2016 Annual The Baptist Convention of NM

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1 2016 Annual The Baptist Convention of NM Dr. Joseph L. Bunce, Executive Director Nancy L. Faucett, Recording Secretary 1

2 ANNUAL of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico PO Box 94485, Albuquerque Wyoming NE, Albuquerque Sagebrush Inn and Suites Taos, New Mexico October 25-26, 2016 OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION President First Vice President Second Vice President Recording Secretary Assistant Recording Secretary Parliamentarian Jonathan Richard, Estancia First Dennis Garcia, Moriarty First Jared Bridge, Albuquerque Anchor Nancy Faucett, BCNM Kim Treece, BCNM Jason Anderson, Silver City First 2017 meeting to be held October at First Baptist Church, Bloomfield Preacher of Annual Sermon Alternate Andrew Hebert, Hobbs Taylor Memorial Kyle Bueerman, Alamogordo First October October Meeting 2019 Meeting Las Cruces Clovis 2

3 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN TOTAL NUMBER OF BAPTISMS IN 2016* Church Membership Baptisms 1. Albuquerque Sagebrush 6,973 1, Mesilla Park Ruidoso First Albuquerque First Hobbs Crosswinds 1, Mescalero Mission Albuquerque Fellowship Hobbs Taylor Memorial Edgewood Mountain Valley Rio Rancho First 1, TOP TEN CHURCHES IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS IN 2016** Church Membership Total CP 1. Bloomfield First 2,011 $236, Clovis Central 1,330 $160, Carlsbad First 841 $133, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 590 $128, Farmington Emmanuel 1,212 $122, Artesia First 1,194 $112, Las Cruces First 2,428 $91, Mesilla Park 656 $91, Albuquerque Eastern Hills 1,258 $89, Alamogordo Bethel 880 $85,843 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER CAPITA COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS IN 2016** Church Membership Total Per Capita CP 1. Albq. Southwest Church 2 $2, Bayard First 5 $ Roswell Calvary 59 $ Carlsbad Garden Street 22 $ Portales The Porch 17 $ Belen Sierra Vista 35 $ Farmington First 154 $ Albq. Alameda 65 $ Los Alamos First 198 $ Jemez Mountain 23 $

4 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS IN 2016** Church Membership Total MNM 1. Las Cruces First 2,428 $31, Roswell Bethel 150 $16, Albq. Monterey 329 $14, Clovis Central 1,330 $12, Alamogordo Bethel 880 $11, High Rolls Trinity 228 $10, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 590 $8, Bloomfield First 2,011 $7, Farmington Emmanuel 1,212 $6, Las Cruces Calvary 2,100 $6,580 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER CAPITA MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS IN 2016** Church Membership Total Per Capita MNM 1. Roswell Bethel 150 $ Taos First 30 $ High Rolls Trinity 228 $ Espanola First 50 $ Carlsbad Garden Street 22 $ Albq. Monterey 329 $ Santa Rosa First 49 $ Roy First 20 $ Bayard First 5 $ Vaughn First 10 $26.50 * Statistics compiled from 2016 Annual Church Profile ** Statistics compiled from receipts received at BCNM office January 1, December 31,

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6 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 6

7 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 Katie Carroll, Accountant Toni Warner, Ministry Assistant Toni Kelley, Ministry Assistant FAX: Information Services Team Kevin Parker, Team Leader Editor, Baptist New Mexican Linda S. Prescott, Ministry Assistant Joy Pittman, Ministry Assistant James Trevillian, Social Media FAX: EVANGELISM/DISCIPLESHIP TEAM Tar Henderson, Rural/Smaller Church Membership 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 Jonathan Bull, 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 7

8 San Juan College 211 W. 20th, Farmington Randi Lash, Campus Minister 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 D Nae Kellum, Ministry Assistant Sam Swann, Student Leadership Development/Evangelism Krista Peterson, Children s Leadership Development/ Women s Ministry Kim Treece, Ministry Assistant J.E. Hammond, Manager, Sivells Baptist Camp Randy Hollis, Facilities Manager, Sivells Baptist Camp Mike Cannata, Manager, Inlow Baptist Camp Barry Walker, Facilities Manager, Inlow Baptist Camp FAX: MISSIONS MOBILIZATION TEAM Scott Wilson, Team Leader Cricket Pairett, Ministry Assistant Ricardo Rivera, State Hispanic Strategist Connie Dixon, WMU Director Daniel Clymer, State Native American Strategist Ira Shelton, Disaster Relief Coordinator FAX:

