Annual The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Annual

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1 Annual The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Annual Dr. Joseph L. Bunce, Executive Director Nancy L. Faucett, Recording Secretary

2 Baptist Convention of New Mexico 2014 Annual Table of Contents When viewing this document on a computer, click on a section to view that portion of the annual. Introduction... 1 Baptist Convention of New Mexico... 5 Staff Directory... 6 Executive Board... 8 State Elected and Appointed Committees Articles of Incorporation Bylaws Annual Meeting Minutes Executive Board Minutes Annual Staff Reports Budget Audit Report Associations Associational Map Associational Directory New Mexico Baptist Children s Home Staff Directory and Board Members Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Annual Report Budget ii

3 Audit Report New Mexico Baptist Foundation/Church Finance Corporation Staff Directory Board Members Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Annual Report Budget Audit Report Directories and Tables Historical Table Directory of Church Leaders Directory of Churches and Missions Statistical Tables iii

4 ANNUAL of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico PO Box 94485, Albuquerque Wyoming NE, Albuquerque First Baptist Church Deming, New Mexico October 21-22, 2014 OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION President First Vice President Second Vice President Recording Secretary Assistant Recording Secretary Parliamentarian Tar Henderson, Gila Jonathan Richard, Estancia First Dennis Dunn, Albuquerque Fellowship Nancy Faucett, BCNM Katie Carroll, BCNM Howell Scott, Alamogordo Bethel 2015 Meeting to be held October at Ruidoso Convention Center Preacher of Annual Sermon Alternate Adam Hughes, Albuquerque First West Steve Griffith, Arenas Valley Copper Ridge October October Meeting 2017 Meeting Taos Sagebrush Inn Albuquerque Fellowship 1

5 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN TOTAL NUMBER OF BAPTISMS IN 2014* Church Membership Baptisms 1. Albuquerque Sagebrush 4,112 1, Mesilla Park Tucumcari First 1, Hobbs Taylor Memorial Edgewood Mountain Valley Hobbs Crosswinds 1, Las Cruces First 2, Deming First Loving Rio Rancho Paragon TOP TEN CHURCHES IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS IN 2014** Church Membership Total CP 1. Bloomfield First 2,309 $215, Artesia First 1,076 $191, Clovis Central 1,520 $142, Carlsbad First 1,527 $138, Las Cruces First 2,315 $131, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 691 $104, Alamogordo Bethel 846 $99, Farmington Emmanuel 913 $95, Mesilla Park 562 $82, Albuquerque Eastern Hills 1,266 $81,277 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER CAPITA COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS IN 2014** Church Membership Total Per Capita CP 1. Portales The Porch 2 $ Jemez Mountain 12 $ Belen Sierra Vista 28 $ Carlsbad Garden Street 24 $ Albuquerque Girard 2 $ Alamogordo Calvary 67 $ Eagle Nest 8 $ Albuquerque Anchor 50 $ Los Alamos First 215 $ Farmington First 201 $239 2

6 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS IN 2014** Church Membership Total MNM 1. Las Cruces First 2,315 $35, Clovis Central 1,520 $16, Albuquerque Monterey 534 $13, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 691 $12, Lovington First 957 $12, Alamogordo Bethel 846 $9, High Rolls Trinity 183 $8, Farmington Emmanuel 913 $8, Albuquerque Eastern Hills 1,266 $7, Albuquerque Del Norte 456 $7,210 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS IN 2014** Church Membership Total Per Capita MNM 1. Taos First 40 $ High Rolls Trinity 183 $49 3. Monument 58 $44 4. Carlsbad Garden Street 4 $41 5. Albuquerque Alameda 66 $41 6. Albuquerque Anchor 50 $32 7. Santa Rosa First 36 $30 8. Clovis First 156 $30 9. Gila Valley 223 $ Tucumcari Immanuel 42 $27 * Statistics compiled from 2015 Annual Church Profile ** Statistics compiled from receipts received at BCNM office January 1, December 31,

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8 Staff Directory Executive Board Members State Appointed/Elected Committees Articles of Incorporation/Bylaws Minutes of Annual Meeting Minutes of State Executive Board Annual Staff Reports Budget Audit Report 5

9 DIRECTORY OF STATE WORKERS All addresses for BCNM staff are the first initial and last (Example: Executive Team Dr. Joseph L. Bunce, Executive Director Gerald Farley, Business Administrator Nancy L. Faucett, Ministry Assistant Executive Betty Mitchell, Ministry Assistant Financial Toni Warner, Ministry Assistant Carolyn Starks, Ministry Assistant FAX: Information Services Team John Loudat, Team Leader Editor, Baptist New Mexican Linda S. Prescott, Ministry Assistant Editorial Joy Pittman, Ministry Assistant Brian White, Technical Services James Trevillian, Social Media FAX: EVANGELISM/DISCIPLESHIP TEAM Rick Sullivan, Interim Director Cheryl Vaughn, Ministry Assistant FAX: Collegiate Team: David Englehart, Director Terra Mitchell, Ministry Assistant FAX: Eastern New Mexico University Box 2005 ENMU, Portales Dag Sewell, Campus Minister New Mexico Highlands University PO Box 3304, Las Vegas Jesse Boggs, Director New Mexico Junior College/College of the Southwest 5512 Lovington Hwy., Hobbs Zach Souter, Campus Minister New Mexico State University 1313 E. University Ave., Las Cruces David E. Englehart, Campus Minister 6

10 San Juan College 211 W. 20th, Farmington University of New Mexico 401 University NE, Albuquerque Bobby Erickson, Campus Minister Western New Mexico University 909 W. College, Silver City Steve Timmons, Campus Minister LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM Lamar Morin, Team Leader Katie Carroll, Ministry Assistant Sam Swann, Student Leadership Dev/Evan Olivia Grafe, Ministry Assistant Krista Peterson, Children s Leadership Development/ Women s Ministry Kim Treece, Ministry Assistant FAX: MISSIONS MOBILIZATION TEAM Scott Wilson, Team Leader Cricket Pairett, Ministry Assistant Ricardo Rivera, State Hispanic Strategist Pedro Escobar, Regional Spanish Strategist Connie Dixon, WMU Director/Missions Ed Strategist Daniel Clymer, State Native American Strategist Ira Shelton, Disaster Relief Coordinator Richard & Mary Gomez, Volunteer Consultants FAX:

11 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Baptist Convention of New Mexico 2015 Chairman... Kevin Parker Vice Chairman... Brian Nystrom Secretary...Nancy Faucett Executive Director... Dr. Joseph Bunce Treasurer... Gerald Farley President of the Convention... Jonathan Richard PO Box 528, Estancia NM 87016, ONE YEAR TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 2015 Abelardo Bolanos PO Box 8, Artsia Pecos Valley Association Charles Lord PO Box 903, Sandia Park Central Association Wes McAfee 2114 E. 1 st, Portales Eastern Association Kevin Parker 700 Navajo Ave., Aztec San Juan Association Joe Phillips PO Box 409, Red River Santa Fe Association Luis Rios 2425 Janet Ann Ln., Las Cruces Rio Grande Association Billy Tucker 3202 Thunder Rd., Alamogordo Mountain Valley Association Don Turnage 29 Flamingo, Silver City Southwestern Association Lou Ellen Wilson 1510 Serrano, Alamogordo Mountain Valley Association TWO-YEAR TERM - EXPIRES OCTOBER 2016 Don Archer PO Box 40, Hatch Rio Grande Association Nathan Britton 220 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos Santa Fe Association April Delores PO Box 193, New Laguna Western Association Eyvonne Gunn 3121 Quay Rd. 32, Melrose Eastern Association Dennis Harris PO Box 40, San Antonio Mountain Association Michael Head 2 Arroya Seco Rd., Silver City Southwestern Association Beau Lamb PO Box 336, Santa Rosa Tucumcari Association Garland Moore PO Box 2097, Milan Western Association Matt Sellers 2740 Northern Blvd NE Ste 102, Rio Rancho Central Assoc. Virginia Yazzie PO Box 2432, Bloomfield San Juan Association THREE-YEAR TERM - EXPIRES OCTOBER 2017 Jacob Bassing 500 N. Pennsylvania, Roswell Pecos Valley Association Jared Bridge 8100 Wyoming NE M4-166, Albq Central Association Vickie Czlapinski 200 W. Sycamore, Bloomfield San Juan Association John Hinze 321 E. Center, Tucumcari Tucumcari Association Danny Kirkpatrick 818 W. Birch Ave., Lovington Southeastern Association Pam Mayes 444 S. 4 th St., Raton Northeastern Association Alan McAlister 2501 N. Norris, Clovis Eastern Association Luke Miller PO Box 21915, Albuquerque Central Association Brian Nystrom PO Box 1048, Angel Fire Northeastern Association Cathy Pennington 1106 S. 19 th Artesia Pecos Valley Association 8

12 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Team Assignments, 2015 President of the Convention Jonathan Richard Chairman of the Board Kevin Parker E.I.T. Executive/Information Services Team Pam Mayes, Chairperson Jacob Bassing Abelardo Bolanos Dennis Harris Michael Head Luis Rios Don Turnage E.D.T. Evangelism/Discipleship Team Nathan Britton, Chairman Jared Bridge April Delores Danny Kirkpatrick Charles Lord Brian Nystrom Virginia Yazzie L.D.T. Leadership Development Team Billy Tucker, Chairman Don Archer Vickie Czlapinski Luke Miller Garland Moore Matt Sellers Lou Ellen Wilson Mission Mobilization Team John Hinze, Chairman Yvonne Gunn Beau Lamb Wes McAfee Alan McAlister Cathy Pennington Joe Phillips 9

13 State Executive Board Committees 2015 Special Committees Policy and Personnel Joseph Bunce, Staff Advisor Jonathan Richard, Chairman Kevin Parker Ex-Officio Michael Head (IST) Brian Nystrom (EDT) Matt Sellers (LDT) Beau Lamb (MMT) Property and Finance Gerald Farley, Staff Advisor Kevin Parker, Chairman Jonathan Richard, Ex-Officio Nathan Britton (EDT) Pam Mayes (IST) Billy Tucker (LDT) John Hinze (MMT) Nominating Committee Garland Moore, Chairman Danny Kirkpatrick Lou Ellen Wilson 10

14 PASTOR S/LAYMEN S CONFERENCE PRESIDENT Danny Kirkpatrick, Lovington, CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMITTEE 2015 One-Year Term Expires October 2015 Mark Burton Charla Ct NE, Albq Gavin Vaughn II Box 1749, Artesia Two-Year Term Expires October 2016 Jay McCollum 2112 College Dr., Gallup Ted Russell 437 Parkland Dr., Aztec Three-Year Term Expires October 2017 Walter Bradley PO Box 22, Clovis Rod Compton Box 66, Tijeras

15 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Elected at 2014 Convention to serve in 2015 Paul Cunningham, Chairman, Los Alamos First Dennis Garcia, Moriarty First Lana Griffith, Arenas Valley Copper Ridge Craig Siegel, La Plata Valley Alan Stoddard, Ruidoso First PROGRAM/ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE Elected at 2014 Convention to serve in 2015 Jonathan Richard, Chairman, Estancia First Kyle Bueermann, Clayton First Andy DeHart, Hatch First John Russo, Fort Sumner First Travis Van Meter, Lovington First 12

16 ARTICLES of INCORPORATION of THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF NEW MEXICO (As Amended October 27, 1999) Pursuant to the provisions of Section NMSA 1978 of the Nonprofit Corporation Act the undersigned Corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation: 1. The name of the Corporation is The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. 2. The following amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was adopted by the Corporation on the 27 th day of October, 1999, in the manner prescribed by the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act: The present Articles of Incorporation as amended are deleted in their entirety and the following Articles of Incorporation are substituted in their place: ARTICLE ONE: Name. The name of the Corporation is The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. ARTICLE TWO: Duration. The period of its duration is perpetual. ARTICLE THREE: Purpose. The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are purely religious. These purposes include missionary, educational and charitable purposes, the carrying on of missionary work, the support of public worship and the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world, and the education, training and enlistment of the people and ministering to the needs of the sick, helpless, aged or infirm. ARTICLE FOUR: Charitable Nature. No part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth herein. No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. ARTICLE FIVE: Members. A. The Members of this Corporation shall be members of Baptist churches which are in friendly cooperation with the Convention and which are sympathetic with the Convention's purposes and work, and who are elected by their churches as messengers to 13

17 the Convention in session, and who are properly registered and seated by the Convention. B. These Members shall be called "messengers." The messengers shall constitute the Convention in session. A messenger enjoys rights as a member of the Corporation only during the period of the specific meeting to which the messenger has been elected by the messenger's church and seated and not unseated by the messengers constituting the Convention in session. C. The rights of individual messengers, and the rights of the messengers constituting the Convention in session, shall be those described in these Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws. A messenger must be present to vote. In addition to any right granted a messenger or the messengers constituting the Convention in session found elsewhere in these Articles, in the Bylaws, or as Members under the provisions of the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act, as it may be amended, messengers shall have the right to vote on: the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation; the amendment of the Bylaws; merger or consolidation and dissolution; the sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or other disposition of all or substantially all, the property and assets of the corporation; the election and removal of those persons constituting the State Executive Board, the committees of the Convention, and officers as provided in the Bylaws; the adoption of the Convention's annual budget; and to allow the Convention to become the Member of, and to exercise the rights of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico as the Member of, any other corporation. ARTICLE SIX: Meetings of the Messengers. A. Annual Meeting. Unless an emergency is declared by the State Executive Board, there shall be a two-day annual meeting of the messengers constituting the Convention at such time and place as the messengers may select, this selection being made at least two years in advance. In the event of an emergency, the State Executive Board may cancel or change the time and place upon giving reasonable notice to the churches. B. Special Meeting. A special meeting of the messengers may be called by the messengers in session, by the State Executive Board, or by any two of the following officers: the President, the Executive Director, or the Chairman of the State Executive Board. The body or persons calling the special meeting shall, at least twenty days prior to the meeting, notify the churches of the meeting, its time, place and purpose, in writing by mail, and shall cause notice to be published in Baptist New Mexican. No other notice of meetings shall be required. C. Quorum. The presence of a majority of the registered and seated messengers shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE SEVEN: Composition of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of this Corporation shall be called the State Executive Board. The State Executive Board shall be composed of the President of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico and thirty persons elected by the messengers constituting the Convention in session as provided in the bylaws. Vacancies occurring other than as the result of the expiration of a term or as the result of an increase in the number of persons constituting the State Executive Board may be filled temporarily by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, 14

18 though less than a quorum of the State Executive Board, until the messengers constituting the Convention in session fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term of the person vacating the position. ARTICLE EIGHT: Duties of the State Executive Board. The State Executive Board shall exercise the rights and powers granted to a board of directors by the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act, these articles and the bylaws. The State Executive Board shall act for The Baptist Convention of New Mexico on all matters not reserved in these Articles and the bylaws as matters to be acted upon by the messengers constituting the Convention in session. In the event the messengers constituting the Convention fail to act, or act on the basis of demonstrably incorrect or misleading or insufficient information, the State Executive Board may act on a matter otherwise to be acted upon exclusively by the messengers constituting the Convention. The State Executive Board may exercise the Convention's right as the Member of another corporation to remove a director of that corporation if the Board of Directors of that corporation requests the removal. ARTICLE NINE: Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors and committees having any of the authority of the Board of Directors. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal office in New Mexico, and during a period when messengers constitute the Convention at the site of the session, a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote at that moment and those entitled to vote in the previous session of the Convention. All books and records of the Corporation may be inspected by any messenger, his agent or attorney, during the period when the person is a messenger, and for any proper purpose and at any reasonable time. ARTICLE TEN: Registered Office and Agent. The address of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at such address is: Dr. Joseph Bunce, Executive Director, 5325 Wyoming Blvd., Albuquerque NM ARTICLE ELEVEN: Dissolution. Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, assets remaining after all liabilities and obligations shall be paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall be made therefore, shall be distributed as provided in the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act to one or more organizations which are organized and operated exclusively for one or more purposes described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. ARTICLE TWELVE: Amendment. These Articles may be further amended in the following manner: The State Executive Board shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and directing that it be submitted to a vote of the messengers constituting the Convention in annual or special session. No notice shall be given of the proposed amendments except: The State Executive Board shall cause the proposed amendment to be published in Baptist New Mexican prior to the session in which the amendment will be considered; and the proposed amendment shall be given in writing to the messengers in the first meeting of the session and consideration shall be had on the amendment in a subsequent meeting of that session. A proposed amendment shall be adopted upon receiving at least two thirds of the votes of messengers present when the 15

19 vote is taken. 3. This Amendment was adopted by the messengers constituting The Baptist Convention of New Mexico on the 27 th day of October, 1999, in its annual session at which a quorum of the messengers entitled to vote was present and the Amendment received at least twothirds (2/3) of the votes of messengers present at the time the vote was taken. This Amendment was also adopted by the Board of Directors (State Executive Board) by a vote of a majority of the Board of Directors in office on the 27 th day of September,

20 THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF NEW MEXICO BYLAWS (As Amended October 22, 2014) ARTICLE ONE: Autonomy and Cooperation. The Baptist Convention of New Mexico (the or this Convention) recognizes and shall steadfastly honor and respect the autonomy and independence of each church. This Convention, while seeking fellowship with all Baptist bodies which share the Convention's purposes, shall be independent and sovereign in its own sphere and shall never attempt to exercise any authority over any other Baptist body, church, association, convention, or auxiliary body. ARTICLE TWO: Seating of Messengers. Section 1. At any meeting of the messengers, messengers shall be seated upon presentation of proper credentials or satisfactory evidence of their election by their churches. The credentials shall be signed by the moderator or clerk of the church electing the messenger, and shall indicate the date of election. Credentials shall be presented to the Credentials Committee of the Convention before being seated. Section 2. Churches wishing to send messengers to the Convention for the first time shall present to the Credentials Committee in care of the Executive Director, at least thirty days prior to the annual meeting of the Convention to which the church desires to send messengers, evidence that the church is in friendly cooperation with the Convention and sympathetic with the Convention s work, and evidence of their faith and practices, which are not in conflict with the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testaments. Section 3. As an autonomous Baptist group, the Convention reserves the right to determine what constitutes a cooperating Baptist church. Churches shall be considered in friendly cooperation who are sympathetic with the purpose and work of this Convention, having demonstrated cooperation by contributing a minimum of $250 to the Cooperative Program through the BCNM during the twelve months immediately prior to the call to order of the annual or special meeting of the Convention. The faith and practices of each cooperating church, in the opinion of the Convention in session, shall not be in conflict with the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments. The Convention in session shall be the final judge of the qualifications of its members. Section 4. Each church shall be entitled to two messengers and one additional messenger for every twenty-five members or major portion thereof above twenty-five; but in no case shall any church be entitled to more than eight messengers. ARTICLE THREE: Officers. Section 1. The Convention shall have a President, a First Vice-President, and a Second Vice-President. These officers shall be elected annually by the messengers constituting the annual meeting, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices at the close of the session, and shall continue in office for one year or until their successors are elected. Section 2. In addition the Convention shall have the offices of Executive Director, 17

21 Treasurer, Recording Secretary, and Assistant Recording Secretary. The Policy/Personnel Committee will propose a procedure for electing an Executive Director Search Committee. A. Executive Director. The State Executive Board shall elect a committee of seven to nominate an Executive Director to be elected by the messengers, in annual or special meeting, to serve an indefinite period. If the office becomes vacant while the Convention is not in session, the State Executive Board shall designate an acting Executive Director who will serve until the Convention acts to elect a successor. The Executive Director shall be considered the Chief Executive Officer of this Corporation and shall become upon election a salaried at-will employee of the Convention. The Executive Director may be suspended without pay and benefits by the State Executive Board if the State Executive Board deems such suspension in the Convention's best interests. The Executive Director or the Chairman of the State Executive Board may sign legal documents on behalf of the corporation. B. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the person employed by the State Executive Board as Business Administrator. C. Recording Secretary and Assistant Recording Secretary. These officers shall be appointed by the Executive Director. Section 3. The duties of these officers shall be those described in these Bylaws and those usually pertaining to their respective offices in accordance with parliamentary law. Section 4. The Recording Secretary, and in his/her absence, the Assistant Recording Secretary, shall have the duty to make and preserve a written record of the proceedings of the Convention in session and of the State Executive Board meetings. Minutes of each session of the Convention shall be kept up to date, to be read upon request of any messenger. The minutes of the State Convention and the State Executive Board shall be published, the cost of printing paid by the Convention. The Recording Secretary, if not a Convention employee, shall be allowed such remuneration for his or her services as the Executive Director deems just. Section 5. One may not simultaneously be a salaried employee of the Convention or of any corporation of which the Convention is the Member, nor the spouse of an employee, and serve as an officer of the Convention except in the offices of Executive Director, Treasurer, and Recording and Assistant Recording Secretary. ARTICLE FOUR: Eligibility for Election. Persons elected by the messengers of the Convention or by the State Executive Board or appointed to serve as officers of the Convention, officers of the Corporation, members of Convention committees, members of the State Executive Board or the Boards of Directors of the corporations in which The Baptist Convention of New Mexico is the Member, shall be, and shall have been for one year prior to their election, active members of Baptist churches which are in friendly cooperation with the Convention and which are sympathetic with the Convention's purposes and work. The membership requirements shall not apply to the Executive Director or Treasurer. 18

