” Harral told Associated Baptist Press. “CBF is so blessed with people committed to being the presence of Christ that it is inspirational to be among them.”
The CBF moderator presides at the group's annual General Assembly and leads the Coordinating Council, or executive committee. Nominees for moderator-elect rotate by laity-clergy and by gender.
Each year, the moderator-elect automatically succeeds the moderator at the conclusion of the one-year term. This year's moderator is San Francisco pastor Joy Yee. She will be followed by Emmanuel McCall, retired pastor of Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in College Park, Ga. If CBF constituents approve Harral's nomination in June, she will preside over the 2008 General Assembly.
“I am looking forward to working hand in hand with our staff, our field personnel, the coordinating council and so many others as we find new and effective ways to discover and fulfill God's mission for us,” Harral said.
A deacon at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Harral operates the Harral Group, a consulting firm specializing in facilitation, management, communication and organization. She also sits on the board of directors of Associated Baptist Press.
After receiving an M.A. from Baylor University, Harral earned a doctorate from the University of Colorado and has written two books: Leadership Skills for Women and Strategies for Teaching Interpersonal Skills. She serves as national president for The Community Leadership Association.
Harral currently chairs the Coordinating Council's personnel committee. CBF expects to name a new global missions coordinator, whom Harral anticipates will help the group “explore a variety of ways to better embody Christ around the world.”
With an annual budget of $16 million, the Fellowship is supported by more than 1,850 churches and an additional 3,000 individuals. CBF has 163 missionaries worldwide and partners with 13 theology schools and other ministry organizations.
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