The committee on boards and committees is assigned the mission of bringing to the association nominees for boards of partnering agencies, schools and institutions, and for the standing committees of the association. We are guided in this task by two concerns. We are committed to call forth persons with superior gifts and experience suited to the mission of the respective offices, and we also strive to achieve a balance by taking into account gender, geography, church size, denominational affiliation and designation as lay or clergy.
In order to achieve both goals we are reliant on the advice and input of many Baptists from around the state to identify talented and gifted Virginia Baptists. We were aided by the input of heads of agencies, schools and institutions, who suggested persons with demonstrated interest and commitment combined with abilities needed on their board. We also solicited suggestions from directors of missions, local associations, ministers and all Virginia Baptists through the Mission Board mail-outs and the Religious Herald. We are grateful for all who have helped us in this work of identifying nominees.
In the interest of further expanding opportunities for input from Baptists at large, we are asking messengers to offer suggestions for 2010. Please take the opportunity to fill out the form, which will appear in the Religious Herald in February, and mail to the address listed on the form.
It is with gratitude for your suggestions combined with deliberation and prayer that we bring to you the names of the dedicated Virginia Baptists listed in this report for election to the boards of agencies, institutions and schools, and to service on the standing committees of our association. We ask the messengers of the 2009 Baptist General Association of Virginia annual meeting to elect these persons and to give them the support of your prayers and cooperation.
David Washburn, Chair
Marshal Ausberry
Debbie Boling
David Burhans
Ike Eller
Brenda Jennings
Temple Myers
Steve Pollard
Barbara Skinner
Joseph Lewis (by virtue of office)
I. STANDING COMMITTEES
Budget Committee
Terms to expire November 30, 2013
Dan Carlton (M), Spring Hill Church, Ruckersville
One nominee TBA
Christian Life Committee
Terms to expire November 30, 2012
Wayne Jenkins (M), South Run Church, Springfield
Calvin Minor (L), Antioch Church, Fairfax Station
One nominee TBA
Memorial Committee
Terms to expire November 30, 2012
Jack R. Garland (M), Riverside Church, Chilhowie
George W. Hawkins (L), Blacksburg Church, Blacksburg
Michael B. Winters (M), Laurel Hill Church, Verona
Program Committee
Terms to expire November 30, 2012
Brian Hughes (M), Powhatan Community Church, Powhatan
Roger McGee (M), First Church, Alexandria
One nominee TBA
Religious Liberty Committee
Terms to expire November 30, 2012
Robison B. James (M), River Road Church, Richmond
David Robinson (M), West Hampton Church, Hampton
Richard M. Stephenson Jr. (L), Columbia Church, Falls Church
Resolutions Committee
Terms to expire November 30, 2012
Abby Thornton (M), Freemason Street Church, Norfolk
Two nominees TBA
II. THE FOLLOWING TO BE DULY ELECTED BY THE BGAV
Chaplain Service of the Churches of Virginia Inc.
None needed this year
Virginia Baptist Mission Board
At Large Members
Term to expire 2010
Lanny Horton (M)
Culpeper Church, Culpeper
(to fill the unexpired term of Cap Guanga)
Terms to expire 2012
Thomas Childrey (L), Lawrenceville Church, Lawrenceville
(to serve a second term)
Tommy Speight (M), Courtland Church, Courtland
Stephen Turner (M), Claybrook Church, Weems
(to serve a second term)
Mary Wright (L), Effort Church, Palmyra
Association Members
Terms to expire 2012
Accomack-Northampton
Charles Peterson (M), Cheriton Church, Cheriton
(to serve a second term)
Appomattox
Keith Williams (M), Falling River Church, Brookneal
(to serve a second term)
Augusta
Sharon Flory (L), First Church, Staunton
(to serve a second term)
Kelly A. Lane (M), Bridgewater Church, Bridgewater
(to serve a second term)
Blue Ridge
Stuart B. Tunstall (L), Little River Church, Floyd
Central Virginia
David Collyer (M), Crozet Church, Crozet
Fredericksburg Area
David Pierce (L), Fredericksburg Church
Fredericksburg
(to serve a second term)
Mid-Tidewater
Lillian Cox (L), Newington Church, Gloucester
(to serve a second term)
Peninsula
One nominee TBA
Piedmont
Bryan Mawyer (L), Clifford Church, Amherst
Pittsylvania
Russell Scruggs (L), Moffett Memorial Church, Danville
Rappahannock
David Donahue (M), Beale Memorial Church,Tappahannock
Shenandoah
Charles R. Jolley (M), Main Street Church, Luray
(to serve a second term)
III. THE FOLLOWING TO BE APPROVED BY THE BGAV, ELECTION BY THE ENTITIES
Bluefield College
Terms to expire 2014
Donald P. Reid (M), Mechanicsville Church, Gordonsville
Fork Union Military Academy
Terms to expire 2013
William J. Vakos Jr. (L), Goshen Church, Spotsylvania
(to serve a second term)
James E. Jones Jr. (L), St. Paul’s Church, Richmond
(to serve a second term)
Hargrave Military Academy
Terms to expire 2012
Gerald C. Burnett, First Church, South Boston
Oak Hill Academy
Term to expire 2016
Graham M. Parks (L), First Church, Galax
Paul Saunders (L), Rose Union Church, Piney River
Virginia Intermont College
Term to expire 2012
John S. Gaines (L), First Church, Bristol
(to serve a second term)
Robert L. Musick Jr. (L), River Road Church, Richmond
(to serve a second term)
Baptist Extension Board
None needed this year
Religious Herald
Terms to expire 2013
Jim Bunce (M), Marlow Heights Church,, Front Royal
Derik Hamby (M), Randolph Memorial Church,Lynchburg
Betty Elofson (L), First Church, Newport News
(to serve a second term)
W. Dennis Martin (M), White Stone Church, White Stone
Gregory Randall (M), Clarksville Church, Clarksville
Center for Baptist Heritage and Studies
Term to expire 2013
William Powell Tuck (M), River Road Church, Richmond
(to serve a second term)
HopeTree Family Services
Terms to expire 2013
Kendall Preas (L), Grandin Court Church, Roanoke
Richard Wright (L), Derbyshire Church, Richmond
Virginia Baptist Foundation
Terms to expire 2013
Pascal D. Brooks Jr. (L), Dover Church, Manakin-Sabot
(to serve a second term)
Nancy Glisson Wren (L), Churchland Church, Chesapeake
One nominee TBA
Virginia Baptist Homes
Terms to expire 2013
Two nominees TBA
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Term to expire 2013
Jim Somerville (M), First Church, Richmond
John Leland Center for Theological Studies
Term to expire 2013
J. Darrell Foster (L), King’s Grant Church, Virginia Beach
(to serve a second term)
Associated Baptist Press
Term to expire 2010
James E. White (M), Williamsburg Church, Williamsburg
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty
None needed this year
Baptist Center for Ethics
None needed this year
SBC Nominations
Two nominees TBA