22 ARTICLE FIVE: Convention Committees. Section 1. Committee on Committees. The President of the Convention shall appoint a five member Committee on Committees prior to the Convention. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Committees to nominate a Nominating Committee consisting of five members, none of whom is a member of the State Executive Board; a Program/Order of Business Committee consisting of five members of which the President shall be chairman; and a Resolutions Committee consisting of three members. The Committee on Committees shall nominate all other committees that may be ordered by the Convention during its session, unless otherwise directed by the Convention. Section 2. Nominating Committee. During each annual Convention, the Nominating Committee elected by the previous Convention shall nominate: members of the State Executive Board, persons to fill vacancies on the Christian Life Committee and the preacher and alternate for the sermon for the next annual convention. The committee shall also recommend the place and date for the annual meeting of the Convention three years hence. In every election by the Convention, nominations may also be offered by any messenger from the floor. Section 3. Program/Order of Business Committee. The Program/Order of Business Committee shall prepare and publish a program for the next annual Convention at least two weeks before the Convention convenes and shall present the program, which, when adopted, shall be adhered to throughout the Convention unless changed by vote of the Convention. The committee shall serve throughout the Convention, making provisions for such adjustments in the program as shall be directed by the Convention. This committee also suggests to the Convention an order of business. It shall provide for periods of time during the Convention for the introduction of all matters requiring a vote not scheduled on the agenda, and, when introduced (unless the Convention gives its unanimous consent for the immediate consideration) shall fix times for the consideration of the matter. The committee may suggest to the Convention standing rules. Section 4. Resolutions Committee. The Resolutions Committee shall report to the Convention on all resolutions referred to it by the Convention and bring to the attention of the Convention such resolutions as it may deem necessary. Section 5. Christian Life Committee. The Christian Life Committee shall seek to mobilize the Convention in addressing moral issues of concern to New Mexico Baptists. It shall consist of six members who shall serve terms of 3 years, allowing two of the terms to expire each year. The committee shall make interim reports to the Executive Board. Section 6. Credentials Committee. The Credentials Committee shall be chaired by the First Vice President, or the Second Vice President in the absence of the First Vice President, and shall be constituted by two other members appointed by the President at least 45 days before the annual convention. The Credentials Committee shall receive petitions from churches desiring to seat messengers for the first time. The Committee shall recommend to the Convention 19

23 whether messengers should be seated after the Committee studies the request, arranges for a meeting with church officials if needed, and communicates its recommendation to the church. When seating messengers is challenged at a regular or special meeting and the chair refers the issue to the Credentials Committee, this committee would hear the messenger challenging the seating and the messenger or messengers being challenged, and make any other inquiry the committee deems appropriate and report its findings and recommendation regarding the challenge to the body. The Convention would determine whether or not to seat the messengers. The Credentials Committee s term begins at the time of appointment and continues until another committee is appointed. ARTICLE SIX: Election of Boards of Directors. The members of the Board of Directors of those corporations in which the Convention is the Member and entitled to elect the directors, those corporations presently being The New Mexico Baptist Children s Home, Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center, Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, The New Mexico Baptist Church Finance Corporation, and The New Mexico Baptist Foundation, shall be nominated and elected as follows: the present board of directors of each corporation may present to the State Executive Board in the Board's July meeting suggested nominees for each vacancy on the Corporation's board. If the State Executive Board believes it should not agree to nominate a suggested nominee, the Corporation's board of directors who suggested the nominee shall be advised of the State Executive Board's position and shall be invited to submit other suggested nominee(s) to the State Executive Board. Those suggested nominees acceptable to the State Executive Board shall be nominated by the State Executive Board to the Convention. If the State Executive Board declines to nominate a suggested nominee or if a board of directors for a corporation fails to suggest a nominee, the State Executive Board shall nominate a person of its choosing. ARTICLE SEVEN: State Executive Board. Section 1. Nominations. The Nominating Committee shall nominate persons for service on the State Executive Board. Section 2. Eligibility. Salaried employees of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico, or of any corporation of which The Baptist Convention of New Mexico is the Member, or the employees' spouses, shall be ineligible to serve on the State Executive Board. No person serving on the current Nominating Committee, or on any board of directors of any corporation entity of which The Baptist Convention of New Mexico is the Member, shall be eligible to serve on the State Executive Board. Section 3. Composition. It is intended that the thirty elected members of the State Executive Board shall include at least one person whose church is in the geographical area of each Association, and that a person shall not be elected to the State Executive Board if the election will result in more than one elected person serving at the same time from the membership of any church. Nominations, whether from the Nominating Committee or from a messenger from the floor of the Convention in session, which 20

24 would cause this composition goal to be violated shall not be in order. In filling vacancies as authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, the State Executive Board shall conform to this composition rule. A person shall be deemed to have resigned if the person moves his or her church membership to a church outside the geographical area of the Association from which the person was elected. A member of the State Executive Board elected to the office of president of the Convention shall, upon assumption of that office, be deemed to have resigned his position on the State Executive Board. Section 4. Lay Participation. At least ten of the elected persons constituting the State Executive Board shall be lay persons. Section 5. Term. Persons shall be elected to serve on the State Executive Board for a term of three years, except in cases when one is elected to fill an unexpired term. If otherwise qualified, a person may be elected to serve a second consecutive term of three years, provided that no person may serve more than two consecutive full terms. Members elected to serve unexpired terms shall serve until the end of the term they were elected to fill and may be re-elected to serve a successive full three-year term. Persons having served on the State Executive Board six consecutive years will be ineligible for election to the State Executive Board until three years have expired since their last service. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the elected members of the State Executive Board then in office shall constitute a quorum. Section 7. Duties. In addition to the duties and powers described in the Articles of Incorporation, The State Executive Board: A. Shall have charge and control, except when otherwise ordered by the Convention, of all work of the Convention in interim of its sessions; B. Shall act to exercise the rights of the Convention as the Member of any other corporation as that power may be delegated to the State Executive Board by the Convention's Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or by the messengers constituting the Convention in session; C. May fill vacancies occurring on the Nominating Committee; D. Shall elect or provide for the employment of such persons, other than the Executive Director, necessary to carry on the work of the Convention; and E. Shall make a full and complete report to the annual Convention setting forth the condition of the work. This report shall give an accurate accounting of the finances of the Convention and shall be printed and distributed to the members of the Convention at its first session. F. Shall not sell the real property utilized for operation of Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference or Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center except upon the approval of messengers constituting a meeting of the Convention following the recommendation of the State Executive Board. 21

25 Section 8. Officers. The State Executive Board shall elect from among its members a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman in the September meeting to begin service at the adjournment of the following annual meeting of the Convention. Each of these officers shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. Section 9. Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held on Monday night before the third Tuesday in January, April, July, and September. The Board may, upon resolution, change the time and place of holding its meetings. Special meetings of the State Executive Board may be called by the Executive Director or the Chairman of the Board at any time on a five-day notice to all members. ARTICLE EIGHT: Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify any director, officer, employee or any former director, officer or employee of the Corporation against reasonable expenses, costs, attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer or employee. This indemnification shall include any amounts paid to satisfy a judgment or to compromise or settle a claim. The director, officer or employee or former director, officer or employee shall not be indemnified if he shall be adjudged to be liable on the basis that he has breached or failed to perform the duties of his office and the breach or failure to perform constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness. Advance indemnification shall be allowed of a director, officer or employee for reasonable expenses to be incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit, or proceeding provided that the director, officer, or employee must reimburse the Corporation if it is subsequently determined that the director, officer or employee was not entitled to indemnification. ARTICLE NINE: Parliamentary Authority. The rules of order for the Convention, The State Executive Board, and all committees of the Convention and of the Board, shall be the current edition of "Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised." In case there is no provision in Robert's, the President or other presiding officer shall exercise his discretion, subject to appeal by the body. ARTICLE TEN: Motions Dealing With the Work of the Corporations. A motion, otherwise in order, which deals with the work of a Corporation of which the Convention is the Member shall be referred to the Board of Directors of that Corporation. The Board of Directors shall report back its comments and opinions regarding the substance of the motion at the next annual meeting of the Convention. Whenever such a report comes before the Convention, the Chair may invite the officers and Board of Directors of the Corporation(s) involved to speak. A motion offered in any meeting of the messengers or in a meeting of the State Executive Board, or in any committee of the Convention or the State Executive Board shall be out of order if the motion would require the Convention to act in regard to a corporation of which the Convention is the Member in a manner not within the Convention s legal power to act as the Member. ARTICLE ELEVEN: Amendments. These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Convention by a two-thirds vote of the messengers present at the time the 22

26 vote is taken, provided notice of the proposed amendment is given at the first session of the Convention. 23

27 Minutes of the Convention One Hundred Second Session October 21-22, 2014 First Baptist Church, Deming Minutes of the 102nd annual session of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting at First Baptist Church of Deming. Officers serving include Tar Henderson, Gila Valley, president; Jonathan Richard, Estancia First, first vicepresident; Dennis Dunn, Albuquerque Fellowship, second vice-president; Nancy Faucett, BCNM, recording secretary and Katie Carroll, BCNM, assistant recording secretary. Churches seating messengers included: Alamogordo Bethel, Boles Acres, First; Albuquerque Alameda, Anchor, Deaf, Del Norte, Eastern Hills, Fellowship, First West, Hoffmantown, Indian Nations, Monterey, Sandia; Angel Fire; Animas First, Anthony First, Arenas Valley Copper Ridge; Artesia First, Hermosa Drive, Primera; Aztec First; Belen Sierra Vista; Bernalillo First; Bloomfield First, Gospel Victory; Bosque Farms First, Tender Mercy; Carlsbad First, Hillcrest; Chama First; Clovis Central, Iglesia Belen; Deming Bethel, Bible Way Cowboy, First, Son-Shine; Edgewood Mountain Valley; Elephant Butte Church at the Butte; Elida First; Estancia First, Immanuel; Eunice First; Farmington Emmanuel; Fort Sumner First; Gallup First; Gila Valley; Glenwood; Grants First; Hatch First; High Rolls Trinity; Hobbs Crosswinds, Immanuel, New Hope, Taylor Memorial; Jal First; La Plata Valley; Las Cruces Calvary, East Mesa, First, Primera, Unidos en Cristo; Lordsburg First; Los Chavez First; Lovington First, Hillcrest; Mayhill; Milan Immanuel; Mimbres Rio Mimbres; Moriarty First; Pecos Valley Cowboy; Portales Calvary, Emmanuel, First; Raton First; Rio Rancho Cottonwood, First, Paragon; Roswell First; Ruidoso First; Santa Fe First, Rodeo Road; Santa Teresa Emmanuel; Silver City First, Indian Hills; Socorro First; Taos First, Indian; Tatum First; Texico First; Tijeras First; Tucumcari First; and Tularosa First. CONVENTION THEME: Standing Strong Tuesday Afternoon, October 21, 2014 Tar Henderson, Presiding 1. Craig Sundheimer, Worship Pastor at Rio Rancho Cottonwood, opened the session in music. 2. President Tar Henderson called the meeting to order at 1:46 p.m. 3. Joe Byers, pastor of Deming First, welcomed messengers and guests and led in the invocation. 4. Executive Director Joseph Bunce invited representatives from SBC entities to bring greetings. They included: Ashley Clayton, SBC Executive Committee; Michael Freese, Lifeway; Monty Patton, NAMB; Christy Carr, National WMU; Micheal Summers, Wayland University; and Mike Harris, Guidestone. Dwyane and Donna Brown 24

28 brought greetings from IMB which was followed by a video. 5. BUSINESS SESSION 1: Seating of Messengers: Jonathan Richard, first vice-president and chairman of the Credentials Committee made a motion that the messengers that had registered and who would register who had presented proper credentials from churches which were in friendly cooperation with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico as stated in the Bylaws, constitute the Convention and that First Baptist Church of Animas, Son-Shine Baptist Church of Deming and Pecos Valley Cowboy Church be seated as new churches. Carried unanimously. Appointment of Committees: President Henderson appointed Jesse Cannon of Chama First and Don Dykhouse of Silver City Indian Hills to serve on the Credentials Committee. First Vice-President Jonathan Richard chaired the committee and Second-Vice President Dennis Dunn also served on the committee. He also appointed Dave McFadden of Portales First, to serve as the chairman of the 2014 Committee on Committees. Keith Berryman of Farmington First, Andrew Hebert of Hobbs Taylor Memorial, Lee Herring of Santa Fe First and Edna Romero of Taos Indian also served on the committee. Adoption of Program: Joe Byers of Deming First and member of the Program/Order of Business Committee, brought a motion to accept the program as printed with the addition of a brief Christian Life Committee report on Wednesday morning and that President Tar Henderson be allowed to make other changes in the program as he deemed necessary. Carried with one in opposition. Old Business Plans of Merger: Matt Sellers, pastor of Rio Rancho Paragon and chairman of the State Executive Board, presented a motion that the Plan of Merger of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, and the Plan of Merger of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center, each be adopted by the messengers acting as the members of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and acting for the Convention as the sole member of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center and of Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center, and that Dr. Joseph Bunce and Nancy Faucett, as officers of the Convention corporation, be authorized to sign the two respective Articles of Merger on behalf of the Convention. Henry Meyer, messenger from Las Cruces East Mesa, seconded. The motion carried with eight in opposition. State Executive Board Report: Matt Sellers presented the report. He said the proposed bylaw change and 2015 budget would be voted on 25

29 the next day. The Entity nominations were moved to the next day as well. 6. Introduction of New Business: None 7. Baptist Children s Home Report: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. 8. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation Report: President Rick Breeden presented the report. He presented a motion from their board to amend Article Three of their Articles of Incorporation: Purpose, which should be deleted in its entirety and a new Article Three shall be inserted in place thereof as follows: "Article Three: Purpose. The purposes for which the corporation shall be formed are the following: Exclusively for charitable, religious and educational purposes including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The purposes of the corporation shall be limited to those contained in and permitted by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code and the assets of the Corporation shall be dedicated exclusively to such purposes. Any and all purposes permitted by the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act (Section N.M.S.A. (1978)) which do not otherwise violate or exceed those purposes permitted by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Subject to the limitations contained in the foregoing paragraphs, in carrying out the Corporation's tax exempt purposes the Corporation shall be permitted to serve any Baptist institution, agency or enterprise having the official sanction of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico or the Southern Baptist Convention, so long as such actions are consistent with and are in fulfillment of the Corporation's charitable, religious and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code." Jesse Cannon, Chama First, seconded the motion. Carried unanimously. 9. Inlow Camp and Conference Center Report: Board Chairman Ira Pinkston presented the report. 10. Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center Report: Manager Richard Buck Wheat presented the report. 11. Craig Sundheimer led in music worship. 12. Howell Scott, pastor of Alamogordo Bethel, brought the Annual Sermon. 13. Dr. Bunce introduced new staff in the state that were present. They were Jeff Fair, Hobbs Taylor Memorial; Monty and Michelle Mullenix, Bloomfield First; Brad Kelley, Albuquerque Del Norte; Dwayne Nelson, Glenwood; Al and Judy Carroll, Bernalillo First; Scott and Lori 26

30 Talbert, Anthony First; Ken and Conni Clair, Albuquerque Alameda; Aaron Colyer, Roswell First; Jody O'Briant, Jal First; and Stephen Baum, First West Albuquerque. 14. Craig Sundheimer led in music worship. 15. Dr. Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church of New Orleans, Louisiana, brought a message. 16. Cliff Jackson, worship pastor at Deming First, led in the benediction. Tuesday Evening, October 21, 2014 Jonathan Richard, Presiding 1. The New Mexico Singing Churchmen opened the session in concert. 2. Don Dykhouse, member of Silver City Indian Hills and pastor of Tyrone Baptist Mission, read scripture and led in the invocation. 3. Dr. Luter brought a message. 4. The New Mexico Singing Churchmen sang a song. 5. Dr. Bunce gave his annual report. 6. Will Lackey, pastor of Lordsburg First, led in the benediction. Wednesday Morning, October 22, 2014 Dennis Dunn, Presiding 1. Damon Pearce, worship pastor of Clovis Central, opened the session in music worship. 2. Michael Head, pastor of Silver City Indian Hills, read scripture and led in prayer. 3. BUSINESS SESSION 2, President Tar Henderson presiding. Committee on Committees Report: Dave McFadden, Portales First and chairman of the Committee on Committees, presented the report. He recommended that Adam Hughes, Albuquerque First West, serve as chairman of the 2014 Resolutions Committee and that Danny Kirkpatrick of Lovington First and Brad Morgan of Portales Calvary also serve on that committee. He also recommended that Paul Cunningham of Los Alamos First serve as chairman of the 2015 Nominating Committee and that Dennis Garcia of Moriarty First, Lana Griffith of Arenas Valley Copper Ridge, Craig Siegel of La Plata Valley and Alan Stoddard of Ruidoso First also serve on that committee. Carried unanimously. He then recommended that Kyle Bueermann of Clayton First, Andy DeHart of Hatch First, John Russo of Fort Sumner First and Travis Van Meter of Lovington Hillcrest serve alongside the Convention President to make up the 2015 Program/Order of Business Committee. Carried unanimously. Executive Board Report: Matt Sellers presented a motion to change the Bylaws to add a letter F to Article Seven, Section Seven that reads, 27

31 Shall not sell the real property utilized for operation of Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference or Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center except upon the approval of messengers constituting a meeting of the Convention following the recommendation of the State Executive Board. The motion carried unanimously. He then brought a recommendation to approve the report of the State Executive Board including the proposed 2015 budget. Carried unanimously. He presented the following entity nominations. New Mexico Baptist Children s Home: Currently serving and nominated for another threeyear term were Herb Gage of Elida First, Tony Montoya of Los Alamos First, Kenneth Walker of Portales Emmanuel and Robert Wright of Albuquerque Monterey. New Mexico Baptist Foundation and Church Finance Corporation: Currently serving and nominated for another three-year term were James Francis of Hobbs First, Charles Stockton of Clovis Central and Saul Prieto of Mesilla Valley. Nominated to a new three-year term was Randy Patterson of Artesia First. Dr. Bunce presented plaques to outgoing Executive Board members: As a point of clarification, President Henderson said that the merger vote the previous day passed with more than a two-thirds vote. Nominating Committee Report: Danny Marsh of Albuquerque First West presented the report. He presented recommendations for nominations for the State Executive Board members currently serving and nominated to a second three year term expiring October 2017 of Jared Bridge of Albuquerque Anchor, Pam Mayes of Raton First and Brian Nystrom of Angel Fire and for a one-year term expiring October 2015 of Charles Lord of Sandia Park Vista Grande. New members nominated to serve for a three-year term expiring October 2017 were Jacob Bassing of Roswell First, Vicki Czlapinski of Bloomfield First, Danny Kirkpatrick of Lovington First, Alan McAlister of Clovis Central, Luke Miller of Albuquerque Eastern Hills and Cathy Pennington of Midway. He recommended that Walter Bradley of Clovis and Rod Compton of Tijeras be elected to a three-year term expiring October 2017 on the Christian Life Committee and that the 2016 State Convention Annual Sermon be given by Adam Hughes of Albuquerque First West, the alternate be Steve Griffith of Arenas Valley Copper Ridge and that 2017 State Convention be held October at Albuquerque Fellowship. The recommendations carried unanimously. New Business: There was none. 4. Jay McCollum of Gallup First presented a Christian Life Committee report. 5. Damon Pearce led in music worship. 6. BUSINESS SESSION 3: President Tar Henderson presiding. Resolutions Committee: Chairman Adam Hughes of Albuquerque First 28

32 West presented the resolutions. Each resolution was presented separately and each carried unanimously. Resolution 1) Appreciation for Bethel Baptist Church of Deming. Whereas we acknowledge the hospitality and service of Bethel Baptist Church of Deming, and whereas we recognize that it is edifying and good to gather together as a convention of like minded churches for the purpose of business and worship, and whereas we acknowledge the part that Bethel has played in the success of the 2014 BCNM meeting, we resolve to thank and express our deepest gratitude and appreciation for this body of precious and faithful believers. Resolution 2) Appreciation for First Baptist Church of Deming. Whereas we acknowledge the sacrifice and service of First Baptist Church of Deming in hosting the 2014 BCNM meeting, and whereas we recognize that it is edifying and good to gather together as a convention of like-minded churches for the purpose of business and worship, and whereas we acknowledge FBC's tremendous hospitality to pastors, leaders, and members of churches from all over the state of New Mexico, we resolve to recognize specifically FBC for their hospitality and service, and furthermore, we resolve to thank and express our deepest gratitude and appreciation for this body of precious and faithful believers. Resolution 3) Support of Houston Pastors. Whereas we as a convention acknowledge and stand on the authority and sufficiency of the Word of God, and whereas we believe that it is right and good for churches to maintain the practice of regularly teaching the Whole Counsel of God, and whereas we recognize this as the faithful practice of the pastors and churches in the city of Houston, TX who have had sermons and church communications subpoenaed, and whereas we believe that this attempt to subpoena their sermons and church communications is a violation of First Amendment rights and of the separation of church and state, we thus resolve to state our belief as such; we further resolve to support them in their fight against this action; we further resolve to pray for them in this fight and aid them in any other way as is possible and appropriate; we resolve, finally, to stand in like fashion in the event that similar legal action be taken against pastors or ministers in the state of New Mexico. Resolution 4) Appreciation for 2014 Convention Officers. Whereas we recognize and acknowledge the BCNM Convention Officers' faithful and sacrificial service for 2014, we resolve to express our gratitude for said service and ministry. Miscellaneous Business: There was none. Election of Officers: President Henderson turned the chair to First Vice- President Jonathan Richard for the election of president. Don Mitchell, Estancia First, nominated Jonathan Richard as president. Dave McFadden, Portales First, seconded. Garland Moore moved that nominations cease. Jay McCollum seconded. Carried unanimously. 29