9 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Baptist Convention of New Mexico 2017 Chairman... Dave McFadden Vice Chairman... Steve Ballew Secretary... Nancy Faucett Executive Director... Joseph Bunce Treasurer... Gerald Farley President of the Convention... John Hinze 321 E. Center, Tucumcari 88401; ONE-YEAR TERM - EXPIRES OCTOBER 2017 Jacob Bassing 500 N. Pennsylvania, Roswell Pecos Valley Association Jared Bridge 8100 Wyoming NE M4-166, Albq Central Association Gary Davis 208 N. 3 rd, Carlsbad Pecos Valley Association Ty Houghtling 322 W. Grand, Artesia Pecos Valley 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 Rebecca Romero 2104 Summit Dr., Farmington San Juan Association TWO-YEAR TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 2018 Steve Ballew 211 W. 20 th St., Farmington San Juan Association Andy Dehart PO Box 557, Hatch Rio Grande Association Larry Evans PO Box 392, Cloudcroft Mountain Valley Association Brandon Hutchinson 635 Lake Dr., Santa Rosa Tucumcari Association Charles Lord PO Box 903, Sandia Park Central Association Dave McFadden 100 S. Ave. C, Portales Eastern Association Joe Phillips PO Box 409, Red River Santa Fe Association Dave Rowser 837 W. Jackson Ave., Lovington Southeastern Association Billy Tucker 3202 Thunder Rd., Alamogordo Mt. Valley Association Don Turnage 29 Flamingo, Silver City Southwestern Association THREE-YEAR TERM - EXPIRES OCTOBER 2019 Renaldon Begay PO Box 3978, Gallup Western Association Kaul Corley PO Box 206, Cubero Western Association Jamie Duke 3 Placita Dalinda, Santa Fe Santa Fe Association Michael Erwin PO Box 95, San Jon Tucumcari Association David Fernandez PO Box 366, Gallup Central 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 Kit Johnson 1712 Pine Valley, Las Cruces Rio Grande Association Virginia Yazzie PO Box 2432, Bloomfield San Juan Association 9

10 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Team Committees 2017 Chairman John Hinze IST Information Services Team (7 members) Pam Mayes, Chair. Jacob Bassing Gary Davis Larry Evans Dennis Harris Brandon Hutchinson Don Turnage EDT Evangelism/Discipleship Team (7 members) Charles Lord, Chair. Jared Bridge Andy Dehart David Fernandez Ty Houghtling Danny Kirkpatrick Virginia Yazzie LDT Leadership Development Team (7 members) Luke Miller, Chair. Jamie Duke Michael Head Michael Erwin Kit Johnson Rebecca Romero Billy Tucker MMT Missions Mobilization Team (8 members) Steve Ballew, Chair Renaldon Begay Kaul Corley Eyvonne Gunn Alan McAlister Brian Nystrom Joe Phillips Dave Rowser 10

11 State Executive Board Committees 2017 continued Special Committees Joseph Bunce, Staff Advisor John Hinze, Chairman Dave McFadden, Ex-Officio Andy DeHart (EDT) Dennis Harris (IST) Jamie Duke (LDT) Alan McAlister (MMT) Property and Finance Gerald Farley, Staff Advisor Dave McFadden, Chairman John Hinze, Ex-Officio Charles Lord (EDT) Pam Mayes (IST) Luke Miller (LDT) Steve Ballew (MMT) Nominating Committee Joe Phillips, Chairman Jacob Bassing Eyvonne Gunn 11

12 PASTOR S/LAYMEN S CONFERENCE PRESIDENT Aaron Colyer, Roswell First, CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMITTEE 2017 One-Year Term Expires October 2017 Walter Bradley PO Box 22, Clovis Wanda Hiett Lawson Ct. NE, Albq Two-Year Term Expires October 2018 Mark Burton Charla Ct NE, Albq Gavin Vaughn II Box 1749, Artesia Three-Year Term Expires October 2019 Jay McCollum 2112 College Dr., Gallup Leon Nall 320 S R R AB, Portales

13 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Elected at 2016 Convention to serve in 2017 Alan Stoddard, Chairman, Ruidoso First Linda Brown, Socorro First Claude Cone, Albuquerque Monterey Eric Frye, Farmington Emmanuel John Russo, Ft. Sumner ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE Elected at 2016 Convention to serve in 2017 John Hinze, Chairman, Tucumcari First Margene Harris, Socorro First Joan Lemmon, Santa Fe First Mary Jo Shaffer, Roswell First 13

