American Baptist Churches USA is receiving applications and soliciting recommendations for its next general secretary.
American Baptist News Service reported Oct. 18 that links to a position profile, instructions for applying and a recommendations form have all been added to the ABC/USA website. Recommendations for prospective candidates will be received until Dec. 6, and the application deadline is Jan. 6, 2017.
American Baptist Churches USA, with approximately 5,000 congregations in the United States and Puerto Rico, began seeking a successor to Roy Medley, who retired last year after 14 years, in 2014 but put the search on hold in June 2015 due to “breaches of confidentiality” in the process.
Susan Gillies, retired executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of Nebraska, is serving as interim general secretary
The current search committee has retained an executive recruitment firm to assist with the hiring process.