33 Jonathan Richard was elected by acclamation. The chair returned to President Tar Henderson for the election of first and second vicepresidents. Bruce Morrison, Church at the Butte, nominated Dennis Dunn for 1st vice-president. Jonathan Richard seconded. Brad Morgan, Portales Calvary, moved nominations cease. Brad Kelley, Albuquerque Del Norte, seconded. Dennis Dunn was elected by acclamation. Dennis Dunn nominated Dennis Garcia, Moriarty First, as second-vice president. Seconded. Nelson Rutter from Central Clovis moved nominations cease. Rusty Shaffer seconded. Carried unanimously. Dennis Garcia was not present, but accepted the nomination by phone and was elected by acclamation. 7. Damon Pearce led in music worship. 8. Dr. Fred Luter brought a message. 9. President Tar Henderson brought an address. 10. Passing of the Gavel: Tar Henderson passed the gavel to Jonathan Richard. 11. Steve Griffith of Arenas Valley Copper Ridge and Network Coordinator of Southwestern Baptist Association gave the benediction. Final attendance: 279 messengers from 93 churches and 55 visitors for a total of 334. The meeting was adjourned at 11:41 a.m. 30

34 Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building January 20, 2014 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Don Archer, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, April Delores, Richard Grisham, Lora Harlan, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, Tar Henderson, Beau Lamb, Pam Mayes, Alan McAlister, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Joe Phillips, Harry Pittam, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, Paul White and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: Jackie Johnson, Wes McAfee and Garland Moore. Billy Chidester and Connie Petterson were also absent. Approval of Absences: Kevin Parker moved to approve the absences. Jared Bridge Seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Executive Director s Report: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented his report. He introduced new members that had been elected to the board. They included: Don Archer from Las Cruces First, Nathan Britton from Taos First, Michael Head from Silver City Indian Hills, Alan McAlister from Clovis Central and Dennis Harris from Socorro First. Garland Moore from Milan Immanuel had also joined the board. He thanked Chairman Matt Sellers and President Tar Henderson for their service. He also thanked New Mexico Baptist churches for their sacrificial giving through the mission channel called the Cooperative Program. Total mission giving for 2013 was $5,374, As had been the practice for the two previous years, the excess of receipts over expenditures was split with the International Mission Board and they were sent an additional $52,000 for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. He pointed out giving trends to different mission offerings for the previous 11 years. He said that baptism numbers could not be accurately reported because 99 churches had not yet submitted their Annual Church Profiles. He thanked Luaine Myers for her service as financial assistant to the BCNM and said that she had announced her to intent to retire from full-time service and begin in a part-time role. He introduced Betty Mitchell who had been hired as the full-time financial assistant. He shared the framework of the 5x25 objectives and introduced Ricardo and Lillian Rivera. He said that Ricardo would be meeting with the Policy/Personnel Committee in the afternoon and then upon their approval would be presented to the full board in the evening session to serve as the Hispanic Church Planting Strategist. He congratulated BCNM staff celebrating anniversaries and recommended the book, Church Leaders Top 100, The Best Leadership Articles, Practical How- 31

35 Tos, and Features of the Year, 2013 Edition. Kevin Parker moved to accept the report. Jared Bridge seconded. Carried unanimously. Chairman Sellers led in prayer for lunch. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present with the addition of Garland Moore. Jared Bridge moved to accept absences. Lora Harlan seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Introduction of Guests: Guests present included Ricardo and Lillian Rivera and Margene Harris. Approval of Minutes: Garland Moore moved to accept the September minutes. Alan McAlister seconded. Carried unanimously. Old Business: None REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Inlow Camp: Inlow Board Chairman Ira Pinkston presented the report. He asked for prayer for moisture at the camp and across the state. He said that at the beginning of their meeting the previous week, the Samps had submitted their resignation effective January 24. He asked for prayer for their board as they would be covering the upcoming retreats until a new manager could be secured. Beau Lamb moved to approve the report. Rusty Shaffer seconded. Carried unanimously. Kevin Parker asked if it would be possible to have prayer for Inlow and the camping season. Chairman Sellers led in prayer. Sivells Camp: Sivells Board Chairman Bobby Fuller presented the report. He said that three groups were scheduled for retreats in January and five camps were confirmed for the summer. Their board had met in December and three of their members had resigned and he was elected as chairman at that time. They had several pending projects including a big electrical job that would save the camp several dollars. Jared Bridge moved to accept the report. Kevin Pence seconded. Carried unanimously. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: No report. 32

36 Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that there had been 58 children in care in However since the Christmas holidays they were down to 20. He said for the previous 40 years, the NM Christian Childcare Association had not been able to take state-placed kids. They had been working with the Children, Youth and Family Services for the past three years and as of February 1 should be able to place those children. They would receive no money from the state which would allow them to require certain things such as church attendance. They had closed their books in 2013 in the black and after several years of having to draw on their reserves they were finally able to send money back to the Foundation to replenish those funds. They had also been able to purchase four new vans. He thanks churches for their faithful contributions that made those things possible. They had a full set of house parents and had one child who was a senior that was living in independent care on campus. Billy Tucker moved to accept the report. Lora Harlan seconded. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship: Jared Bridge presented the report. He commended Mike Napier for his work. He said that board members were each given a promotional DVD on the upcoming Evangelism Conferences. Each church would be receiving in the mail soon a promotional packet of information concerning the three evangelism conferences. Instead of the usual Sunday School equipping tour, the team would be leading an Evangelism Tune-up Tour available to churches and/or associations in August and September. There were a new resource available called Forward from Here, 10 sessions of curriculum for every area of discipleship. Executive/Information Services: Richard Grisham presented the report. He encouraged everyone to read the Baptist New Mexican. He said that John s office had been busing preparing papers as well as preparing for the Annual Legislative Breakfast the end of the month. He said that all should attend. There were 17 churches and associations using Page 8. He thanked Brian White and James Trevillian for their work. He presented a recommendation from their team that the paper during Thanksgiving week be eliminated. The recommendation carried unanimously. Leadership/Development: Lamar Morin presented the report in the absence of Chairman Billy Chidester. He said that he had been traveling around the state explaining what the Leadership Development Team did. The team was ramping up for nine of the 12 convention camps. He said that plans for the Minister and Family Retreat scheduled for July 31-August 2 were coming right along. There would not be a Bivocational Minister s Conference in order to encourage participation in the Minister and Family Retreat. He would, however, be 33

37 conducting some regional events. They were trying to connect with women s leadership in the churches through a group similar to the New Mexico Singing Churchmen. He also said that LifeWay had rolled out a new initiative called Ministry Grid. It was a subscription based program with the subscription rate being based upon church size. It would have thousands of videos arranged in tracks along with the capability of customizing the program. Missions Mobilization: Chairman Harry Pittam presented the report. He said that Scott Wilson had four to five new starts the previous year and was working on several others. They were also trying to get a network of cowboy churches together. Connie Dixon had shared a need to educate people on Mission New Mexico and that would be a special emphasis through WMU. P.J. had 68 good Muslim contacts with several being on the verge of accepting Christ. He brought a motion for distribution of Atherton Funds for Abelardo Bolanos at New Hope Center in Roswell for $ per month and for Bene Fasanado at Nuevo Canto in Clovis for $2,500 per month for January through June. He said the Missions Committee would review and evaluate the request in July. Chairman Sellers presented them as separate motions. The first motion carried unanimously. The second motion carried unanimously. Rev. Pittam said that Church Pastoral Funds were approved for James Eaton at Bloomfield Gospel Victory for $200 per month. There were no requests for Harrison Trust Funds and there was $16,400 available for There was a break. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Policy/Personnel: President Tar Henderson presented the report. He asked Ricardo Rivera, who was being presented for the position of State Hispanic Strategist, to share his testimony. He then asked he and his wife to leave the room. He brought a recommendation that Ricardo be hired in that capacity. The recommendation was unanimously approved. Property/Finance: Chairman Sellers relinquished the chair to Vice-Chairman Jared Bridge and presented a recommendation to deed to Calvary Baptist Church of Raton, with a revisionary clause, the property legally described as The North 125 feet of lot 16 and all of Lot 15 in the Block 9 of the Fairview Addition to the City of Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico. The recommendation was unanimously approved. He then presented a motion to approve the Corporate Resolution which stated that, Dr. Joseph L. Bunce, Executive Director, is empowered to act on behalf of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico in all matters requiring signatures enabling the sale, exchange, transfer, purchase or other forms of conveyance of all the cash assets, securities, bonds certificates of deposits, notes issued by private, corporate or governmental 34

38 agencies and real property. This is known as the Corporate Resolution. Since the motion was not voted on in committee, the vice-chairman entertained a motion. Kevin Parker moved to approve the motion. Harry Pittam seconded. Carried unanimously. New Business: As a matter of information to the board, Tar Henderson addressed the Strategic Agreement with the North American Mission Board that had been signed by all parties. He said NAMB had defaulted on the agreement which had allowed for two Church Planting Strategists and three Church Planting Catalysts. Dan Pearce expressed appreciation to Dr. Bunce for the way he had fought for positions. Dr. Bunce asked board members to submit ideas of designations for Mission New Mexico. He then asked those present to break into small groups to discuss the 100 number of the 5x25 goals. He asked them what areas in the local church needed to be worked on in order to raise up leaders. Dr. Bunce asked John Loudat to lead in a season of prayer. Joe Phillips moved to adjourn. Jared Bridge seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:06 p.m. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building April 14, 2014 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Don Archer, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, Billy Chidester, April Delores, Richard Grisham, Lora Harlan, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, Tar Henderson, Jackie Johnson, Beau Lamb, Wes McAfee, Alan McAlister, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Harry Pittam, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Don Turnage, Paul White and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: Pam Mayes, Joe Phillips and Billy Tucker. Charles Lord was also present to be presented as a new board member. Approval of Absences: Dennis Harris moved to approve the absences. Lora Harlan Seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Executive Director s Report: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented his report. He introduced Charles Lord, pastor of Sandia Park Vista Grande, and asked him to 35

39 tell a little bit about himself. He then brought the board up to speed on the Advancing the Kingdom Goals. He had spent the weekend with the collegiate leadership of the state where they had talked about the disciple making process and how critical it was. He said that the month of April was designated as Cooperative Program Month and it was imperative for board members to relate the importance of CP to their churches and associations. He said that he had met with fellow executive directors and February where they had discussed trends in CP giving as well as a better way to unify the states budgets. He would be asking the state convention to consider moving away from a shared ministry concept and returning to a straight split of CP dollars. Although he hoped to one day move to a 50/50 split, but it would probably be necessary for the time being to do more of a 75/25 split. He said he would present goals for the Mission New Mexico Harry P. Stagg State Mission Offering in the evening session. He told of some of the ministries that had been impacted by the offering and said that there were 55 university students scheduled to spend the summer on mission. He said there was a new collegiate mission team that would travel around the state for the summer as well. The mission offering goal would be increased to $280,000. He wished happy anniversary to staff that were celebrating anniversaries and recommended the books, Preaching With Power: Dynamic Insights by 20 Top Communicators by Michael Duduit and Your God Is Too Small by J.B. Phillips. Chairman Sellers entertained a motion to accept the report. Jared Bridge moved to accept the report, Garland Moore seconded, the motion carried unanimously. Chairman Sellers led in prayer for lunch and dismissed members to their committee meetings. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 5:43 p.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present. Kevin Parker moved to accept absences, Wes McAfee seconded, carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Introduction of Guests: Guests present included Margene Harris, Susan Parker, Jonathan and Jamie Richard and Micah Wheat. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Inlow Camp: Inlow Board Member Jonathan Richard presented the report. He said that their board was proceeding in the process to merge with the BCNM. He said that Ron and Sandy Samp had resigned the end of January. The Inlow Personnel Committee met and looked through 17 resumes for manager. They had called the full board to a special meeting and interviewed Kerry Chadwick. 36

40 They had offered the position to him and he had accepted. He was to begin the end of May. There were a lot of things needed at the camp and he asked people to offer any assistance they could. Beau Lamb moved to accept the report, Kevin Parker seconded, carried unanimously. Nominating Committee: Chairman Wes McAfee presented Charles Lord, pastor of Sandia Park Vista Grande, to fill the position on the board vacated by Andy Viera. Unanimously approved. Sivells Camp: Sivells Board Chairman Bobby Fuller presented the report. He said there had been 269 campers at the camp since the January board meeting from 10 different groups. He also thanked churches that had sent $20,446 to the camp to date. The schedule for March and April was packed with Easter weekend being the only open weekend. The Treetop Challenge Ropes Course had been inspected and the staff was trained to run it. They had a few summer staff positions still available. He said that a group from Hobbs Crosswinds had spent a week working at the camp. They had built a new disk golf course, built eight new benches, painted, replaced ceiling tiles and installed ceiling fans in the dining room and installed some new toilets and sinks in some of the restrooms. Garland Moore moved to accept the report, Jared Bridge seconded. Carried unanimously. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: No report. Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that all of the faith-based childcare workers were meeting in Albuquerque and CYFD was meeting with them. They had been able to accept 12 children from CYFD since February. He told of a girl he had met through another ministry that was one of the children placed. She had attended the Young Lives Ablaze Conference and made a profession of faith. They were hoping to keep one of the children, Kate, who was graduating from high school in an independent living program, but she said she felt led to return to Oregon for college in order to witness to her mother. He said they had started with show animals for the summer. He also said that since they were taking children from the state there was a strong reservation to using their pictures so they were going to back off on using children s pictures for advertising. They would continue, however, to do so on their newsletter. The Mother s Day Offering goal was set at $105, 000. The National Campers on Mission group would be meeting in Glorieta during the summer and had asked him to speak at their meeting. As a result, there would be 16 campers doing project on the campus. They had 30 children in placement and the average age was 9. Lora Harlan moved to accept the report, Richard Grisham seconded, carried unanimously. Christian Life Committee: Jay McCollum presented the report. He said there 37

41 was a desperate need for moral decency in the state. Their committee had sponsored a Legislative Breakfast for the past 14 years in Santa Fe during the legislative session, which had become one of the major events among legislators during the session. The objective was to influence and let legislative officials know that they were prayed for. He reported on what happened when the law on same sex marriage was addressed. They were sure that if it had been presented for vote it would have been defeated, but it had been deemed unconstitutional instead. He made an appeal to join with him in a process to bring Christian influence among NM Baptists to a new level. He asked that since it was an election year that everyone make an appointment with their state representatives and senators and let them know that they were registered voters and address some issues that were deemed important. In September or October they should invite them to the legislative breakfast and offer to attend with them. They were also trying to locate every crisis pregnancy center in the state and their directors. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship: Chairman Jared Bridge presented the report. He shared that the State Evangelism Conference was growing and there were over 750 people present in March. The childcare was increased with 55 in care. The State Fair booth as displayed again at the conference and he encouraged people to sign up to use the nursing mom/diaper changing unit. He also invited people to volunteer to serve at the booth at the State Fair. He said that the Young Lives Ablaze Conference had taken place the previous weekend with over 700 in attendance. There were 49 children saved and they know of those children that had already been baptized. There was a five-minute break. Executive/Information Services: Chairman Richard Grisham presented the report. He said that the Baptist New Mexican had covered the Legislative Breakfast and promoted other events such as the Young Lives Ablaze Conference. They were in their second year to use Facebook and Tweeter. The e-edition of the paper was available to Page 8 users as well as those that received the regular paper. A priority for the previous quarter had been how to advance the kingdom through the 5x25 goals. He asked James Trevillion to share about a bug that had compromised Facebook as well as others locations. He encouraged everything to change their passwords. Richard said that the previous edition of the BNM was devoted to the Cooperative Program. Leadership/Development: Chairman Billy Chidester presented the report. He said that everyone had received a handout for Ministry Grid, a database where church leaders could use videos to train other leaders. They had also received a handout for Women of Worship s inaugural concert May 3. He said that the 38

42 2014 Minister and Family Retreat would be July 31-August 2. There were a few people signed up, but cautioned that there were a limited number of rooms available and encouraged ministers to sign up soon. Lives Ablaze Camps were scheduled for June and the theme would be Authentic Christian Lives. The Lives Ablaze Student Conference was schedule for August 31-September 1 at Albuquerque Eastern Hills. He said that Vacation Bible School training was the first event of the 2014 for Krista Peterson and she took 14 people to Fort Worth. They also did VBS training across the state which included Spanish translation for the first time. He led in prayer for the summer camps. Missions Mobilization: Chairman Harry Pittam presented the report. He said that they had received an application for Church Pastoral Aid earlier in the day from Dennis Fowler at Rock Springs. It had some questionable items on it and was therefore tabled until the July meeting in order to gain further information. Albuquerque Indian Mission had requested Harrison Trust Funds to assist in helping members go on a mission trip to Hungary. The team had determined that the request did not meet the parameters of the Harrison Trust Fund and would be considered for other funds. He said that funds approved for Inlow Indian Family Camp would only be granted if the campers actually attended the camp and would be given directly to the camp. He then presented a recommendation to approve Harrison Trust Funds for Indian Camp to: Milan Immanuel for $750; Laguna Acoma for $1,250; Bloomfield Gospel Victory for $600; Jemez Valley for $1,250; Dulce for $750; Taos First Indian for $750; Espanola First Indian for $650 and Albuquerque Indian Nations for $500. Unanimously approved. He presented a recommendation for Atherton Trust Funds, re-designated to assist New Mexico Baptist churches in revitalization, for Alamogordo First for $2,500 to assist with outreach events and workshops. Unanimously approved. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Policy/Personnel: No report. Property/Finance: Chairman Sellers relinquished the chair to Vice-Chairman Jared Bridge and presented a recommendation to move into executive session. Kevin Parker moved to go into executive session, Beau Lamb seconded, carried unanimously. Kevin Pence moved to come out of executive session, April Delores seconded, carried unanimously. Sellers presented a recommendation to authorize $50,000 from Operational Reserves for BSU repairs as directed by Gerald Farley. Unanimously approved. Sellers resumed the chair. New Business: Chairman Sellers asked Dr. Bunce to lead in a discussion of NAMB partnership funding possibilities in the future. Kevin Parker moved to allow Dr. Bunce to pursue possible options. Garland Moore seconded, carried 39

43 unanimously. Chairman Sellers presented a recommendation to approve the 2014 Mission New Mexico Offering goals of: BSU Christian Challenge New Mexico Team for $25,000; Small Church Repair for $20,000; Camp Improvements for $20,000; Hunger Ministries for $35,000; BSU Christian Challenge Global Missions for $25,000; Minister and Family Retreat for $35,000; Small Church Assistance Fund for $20,000; Disaster Relief for $40,000; Muslim Ministries for $20,000; Hispanic Ministries for $10,000; Native American Ministries for $10,000; Deaf Ministries for $10,000 and NM Baptist Children s Home Independent Living for $10,000. This was a total of $280,000. Beau Lamb moved to approve the goals, Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. Board members broke into work groups to discuss the Advancing the Kingdom Goals and for a time of prayer and then were dismissed. The meeting was dismissed. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building July 14, 2014 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Don Archer, Billy Chidester, April Delores, Lora Harlan, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, Tar Henderson, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Alan McAlister, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Joe Phillips, Harry Pittam, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Don Turnage, Billy Tucker, and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, Richard Grisham, Jackie Johnson, Beau Lamb, Wes McAfee, and Paul White. Luis Rios was also absent. Approval of Absences: April Delores moved to approve the absences. Garland Moore seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Executive Director s Report: Dr. Joseph Bunce began his report by reporting on the answer to the board s question at the previous meeting regarding buying out some of the NAMB jointly funded positions that were in a buy-down phase. He reported that NAMB had informed him that they could not front-load money on the positions requested. He reminded the Board of the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. He then gave some history of the Southern Baptist Convention and the original intent of the two mission boards. He said it was 40

44 currently a season of significant change. He gave the Sunday School enrollment age breakdown for 2010, which was the last year that information was requested. He said that extensive study had been done on generational differences and listed differences between the Builder, Boomer, Buster and Bridger generations. He also gave specific ways they differed in everything from worship to spending differences. The Builders have historically been the bedrock of mission giving in the state and SBC. Projected 2014 statistics show that that generation made up 13.5 percent of the population while Boomers made up 25.1 percent. The Bridgers show a very passionate approach to things they embrace. They must be taught the importance of mission giving in order to participate. The staff had begun work on the 2015 annual budget. It would be scrutinized more than any other budget due to the fact that previous NAMB dollars were being picked up by the BCNM. The staff would always continue to spend less than was received. Next year s budget proposal will move away from shared ministry items in order to show more clarity. There will only be a few exempt items. Chairman Sellers entertained a motion to accept the report. Alan McAlister moved to accept the report, Rusty Shaffer seconded, the motion carried unanimously. Chairman Sellers led in prayer for lunch and dismissed members to their committee meetings. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 5:55 p.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present. Joe Phillips moved to accept absences, Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Guests present: Dennis Harris wife Margene was present. Approval of Minutes: Chairman Sellers entertained a motion to approve the January minutes that were not presented in the April meeting. Dennis Harris moved to accept the January minutes, Lora Harlan seconded, carried unanimously. Lora Harlan moved to accept the April minutes, Dennis seconded, carried unanimously. Auditor s Report: Auditor Nick Loftis presented the report. He said that his firm had conducted an audit of the December 31, 2013 financial statements. There were 14 adjustments for the year compared to 13 the previous year. There were no difficulties performing the audit and they presented an un-qualified audit, the highest possible rating. Assets continued to increase to $8,668,000. The preferred to see liabilities remain the same or decrease the BCNM s 41