14 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 14

15 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, 15

16 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 16

17 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,

18 THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF NEW MEXICO BYLAWS (As Amended October 26, 2016) 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 authorization of their election by their churches. The required credentials shall be the BCNM registration form which can be submitted electronically or by paper copy and shall be presented to the Credentials Committee of the Convention before being seated. Section 2. As an autonomous State Baptist Convention, the Convention in session 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 percentage of their undesignated gifts through the Cooperative Program. The faith and practices of each cooperating church, in the opinion of the Convention in session, shall not be in conflict Convention s affirmed Statement of Faith. 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. A. President. The President shall work in conjunction with the Executive Director s office to prepare and publish a program for the 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 President shall also appoint, at least 45 days before the annual Convention, two members to serve on the Credentials Committee and five members to serve on the Committee on Committees. The President shall serve on the State Executive Board and chair the Policy/Personnel Committee. B. Vice-Presidents. The Credentials Committee shall be chaired by the First 18

19 Vice-President, or the Second Vice-President in the absence of the First Vice-President. They shall also preside over sessions of the Annual State Convention as appointed by the President. Section 2. In addition the Convention shall have the offices of Executive Director, 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 19

20 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. 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; an 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. Order of Business Committee. The Order of Business 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. 20

21 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 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 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 21

22 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 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. 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. 22

23 Section 9. Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held on the fourth Monday in January and the third Monday in 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 vote is taken, provided notice of the proposed amendment is given at the first session of the Convention. 23

24 Minutes of the Convention One Hundred Fourth Session October 25-26, 2016 Sagebrush Inn and Suites Taos, New Mexico Minutes of the 104th annual session of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting at the Sagebrush Inn and Suites in Taos, New Mexico. Officers serving include Jonathan Richard, Estancia First, president; Dennis Garcia, Moriarty First, first vice-president; Jared Bridge, Albuquerque Anchor, second vicepresident Nancy Faucett, BCNM, recording secretary and Kim Treece, BCNM, assistant recording secretary. Churches seating messengers included: Alamogordo Bethel, Eternity and First; Albuquerque Alameda, Anchor, Del Norte, Eastern Hills, First West, Fellowship, First Indian, Iglesia Central, Indian Nations, Monterey, Riverside, Sandia and X-Factor; Angel Fire; Anthony First; Artesia First; Aztec Bethel and First; Belen First and Sierra Vista; Bernalillo First; Bosque Farms Tender Mercy; Capitan Canaan Trail and Trinity; Carlsbad First; Cloudcroft First; Clovis Central, Highland and Iglesia Belen; Conchas; Corona First; Cuba First and Tinian; Deming Bethel and First; Eagle Nest; Elephant Butte Church at the Butte; Elida First; Estancia First; Eunice First; Fairacres; Farmington Emmanuel; Fort Sumner First; Gallup East Aztec, El Buen Pastor, First and The Journey; Gila Valley; Grants First; Hagerman First; Hatch First; High Rolls Trinity; Hobbs Bethel, New Hope, Open Arms and Taylor Memorial; Jal First; Jemez Pueblo; Laguna Acoma; Las Cruces Calvary, First and Primera; Las Vegas Calvary; Los Chavez First; Lovington First and Jackson Avenue; Mayhill; Milan Immanuel; Moriarty First; Portales Calvary, Emmanuel and First; Raton First, Red River First; Rio Mimbres; Rio Rancho Celebration, First and Paragon; Roswell First and Mountain View; Ruidoso First; Ruidoso Downs First; San Jon First; Santa Fe Calvary, First and Rosa de Saron; Santa Rosa First, Silver City First and Indian Hills; Socorro First; Springer First; Taos First and First Indian; Texico First; Tucumcari First; Vaughn First and Weed First. CONVENTION THEME: Awaken the Church Tuesday Afternoon, October 25, 2016 Jonathan Richard, Presiding Lamar Morin, BCNM s Leadership Development Team Leader, along with a praise team and an orchestra comprised of several NM churches, led in music worship. President Jonathan Richard, pastor of First Baptist Church of Estancia, called the meeting to order. Randy White, pastor of First Baptist Church of Taos, welcomed messengers and visitors to Taos and led in the invocation. 24

25 President Richard delivered his President s Address. Following a video by Thom Reiner, President of LifeWay, Executive Director Joseph Bunce welcomed guests from various SBC entities and allowed them a time to bring greetings. They included: Ashley Clayton, SBC Executive Committee; Ralph Tone, LifeWay; Deanna Carter, Gateway Seminary; Wanda Lee, National WMU; Rich Johnstone, NAMB; Clyde Meador, IMB; Paul Sadler, Wayland University; and David Brittain, New Orleans Seminary Trustee. BUSINESS SESSION: o Seating of Messengers: Jared Bridge, 2 nd Vice-President and member 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. Carried unanimously. o Appointment of Committees: President Richard appointed Kyle Bueerman of Alamogordo First and David Guerrero of Belen First, to serve on the Credentials Committee. First Vice-President Dennis Garcia chaired the committee and Second Vice-President Jared Bridge also served on the committee. He also appointed Ira Pinkston of Albuquerque Del Norte, to chair the 2016 Committee on Committees. Wayne Brazil of Tatum First, Aaron Coyler of Roswell First, Mike Fiddler of Santa Fe First and Phillip Smith of Socorro First also served on the committee. o Adoption of Program: Stephen Reynolds of Cuba First and member of the Program/Order of Business Committee brought a motion to accept the program as printed. Carried unanimously. o Executive Board Report: Brian Nystrom, chairman of the State Executive Board and pastor of Angel Fire, presented the proposed 2017 budget and proposed changes to the bylaws to be voted on the next day. (Additional wording in bold, removed wording struck through.) 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 authorization 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 The required credentials shall be the BCNM registration form which can be submitted electronically or by paper copy and 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 25

26 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 2. As an autonomous State Baptist group Convention, the Convention in session 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 a percentage of their undesignated gifts through 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 Convention s affirmed Statement of Faith Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments. The Convention in session shall be the final judge of the qualifications of its members. 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. A. President. The President shall work in conjunction with the Executive Director s office to prepare and publish a program for the 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 President shall also appoint, at least 45 days before the annual Convention, two members to serve on the Credentials Committee and five members to serve on the Committee on Committees. The President shall serve on the State Executive Board and chair the Policy/Personnel Committee. 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; an 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 3. Program/Order of Business Committee. The Program/Order of Business Committee shall prepare and publish a 26

27 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 Order of Business 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 6. Credentials Committee. The Credentials Committee shall receive petitions from churches desiring to seat messengers for the first time. The Committee shall recommend to the Convention 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. ARTICLE SEVEN: State Executive Board. Section 9. Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held on Monday night before the third Tuesday the fourth Monday in January, and the third Monday in April, July, and September. He also presented the Entity Board Nominations. New Mexico Baptist Children s Home. Dale Shook was nominated to a new threeyear to expire October New Mexico Baptist Foundation. Currently serving and re-nominated for another three-year term to expire October 2019 were Joe Coey of Rio Rancho First and Lewis Williams of Albuquerque Del Norte. New members nominated to serve included Anne McCollum of Gallup First and Carroll Vaughan of Bloomfield First. Carried unanimously. He presented a motion for the proposed Bylaw change to affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 as the BCNM s Statement of Faith. Carried unanimously. New Business: None New Mexico Baptist Children s Home Report: Executive Director Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that he was bringing a report on the future and not the past. They had begun the process to do adoptions. The program would be housed at the Convention offices in Albuquerque. They were also beginning a Christian counseling program and would not be charging for the service. He said that they were also going to partner with Connie Dixon to help families through Christian Women s Job Corps. He presented the following change to their Articles of Incorporation. (Additional wording in bold, removed wording struck through.) ARTICLE ONE: Name. The name of the Corporation is The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home and Family Ministries, Inc. ARTICLE SEVEN: 27