45 liabilities had decreased to $975,000. Total net assets grew to $7,693,000. It could be said that $.89 of every dollar went to program costs. Kevin Parker moved to accept the audit report, Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Inlow Camp: Inlow Board Chairman Ira Pinkston introduced Manager Kerry Chadwick. He said that Kerry and Assistant Manager Clay Pope had accomplished great things at the camp and had great plants for the future. Camps to date had been successful and there were at least 21 salvations that had occurred. He thanked volunteers for the thousands of hours they had worked and said the camp looked better than it had in many years. He said that in looking forward to the merge of the corporation with the BCNM corporation, it would be necessary to have a group of people who would continue to promote the camp to the churches. Kevin Pence expressed appreciation to Ira for all of the work he had done at the camp. Kerry Chadwick said that he was pleased to be serving at Inlow. He was able to lead one of the summer staffers to Christ the week before camping season. The young had been baptized in Albuquerque a couple of weeks prior. He also expressed appreciation to Ira for all he had done. Kevin Pence moved to accept the report, Brian Nystrom seconded, carried unanimously. Sivells Camp: No report Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: Foundation Board Chairman Robert Ewing presented the report He said they had completed the re-model of their building the previous year and encouraged everyone to visit the building and get to know their staff. Sharon Glaser had retired and Betty Babicz had been hired as an accountant. Church Finance had assets of $52,037,000, a 13 percent increase from the previous year. Loan demand had increased by about the same amount and investments had done well. There were 374 investors taking advantage of the short term loans with $23 million in one to seven year investments. The Foundation exists to help people with estate planning and there was $38 million working for scholarships among other things. They had taken a group of 68 people to Ireland. Their next trip could possibly be to Central Europe. He presented the names of Charles Stockton from Clovis Central and Randy Patterson from Artesia First to new three years terms on their board and James Francis from Hobbs First and Saul Prieto from Mesilla Valley Spanish for an additional three year term. Kevin Parker moved to accept the report, Don Archer seconded, carried unanimously. Alan McAlister moved to accept their board nominations, Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. Children s Home: No report. 42

46 REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship: Kevin Parker presented the report. He said that they had talked about the status of baptisms in the state as it relates to discipleship and evangelism. If the state goal was to have disciplemaking churches for every person in New Mexico, then it would be necessary to look inward to determine the direction to take. They were discussing ways to do accomplish that goal. There had been discussion at the Southern Baptist Convention about the downward spiral of baptisms across the nation. He said that Prayer Squares would be given out at the State Fair, which would be in September. He encouraged churches to volunteer to man the booth. There would be tune-up and equipping conferences all across the state in the coming months. Collegiate summer missions were going full force and would be finishing the coming weeks. Executive/Information Services: Rusty Shaffer presented the report. He said that there were some exciting things happening in the next few months. There was an increase of 1.6 percent the production of the newspaper due to making it available to the camps. The e-edition was also showing improvement. They were focusing on Advancing the Kingdom through the Baptist New Mexican, Facebook, Twitter and technical services. He said that Gerald Farley had been interview people to design a new webpage for the Convention that they hoped to unveil at the state convention. He was also interviewing designers for a new BCNM logo. Leadership/Development: Chairman Billy Chidester presented the report. He said that most of the staff had spent part of the last couple of months partnership with churches in camps. Student Ministries had 11 salvations, 15 rededications, nine who surrendered to ministry and 11 other decisions at their three camps. There were about 700 students who participated and one night at each of the camps they took an offering for Kenyan Houses of Hope. They raised about $4,100. They were looking ahead to the Lives Ablaze Student Conference, which would be held Labor Day Weekend at Eastern Hills Baptist Church in Albuquerque. Children s Ministry had two camps during the summer with 425 kids participating. Several decisions were made. Boy s Camp would be the next week and SportZone camp had been cancelled due to low registration numbers. Music Ministries had just completed Children s Music Camp and Worship4Life Camp. This was a great opportunity for students to have a personal mentor for several hours during the week. There were three salvations at Children s Music Camp. The upcoming Minister and Family Retreat had 362 people signed up with more room available. There would be Transformational Church training August at the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home. 43

47 Missions Mobilization: Chairman Harry Pittam presented the report. He said that Ricardo Rivera had already traveled over 3,000 miles to visit Hispanic churches and had identified 25 areas that needed Hispanic work. Pedro Escobar had talked in their committee meeting about an upcoming Spanish revival and Peter Crook asked for prayer for Muslims close to making a commitment to Christ. He said they always seem to push back right before making a commitment. Dan Pearce was working with Transformational Church on the Eastern side of the state and there was a new cowboy church in Dexter. Scott Wilson attended three of the BCNM summer camps looking for 15 multiplying churches to raise up some young pastors. There had been some Harrison Trust Fund requests received after the deadline and the team asked to grant retroactive funds for Window Rock Gateway Community Church for $200 and $1350 for Thoreau First for Indian Camp scholarships. A letter was sent that stated it was the last year that funds would be given retroactively, church must meet the requested deadline. Approved unanimously. He brought a recommendation to approve scholarships for Jessie Tafoya to Wayland Baptist University for $1,000 and for Lorne Denetclaw for Golden Gate Seminary Rocky Mountain Campus for $3,000. Approved unanimously. He said they changed the Church Pastoral Aid Guidelines to remove the clause that stated, A background check will be conducted by the BCNM on all pastors requesting Church Pastoral Aid and all a clause that states, Churches are encouraged to do their due diligence when requesting Church Pastoral Aid by running a background check and checking references on their pastor. They approved Church Pastoral Aid for Dennis Fowler, Rock Springs for $250 per month for July, Rick Begay, Sanostee Mesa for $150 per month for July and Wayne Nelson, Glenwood for $250 per month for July. Churches would be encouraged to give consistently, preferably monthly, to the Cooperative Program and were all notified that funding would continue once Cooperative Program funds were received. Funding would terminate in December. 10 Minute Break SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Chairman Sellers relinquished the chair to Convention President Tar Henderson and presented the following recommendations. Recommendation 1: To receive the property of Glorieta Baptist Church from LifeWay Christian Resources and file the deed with the state. The legal description is, Commencing at the Point of Beginning, being the Northeast corner of the tract, from whence a USGLOS Brass Cap stamped Tr 3/58/334, bears North East, a distance of ; thence from said point of beginning South West, a distance of ; thence north West, a distance of ; thence north West, a distance of ; thence north East, a distance of ; thence South

48 East, a distance of to the Point of Beginning. Containing acres, more or less, and designated as Tract 4, all as shown on plat entitled Lot Line Adjustment of Tracts 4 & 5 for LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention prepared by Mitchel K. Noonan, N.M.P.L.S. No. 6998, recorded in Book 769, Page 8, on January 15, 2014, at the Santa Fe County Clerk s Office. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2) To authorize Dr. Bunce to sell the Glorieta property, legal description: Commencing at the Point of Beginning, being the Northeast corner of the tract, from whence a USGLOS Brass Cap stamped Tr 3/58/334, bears North East, a distance of ; thence from said point of beginning South West, a distance of ; thence north West, a distance of ; thence north West, a distance of ; thence north East, a distance of ; thence South East, a distance of to the Point of Beginning. Containing acres, more or less, and designated as Tract 4, all as shown on plat entitled Lot Line Adjustment of Tracts 4 & 5 for LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention prepared by Mitchel K. Noonan, N.M.P.L.S. No. 6998, recorded in Book 769, Page 8, on January 15, 2014, at the Santa Fe County Clerk s Office.. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 3) To move money that had been previously designated by the board into other areas where they could be better used. Seniors on Mission was moved to Smaller Church Repair, Indian Camp Funds moved to Mission Special Projects and Ministry Assistants 2010 was moved to budget item Employee Training. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 4) To affirm the Executive Board travel reimbursement of 60 percent of the IRS allotted travel rate and $75 per night for two nights lodging. Carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel: No report. New Business: Dr. Bunce asked Brian White to show the first video for Mission New Mexico. He also asked members of the board to plan to be present at the state convention in October in Deming. He would be presenting the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives to be voted on and embraced by messengers. He said that the staff had been asked to plan budget according to the objectives. After a time of prayer, Joe Phillips moved to adjourn, Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building September 15,

49 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Jared Bridge, Billy Chidester, April Delores, Lora Harlan, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, Tar Henderson, Jackie Johnson, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Wes McAfee, Alan McAlister, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Joe Phillips, Harry Pittam, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Don Turnage, Billy Tucker, and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: Don Archer and Richard Grisham. Abelardo Bolanos was also absent and Paul White had resigned from the board. Chairman Sellers led in a special time of prayer for Emily Robinson. Approval of Absences: Jared Bridge moved to approve the absences. Beau Lamb seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Bunce presented his report He said that the budget would be presented in the evening and then at the request of the board, Augie Boto, attorney for the SBC, would be present in the evening session to answer questions concerning background checks. He said that the coming convention would be looking at the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. He talked about some of the definitions of "a disciplemaking church" and referenced the books, Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman and Real Life Discipleship by Jim Putman. He expressed appreciation to New Mexico Baptists for their generosity through the Cooperative Program, Mission New Mexico, the Children's Home Mother's Day Offering, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Charitable giving across America is being impacted through technology. The convention staff had been working to help in the revitalization of churches. The staff was available to discuss a church's life cycle and possible tools to assist to revitalize their congregation. Seven churches were birthed during the year. He invited everyone to the 102 nd session of the Annual State Convention meeting in Deming October It would be the first time in convention history to meet in the Southwestern corner of the state. Dr. Ronnie Floyd, president of the SBC, had asked people to pray for spiritual awakening across the country. He expressed appreciation to Richard Grisham, Lora Harlan, Jackie Johnson, Kevin Pence, Harry Pittman, Rusty Shaffer and Paul White who would rotate off the board. He asked for prayer for pastorless churches and congratulated staff celebrating anniversaries in the coming months. He recommended the books, Riches in the Routine, Vintage Christian Disciples for Every Generation by Daniel Snow and Axioms of Religion by E.Y. Mullins. Chairman Sellers entertained a motion to accept the report. Joe Phillips moved to accept the report, Wes McAfee seconded, the motion carried unanimously. 46

50 Jared Bridge prayed for lunch and the session was adjourned to committee meetings. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present. Guests present: Margene Harris, Malcolm and Dana Philips from the NM Baptist Children s Home, Katrina Britton, Melissa Lamb, Howell Scott with the Sivells Board and Augie Boto of the SBC Executive Committee. Joe Phillips moved to accept absences of those that had notified the BCNM office of their absence. Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Approval of Minutes: Chairman Sellers entertained a motion to approve the July minutes Dennis Harris moved to accept the minutes, Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Report #1: Recommendation 1.) Tar Henderson presented a proposed bylaw change in Article Seven, Section Seven to add an item F that would read Shall not sell the real property utilized for operation of Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center or Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center except upon the approval of messengers constituting a meeting of the Convention following the recommendation of the State Executive Board. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Inlow Camp: Inlow Board Chairman Ira Pinkston presented the report. He said that their board had unanimously approved the Plan of Merger to merge the Inlow Board Corporation the Baptist Convention of New Mexico Corporation. They had one final meeting the following day to finish up some part to the Champions of Inlow. He then gave Manager Kerry Chadwick an opportunity share about the valuable asset at the camp in volunteers. Kerry also shared about some changes that had been made at the camp. They had cleaned up a lot of areas and torn down some buildings that were no long serviceable. There were plans to put in a new walkway from the CCC building to the dining hall that would be ADA accessible. They would also be rebuilding the deck on Elliott Lodge to make it ADA accessible. He thanked Disaster Relief volunteers that had helped clean up and repair buildings after a flood. They also worked at Taylor Tabernacle to make it like new. Over the winter months they would be 47

51 returning Inlow Lodge to a true lodge that would have three large bathrooms with their own bathrooms. This would be available as a pastor s retreat. Sivells Camp: Sivells Board Member Howell Scott presented the report. He said that things were going well at the camp and Manger Buck Wheat had just celebrated his one year anniversary. They had 990 camps during the summer months with 50 first time decisions for Christ reported. The fall retreat season had begun and almost every weekend in September and October were full. Assistant Manager Mike Brabson had resigned and he asked for prayer for them. He presented nominations for board members should the vote to merge not go through at the Convention. Chris Duncan of Floyd was nominated for a one year term that would expire in Jason Anderson of Silver City First, Lisa Williams of Ruidoso First, Howell Scott of Alamogordo and Chris Pate of Mayhill were nominated for three year terms. Kevin Parker moved to accept the nominations, Billy Tucker seconded, carried unanimously. Howell then presented a document from their board entitled, Merger Recommendation. He said that they understood they were up against a deadline as it was the last meeting of the State Executive Board before the Annual State Convention. They had voted unanimously to merger, but desire to continue work on establishing a committee of individuals, including some current board members, to be involved in the work at Sivells. He asked Chairman Sellers to take a vote of affirmation concerning the document (found in permanent files.) The vote carried unanimously. Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said they had a great summer. They competed in the County Fair and three animals sold for over a total of over $10,000. He thanked the BCNM for the summer camps that some of the kids had attended. Through the camps two brothers had come to know the Lord. He was excited to have Malcolm and Dana Philips on campus. There had been 54 kids placed at the home since the first of the year, but they currently had 24 in residence. Half of the children there had been placed by CYFD. They had been short a set of houseparents since the first of the year. When that position was filled the census would go up. They had a group of Campers on Missions from Alabama visit the campus during the summer to assist with repairs. They had also remodeled one of the cottages. Their Mother s Day Offering was at $97,000, but money continued to come in and they were hopeful to reach their goal by the end of the year. They had three seniors living in an independent living program and were going to partner with First Baptist Church of Portales in a Christian Women s Job Corps. He presented recommendation for the following board nominations: Herb Gage of Hagerman, Tony Montoya of Los Alamos and Kenneth Walker of Portales Emmanuel. All were for a three year term. Beau Lamb moved to accept the nominations, Lora Harlan seconded, carried unanimously. 48

52 Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: President Rick Breeden presented the report. He said 15 days prior to the meeting Church Finance total assets were at $54 million and they had $43 million in loans. They had about 140 total loans that varied in size on average between $600,000 and $700,000. This ministry helped churches to increase the size of their footprints in their local communities. The Foundation total assets under management were $40 million. He said that they did estate planning and offered an estate planning record to those present. He said that they were being asked by the IRS to clarify their purpose statement and presented a recommendation from their board to delete article three of their Articles of Incorporation and replace it with the following: "Article Three: Purpose. The purposes for which the corporation shall be formed are the following: Exclusively for charitable, religious and educational purposes including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The purposes of the corporation shall be limited to those contained in and permitted by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code and the assets of the Corporation shall be dedicated exclusively to such purposes. Any and all purposes permitted by the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act (Section N.M.S.A. (1978)) which do not otherwise violate or exceed those purposes permitted by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Subject to the limitations contained in the foregoing paragraphs, in carrying out the Corporation's tax exempt purposes the Corporation shall be permitted to serve any Baptist institution, agency or enterprise having the official sanction of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico or the Southern Baptist Convention, so long as such actions are consistent with and are in fulfillment of the Corporation's charitable, religious and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code." Jared Bridge moved to accept the change and Wes McAfee seconded. Carried unanimously. POLICY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE REPORT #2: Tar Henderson presented a recommendation to approve the Plan of Merger for Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center. Carried unanimously. He then presented a recommendation to approve the Plan of Merger for Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center. Carried unanimously. He said that every board was unanimous in their decision to merge. Billy Tucker moved that the chairman of the board and the president of the convention be designated to sign the Plan of Merger for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Kevin Pence seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a 10-minute break. 49

53 REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship: Jared Bridge presented the report. He told about getting to share the Plan of Salvation with several people at the New Mexico State Fair and said that the ministry had been very productive with several professions of faith reported. He said that close to 5,000 people had been contacted through the booths. They had close to 600 people attend an Evangelism Tune-Up in the previous months with 79 churches participating. They had also scheduled a Transform LifeWay Sunday School Training event. Executive/Information Services: Dennis Harris presented the report. He said that by the time they got to Deming in October there would be a new BCNM logo in place. There would also be a new website that would be user friendly. One feature would be the ability to translate everything into other languages. He said that Brian White had spent many hours the previous quarter making Mission New Mexico videos. James Trevillian had kept people informed through Facebook and other forms of social media. The Baptist New Mexican had 9,048 subscriptions as well as the e-edition that was available. Leadership/Development: Billy Chidester presented the report. He said that their team was breathing a sigh of relief since the conclusion of the busy summer camp season. There were 621 students from 34 different churches that attend a Lives Ablaze Camp with 11 salvations. There were 669 students and leaders from 50 churches that attended the Lives Ablaze Conference Labor Day weekend. There were nine students saved, 17 recommitments and 14 surrender to special calls. The NM Kids Conference for Teachers was the following weekend. He said that their team decided that in order to have a disciplemaking church you needed to have trained leaders. He reported that the Minister and Family Retreat was a great event with 400 ministers and their families present. Missions Mobilization: Harry Pittam presented the report. He said that the highlight of their meeting was when the staff brought reports of what they had done across the state over the summer. He brought a recommendation for Atherton Funds for revitalization taking place at Alamogordo First to fund an August mission s event in the amount of $1, Carried unanimously. He said the balance in the account was $34,000. He asked Scott Wilson to share about cards that had been distributed. Scott said they were to help establish points of light listed in the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. He then presented Harry Pittam with a card of appreciation from the Missions Team upon his last meeting on the State Executive Board. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS 50

54 Property/Finance: Jared Bridge presented a recommendation to approve the Proposed 2015 budget. He said in past years there was a large amount of Shared Ministries, but this budget only had three exempt items. Everything else had been moved back into the regular budget which caused the percentage between the SBC and the BCNM to move to a 75/25 split. The total giving to the SBC was still over $3 million however. Carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Report #3: Tar Henderson presented a recommendation to insert a section in the Policy Manuel that reads, Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center and Sivells Baptist Camp and Conference Center shall operate as private religious camps to provide camping facilities for use by The Baptist Convention of New Mexico and other churches and organizations whose goals and purposes are compatible with the purposes of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Carried unanimously. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Chairman Sellers entertained nominations for Chairman of the Board. Tar Henderson nominated Kevin Parker. Garland Moore nominated Beau Lamb who declined. Kevin Pence moved for nominations to cease and Garland Moore seconded. Carried unanimously. Kevin Parker was elected as chairman. Chairman Sellers entertained nominations for vice-chairman. April Delores nominated Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips seconded. Garland Moore moved for nominations to cease, seconded and carried unanimously. Brian Nystrom was elected as vice chairman. Dr. Bunce introduced Augie Boto, legal counsel for the SBC Executive Committee to answer questions from the board related to proper vetting and background checks. Tar Henderson moved to adjourn at 9:08 p.m., Garland Moore seconded, carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned with prayer. 51

55 Dear New Mexico Baptist: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT Dr. Joseph L. Bunce It is indeed a privilege to serve New Mexico Baptists and I am extremely excited about the possibilities that lay before us as a convention of churches. This week, we will be looking at the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives which are listed below: Advancing the Kingdom 1 One focus as a convention. A disciplemaking church for every person 10 Ten percent of New Mexicans in a BCNM congregation. 100 One Hundred indigenous leaders being raised up and mentored annually. 1,000 One Thousand points of light, churches and church starts, spread across New Mexico. 1,000,000 Sharing the Gospel with One Million unreached Hispanics through disciple-based evangelism strategies. How would we know a disciplemaking church if we saw one? One of the things that Southern Baptists have done extremely well is develop programs. Discipleship can never be seen as a program, but must be a process. Robert Coleman in his book Master Plan of Evangelism, reminds us that evangelism without discipleship is incomplete. The process of evangelism is not complete until, the evangelized become the evangelizer. When Jesus issued the call to, Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men, (Matt. 4:19) he is teaching several things about discipleship. Jim Putman, in his book Real Life Discipleship, states that the words follow me imply that a disciple knows and follows Christ. In the first century, individuals would commit themselves to a rabbi to know and learn from him. Jesus is asking us to commit to Him as the master teacher. The words and I will make you imply that a disciple is being transformed by Christ. Also, the words fishers of men help us realize that a disciple is to be committed to the mission of Christ. Discipleship demands that a person is not only capable of sharing their faith, but they are actively doing so. The Greek word math-ay-tes is both a noun and a verb in the New Testament. This word for disciple describes who we are, but it also defines what we do. We are to follow Christ, become like Christ and reproduce. It is my hope that you take an opportunity to read the reports provided by the teams and entities of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. If you have done so you will recognize that God is doing some amazing things in our midst. 52

56 It is always exciting to see and hear reports of salvations. Some of our churches are experiencing banner years in baptisms. Even churches without pastors are seeing people saved and baptized. One of the things that we are hoping to see is churches complete the Annual Church Profile as it allows us to have snapshots of certain ministries in churches, recognizing that the ACP does not give a full picture of the church. For example, diciplemaking is not listed on the survey. I would also like to express my appreciation to New Mexico Baptists for their generosity through the Cooperative Program, Mission New Mexico, the Children s Home Mother s Day Offering, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Charitable giving across America is being impacted through technology. One surveyor reported that 39 percent of all charitable gifts given last year were given electronically. Many of our churches are recognizing that members prefer to give electronically. This is particularly true with Millennials. We have also noted that there are ministries of the convention that are supported through the means of e-giving. The change in giving trends is symptomatic of the truth we are all experiencing and that truth is that change will continue to happen, both in culture and in ministry. One of the things that we have been working on as a convention staff is attempting to help in the revitalization of churches. A beginning step in revitalization is recognition, or identifying, where a congregation is in its lifecycle. If you would like to schedule a time to sit down with a team from your convention office to discuss a church s lifecycle and possible tools to assist in revitalizing a local congregation, we would love to offer that to any and every New Mexico Baptist church. Allow me to share some things that you might pray about while at the Convention. First of all, pray that our messengers will seize every opportunity to share their faith as they rub shoulders with the precious people of the Deming community. This would be a great opportunity to insert a generous gift into a gospel tract. Second, pray that God would speak to us as a convention of churches and a great spiritual awakening begin in New Mexico at the 2014 convention. Third, as the old saying goes, Where there are two Baptists, there are at least three opinions. New Mexico Baptists have always been unified in mission even though at times they may differ in method. Lastly, pray that we as a convention will embrace a single focus of a disciplemaking church for every person. I would also like to express my personal appreciation and gratitude of the entire Baptist Convention of New Mexico to the following board members who are rotating off of the board: Richard Grisham, Lora Harlan, Jackie Johnson, Kevin Pence, Harry Pittam, Rusty Shaffer and Paul White. These individuals have done a phenomenal job and although you are rotating off the board, we still need you very involved in the life of your local church, association and state convention. 53

57 INFORMATION SERVICES TEAM John L. Loudat, Team Leader BCNM Information Services Team members continue to work hard at collecting information about Baptist work in the Land of Enchantment and sharing it with New Mexico Baptists. Since the state convention began operating 101 years ago, the Baptist New Mexican has been an important tool in accomplishing that vital task. In the early 1990s, that which had been only a printed piece became available to anyone with access to the World Wide Web. Around that same time we began sending newsflashes to our people by . Three years ago the BNM began posting stories on Facebook and Twitter, and during last fall s BCNM Centennial Celebration, we unveiled our new e-edition of the Baptist New Mexican, ACCOMPLISHING OUR DIRECTIONS TO OUR DESTINY GOAL OF UTILIZING NEW FORMS OF MEDIA TO REACH PEOPLE WITH THE INFORMATION WE PRODUCE AND COMPILE. While the vast majority of our 9,293 current subscribers are happy to have a state paper they can hold in their hands, we recognize that a growing number of people would rather read that same information on their computer screens, tablets and smartphones, so we make it available for viewing on them, as well. With the launch of the BCNM s new Facebook page and Twitter Feed this year, BCNM personnel have more ways to inform our people of resources available to them from the BCNM. The BNM staff remains committed to communicate some of the same information to our people who rely on their state paper to keep them informed, and we also will continue to encourage our people to utilize these new communication tools, as the entire BCNM staff seeks to get as many hooks in the water as possible. In the past year, the entire BNM staff has become more proficient in posting daily links to some of our stories on Facebook and Twitter, and we are looking into ways to make our posts more readable on smart devices. You can like us on Facebook by going to facebook.com/gobnm or by searching in Facebook for Baptist New Mexican. You can follow us on Twitter by going to twitter.com/gobnm or by searching in Twitter for gobnm. In recent years, we have occasionally put tags to videos and websites in the paper for people with smartphones. (We believe we were the first state paper to do so.) Late last year we completed the transition to a more effective and efficient way for all BCNM offices to send promotional and information s. We are convinced that Constant Contact is enabling all BCNM offices to send a better quality of with no more effort on their part but less of an effort on our part. THIS FULFILLS OUR DIRECTIONS TO OUR DESTINY GOAL OF USING A CENTRAL BCNM DATABASE FOR THIS PURPOSE. For the fourth consecutive year, we devoted our first issue of the year to the work of the Christian Life Committee; and for the fifth consecutive year, we produced an entire issue of the paper that was devoted to explaining how the Cooperative Program impacts our state and the world for Christ, in conjunction 54

58 with Cooperative Program Sunday. For the past several years, we have intentionally sought to publish stories in Spanish, which we recognize is the native tongue of many of those we seek to serve. We are grateful that Carlos Pino, editor for the Spanish Baptist Convention of New Mexico, recently began helping us in that task. We are grateful for the volunteer assistance we have received since the first of the year of about three hours most weeks from high school student Gloriana Yee, and we are pleased that Rio Rancho worship pastor Craig Sundheimer is our new part-time proofreader. In observance of the BCNM s centennial last fall, the entire paper we took to the BCNM annual meeting was devoted to the 100-year history of the convention. We have several extra copies of that historic issue for anyone who requests a copy. Our social media specialist worked this year with the BCNM s executive secretary in creating two calendars, one that is accessible by anyone and one that is accessible only by BCNM staff, and we have widely distributed information on how to access the calendars. This year we also began printing a new regular feature called BECAUSE YOU GAVE, which highlights ways gifts of New Mexico Baptists are used by the state convention. Submitted by BCNM staff members, they are being forwarded to our technical services director, who will produce video blogs, if possible. We also rolled out another regular feature, which will deal with interfaith apologetics. During the past quarter, The Baptist Standard (Texas) and our Baptist wireservices have looked to the BNM for reporting on developments related to the decision of LifeWay Christian Resources trustees in June to sell Glorieta Conference Center, and we have been pleased, and honored, to share our reporting with them. One of our assignments is to assist the BCNM s Christian Life Committee in its work, which keeps us very busy prior to and during the annual sessions of our state legislature. For the past several years our office has prepared for and directed the CLC s Legislative Breakfast in Santa Fe and sent out alerts during the legislative session and throughout the year. Fourteen churches and three associations, the same number as last quarter, are currently taking advantage of the service we provide to print their newsletters on the back of the BNM. In August, we again reminded our page 8 churches and associations of the value of using page 8 for their newsletter, before they again had to deal with the often-harsh financial realities in preparing their budgets for the coming year. The number of subscribers Aug. 22 represented a decrease of only eight from the number we reported in July. That number includes 29 subscribers who have signed up to access the e-edition. While that number is about the same as we reported last quarter, the editor has been encouraging subscribers to take advantage of the new product and is working with our technical services director to produce a video that will demonstrate how to access it. 55

59 BRIAN WHITE TECHNICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR This ministry has produced videos for Mission New Mexico. We produced a total of seven videos. The videos covered Hunger Ministries, Camping Ministry, Muslim Ministry, Disaster Relief Ministry and the two BSU ministries, both Global and New Mexican. Of those seven videos, five were produced by myself, one by Isaac Jones, Las Cruces BSU assistant, and one by James Trevillian, social media guru at the BCNM. The videos are all on a DVD that was sent out to churches in late August, as well as on our YouTube channel. They are also available for viewing and downloading from our Vimeo page. is another social video website that we are using to allow people easier downloading of our videos. There are links on our Mission New Mexico page on the BCNM website that lead to the videos and downloadables. It is a pleasure to serve you. JAMES TREVILLIAN SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST Facebook: Our Facebook page had 473 likes as of August 26. The page features at least two posts (one morning, one evening) Monday through Friday. Regular posts are scheduled so that they appear while people are active on Facebook. Our #1 post since the last report was a photo from SportZone camp that was heavily engaged (liked, commented on, shared). That photo reached 870 people. The #2 post was a statement from Gerald Farley regarding Corporate Record Services that reached 722 people. Facebook gave us a $50 advertising credit that I utilized during the month of July. Advertising proved to be very effective, and is a large part of the reason our page likes doubled since my last report. This may be something we wish to take advantage of in the future to continue growing our Facebook presence. We launched the weekly Your Turn feature, where we made a post to try and encourage discussion and interaction on a particular topic. We received the most response on posts that asked for prayer requests and promotion of special events at churches and associations. As such, Your Turn is now a weekly feature that is simply a place to post prayer requests, praise reports, and promotion of events at churches and associations. I have continued to assist staff with various Facebook needs. Several of our staff are regular contributors to our Facebook page, whether they post content themselves or ask me to make posts on their behalf. We are preparing for heavy promotion of Mission New Mexico and the annual convention meetings. Other Activities: 56

60 I have continued to assist staff with accessing our BCNM Google calendars. I assisted Brian White with editing one of the Mission New Mexico videos to help lighten his workload. I will be assisting Sam Swann with check-in and some behind the scenes work during the Lives Ablaze conference. I assisted the new Disaster Relief Prayer Coordinator as he set up an distribution list for DR-related prayer needs. ALL OF THE ABOVE SUPPORTS OUR EFFORTS TO ASSIST EACH TEAM AND ENTITY OF THE STATE CONVENTION IN ACHIEVING THE BCNM S 3x3 ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY Executive/information services committee members are Richard Grisham (chairman), Jack Berryhill, Abelardo Bolaños, Pam Mayes, Luis Rios, Rusty Shaffer and Don Turnage. EVANGELISM/DISCIPLESHIP TEAM Mike Napier, Team Leader The Spirit of God is moving in New Mexico and drawing people to the Father every day. It is exciting to be a part of the New Mexico Baptist family. This summer has been very exciting and filled with opportunities to share God s love. Some of the churches and individuals that we have partnered with in providing tracts, Bibles, and resources are: Gordon Frettem; Ken Gleason, Edgewood Mountain Valley Church; John Bailey, Bernalillo First; Espanola First; Moriarty First; Sandia Park Vista Grande; Alamogordo First; and Pecos Valley Baptist Association. The Diaper Changing/Nursing Mom s booth was used during the New Mexico State Fair. A second booth was also set up, thanks to the New Mexico State Fair. Both booths were equipped and supplied with volunteers serving in them. John Roe led this ministry for us. Our partnership with James Walker and Watchman Fellowship continues to produce fruit. There are now a total of 546 current subscribers for the printed editions of the monthly newsletters and the bi-monthly profiles. There are also many subscribers who requested the free updates. Digital Profile Notebooks - 76 pastors and other staff members of Baptist churches have requested and downloaded a free digital copy of the Profile Notebook. 57

61 Manny Montoya is working with Albuquerque First Spanish Fruit Avenue on our behalf. He conducted evangelism equipping twice in September. Mike had the privilege of sharing God s word in several locations. Some of these were: Las Cruces First; Thoreau First; Rio Rancho Paragon; Raton Calvary; Alamogordo First; Ranchmen s Camp Meeting and at the Boy s Camp held at Sivells. Mike also participated in the Ministers and Family Retreat; took LifeWay s Transformational Church consultant training; led evangelism equipping at Sandia Park Vista Grande; led an evangelism/discipleship breakout at the Co-Ed Missions Conference; and led a series of revival services in Animas and Rodeo. The sport s trailer was used by Taos First Indian, Moriarty First and Albuquerque Sagebrush. This year Sunday School equipping was conducted on a requested basis. However, in its place Evangelism Tune-ups were held regionally across the state. These equippings were hosted by the following churches: Rio Rancho First; Raton First; Clovis First; Las Cruces First; Albuquerque Monterey; Tucumcari First; Aztec First; Espanola First; Socorro First; Lovington Hillcrest; Artesia First; Alamogordo Bethel; Gallup First; and Silver City First. Thirteen leaders led out in various locations during these fourteen Evangelism Tuneup s. During each opportunity, equipping was offered for preschool workers, children s workers, youth workers, adult workers, and everyone that is involved in a worship service. At six of these locations, equipping was offered in Spanish as well. Over 600 participants attended and over 80 churches were represented. Several months ago, we asked for churches or individuals willing to make Prayer Squares to come forward. We have been overwhelmed by the response and interest. The individuals and churches who have participated in this new ministry were: Donna Theis; Nonie Martin; Shelby Vaughan; Rosalie Spangler; Donna Butler; FBC Las Cruces; Calvary Las Cruces; Brenda Mays; Rio Rancho First; Jane Morrison; Sylvia Rhodes; Lavonn Means; Carlsbad Cavern; Lindsay and Pam Mayes; Raton First; Mesquite; Genie Harshey; Alamogordo First; Carolyn Cronk; Valeeta Weaver; Phylis Kent; Jane Clark; Bosque Farms First; Josephine Fender; Sue Hennington; Timberon Chapel; Melrose First; Lois West; Albuquerque Highland; and Glenwood; T or C First; Kathy Splawn; Clovis Central; Janet Wilcher; Floyd; Marilyn Coburn; Belen First; Judy Cantwell; Angie Ray; Sandy Golden; Arch; Faye Pritchett; Roswell First; Deming Cowboy Way Bible, Deming Bethel; Alamogordo Bethel ; April Delores; Pat Bullock; Ruidoso First; Cynthia Donis; Margie Dressler; Datil First; Ann Jenkerson; and Kim Treece. The Prayer Squares are available at our display. These will be used as a reminder to pray for the 2015 State Evangelism Conference. Prayer Squares were also used as part of a Gospel presentation at 58

62 the State Fair Servant Evangelism Booth. BSU Christian Challenge Local Campus Ministry Reports STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINES David Englehart, State Collegiate Director EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Dag Sewell, Director One of our long-time students came by late this summer. I was the only one in the building, but I think he checked to see if anyone was around and then went to the prayer room. Later he walked by my office without looking, but I got his attention and engaged in small talk for a few minutes, which he seemed glad to do. He graduated in May and has shown up to a few of our Bible studies in the summer. His attitude seems to be a strange mix of contentment and frustration. He said that he wanted a spiritual foundation for the next phase of his life. He applied for a job recently and was given the impression he was at the top of their list, but then he didn't hear back from them, so he went back to work at a restaurant, which kind of depressed him. He said he was doing things that he knew were wrong according to the traditions of Christianity, but he didn't feel guilty for them, and yet here he was in my office being more open and vulnerable than he has been since I came here three years ago. We talked for over half an hour about how the church is not perfect, but it is still through the redeemed people of the church that God continues to pursue us. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, David Englehart, Director The fall semester has already been fruitful in many ways. August is always a month full of events. Collegiate Week is a national conference put on by Lifeway. It was August 3-8 at Glorieta. We had 75 Aggies who attended. August we had a leadership retreat called Leadership Challenge. We have a leadership team of 52 students. They all returned to Las Cruces for this in-house retreat focused on enlistment, discipleship, and evangelism. Our big enlistment BBQ party was August 22 nd. We fed over 250 students and had a great time. The first Aggie football game was on Thursday, August 28th. We moved our weekly worship event to the tailgate lot that night and had one of the Aggie football coaches speak. About 150 students attended and stayed to see the Aggies beat Cal Poly We ve been almost overrun with freshmen! Well over 100 freshmen have attended various events in August. Please pray for us as we work diligently to enlist hundreds of students into Challenge NMSU. SAN JUAN COLLEGE Shawn Reynolds submitted his resignation as director of Christian Challenge at San Juan College effective September 5, The search for a new director is under way. 59

63 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY, Jesse Boggs, Director Jesse Boggs was hired in July as the new director of Christian Challenge at New Mexico Highlands University. UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST/NEW MEXICO JUNIOR COLLEGE, Zach Souter, Director This has been an interesting semester so far. Campus involvement at the USW campus is going well. We have made some good contacts with the new campus pastor as well some of the faculty and staff. The JC, however, is another story. There is a new VP of Student Services. They closed orientation to only on campus clubs and apparently somehow we are not one anymore. So, we have begun the process to become an on campus club again. Not sure where all of other paperwork went. It will all work out, just a frustrating start to what seemed to be going well. We have some strong mature leaders this year. We are allowing them to teach some and giving them leadership responsibilities. We are meeting with them during the week before our Thursday night meetings and discussing what we want to accomplish this semester as a whole and on specific Thursday nights. It will be very interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks. WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Steve Timmons, Director During the summer, I met Laina, a female basketball player. She expressed interest in what we do, and said she would like to be involved. She came to the first High Noon Lunch this fall and brought team mates. She did the same thing during our BBQ. She has also attended our Bible Study. The first week she told us she has never attended a Bible Study before. She did have a paperback Bible that she had obviously spent a lot of time reading based on its appearance. She told us that she had gone to Army boot camp several years ago and was given the Bible. She spent a lot of time reading it during boot camp and since then. She has a very open heart to God. I am not convinced she is a believer, but she sure is on the road to becoming one. She is very excited to be around us and wants to bring team mates with her to Challenge activities. Another encouraging development is that there is a new person in charge of Student Activities on campus. She has included us in major planning for events happening on campus. She has reached out to us to include what we do. She made our first High Noon Lunch and the BBQ as part of the welcome week activities. Since then she has asked us to help with other activities she is planning on campus. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM Lamar Morin, Team Leader This past year has blessed us with awesome experiences related to our Leadership Development Team of the BCNM. We have a full team with the addition of Katie Carroll as my ministry assistant. It truly has been a blessed 60

64 year. Our team offers a number of support areas to local churches and church leaders. Camps (see below for further reports): We planned, programmed, and put on numerous camps related to our team. Around 1,300 people participated in these camps, representing well over 50 of our churches. Many personal decisions were recorded at these camps, including over 50 for personal salvation and around 30 called to Christian service. We look forward to next year s camps and an even greater harvest and attendance. In addition, at least 58 decisions for personal salvation were recorded at our Young Lives Ablaze and Lives Ablaze Conferences! New Mexico Singing Churchmen: The NMSC held two concerts in the spring, one at Las Cruces First and one at Albuquerque First West. We met for our annual retreat and concert on August The event was hosted magnificently by Rio Rancho First. The retreat consisted of a number of rehearsals interspersed with fellowship times. The rehearsals featured learning many new songs as well as refreshing some current songs. The fellowship times included meals together, as well as time for more informal sharing and praying together. The concert itself was truly a special worship time for the NMSC members and the audience present. It was a full house! There was a remarkable power in the songs, enhanced by the large group of NMSC members. The group consisted of 38 members the director, 32 in the choir, and five in the band together with a few new members. W.A. Bradshaw (former NMSC director) was also recognized at the concert and the NMSC scholarship was renamed the W.A. Bradshaw/NMSC Scholarship. The NMSC are pleased to announce they will leading worship in the Tuesday evening session, October 21 st. For more information about concerts, CD sales (100 percent of the proceeds go to the NMSC scholarship for future worship leaders and to future NMSC mission trips), or how to become a member of the group, please contact President Craig Sundheimer at (craigsundheimer@q.com) or Director Lamar Morin at (lmorin@bcnm.com). New Mexico Women of Worship: In 2014, we introduced an exciting first to New Mexico Southern Baptists, the inaugural New Mexico Women of Worship retreat and concert held May 2-3. We had 18 singers and an accompanist who all came from areas ranging from Raton to Roswell and in between. There were approximately 100 people in attendance for the concert portion of the weekend which was held at Sandia Baptist Church in Albuquerque. We are currently making plans for the future and look forward to more women joining us for fellowship and worship. 61

65 Bivocational Ministries: Our team stands ready with various types of support for our many bivocational ministers here in NM. Our 2014 Bivocational Ministers and Family Retreat was replaced with our 2014 Ministers and Family Retreat. Plans will begin soon for the 2015 Bivocational Ministers and Family Retreat. Transitional Pastor Training: Many churches without pastors need transitional pastors with experience, training, and ministry gifts that assure high-quality transitional leadership. Transitional pastors are prepared to lead churches through smooth transitions, rough transitions, and crisis transitions. They may serve effectively as a preacher, pastor, and consultant. We have a number of transitional pastors trained to serve churches with this need. Including one new transitional pastor trained in Transformational Church: We were able to train 19 Transformational Church consultants from NM, TX and LA in Portales on August A number of churches are going through this process or planning to go through this process in the near future. We would be happy to provide materials to churches to further explain this process. Contextualized Leadership Development: Our team undergirds and financially helps our CLD centers (Schools of Theology) around our state. We also provide a limited number of scholarships for qualifying students. We have a great need in NM to raise up and train indigenous leaders who are able to serve in their hometown context. CLD helps to do this in a systematic way, complete with diploma plans. We are pursuing an online component to CLD here in NM Ministers and Family Retreat: There were 400 ministers and family members that participated in this triennial event held July 31 August 2, 2014 at the Albuquerque Sheraton Uptown. It was truly a sold-out event in more ways than one. Representative comments from the retreat include It was exactly what our family needed and you spoiled us. David Ferguson and Terry Snead from the Great Commandment Network and Michael Lewis, NAMB, led sessions of Extreme Home Makeover. A worship concert and additional worship sets were led by the Grammy-nominated and Gospel Music Association award-winning Christian vocal group Avalon. In addition, there were numerous family activities. Various Leadership Support Areas: As team leader, I currently am supporting local churches in the areas of 62