28 Composition of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of this Corporation shall be composed of one person who is a member of a church in each of the Associations recognized by The Baptist Convention of New Mexico, plus two persons who reside in a radius of one hundred miles of Portales, plus two persons at large, two persons from each of five regions throughout the state who are a member of a church from associations recognized by the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, plus the Executive Director of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. The regions would consist of Northeastern, Southeastern, Northwestern, Southwestern and the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area. This would provide a total of an eleven member board. The change was to be voted on the next day. Christian Life Committee Report: Jay McCollum, chairman of the CLC, presented the report. He thanked Baptists of New Mexico for allowing him to serve as part of the CLC and told of several key upcoming legislative matters. New Mexico Baptist Foundation Report: President Rick Breeden presented the report. He said that total assets were $62 million and they were working with 130 churches. They had distributed $1.2 million. They currently had a board where each member served on both the Foundation and Church Finance Boards. He then said that they were presenting a change in the Articles of Incorporation for each board that would split the board in half, allowing half to serve on each board. He said that in conversation with Convention leadership, it was determined that there was a potential in the mission of Church Finance being in conflict with the mission of the Convention. If the Church Finance should ever have to foreclose on a church property, their mission would change from protecting the church to protecting the corporation and that would conflict with the convention s mission to protect churches. Therefore, it was decided that it would be best to separate the sole membership of the convention on the Church Finance Corporation board. Brian Nystrom spoke on behalf of the State Executive Board and said that the position had been affirmed by the Executive Board as stated in their minutes. Dr. Bunce said that Steve Long as legal counsel for the convention would be available to answer questions. He said that the Church Finance Corporation and the Foundation have very different mission objectives. The Foundation is very compatible with the Convention, but it is difficult when the convention is seen as holding the note on church properties. Recommended changes to the Articles of Incorporation, New Mexico Baptist Foundation. (Additional wording in bold, removed wording struck through.) ARTICLE EIGHT: Composition of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of this Corporation shall be composed of the Executive Director of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico and a minimum of fourteen and a maximum of twenty no fewer than four other persons. Recommended change to the Articles of Incorporation, New Mexico Baptist Church Finance Corporation to 28

29 remove the Baptist Convention of New Mexico as the sole member. Motions were to be voted on the next day. The praise team and orchestra led in music worship. Dr. Bunce introduced new staff to the state. They included: Dennis Teeters of Eunice First, Adam Nash of Albuquerque Del Norte, Ty Platero of Gallup the Journey, Bob and Sharon Cline of Grants First; Carlos Tapia of Grants First, Joseph Andrews of Las Cruces First, Garnett Blaney of Portales First, Larry and Sandi Wood of Hobbs New Hope, Mike Wright of Artesia First, Fred MacDonald of Pecos Valley Association, Barry Foul of Las Cruces First, Robert Hamilton of Deming First, Mark and Beverly Hampton of Laguna-Acoma, Josh Faucett of Elida First, Jeremy and Angela Butler of Rio Mimbres, Cody Landers of Belen First, Joe Regel of Springer First and David Serrano of Las Cruces Primera. The praise team and orchestra led in music worship. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, brought a message. Josh Faucett of Elida First led in the benediction. Tuesday Evening, October 25, 2017 Dennis Garcia, Presiding The New Mexico Singing Churchmen opened the session in concert. Edna Romero of Taos First Indian read scripture and led in the invocation. Robert Jeffress brought a message. The New Mexico Singing Churchmen led in worship. Dr. Bunce gave his annual report. Jamie Duke of Santa Fe Lifepoint led in the benediction. Wednesday Morning, October 26, 2017 Jared Bridge, Presiding Craig Sundheimer and the praise team from Rio Rancho First opened the session in music. Si Budagher, pastor of Rio Rancho First, read scripture and led in prayer. Robert Jeffress brought a message. BUSINESS SESSION 2, President Jonathan Richard presiding. o Committee on Committees Report: Ira Pinkston of Albuquerque Del Norte and chairman of the Committee on Committees presented the report. He recommended that Ed Meyers of Santa Fe First, serve as chairman of the 2016 Resolutions Committee and that Paul Houston of Albuquerque Del Norte and Rob Mayes of Raton First also serve on the committee. Carried unanimously. He recommended that Alan Stoddard of Ruidoso First serve as chairman of the 2017 Nominating Committee and that Linda Brown of Socorro First, Claude Cone of 29

30 o o Albuquerque Monterey, Eric Frye of Farmington Emmanuel and John Russo of Fort Sumner also serve on the committee. Carried unanimously. He then recommended that Margene Harris of Socorro First, Joan Lemmon of Santa Fe First and Mary Jo Shaffer of Roswell First serve alongside the Convention President to make up the 2017 Order of Business Committee. Carried unanimously. Executive Board Report: Brian Nystrom presented a motion to approve the proposed 2017 budget. Carried unanimously. He presented a motion to approve the proposed BCNM Bylaw changes. Carried unanimously. He presented a motion to approve the report of the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home including the changes to their Articles of Incorporation. Carried unanimously. He presented a motion to approve the report from the Foundation and Church Finance Corporation including the changes to their Articles of Incorporation. Carried unanimously. He then asked Steve Long to give a summary of what was involved in the motion to remove the BCNM as the sole member of the Church Finance Corporation. He then asked Dr. Bunce to present plaques to outgoing Executive Board members. They included: April Delores, Beau Lamb, Garland Moore and Matt Sellers. Nominating Committee Report: Kyle Bueerman of Alamogordo First 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 2019 of Jamie Duke of Santa Fe Lifepoint, Eyvonne Gunn of Melrose First, Dennis Harris of Socorro First, Michael Head of Silver City First and Virginia Yazzie of Bloomfield First. New members nominated to serve for a three-year term expiring October 2019 were Renaldon Begay of Gallup First, Kaul Corley of Laguna Acoma, Michael Erwin of San Jon First and David Fernandez of Gallup El Buen Pastor. He recommended that Rebecca Romero of Farmington Mountain Vista fill a one-year term expiring October 2017 He also recommended that Jay McCollum of Gallup First be re-elected to a three-year term expiring October 2019 on the Christian Life Committee and that Leon Nall of Portales Emmanuel be elected to a three-year term expiring 2019 and Wanda Hiett of Albuquerque be elected to a one-year term expiring October 2018 on the CLC. He further recommended that the 2017 State Convention Annual Sermon be given by Hector Belmonte of Albuquerque Iglesia Sinai, the alternate be Dennis Diaz of Mesilla Park and that 2019 State Convention be held October in Clovis. The recommendations carried unanimously. Dr. Bunce presented a plaque of appreciation to Brian Nystrom and thanked him for serving as the chairman of the State Executive Board. He also presented a plaque to Pedro Escobar who was retiring in December and thanked him for his service on the BCNM staff. 30

31 The Rio Rancho Praise Team led in worship. BUSINESS SESSION 3: President Jonathan Richard presiding. Resolutions Committee: Chairman Ed Meyers of Santa Fe First presented the following resolution: Whereas the messengers to the 2016 Baptist Convention of New Mexico have enjoyed a time of worship, fellowship and encouragement together in our Lord, Jesus Christ and also our cooperation with the Gospel, and whereas we recognize the kind hospitality of the Town of Taos and its residents, and whereas we acknowledge the work of First Baptist Church of Taos in coordinating and hosting this year s convention and whereas we especially recognize God s gracious provision in enabling our president, officers, various committees, convention preachers, and platform personnel to execute the affairs of this convention in an orderly and God-glorifying manner, be it therefore resolved that the messengers to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting in Taos, New Mexico October 25-26, 2016 express our gratitude to the Lord and to all those he has used to successfully in carrying out this year s meeting according to His gracious purposes. o Carried unanimously. o o There was no miscellaneous business. Election of Officers: Beau Lamb of Santa Rosa First nominated John Hinze of Tucumcari First for president. David McFadden of Portales First moved that nominations cease. Bennie Williams of Conchas seconded. John Hinze was unanimously elected by acclamation. Bruce Morrison of Church at the Butte nominated Jared Bridge for first vicepresident. Kyle Bueerman of Alamogordo First seconded. Jared Bridge was elected unanimously. Sam Duncan of Conchas nominated Beau Lamb of Santa Rosa First for second vice-president. Michael Erwin of San Jon First seconded. Carried unanimously. The Rio Rancho First Praise Team led in worship. Andrew Hebert of Hobbs Taylor Memorial delivered the annual sermon. Jonathan Richard passed the gavel to John Hinze and delivered his closing remarks. Bruce Morrison of Church at the Butte gave the benediction. Final attendance: 288 messengers from 99 churches and 91 visitors for a total of 379. The meeting was adjourned. 31