66 supply preaching and supply worship leading. I am also consulting with churches in both areas, working towards excellence in all we do for the Kingdom. Other areas of interest to local churches and associations are mentoring/coaching, deacon training, Ministry Grid training, music/worship training, and much more. Serving together, Lamar Morin Children and Women s Ministries Krista Peterson The year has been an exciting time of events, training, and consulting in the area of children s ministry. September of 2013 was a busy month as it started with participating in Women s Weekender. I had the privilege of speaking about our mission trip to Kenya in a breakout session for the event. The weekend was a blessing and encouragement as we celebrated with WMU. Also in September, we conducted three of the Sunday School training times as we taught in Springer, Espanola and in Albuquerque. Each of those was an opportunity to encourage teachers to be an inviting Sunday School class. It was an honor to be with a couple of our churches during this month. I had the privilege of being at Window Rock Gateway for their 50 th anniversary celebration as a church. It was an honor to worship with them. I was also invited to be in Farmington Emmanuel in September to teach a preschool class with the Sunday School teachers and weekday education teachers. We conducted our second New Mexico Kid s Conference for the year in Albuquerque in late September. We had 60 participants from around the state as Bill Emeott, from Lifeway Christian resources encouraged us in children s ministry as the keynote speaker. In October, we completed our Sunday School trainings for the year by teaching in Silver City. I also was able to participate in two of our associational annual meetings by attending the San Juan Associational Meeting and the Rio Grande Associational Meeting. Another event in October was when I traveled to Arkansas to meet with other Children s Ministry State Associates and learn from their experience and expertise. Invitations were extended to me to teach about children s ministry at Elephant Butte and to speak about our Kenya mission trip at Tijeras First to their AWANA kids. I was also able to participate in worship with Jemez Valley and help with children at Albuquerque Anchor. As the year ended with November and December, our largest event was the children s ministry retreat. We had 21 participants from around the state that enjoyed a time of fellowshipping and networking. They are excited about meeting together again next year in November. 63

67 Also in November, I was invited to teach at Hoffmantown as they began using a new curriculum in their children s department and I was invited to share about our mission trip to Kenya at Santa Fe First and at Tijeras First. I was also able to do a children s ministry space consultation with Albuquerque Crestview after worshipping with them on Sunday, November 17 th. Vacation Bible School training was our first event of 2014 as we took a team of 15 to Fort Worth to attend the Lifeway Vacation Bible School Training. This team then conducted a weeklong tour of New Mexico by doing VBS training in five locations including Bloomfield, Albuquerque, Ruidoso Downs, Artesia and Silver City. There were 384 people involved in those trainings during the week of March 17 th -22 nd. In February, we held a New Mexico Kids Conference for Teachers in Las Cruces. Our guest speaker was David Anderson from the Louisiana Baptist Convention. In attendance were 160 people from all around Las Cruces. Conferees were able to choose from six breakout sessions and attend general sessions in which Anderson spoke about finding your heart and following your heart. Also in February, I had the privilege of attending the Children s Pastor s Conference in California followed by the Team West conference in Arizona. I had not attended CPC for many years and it was interesting to see all the products that are available for children s ministry. Team West is always a productive meeting time with the western states. I invited Cynthia Evans from Cloudcroft First to attend the preschool training while I attended the children s ministry training. We used some of what we learned at Team West to share with our churches during our fall training opportunities. During the first quarter of the year, I have been able to be in the following churches or meet with someone from the following churches: Gila Valley, Albuquerque Anchor, Ruidoso First, Sandia Park Vista Grande, Albuquerque Hoffmantown, Las Cruces East Mesa and Espanola First. Young Lives Ablaze took place on April 5 th at Albuquerque Eastern Hills. We had nearly 700 in attendance for the day. God answered our prayers for the children as almost 100 children responded to the invitation with 49 of those children accepting Jesus as their Savior. Ronnie Caldwell was our speaker for the day with Team Impact doing the morning entertainment with their message. The Lads concluded the day with a concert and Hidden by the Light led the worship music. The Wayland Baptist University Recreation Team also helped out with recreation during the afternoon. On May 3 rd, we held the New Mexico State Bible Drill and Speakers Tournament. The attendance at these events continues to decline as churches choose to do different discipleship programs. However, the kids that did participate are very impressive as they demonstrate their Bible skills and their memorization of many Bible Verses. The churches that participated were Del Norte Baptist Church, Albuquerque; First Baptist, Ruidoso; First Baptist, Artesia; and Gila Valley Baptist Church. 64

68 We had a great camping season in June and July. Young Lives Ablaze Camp, June 9 th -13 th at Inlow, had 177 in attendance from eleven different churches. Connection Camp had 260 registered with seven churches attending. Andy Donalson, Sandia Baptist Church Albuquerque was camp pastor for Young Lives Ablaze camp while Kevin Jones from Midlothian, Texas led the worship. Jeff Campbell from Tampa, Florida was camp pastor for Connection Camp while the group, Uprising from Calvary Baptist Church in Las Cruces lead the worship under the direction of Greg Higgins. Boys Camp was July 21 st - 25 th under the direction of Bobby Fuller. They had 94 in attendance. Mike Napier was the camp pastor for the week. During these three camps, we can celebrate 36 salvation decisions, 10 rededications, 8 coming for baptism and 17 committing to special service. I also had the privilege during this quarter of helping bring the A-B-C salvation message to Vacation Bible School kids at First Baptist, Cloudcroft. I led a group of people at First Baptist, Chama through the curriculum, Team Kid as they will begin this program as soon as VBS is finished and encourage community kids to be a part of it. I led a VBS and teacher training at First Baptist, Santa Fe twice in May. I was also able to meet with children s ministry directors from Clovis The Vine Church and Alamogordo Bethel. I was also privileged to lead our NM Christian Challenge students in children s ministry training before they began their summer missions rotation throughout New Mexico. Grady Baptist Church celebrated their 100 th Anniversary on July 27 th and I had the privilege of joining with them for their celebration. I ve also been able to be with Artesia First and Albuquerque Hoffmantown to work with their children s teachers as they begin a new curriculum. July 31 st -August 2 nd was the Minister s and Family Retreat. And I worked with the children during the retreat. It was loads of fun as we had carnival night with bounce houses and Kona Ice. We also enjoyed time with the kids doing crafts, games and Bible study. In August, we began our rotation for Evangelism Tune-Up in which I taught children s evangelism in 12 different locations around the state while Mike Napier and Sam Swann lead out with student and adult classes. In several locations, we also offered a separate preschool class in which Cynthia Evans taught. Our total attendance at these events in children s and preschool classes has been approximately 100 participants. It has been an exciting time of sharing with many churches. Thank you for the privilege to serve in New Mexico. I love working with churches that have a heart for children s ministry. Student Ministries Sam Swann As in recent years, we feel like our camps went very well. We still believe 65

69 that youth camp is an important part of the overall spiritual development of students. Our theme this year was #Life, based entirely on the book of James. We had Craig Curry, Mike Martindale and Jeff Wallace preach one week each. Ross King was the musical worship leader this year. All the preachers did a wonderful job of tying the theme into their messages. The large group Bible studies were from James 1:2-18; James 2:14-16; and James 4: We were honored to have Daniel Snow of Bloomfield First write them for us. He has actually done this for us the past four or five years. During our N.O.W. (Night of Worship) we collected an offering for Houses of Hope. This is a partnership with the BCNM and the Kenyan Baptist Convention. We collected a combined total of: $4,091.81! We were, of course, very proud of the student s generosity. We had a total of 621 representing 34 different churches attend this year. As best we know, there were 11 students saved; 15 who re-committed themselves to following Jesus; nine who felt called to ministry and 11 who came forward for other reasons. Here are a couple of testimonies that I would like to share with you: One student said, So this week at camp, it taught me a lot about the things I need to change in my life if I wanna walk with God, and how I need to be a better light for people that don t know Him, and plus I had a ton of fun. We played games and it was just a great week. Another shared, What I learned was that you have to also be a doer, and not just a listener. You have to do what you hear and if you don t do what you hear then you re not fulfilling what God wants you to and that s what I learned. And one more expressed, Hi, I m Jonathan. This is my first year at Lives Ablaze Camp, and at first I thought it was just going to be talking about God and not anything really fun, but then when I first came here I realized that it wasn t that, it was really more fun than anything. But at the same time we were learning about God, and I made a lot of friends here, and they taught me a lot of stuff. But what hit me the most was Wednesday night at the late-night fellowship; I burst into tears and cried my heart out, because I wasn t saved. I became saved that very night, and I ve trusted in Jesus that very night, and I prayed with my youth pastor about it today I am leaving with Jesus in my heart and with a whole bunch of friends I can look forward to seeing next year. During the month of August, I traveled around the state assisting the Evangelism and Discipleship Team with Evangelism Tune Ups. I have also recruited three of our youth guys to each do two of those conferences for me; Jon Dowling from Alamogordo Bethel Alamogordo, Tim Singleton from Artesia First and Daniel Snow from Bloomfield First. So thankful that I can share the ministry with these guys and others just like them all over our state. The Lives Ablaze Student Conference was August 31-September 1. There were 669 in attendance, representing about 50 churches. We had Bluetree do the musical part of worship. Mike Satterfield did the preaching and Marcus Anthony Guinn did the in between stuff as well as some hip-hop music for us. He is also known as Emcee One. I was very impressed with these guys, they were all very easy to work with and it was a joy to have them here with us. As far as was 66

70 reported to us, there were nine students saved, 17 who made a renewal of their commitment to the Lord, 14 who sense that the Lord is calling them to vocational ministry and 33 other types of decisions. We often don t think too much about the other so I wanted to share some of the comments that were made on the decision cards. Courageousness; boldness with her faith and accountability; Several mentioned family problems and wanted to share that and have someone pray for them; More boldness in living out their faith; dealing with addiction; difficulty dealing with parents divorce. There were some who indicated that they were concerned with a friend, seeking to be forgiving of family members; help with depression. As you can see, some of our kids are hurting and we hope that this might be the beginning steps toward healing and restoration. Of course none of what is included in this report would be possible without the generosity of NM churches and their continued giving to the Cooperative Program. So thanks! It has been and continues to be an honor for me to serve as the youth guy for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. MISSIONS MOBILIZATION TEAM Dr. Joseph Bunce, Team Leader Dr. Joseph Bunce serves as the Missions Mobilization Team Leader. Our team functions with Cricket Pairett, ministry assistant; Scott Wilson, State Church Planting Strategist and Ricardo Rivera, State Spanish Strategist in the office; and field staff: Connie Dixon, Missions Strategist and WMU Director; Pedro Escobar, Spanish Strategist; Daniel Clymer, Native American Strategist; Joyce Smith, Deaf Strategist; Ira Shelton, Disaster Relief Coordinator; Richard and Mary Gomez, MSC/MOST Volunteer Coordinators; and PJ, who is leading our in Muslim ministries. Missions Partnerships Mission Partnerships outside the state of New Mexico continued throughout the year and new partnerships were forged with the countries of Russia and Kenya. New Mexico Baptists are still active in countries where we have initiated partnerships. These countries include Zimbabwe, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Brazil, England and Canada, Belize and East Asia. Our convention goal for Houses of Hope in Kenya is to complete 1,000 Houses of Hope. This year teams from Farmington Emmanuel, Albuquerque Sandia, Albuquerque Anchor and Albuquerque Fellowship Missionary have gone to Kenya to minister and to build Houses of Hope. Two churches are considering trips in 2015 Deming First and Los Alamos First. To date 567 Houses of Hope have been completed. Of that total, BCNM churches have completed 161. House churches have been established in all of these homes by pastors from the Kenya Baptist Convention. From 2010 to the present, there 67

71 have been 24,000 professions of faith through Houses of Hope. We also have church-to-church partnerships. First Baptist Church of Katy, Texas is in the forefront of this kind of partnership. We assisted in a vision trip to Hungary in partnership with Albuquerque Eastern Hills. Anyone interested in partnerships, may contact Cricket Pairett for more information. Camps Camp ministry is an essential part of the MMT s efforts to reach the lost and make disciples. The MMT works with leadership teams to conducts three family camps and one children s missions camp. The results were as follows: Spanish Family Camp June 3-6, 2013 Inlow Camp Attendance 160 Professions of Faith 2 Rededications 5 Call to Missions - 6 Indian Family Camp June Inlow Camp Attendance 175 Professions of Faith 13 Rededications 9 Surrendered to Missions 3 Special Prayer 20 Children s Missions Camp July Inlow Camp Attendance - 90 Professions of Faith 7 Deaf Family Camp August 29 September 1 Inlow Camp Camp Attendance 57 Interpreter Training Worship Attendance - 7 Church Planting Scott Wilson This past year we have seen the Lord work in many ways to plant the Gospel in New Mexico. We saw four new churches planted: Iglesia Bautista Deming Unidos en Cristo Las Cruces The Porch Portales God s House Texico These new churches have more than 100 in weekly attendance and have baptized eight new believers. This was short of our goal of 10 churches for the year, however, we have seen new Points of Light started that have great potential to become churches next year in Conejos, Angel Fire, Truth or Consequences, Vaughn, Clovis, Dora, Eunice, and Dexter. Points of Light are gatherings of people where the Gospel is being proclaimed in word and deed among a people group with no Gospel witness. They take place outside our local church buildings. 68

72 During this year we completed over 20 assessments on church planter candidates. We use a very intentional process to help men discover if church planting is a good ministry fit for them. Over the past several months we have adapted our church planting assessment process into Spanish and are working to complete an adaptation for Native American leaders. We hosted the second BCNM Church Planting and Revitalization Conference in March Over 100 leaders attended this two-day training led by leaders inside and outside New Mexico, including three main sessions and over 25 breakout sessions. More than one-third of those leaders attending were Hispanic. We have identified 10 churches in New Mexico that already have or are planning to develop an intentional process for identifying, developing, and deploying leaders. These churches are referred to as Sending/Multiplying Churches. Our goal is to see 25 of these churches in the next ten years. These churches will host interns and apprentices to train in church planting and revitalization as we hope to see 100 leaders being raised up annually over the next decade. Church planters increase in success over 160 percent when they have a coach. This year we organized a church planter coach network with three champions for coaching in our state. We trained 20 leaders in coaching. The champions are Ed Meyers, Chad Spriggs, and Carlos Pino. Each planter will be connected to a coach with the help of one of our champions. The coaches will help planters stay focused on their planting strategies and provide encouragement for them. In working to support our planters, we are working on a prayer and a cowboy church network. We had a Cowboy Church Network meeting November 2014 with 8-10 pastors and planters in attendance. God is moving in a great way among this affinity group and we could see 4-5 new cowboy churches started this next year. Finally, I led our first Road to Missional training at Alamogordo First. This training details the theology of mission and the implications for each church member, traces the history of missions in New Mexico, and leads a church to determine how each member can engage in missions now. The church has responded favorably and has started a van ministry to a local halfway house, is starting a new young adult class with outreach on the military base and organized a backpack drive for students this fall. Your church can schedule a Road to Missional training any time through the Missions Mobilization Team office. Our planters need continual encouragement and support. Please pray for Jared Bridge, Mario Batres, Rony Hernandez, Jamie Duke, Bobby Grafe, Kyle Webb, Randy Leake, Guerrero Olmos, Octavio Ornelas, Cody Brown, Manny Mendez, and Juan Tovar. Pray Luke 10:2, that the Lord would send laborers to their harvest fields. Also, please pray for 150 new churches in the next ten years as we labor together to plant the Gospel in New Mexico. 69

73 Hispanic Strategist/Ministries Ricardo Rivera Since my arrival to Albuquerque and the BCNM on March 1 st, it has been a great joy and blessing to serve alongside our great staff and particularly the Missions Mobilization Team. The months of March through April were filled with many exciting activities and adjustment. In March, I spent time moving in, adjusting and learning, cooperating, and getting acclimated. I participated in the State Evangelism Conference by hosting Richard Cano and helping to man the Missions Mobilization Team s display. I was able to connect with a few of the Hispanic pastors and make a connection with some pastors who were interested in church planting. I attended Hoffmantown Church s mission conference, manned the missions display, and connected with those interested in BCNM missions. The rest of the month I spent visiting churches, meeting with pastors, preparing for the break-out session at the Replant conference, preparing my contact list, working on the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives, and sending introduction s and letters to Hispanic pastors. I also had the opportunity to preach at Angel Fire to make the initial contact with a potential planter, met with five Hispanic pastors from Albuquerque and Santa Fe, worshipped at two of our church plants, and used two of our church planting assessments tools. Finally, I participated in the Replant Conference, both as a host and break-out session presenter. The months of April through June were also busy months. I dedicated my time to continuing to meet pastors and planters throughout the state, learning more about my new ministry, developing strategies, and establishing a network. During the month of April, I traveled 1,700 miles visiting Hispanic churches, pastors/planters, and associations. I traveled to Santa Fe and worshipped at Rosa de Sarón Church and attended the Central Hispanic Baptist Association, traveled to Fort Sumner, Roswell, and Artesia and preached at Artesia Primera and traveled to Las Cruces to speak at Primera, as well as attending the Southwest Hispanic Baptist Association meeting. I also met with local planters/pastors and the association director. I attended the Hispanic Pastors annual retreat at Sivells Baptist Camp, and met with the Rio Grande Association director of missions and the missions committee of Deming FBC. I also started to have coaching sessions with Dr. Bobby Sena. During the month of May, I traveled 454 miles meeting with a potential planter in Farmington, preaching at one of our new plants, and met another potential church planter. I began the assessment process with three new planter candidates and wrote summaries. I compiled the demographics for areas with Hispanics. I contacted seminaries, Bible institutes, and state conventions inquiring on potential church planters. I began mentoring one of our planters. I completed the strategies for the Advancing the Kingdom. I also provided several potential planter s/pastor s resumes to BCNM Hispanic churches. During the month of June, I traveled about 1,000 miles. I attended the Hispanic Family Camp at Inlow Baptist Camp, preached at Albuquerque Iglesia 70

74 Sinai, Las Cruces Primera, and Lovington Comunidad Cristiana La Roca (a new plant). I interviewed a new planter candidate, helping him with the process, and met with a Hispanic pastor in Hobbs and a potential planter in Albuquerque. I met several times with the planter I am mentoring and with my coach. I completed all the demographics and discovered 25 possible places for new Hispanic churches. I completed a study of all Hispanic work in the state going back five years. I also submitted a budget proposal for The months of July and August were as busy and exciting as the previous quarters. In July, I preached in two churches of Southeast New Mexico (Artesia Primera and Eunice Iglesia Bautista) and one in Albuquerque (Iglesia Bautista Betania Central). I attended several team meetings, as well meeting with other staff members. I attended the Spanish Baptist Convention annual meeting and banquet and participated in their program. I also served in the Minister and Family Retreat. In addition, I finished a wall map spotting present churches, plants and possible sites for new churches. In August, I traveled to New Orleans to attend the first workshop for the Doctor of Educational Ministries degree program. I visited with a church a planter candidate who is in the in-depth assessment process in Anthony. I also attended the LifeWay Transformational Church Assessment Consultant training held at the Baptist Children s Home in Portales. In the middle of the month, I traveled to Hobbs and preached at Iglesia Bautista Betesda. In addition, I began the initial assessment with three new planter candidates and have guided one planter in the in-depth assessment process to almost completion. Among the activities mentioned above, I have been able to read books related to my areas of responsibility. I have met with team members on a regular basis, moved into my new office, and translated planting materials and many others into Spanish. I ve worked on the BCNM website adding pages to the Hispanic ministries, worked on developing a blog to inform BCNM churches on reaching Hispanics, and worked on other areas as assigned. I have also connected a mission team from another state who is interested in doing a mission trip in New Mexico with one of our Hispanic churches. I am so blessed to have been extended the call to serve the churches in our convention in this particular way. I am encouraged by the support, the welcoming, and the kind words our staff, pastors and churches have extended to me. Your prayers have been heard. The Lord has sent potential Hispanic planters for assessment, however, we need many more. Many of our Hispanic churches and Spanish ministries in the state are doing excellent and effective things to impact the almost one million Hispanics in this great state. However, there are also some churches that are in the need of revitalization and it is my prayer that we can assist them in the coming years. As I look into the future, and our Advancing the Kingdom objectives, I am both encouraged and overwhelmed with the size of the mission I have been asked to accomplish. I am also overwhelmed by the amount of people to be reached and the number of planters we will need. I am overwhelmed by the 71

75 impact our Hispanic churches are having in their communities and the lostness throughout the state. I am overwhelmed by the churches that are unhealthy. I am, however, encouraged by the calls, comments, and support. I am encouraged by the wonderful staff I am privileged to serve with. I am encouraged by the move toward expanding the resources to Hispanics. I am encouraged by the emphasis of reaching the one million Hispanics in the state. I am encouraged by the generosity of our churches to the Cooperative Program and Mission New Mexico. I am encouraged by the dedication and courage of our pastors, ministers, and leaders. I am encouraged by the fact that our God still does miracles. And I am also encouraged by the fact that Jesus said, I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it (Matthew 16:18, NASB). Thank you New Mexico Baptists for the awesome privilege and opportunity to serve you and our Lord. Regional Spanish Strategist Pedro Escobar It is a pleasure for me to make a brief account of Hispanic ministry happenings during this past year. It is a blessing to see how the Kingdom of God advances and see how despite the fact that some doors close the Lord opens new doors and provides leaders and resources for His objectives to be met. Less than a year ago, the opportunity arose to start a Hispanic ministry in a predominantly Hispanic area in Clovis. The ministry began in the home of the Rafael Marin family. Shortly thereafter, he asked me to help find a more appropriate and spacious location. After considering several options, I visited a small Baptist church, which is not part of our convention, located at 13th and Oak streets. The pastor was willing to talk to his small congregation and offered his church to have services on Sunday at 2:00 pm and Fridays at 7:00 pm. The church itself, Grace Baptist Church, installed a sign announcing the services in Spanish. My heart rejoices! Last July, Grace Baptist Church decided to end its ministry there and offered the property to the Hispanic group. Their only request was the commitment of the Hispanic group to pay a few small debts Grace Baptist had pending. Now at 13th and Oak stands a sign that announces: Maranatha Baptist Church. Also last July, Pastor Roy Vaughn Denton planned a bilingual revival with music and preaching. After much planning and finding the right person for the services, the event took place with good results and most Hispanic attendance. As a result of this project, on July 17, brother Jorge Ramirez of Ft. Sumner started the first bilingual and Spanish services. One more place where the Gospel light is shining in our state of New Mexico! Las Cruces Iglesia Unidos en Cristo and Pastor Francisco López have informed me that they already have a place and a leader to start a new ministry in Anthony. Pastor Lopez is leading his congregation into an evangelistic and missionary focus to meet the objectives of our convention. Additionally, our Hispanic members are responding positively to trainings that BCNM provides. During the Replant, Church Planting and Revitalization 72