32 Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building January 18, 2016 Chairman Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 11:18 a.m. He led in a song and called roll. Members present at the meeting included: Steve Ballew, Jacob Bassing, Vickie Czlapinski, Andy DeHart, April Delores, Jamie Duke, Larry Evans, Eyvonne Gunn, Dennis Harris, John Hinze, Ty Houghtaling, Danny Kirkpatrick, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Dave McFadden, Luke Miller, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips, Dave Rowser, Matt Sellers, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, Shelby Vaughan, and Virginia Yazzie. Those absent included: Don Archer, Jared Bridge, Alan McAlister, and Michael Head. There was a quorum present. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Bunce presented his report. He welcomed and introduced new board members. They included: Steve Ballew from Farmington Emmanuel, Andy DeHart from Hatch First, Jamie Duke from Santa Fe Lifepoint, Larry Evans from Cloudcroft First, Ty Houghtaling from Artesia First, Dave McFadden from Portales First, Dave Rowser from Lovington Jackson Avenue and Shelby Vaughan from Artesia Hermosa Drive. He introduced Mike Cannata and said that, according to policy, he had hired him in the interim time between Executive Board Meetings and that he would be presented in the evening session by the Policy/Personnel Committee for affirmation. He said that beginning in 2016, the BCNM had entered into a new financial partnership with NAMB. There were no longer jointly funded missionaries. There would still be Church Planting Catalysts, but they were NAMB employees under the supervision of BCNM. He said the Policy/Personnel would be looking as some possible changes to the Bylaws in the coming year. In 2015, New Mexico Baptists gave the largest Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in the history of the Convention at $1,253,252. There was also an increase in Cooperative Program giving over Dennis Harris moved to approve the report. There was no discussion. Beau Lamb seconded. Carried unanimously. Charles Lord led in prayer for lunch as the session was adjourned to committee meetings. Plenary Session II Baptist Building 32

33 Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. and called roll. The same members were present with the addition of Jared Bridge. Pam Mayes moved to accept the absences for both sessions. Shelby Vaughan seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Guests present: Margene Harris, Dan and Miriam Pearce. Approval of Minutes: Chairman Nystrom entertained a motion to approve the September minutes. Beau Lamb moved to accept the minutes. April Delores seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that $54,000 came in as a result of the Christmas letter that was sent out. In a tough economic time, they were proud that New Mexico Baptists continue to support the NM Baptist Children s Home. They ended 2015 well. They had some damage from the snow storm the day after Christmas and would have to put new roofs on several buildings. Three kids made professions of faith in Dave McFadden led in prayer for the Home. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: Robert Ewing, president of the NM Baptist Foundation, presented the report. He said that the Church Finance had just over $55 million in assets and they were working with 140 churches within the 10 western states. Total loans were $43 million of that $55 million. There were paying a minimum of 1.8 percent on savings accounts with them. The annual growth rate had been over 10 percent for the previous years. There were 1,075 accounts with the CFC. The Foundation had $48 million to support Kingdom work. Growth rates were at 26 percent. Joe Phillips prayed for the Foundation and Church Finance Corporation. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Charles Lord presented the report. He read the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. He said that Rick Sullivan had gone to the State Evangelism Director s meeting and had found a lot of ideas. He said David Englehart had shared several stories with their committee of how students were sharing the gospel and seeing people come to know the Lord. There were already students applying for summer missions. There would be one NM Mission Team for the year. He said the Evangelism Conference was going to be different and all three conferences would be meeting as one. Dr. Bunce added that of the 500 largest Southern Baptist churches in the Nation, Sagebrush was 33

34 number eight. Jared Bridge moved to accept the report. Billy Tucker seconded. Carried unanimously. Jacob Bassing led in prayer for the EDT. Information Services Team: Pam Mayes presented the report. She said that if people were asked what was going in their church, there would be a variety of answers. She said, God is working all around, but we fail to see it. The Baptist New Mexican wants to share stories through many ways such as snippets in the paper, social media, improving the convention s website and sharing through videos and DVDs. Their goal for the Baptist New Mexican was to have 70 percent New Mexico generated news. They were going to a simpler schedule and were moving from 43 issues a year to 37. Beau Lamb moved to accept the report. Jared Bridge seconded. Carried unanimously. April Delores led in prayer for the IST. Leadership/Development Team: Billy Tucker presented the report. He said that camping ministry was a large part of the LDT. Development of leaders was also a big part. The team was involved in helping hurting churches. He said that Buck had shared in their committee that Sivells was looking for a Facilities Manager. He also shared that the roof on the dining hall needed major work. Mike Cannata shared in committee that he had experience in construction and was already using it at Inlow. They were in the process of refurbishing several showers on the campus. Joe Phillips moved to accept the report. Dennis Harris seconded. Carried unanimously. Ty Houghtaling led in prayer for the LDT. Missions Mobilization Team: John Hinze presented the report. He brought a recommendation for Atherton Trust Funds for Alamogordo First for a potential two year period beginning in March of The amount approved for 2016 was $22,920 and for 2017 for $21,998. The church had property to sell and once it did the financial assistance would drop. Carried unanimously. He presented a recommendation for Harrison Trust Funds for a seminary scholarship for Lorne Denetclaw for $3,000. Carried unanimously. He presented recommendations for Harrison Trust Funds for Indian Camp for $50 per person from requesting churches. Any unused scholarships were to be returned. The churches included: Albuquerque Indian Nations for $500; Espanola First Indian for $300; Jemez Valley for $1,250; Laguna Acoma for $2,500; Taos Indian for $1,000 and Thoreau First for $2,000. Carried unanimously. He said their committee had approved Pastoral Aid for Eagle Nest for $250 per month for Murrell Howell; Gallup First Indian for $250 per month for Robert Fontenot; Hatch Renacer for $250 per month for Mariano Lopez, Glenwood for $250 per month for Wayne Nelson and Cuba First for $250 per month for Stephen Reynolds. Dr. Bunce recognized Dan Pearce and thanked him for his work as a Church Planter Catalyst. Matt Sellers moved to accept the report. Charles Lord seconded. Carried unanimously. Luke Miller led in prayer for the MMT. 34