76 Conference, a considerable group attended and benefited from great sessions offered. They were better able to understand the purpose, plan and objectives of our convention. It is our goal to provide direction, resources and leadership to the Hispanic churches in our state. We do this by taking advantage of opportunities for purposeful events programmed such as the Hispanic Family Camp, Pastor s Retreat, Evangelism Conferences, annual meeting of the Hispanic Convention and other associational reunions. It is a fact that only by knocking down cultural and language barriers we will do better at reaching the people of our beautiful state of New Mexico. Native American Strategist Daniel Clymer It is time to celebrate what God has done among our Native American Baptists in New Mexico! Native Baptists have received the challenge, and are stepping up to be equipped to see Native peoples come to Christ. Pastor Wesley Castillo of Pine Hill works week after week training young pastor s and leaders to be On Mission for God. Mission Service Corp missionary Rose Ignacio ministers to her community and serves on Native Response Teams to tribes of North America. Edna Romero coordinates the mission efforts of the state-wide Native Baptist Partnership as they reach the lost of New Mexico at events, such as the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque. Pastor James Eaton is leading the charge of 30 congregations On Mission as the administrative team leader of the Native Baptist Partnership. These are just a few of the ongoing ministries of Native Baptists On Mission Together for God to engage lostness. The following report will describe God s movement of our people over the last year. The Local Church: A Mission Response Team Our local Native American Baptist congregations are being challenged to reach their communities through being local Mission Response Teams for God. Local congregations in preparation to be mobilized into their communities and globally are being equipped in and practicing the following four areas: Being awakened through prayer strategies such as prayer walking/driving to reach their community and those nearby; learning contextualized evangelism and discipleship for Native to Native kingdom building, such as Bible storying with story sets to impact Native people groups; Being trained in leadership development with the Seven Realities of Experiencing God, and other biblical spiritual leadership skills; and to be missional and multiplying as congregations and as believers through the concepts of worldview studies, and engaging the lostness of communities through outreach ministry, personal ministry of lay members, and cooperative partnerships with other Baptist congregations. NM Native Mobilization Conferences for Equipping In order to be equipped to be mission response team local churches, the 73

77 New Mexico Native American Mobilization Conferences were developed. The Fall NM Native Mobilization Conference was held on October 3-4, 2013, at Albuquerque Alameda. The Mobilization Conference went off with great success! We had 53 in attendance, which represented Navajo, Pueblo, and Apache tribes in NM, and others from tribal work in Washington State, Louisiana, and California. Terry Sharp and Bryan Galloway from IMB were amazingly helpful with information about reaching people groups and doing cross-cultural ministry. The hope was that our Native Baptists would take the concepts and use it to reach their own tribes more effectively. This hope was met as the participants began immediately taking the concepts and began problem solving about their areas of ministry, and making plans to use the concepts on future mission team assignments with other tribes. The 2014 NM Native Mobilization Conference was held February 7-8 at the Baptist Convention of NM Conference Room. Our featured speaker was Dr. Tom Blackaby, son of Dr. Henry Blackaby and the International Director of Blackaby Ministries International, who presented the seven realities of Experiencing God. The conference was a great success. We had 51 from around New Mexico attend the conference, and it was very well accepted. Many of our Native people had not been through Experiencing God, so they had many aha moments about scripturally living life. We had testimonies of Native Baptists experiencing God on the field in New Mexico. The purpose was to teach our Native Baptist leaders and lay people how to seek God s agenda instead of the agenda of man; thus, learn to join God at work. The evangelism portion of equipping took place at the Native Evangelism Conference. Preparations are being made for the 2014 Fall Mobilization Team Training in regions (Farmington, Gallup, and the Rio Grande Corridor). This will be on prayer and awakening, and will be led by Connie Dixon and Daniel and Denise Clymer. The fall 2014 Mobilization Team Trainings will include an introduction to the Bible Story Cloth being used around the world. Calvary Road Ministries, Alan McAlister president, is teaming up with NM Native Baptists to train in using the Bible Story Cloth among the tribes, and in leadership development surrounding the cloth s use. Bible Story Cloth trainings in each association will be set up for leaders and lay people. This will be used to help develop leaders, new church planters, and pastors. Native American State Evangelism Conference The 2 nd annual Native Evangelism Conference with Mark Custalow, Mike Keighbone, Walker Moore, and Dr. Gregory Frizzell was held on March 2 at Albuquerque Eastern Hills. Mark Custalow, a Native American from Virginia, led the conference on Thinking and Living Like a Missionary to Reach Native Americans in the Cities, Mike Keighbone led the conference "Evangelism: God s Heart, My Heart. Dr. Gregory Frizell led the conference Prayer that Brings Spiritual Awakening and Dr. Walker Moore led the conference How to Live the Lifestyle of a Missionary. The Joshua Street Band brought the 74

78 music and there were 122 in attendance. Inlow Indian Family Camp Inlow Indian Family Camp 2014 was amazing! The camp was held on June 16-20, and it was a full camp at 175 campers total (164 full time and 11 day campers). There were 13 salvations, nine rededication, three surrendered to missions, three returned to their home church for baptism, and 20 asked for prayer over different issues. The camp pastor was Willie Jack Doyeto who delivered powerful messages and Scott Tafoya and friends from North Carolina led the music. The children s track was led by a team of three: Becky Crawford and Brenda Johnson of the Church at Viera in Florida and Paula Tsoodle of Taos. The youth track was led by Daniel and Denise Clymer and Gerome Fragua of Jemez Pueblo. The adult track was led by James Eaton, and the teachers were Allen Woody for the Navajo speaking classes and Chris Boyd for the English speaking classes. Communications were headed up by Ida Formea of Aztec and the theme was Legacy: Passing on the Torch of Faith, from Deuteronomy 6:6-7. The week was full of classic activities such as the watermelon eating contest, basketball and volleyball tournaments, water games, and newer favorites such as the zip line, climbing wall, and the Fry Bread Social Luau. The week was really wonderful in spite of two days of rain and postponed activities, and it was the second most attended camp in the last decade (the other being 2009 with 176 in attendance). A special missions feature presentation were made by Kevin and Amy Pence and Vance and Esther Purkey on behalf of Calvary Road Ministries, the creator of the Bible Story Cloth. The 2015 Camp Team Leaders will be: Edna Romero, administrative team; Ida Formea, communications team; Scott Tafoya, worship team; James Eaton, adult team; Daniel and Denise Clymer and Gerome Fragua, Powersurge Youth Team; and the children s team leader is Paula Tsoodle. Native Baptist Partnership The NM Native American Southern Baptist Partnership elected new team leaders at the January 25 quarterly meeting at Laguna Acoma. James Eaton was elected Administrative Team Leader. Bennie Romero and Al Cota are on his team as well. The missions team leader is Edna Romero. The growth team leader is Auburn Carr, and Paula Tsoodle and Mike Cartier are on this team as well. The communications team leader is Susie Cerno. Scott Tafoya remains the stewardship team leader for the partnership. This team was involved in the NM Native Evangelism Conference last March, and the Missions Team coordinated the Prayer Walking Ministry at the Gathering of Nations PowWow in Albuquerque last April. Partner Response Teams New Mexico and Louisiana congregations partnered together in multiple trips over the last couple of years to complete the new worship center at Eagle 75

79 Springs Baptist Church near Ojo Encino. They will be having their dedication service this fall. Clovis First, San Antonio TX First, Albuquerque Del Norte and Albuquerque Sagebrush provided construction teams to help Jemez Valley Baptist Church build office space onto the parsonage. Other construction projects needing completion are the Tinian kitchen project, Rock Springs Grace Community needs to complete their worship center and Taos First Indian needs to have their church re-roofed. Saddleback Church in California has partnered to help establish Celebrate Recovery Groups among some of our Native congregations, and many partners came together for 2014 s Vacation Bible Schools across New Mexico. Native American Baptists 5X25 Challenge New Mexico Native Baptists are committed to seeing a disciplemaking church for every person in New Mexico, and are part of this effort by working to establishing disciplemaking congregations for every tribe in our state by Our congregations will be mapping out and praying for every Native community in New Mexico, developing new and existing leaders, youth leaders, pastors, and church planters, and establishing new points of light and new church plants across New Mexico. Many of our congregations already have Hispanic members and attendees, and an effort to reach more will be done. Exciting days are ahead, and NM Native Baptists are ready to be engaged! Deaf Ministries Joyce and Olen Smith A garage sale was held by deaf persons to raise money for Albuquerque Deaf Church. A deaf couple searching for the Truth met with Joyce Smith and Rev. Lee Herring at Santa Fe First. They were leaving a religious culture of Hinduism, Buddhism, Seventh Day Adventist and Catholicism. After questions and answers, both prayed and asked to receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. In October through December, we participated in prayer retreats, deaf leadership meetings, and a Bible study on Mind of Christ for Central and Northern deaf. All ministries to the Deaf in New Mexico were doing prayer walks in their community to prepare for the revival/outreach scheduled for April 12-20, We attended the BCNM State Convention and Thanksgiving luncheons for the Deaf in various deaf ministries in the state. We also attended Christmas programs, luncheons, and fellowships for the Deaf. We were pleased to witness two baptisms at the Albuquerque Deaf Baptist Church. In January through March, we traveled more than 600 miles going from deaf ministry to deaf ministry, sharing upcoming events, revival information, interpreting for the Deaf in worship, day retreats with a few of the deaf ministries and visited in homes of the Deaf and in churches. We attended the Evangelism Conference with 16 deaf. There was a planning meeting held prior to the conference with 21 deaf and workers attending. Fifteen deaf attended the nine hour Prayer for Spiritual Awakening Conference at BCNM, led by Joyce Smith. Nineteen deaf and workers with the 76

80 Deaf attended the Church Planting/Revitalization Conference. John Wyble, Pastor/Deaf Church Planting Catalyst from Virginia led two conferences for the deaf track and the Deaf attended Dr. Bunce Conference on Conflict Management. There were interpreters for all the conferences. In April through June, more than 4,600 miles was traveled during the deaf revival/outreach for the Hands-On-Mission Team leadership, all were involved in God s Kingdom Work in various ways. Partner deaf missionaries from Missouri, North Carolina and Louisiana joined the New Mexico Deaf Mission Teams for a total of approximately 50 deaf going out among the Deaf for one week to preach, teach Bible Study, give testimonies, fellowships, cooking meals, sharing vehicles, going to a funeral of a team member s brother, visiting deaf homes in villages, towns and cities, preaching and sharing devotions in restaurants churches, parks and giving Bible and tracks. A total of 10 deaf prayed to receive Christ through repentance and received Jesus as Savior and Lord. More than 200 deaf were encountered during the week. Bibles and tracks were given and salvation message was shared. Twenty-one (21) prayed for forgiveness of sin and returned to Jesus Christ. John 14:12 was a meaningful verse during the week. The commissioning of the new missionaries was held at Albuquerque Deaf by Rev. Bobby Graff. Two deaf Bible Studies were begun in homes of the deaf using the Bible Story Cloth with verses of scripture for each picture. Four areas in New Mexico are ready for leaders to take the role and possibly to begin churches. They are Santa Fe, Roswell, Las Cruces, and Farmington/Aztec. In July and August, leaders shared DVD pictures of the revival/outreach to their congregations. Two deaf persons gave testimonies on the State Missions DVD to be shown in churches in NM. The Mission New Mexico offering will support the deaf ministry for Philippe Gallant, International Co-coordinator of Deaf Bible led a Mentoring with Leadership Conference at the BCNM with the Missions Mobilization staff to explain his desire to teach the Deaf 32 chronological stories on the hands, going from ministry to ministry. We continued to participate in the Bible study with deaf women in the northern area in Taos. We met with Pastor Lee Herring and Aaron and Leslie Martinez. Aaron and Leslie have met with the Church Administration Team, presenting proposal for deaf ministry in Santa Fe. They are also taking the leadership role with Farmington and Shiprock Deaf. Olen and Joyce Smith submitted a letter of retirement to Santa Fe First, effective August 17 th. The church gave a retirement luncheon and recognition of their 50 years of ministry to the deaf on Aug. 17 th. Joyce will continue to mentor Aaron and Leslie even after they leave New Mexico. Olen and Joyce will attend the Baptist State Convention in Deming, NM, Oct 20-22, They sent a letter of retirement/resignation to Dr. Bunce, effective, Dec 31, Thank you BCNM and all entities connected with the Deaf Ministry. It has 77

81 been our love and joy of service to serve and work with you during the past 15 years. Our prayers will continue through years to come for the Deaf people group and all who work with them in preaching, sharing God s love, teaching Bible studies, teaching memorization of the stories of the Bible story cloth, going on mission in NM and out of state, Christian fellowship, state and national training meetings and continuing being equipped for ministry. Disaster Relief Ira Shelton New Mexico Baptist Disaster Relief responded to a variety of needs throughout this year. Our first deployment was to Bloomfield in September to the Mission of Mercy free dental clinic. We deployed Incident Command, a mobile kitchen, childcare workers and chaplains. We fed a total of 1,760 meals to dentists, technicians and others involved with the clinic and cared for 59 children as their parents received dental care. We had 889 ministry contacts with those receiving care and those involved with the dental care. During October, we deployed to the Mogollon/Glenwood area to help with mud out after a major flash flood. Our volunteers began their work in the area by mudding out historic buildings in Mogollon. The people in the area had been reluctant to let these strangers help clean up their homes. When they saw that our people cared about them enough to work on the historic buildings, they began to let them work on their homes. When NMBDR left the Mogollon area, it was ripe for a local church to start an outreach Bible Study. However, as far as we know, no local church has reached out to that community. To show the heart of our volunteers, the week before Christmas, fourteen of your DR brothers and sisters in Christ deployed to Texas to help people whose homes were damaged from an ice storm. These volunteers removed trees and branches from 23 homes, which enabled those families to spend Christmas in their homes. They not only removed trees, but they presented the plan of salvation and five people came to personally know the Christ of Christmas. During August, we deployed to Inlow Baptist Camp to do mud out after several buildings were flooded and left with several inches of mud and debris. DR volunteers cleaned up the Claude Cone Complex, Taylor Tabernacle and finished up cleaning Ted Roberts Dining Hall. One of our DR volunteers spent extra time making improvements with roads and drainage around the camp to hopefully deter further flooding damage. Some of the other deployments were to provide childcare for the National Guard, which we did several times this year. For the first time, NMBDR was asked to participate in the State of NM Annual Disaster Preparation Event, which was held in Socorro. We participated by preparing meals for two days for at least 150 participants. NMBDR was the only non-governmental organization asked to participate. Later in the year, we also deployed a feeding team to Clovis to participate in the Clovis/Curry County Disaster drill. Training was provided for our volunteers with the newest volunteers taking our basic course and others receiving further training in feeding, 78

82 cleanup/recovery, chaplaincy, communications, childcare, assessments, and incident command. These trainings took place in Albuquerque, Farmington and Carlsbad. We also provided a refresher course for all of our volunteers in leadership positions. We held our Annual Training and Celebration at the Baptist Children s Home in Portales. Eddie Blackmon, Associate Director with SBDR spoke at our meeting. I spoke at the National Rally for Campers on Mission at Glorieta 2.0. I gave an overview of SBDR and NMBDR activities and discussed the possibility of the two ministries assisting each other. As your state director for NM Disaster Relief, I have attended webinars, conferences and briefings on weather, drought, floods, impending fires and unaccompanied minors. Dick Ross, NMBDR Deputy Director, and I attended the NM Homeland Security and Emergency Managers conference. At this conference, I participated in a round table discussion on the Little Bear Fire response. We took part in the Equipment Rodeo displaying one of our mobile kitchens, cleanup and communication units. Dick Ross and I continue to work with NM Homeland Security and Emergency Managers in order for NMBDR to be able to bring Help, Hope and Healing to New Mexicans during a time of disaster. Missions Education Connie Dixon Training I was able to attend the Native American Mobilization Conference in Albuquerque in October. It was a great time to network and grow in my understanding of how to engage the Native American churches with WMU. I attended the PrayerLink in Nashville, TN. PrayerLink is a group of prayer strategists from each of the state conventions and all the SBC entities. I serve as an officer for this group. I went to January Board Meeting in Birmingham and received training on our new Social Issue or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I also met with Clella Lee the new director of the Christian Women s Leadership Center in Birmingham developing a draft of the first pilot program for the fall of I attended an Associational Vision Planning meeting in Clovis with Stan Albright of NAMB. I attended WMU National meetings in Baltimore. This is only one of two times each year where I get specific training on WMU. This year I was trained more on PTSD which is the new Project: HELP for Also I received more training in Human Exploitation, our social issue for this year that focuses on pornography. I attended Frank Paige s conference on Hungry for Worship. Associational Visits I was in five of the 13 associations during the last quarter. Eastern, 79

83 Tucumcari, Pecos Valley, Mountain Valley and Central. One of my goals was to be in every association in I spoke at the Mountain Valley Associational Meeting; worked with the WMU Executive Board; and then spoke to the whole association on being Missional. I led a prayerwalking conference for Pecos Valley Association in Artesia and led a conference for women at the Mayhill Pornography conference. Events We had the first 4Missions5K at the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home with over 125 participants and it was to great success. The WMU Missions Celebration and State Convention was in Albuquerque in October. Our meetings were well attended and we had a wonderful meeting. We had our first ever New Mexico Christian Women s Job Corp Graduation in Albuquerque in November. Joy Smith is the CWJC coordinator and we graduated 6 women. I attended WMU National Meetings in Baltimore. This year we had an awesome Children s Missions Camp with an attendance of 90. There were seven salvations and numerous re-dedications and surrendered to missions. Speaking Opportunities I was the speaker for the Bosque Farms First Women s Retreat at Inlow. I was asked by family to speak at Holly Lindsey s funeral in November. Holly was a dear friend to me and to New Mexico WMU. I led the International Missions Study at FBC Artesia in November at a women s luncheon. I also spoke on the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering at Hagerman First. I led a conference on Prayerwalking at the National Campers on Mission Retreat at Glorieta. I participated in a conference call with Wanda Lee, National WMU Director. There will be a West Regional Leadership Training Summit in Albuquerque in February I also serve on the PrayerLink Leadership Team and have had numerous conference calls planning this year s PrayerLink in Denver. Hunger Ministries Cricket Pairett From Tucumcari to Grants and from Las Cruces to Chama, New Mexico, Baptists are working to meet the physical and spiritual needs of hurting people through hunger ministries. Twenty percent of the population of New Mexico struggles with hunger. New Mexico has the highest rate of childhood hunger in the U.S. We support 17 outreach ministries. During the past year we can report: 102,747 People Fed 97 Professions of Faith 80

84 46 Baptisms Pastoral Aid Cricket Pairett The Missions Mobilization Team, on approval of the Missions Mobilization Committee of the Executive Board, approved Church Pastoral Aid for six churches. The amount distributed was $6, Muslim Ministries PJ The Middle East Ministry was started in March of We are continuing to see God s confirmation in our ministry and are excited to see how he is continuing to open doors for us to the Muslim community. We are also pleased to be able to share about our ministry with you. There are an estimated 6,000 Muslims living in New Mexico and about 500 moving into the state every year. Because the majority of the people are located in Albuquerque and there is a large population of Muslim students at UNM, our main focus continues to be to reach out to the Muslim community in Albuquerque, and particularly at the university. We are doing this by continuing to partner with Christian Challenge at UNM and reaching out to the Muslim community here that we have made contacts within the past. We are thankful to Bobby Erikson and the UNM Christian Challenge for their support and helping us to reach out to the students at UNM. Christian Challenge hosts English as second language classes, in partnership with International Students, Inc., another ministry to foreign students. We are able to work alongside these ministries as a chief way of reaching into the Muslim community. Our team has several long-term goals: To engage the Muslim community in Albuquerque. We hope to build relationships in order to share God s wonderful news of salvation with them. Eventually, we would like to see fellowships started that will be free to worship God in culturally relevant ways for them. To be able to reach out to the Muslim community in other communities around the state, as there is need and opportunity and to advocate for Muslim ministry among the Christian congregations in New Mexico. We would help them see the need for outreach and to train/mentor those who may feel called to minster to these people God has placed in their own backyard. As stated above, our main goal has been to engage the community and begin building relationships. We have done this in several ways: First, we partnered with Christian Challenge at the UNM campus in helping with ESL classes. This has provided us an opportunity to meet cross cultural students and begin to make relationships with them. Many of the contacts we have made have come from providing the service of helping students with English. From this we are able to spend time with them and build relations. Through our partnership with Christian Challenge at UNM, we had the opportunity to give orientation and debriefing to the summer missionary students who traveled to Muslim areas for their service time. This was a great time to get to know these students, help them to better understand their 81

85 assignments and advocate for ministry to Muslims not only overseas, but at their school upon their return. We have had the opportunity to attend cultural events with some of the international peoples in Albuquerque. We were able to attend an Iranian cultural event in March. With the coming of spring, Iranians celebrate their new years. This is called No Ruz and is the largest holiday in Iran. The Persian cultural society of NM held a No Ruz celebration in Corrales to celebrate and our family was able to attend. There were approximately 200 Iranians at this celebration. We were able to meet and talk with about a dozen Iranians we already knew, and were also able to meet several new Iranian friends. We continue to follow up on these contacts and work to build relationships with them. We were able to host and attend several social events that allow us to continue to build relationships and share spiritual truths with our Muslim friends. One big event we had was a Thanksgiving celebration we had at our house. At this event, we had 22 people attend (both Iranians and Americans). For several of the Iranians, this was their first time to have a thanksgiving meal. For 4 of the Iranian ladies that we had met at English corner, it was the first time they had ever been in an American s house. At this event, I was able to share about Thanksgiving and why (and to whom) we give thanks and I gave a short presentation of the Gospel. We were also able to spend time with Muslim friends during Christmas and at New Years. During these times, we did not have a large gathering, but spent time with individuals visiting and sharing. We continue to look for creative ways to meet people and help them in order to build relations. These opportunities include hiking, parties and social events (particularly for American holidays), and helping newly arrived Muslims in finding cars, getting cell phone service, finding housing, paying bills, etc. All of these activities give us the opportunity to interact and build relations. We have had the opportunity to travel throughout the state and share with other churches what God is doing with our ministry and advocate for the Muslim ministry. This summer I also had the opportunity to share with the national Campers on Mission conference in Glorieta. I shared a breakout session on Relating to Muslims in America. This was a conference discussing the differences in worldview between western/american cultures and Middle Eastern/Muslim culture. By better understanding the differences in worldview, we can better understand how to relate to Muslims to build relations with them and share God s spiritual truth s with them. These sessions were well received and there were a total of 65 people who attended the sessions over two days at the conference. I will be available to travel throughout the state in the fall and winter offering this same conference to those who are interested. We helped host a welcome party for the newly arrived Muslim students at UNM in August. We had 18 Middle Easterners attend. The students came from Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Egypt. The students enjoyed their time. We were able to make contact with these new Muslim students and are following up 82

86 with them. A female team member has become a Friendship partner with a young lady from Iran who is here in graduate school. Prayer Requests: Please continue to pray for us as we follow up on the contacts we meet Pray as we continue to interact with the international community and that we ll have opportunities to meet people in Albuquerque and that we will be able to talk with them. Thank God with us for the opportunities we have had to share spiritual truths with our Muslim friends. Pray that God will continue to draw them to Him and that their hearts will be open and broken to hearing about Jesus love for them. Thank God with us for opportunities we have to travel to churches and to meet pastors from around the state and share with them about this new ministry that God is doing in NM. Pray that they would catch the vision to reach out to the world God has put in their own backyard. Pray for N, an Iranian lady who is meeting with a team member. She is new to America and has many questions. Pray that she will have openness to hearing the gospel. Also please pray for M and A, two Iranian men who team members have been able to share with and who show a spiritual interest. Pray that more opportunities will arise to talk of spiritual matters. Pray for the Muslims living in New Mexico. Pray that they will have opportunities to see God s love in action through Christians in the state and that they will hear the Gospel proclaimed to them. We would like to again thank the BCNM and the mission committee for the opportunity we have to reach out to the Muslim community here in the state. We are grateful for the support we receive and pray that God will continue to open doors into this community for us. We pray that Muslims in the state will come to a saving faith in Christ Jesus, that culturally relevant churches would begin and that we will have the opportunity to help other Christians in the state see this wonderful world mission opportunity God has given us right in our own backyard. Once again, we thank you for your support, and most importantly, your continued prayers for our ministry. Volunteers in Missions/Mission Service Corps Richard and Mary Gomez MSC placement/contacts/prospects This period we had 17 MSC volunteer missionaries that came up for review, re-evaluation and updating of which 10 were renewed and seven were terminated either due to reassignment or medical reasons. We have had contact and a brief interview with five volunteer missionary prospects. We concentrate our time and effort in establishing new contacts and introducing them to the new MSC mobilizing procedure and NAMB s criteria 83

87 for new MSC missionaries, who will continue to be self-funding and will become an MSC ministry partner with each of NAMB s missionary categories listed below: Church Planter Church Planter Apprentice Church Planting Intern Church Planting Team Member Church Planting Catalyst Collegiate-University Missionary Events and opportunities This year lent itself to different opportunities to minister. A lot of people within the Albuquerque area as well as from other parts of the state had serious medical issues that caused them to be hospitalized. We ministered through prayer, and hospital visitation to include providing support to families that lost family members. We also participated in promoting Lives Ablaze, Inlow Senior Adult Day Retreat, Mission New Mexico, and Lottie Moon Offering for International Missions with some positive outcomes. We led a number of Bible studies and devotionals in a church setting to various groups and continue to interact and participate with SBC organizations and various committees, including Spanish Central Associational meetings, Inlow Spanish Camp, Central Association Administrative Meeting, NM Church Foundation/Church Finance Corporation, and several training events. In each case we utilize the opportunities to promote MSC. Answer the Call to be on Mission 84

88 2015 BCNM Budget Ministry Expenditures Cooperative World Missions Cooperative Program (25%) 1,095, ,792 Mission New Mexico 250, ,000 Other NM Baptist Entities Donations Children s Home 250, ,305 Inlow Camp 35,000 51,115 Sivells Camp 60,000 89,350 Total Ministry Expenses 1,690,643 1,578,562 EIT Executive Information Services Team General Overtime Compensation 4,500 5,000 Assistants Travel 1,000 1,000 Team Operations 16,000 16,000 Miscellaneous 1,000 1,000 Executive Executive Director Travel 17,000 15,000 Administrator Travel 3,500 3,000 Associational Missions Director Travel 10,000 0 Transitional DOMs 20,188 0 Information Team Leader Travel 10,000 10,000 Postage and Mailing 124, ,000 Contract Printing 41,000 40,000 News Reporting 1,000 1,000 Digital and Promotion 7,000 9,000 News Service 2,400 2,400 TOTAL EIT 258, ,400 Convention Expense State Convention Expense 18,000 18,000 State Convention Printing 3,500 3,500 Executive Board Meetings 20,000 20,000 Special Meetings 3,000 3,000 Pastor s and Men s Conference 0 5,000 Total Convention Expense 44,500 49,500 EDT Evangelism/Discipleship Team General Overtime Compensation 2,500 2,500 Assistant Travel 1,000 1,000 Team Operations 10,500 9,975 Discipleship Discipleship Ministries 10,000 9,500 Sunday School, Discipleship, Bible Studies 9,000 17,250

89 Senior Adult Ministries 8,500 0 Team West 6,000 10,050 Evangelism Evangelism Director Travel 14,000 14,000 Evangelism Equipping 56,000 29,720 Evangelism Conference 85,850 80,870 Evangelism Assistance 56,500 43,860 Total EDT 259, ,725 Collegiate Collegiate Director Travel 3,000 3,000 Collegiate Operations 3,000 3,000 Collegiate Background Checks Collegiate Ministries 21,100 21,100 27,850 27,850 COLLEGIATE MINISTRIES BSU-Albuquerque Albq BSU Outside Income (65,000) (65,000) Director Travel 2,500 2,500 Associate Director Travel 1,000 1,000 Office Expense 3,000 3,000 Janitorial Supplies 2,000 2,000 Promotion 6,000 6,000 Utilities 12,000 12,000 Property Upkeep/Maintenance 6,500 6,500 Commercial Insurance Vehicle Operation Telephone 4,000 4,000 Albq BSU Outside Expense 65,000 65,000 38,368 38,368 BSU-Las Cruces Las Cruces BSU Outside Income (150,000) (150,000) Director Travel 3,000 3,000 Assistant Director Travel 1,000 1,000 Office Expense 4,400 4,400 Janitorial Supplies 1,000 1,000 Promotion 9,300 9,300 Utilities 9,400 9,400 Property Upkeep/Maintenance 3,000 3,000 Commercial Insurance 1,320 1,320 Vehicle Operation 1,600 1,600 Telephone 3,400 3,400 Las Cruces BSU Outside Expense 150, ,000 37,420 37,420 BSU-Las Vegas Las Vegas BSU Outside Income (15,000) (15,000) Director Travel 1,200 1,200 Office Expense Janitorial Supplies Promotion 3,500 3,500 86

90 Utilities 5,850 5,850 Property Upkeep/Maintenance 2,500 2,500 Commercial Insurance 1,068 1,068 Vehicle Operation Telephone 1,080 1,080 Las Vegas BSU Outside Expense 15,000 15,000 16,850 16,278 BSU-Portales Portales BSU Outside Income (50,000) (50,000) Director Travel/School Books 2,500 2,500 Assistant Director Travel 1,000 1,000 Office Expense 1,500 1,500 Janitorial Supplies Promotion 5,000 5,000 Utilities 4,500 4,500 Property Upkeep/Maintenance 2,000 2,000 Commercial Insurance 1,728 1,728 Vehicle Operation Telephone 1,750 1,750 Portales BSU Outside Expense 50,000 50,000 21,378 21,378 BSU-Silver City Silver City BSU Outside Income (10,000) (10,000) Director Travel 2,000 2,000 Office Expense 1,900 1,900 Janitorial Supplies Promotion 3,000 3,000 Utilities 4,000 4,000 Property Upkeep/Maintenance 3,500 3,500 Commercial Insurance Vehicle Operation Telephone 1,000 1,000 Silver City BSU Outside Expense 10,000 10,000 17,380 17,380 BSU-Hobbs Hobbs BSU Outside Income (2,000) (2,000) Director Travel 1,100 1,100 Promotion 1,375 1,375 Hobbs BSU Outside Expense 2,000 2,000 2,475 2,475 BSU-Farmington Farmington BSU Outside Income (2,000) (2,000) Director Travel 1,100 1,100 Promotion 1,375 1,375 Farmington BSU Outside Expense 2,000 2,000 2,475 2,475 Total Collegiate Ministries 164, ,624 LDT Leadership Development Team General 87

91 Overtime Compensation 2,000 1,800 Team Leader Travel 10,000 10,000 Other Personnel Travel 1, Team Operations 13,000 12,500 Leadership/Church Administration Church Development 7,000 6,500 Brotherhood/Baptist Men 30,000 0 Leadership/Church Health Leadercare 18,000 16,000 Staff Development 12,000 10,000 CLD Center Support 14,000 14,500 CLD Scholarships 12,000 11,250 Music/Worship Arts Music Ministry 51,000 49, , ,350 Student Leadership Development Student Leadership Travel 10,000 10,000 Student Recreation 145, ,080 Lives Ablaze Conference 73,000 55,000 Student Leadership Resources/Materials 5,000 5,500 Student Evangelism Resources/Materials 4,000 0 Training Events/Conferences 3,000 0 Ministry Assistance 5,000 5, , ,580 Children s Leadership Development Children s Leadership Travel 11,000 11,000 Church Library/Media 1, Children s Recreation 98, ,400 Boy s Camp 30,000 23,000 Young Lives Ablaze Conference 35,500 32,200 Weekday Education 2,700 0 Bible Drill/Speakers 4,000 1,000 Vacation Bible School 16,500 19,800 Church Planting 0 10,000 Children s Ministry 15,000 20,000 Women s Ministry 7,000 2, , ,300 Total LDT 606, ,230 MMT Missions Mobilization Team General Overtime Compensation 3,000 3,000 Support Staff Travel 1,500 1,500 Team Operations 10,000 10,000 Missions BCNM State Missions Offering Promotion 12,000 8,650 Disaster Relief 23,000 9,900 Partnership Missions 13,500 8,900 WMU Leadership Training 13,000 7,500 88

92 WMU Camp Ministries 18,000 17,000 WMU Convention 5,700 4,000 WMU Director 4,000 5,000 Co-ed Missions Conference 11,000 10,000 RA s Prayer Strategy Missions NAMB Church/Pastoral Assistance 22,500 22,500 Ethnic Development 54,306 52,314 Church Planting 394, ,049 Church Planting Development 0 42,372 Church Planting Consultants 0 46,188 CPC Existing 0 99,616 Missions Promotion Missions Promotion 26,490 0 Missions Education 4,000 0 Total MMT 617, ,489 General Operations General Employee Training 1,500 1,500 Hospitality 6,000 10,000 Offsite Storage 2,900 2,900 Miscellaneous 3,500 1,000 Property Vehicle Operation 1,000 1,000 Vehicle Replacement 12,000 12,000 Telephone 32,000 30,000 Legal/Audit Legal Expense 15,000 15,000 Wills/Trusts Seminars Expense 4,000 2,500 Transfers Rent/Loan Excess 44,000 44,000 Total General Operation 121, ,900 Property Operations Office Supplies 1,000 1,500 New Equipment 13,400 15,000 Utilities 30,000 31,000 Building Upkeep/Repairs 33,000 38,000 Commercial Insurance 51,349 51,237 Equipment Leases/Supplies 6,000 13,030 Janitorial Service 23,000 23,000 Total Property Operations 157, ,767 Audit and Technology Audit Expense 18,000 18,000 Taxes Payable Technical Production Services 7,000 6,000 IT System Equipment/Repairs 10,000 1,000 IT System Maintenance Agreement 37,000 33,972 Total Audit and Technology 72,750 59,672 89

93 BCNM Personnel Administrative Personnel Exempt Personnel Salaries 807, ,897 Exempt Personnel Salaries NAMB 416, ,611 Exempt Personnel Benefits 226, ,503 Support Personnel Non-Exempt Personnel Salaries 333, ,078 Non-Exempt Personnel Benefits 129, ,413 BSU Administrative Personnel Personnel Salaries 226, ,658 Total Personnel/Benefits 2,140,022 2,077,160 BCNM Committees Christian Life Committee 14,000 12,500 Total Committees 14,000 12,500 NON CP ITEMS Protection Benefits Church Retirement Plan 77,000 77,000 Post Retirement Benefits 81,500 81,500 CP Promotion CP Promotion 3,000 3,000 Total Non CP Items 161, ,500 Anticipated Budget CP Needed Churches $3,699,770 Other Revenue 1,766,989 TOTAL BUDGET $5,466,759 Monthly Budget Needed in 2014 $336,255 Monthly Budget Needed in 2015 $308,314 TOTAL REDUCTION PER MONTH $27,941 90

94 INLOW BAPTIST CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER PO Box 258 Torreon, NM (505) Fax: (505) Kerry Chadwick, Manager God is amazing. So, one should not wonder when His people are amazing too. Volunteers continue to amaze as they contribute to the running and improvement of Inlow Baptist Camp. As I write this the last of the Central Association Senior Adults (CASA) drive down the mountain. They came and many of them volunteered working long hard hours to make the Senior Adult Day at Inlow a great success. CASA s day at Inlow is held in September every year and senior adults from all over the state are invited to attend. Mark your calendar, next year s will be on September 14 th and 15 th. Other volunteers have worked throughout the summer making each camp a success and building a better Inlow for years to come. If you are interested in using your abilities at Inlow please me at: kchadwick@bcnm.com. Together we can impact the future of our world through the camping ministries of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Over 750 people attended camps this summer. Many lives will never be the same because they came to Inlow. I want to take this opportunity to share a little of my Inlow story. I attended Inlow first when I was five years old and continued coming to camp every year until I was a sophomore in college. Every year I attended Spanish Family Camp. However, some years I also attended Indian Family Camp, Royal Ambassador Camp, Music Camp, Acteens and GA s Camp (my parents were on staff) and Opportunity Camp (as a counselor). It was Spanish Family Camp where God really took hold of me and I rededicated my life. At Inlow, God called me into the ministry and months later, I made that call public at my home church, Primera Iglesia in Albuquerque. God used the ministry of Inlow and the many volunteers and staff who served here to change my life. Now it is my opportunity to give back. Thank you for entrusting me with this awesome responsibility. Every camp at Inlow, someone leaves who will never be the same. Come to Inlow and see for yourself what God is doing here. Help other people come. Come and volunteer. Come and rest. Come. Thank you, thank you, to the New Mexico Disaster Relief people for cleaning up after the flood and helping with the repairs. We could not have done this without your help. They did so much in such a short time. They have saved Taylor Tabernacle for many more years of service. We, as New Mexico Baptists, owe them a great debt of gratitude. I need to thank Clay Pope for his very valuable help and Ira Pinkston and 91

95 the Inlow board for their help in making this a successful camping season. And of course we must thank the many volunteers who make Inlow function as well as the summer paid staff. We will continue to work to make Inlow a great place for His work. Pray for us. Soli Deo Gloria, Dr. Kerry Chadwick Manager, Inlow Baptist Camp 2015 BUDGET Revenue Designations 54,000 54, Foundation Endowment 6,000 6, Registration Fees 208, , Store Receipts 10,500 9,000 TOTAL Revenue 278, ,000 Expenditures Salaries 89,560 88, Volunteer Expense 1,900 1, Manager Travel 1,600 1, Staff Expense 900 1, Employee s Retirement 7,094 6, Social Security Taxes 7,000 7, Employee s Insurance 18,980 18, Post Retirement Benefit Christmas Gifts Office Supplies 1, Propane 10,000 10, Janitorial Supplies 2,000 2, Promotion 4,000 3, Miscellaneous 1,000 1, Electricity 18,000 18, Commercial Insurance 17,218 17, Vehicle Operation 18,000 18, Board Expenses Internet/Computer 1,000 1, Telephone 4,800 4, Groceries 45,000 45, Water Well Expense 1,000 1, Trash Removal Repair/Replacement 16,500 12, New Equipment/Rec 1,750 1, Canteen/Gift Shop 7,000 6,000 Total Inlow Expenses 278, ,998 92

96 SIVELLS BAPTIST RETREAT AND CONFERENCE CENTER 1254 Cox Canyon Road Cloudcroft, NM (575) Buck Wheat, Manager We want to thank the BCNM and the State Executive Board for their continued prayers, support and investment into the lives of everyone who ventures to walk on the campus of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center. Your commitment and sacrifices to serve Christ is felt daily up in the canyon. What an incredible summer we had up in the canyon! We hosted eight different camps on the campus over the course of our camping season this summer. Four camps were planned, organized and implemented by the BCNM, one by a BCNM partnering church out of Hobbs, another by a church out of Alamogordo and two by churches from West Texas. We rejoice that the Lord lead 990 campers, seven summer staffers and several deer and elk to come to the campus this summer. We are also extremely grateful that the Lord allowed us to be a part of His calling and leading of 97 individuals to make public decisions at camp this summer; 50 of those decisions were first-time professions of faith. (Thank You, Lord!) Would you please join us in praying for the Lord to surround those who made public decisions this summer with churches and/or individuals to partner with them to help them take the next steps in their journey of faith? Our retreat season kicked off with five groups in August and 12 groups in September. In October, there has been a slight slowdown with six groups scheduled to be here. The Lord continues to bless Sivells financially. Since the beginning of the year, we have received $74,439 from camper fees. We, at Sivells, are incredibly humbled to know that churches, small groups, camps, etc. continue to trust camp to come and use the facilities here to introduce Christ to others and lead them to a deeper walk in Christ. We also never take for granted those churches who choose to give financially to camp on a monthly, on-going basis. Your sacrifices do not go unnoticed and we would never be able to do all that Christ has called us to do without you. Thank you! Our social media continues to be a great way to share who we are and what is happening at camp. The Sivells website can be located at and our Facebook page is found under Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center. Please look us up on Facebook and like us. It is a great way to know what is happening at camp and how you can pray for us. 93

97 Please pray for us as we move forward to seek the Lord and what He has in store for the camp BUDGET INCOME Designations 84,300 80, Foundation Endowment 5,000 5, Registration/Fees 202, , Store Receipts 5,000 5,000 TOTAL Sivells Revenue 296, ,000 EXPENDITURES Employee Expenses Personnel Salaries 100, , Manager Travel 2,000 2, Employee Retirement 6,610 6, Social Security Taxes 7,647 6, Employee Insurance 14,000 14, Post Retirement Benefits 850 1, Christmas Gift 1,200 1,300 TOTAL EMPLOYEE EXP 132, ,129 Operations Office Supplies 1,250 1, Promotion 5,000 3, Miscellaneous 1,000 1, Utilities 45,000 42, Commercial Insurance 17,240 17, Vehicle Operation 9,000 9, Telephone 6,000 5, Groceries 42,000 44, Trash Removal 3,500 3,000 Cleaning Supplies 0 1,500 TOTAL OPERATIONS 129, ,671 Repair/Maintenance Repairs 15,000 15, Recreation Equipment 3,000 3, New Equipment 4,000 4, Road Maintenance 1,500 1,500 TOTAL REPAIR/MAINT. 23,500 23,500 Camp Costs Store Supplies 3,500 3, Summer Staff Expense 1,200 2, Mission Trip/Project 2,000 1, Sivells Sponsored Camps 3,300 2,000 TOTAL CAMP COSTS 10,000 8,700 Total Sivells Expenses 296, ,000 94

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