35 SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Vice-Chairman Charles Lord presided while Chairman Brian Nystrom presented the report. Brian said a big thank you to Gerald Farley and Katie Carroll for all of the work they had done during a very difficult financial year. He said the books closed with a surplus of $50,436, which was forwarded to the IMB. They had approved funds for new roofs at Sivells and the BSU in Las Cruces. He brought a recommendation to approve the Corporate Resolution which states 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 agencies and real property. Carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Report: Jonathan Richard presented the report. He presented Mike Cannata and asked him to share about himself. Mike was unanimously approved. He referred to a handout from the Bylaws concerning seating of messengers at the State Convention and said their committee would be looking at some changes to the bylaw in the coming year. New Business: None Board Time with Dr. Bunce: Dr. Bunce asked new board members to share a little about themselves and anything the Board could pray with them about. He asked board members to help him find people in the state that had completed a bachelor s degree that would be interested in pursuing a Master of Divinity program through Golden Gate Seminary. There were a lot of scholarships available for students and would start in the fall. He distributed a list of how Mission New Mexico funds were dispersed in He asked if there were other items that needed to be addressed in the Mission New Mexico Offering. He asked the board to approve leaving the goal at $320,000 for 2016 and allow the staff to set the designations. Danny Kirkpatrick moved to approve the recommendation. Matt Sellers seconded. Carried unanimously. He asked for discussion from the Board concerning the Bylaws mentioned above. Garland Moore moved to adjourn. Matt Sellers seconded. Carried unanimously. Eyvonne Gunn led in prayer to dismiss at 8:32. 35

36 Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building April 18, 2016 Chairman Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 11:01 a.m. He read scripture, led in song and called roll. Members present included: Steve Ballew, Jacob Bassing, Jared Bridge, Andy DeHart, April Delores, Larry Evans, Eyvonne Gunn, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, John Hinze, Ty Houghtaling, Danny Kirkpatrick, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Alan McAlister, Dave McFadden, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips, Dave Rowser, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, and Virginia Yazzie. Those absent included: Don Archer, Jamie Duke, Luke Miller, Matt Sellers and Shelby Vaughan. Vicki Czapinski had resigned from the board. There was a quorum present. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Bunce presented his report. He introduced Nathan Moore, the new assistant manager at Inlow Camp. He asked Nathan to share about his family. He reminded everyone of the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. He said there was an uptick in disciplemaking across the state. There were over 3,100 baptisms across the state reported in The State Evangelism Conference had 497 adults and 47 children as registered attendees from 126 churches. The 2017 conference would be February at Albuquerque Sandia. There was $50,000 given through a will for ministries with handicapped and Native American children. They were looking at the possibility of having a special needs kid s camp the next year. The Mission New Mexico Offering was $10,000 ahead of the previous year although CP was running behind budget. Dr. Bunce and Mr. Farley were monitoring it closely. There had been a request from the Kenyan Convention to have mission teams from churches to provide leadership training for pastors of churches built through Houses of Hope. He also said there was a new Master of Divinity cohort beginning through Golden Gate Seminary that would begin in the fall. He asked for names of potential students and said there were several scholarships available. He said that Randy Hollis had been hired as Facilities Manager at Sivells, but Buck Wheat had resigned as manager. He thanked Buck for his three years of service at the camp. He presented proposed allocations for the Mission New Mexico Offering, which included BSU Christian Challenge Global Missions, $25,000; BSU Christian Challenge New Mexico Teams, $20,000; Deaf Ministries, $10,000; Disaster Relief, $10,000; Hispanic Ministries, $10,000; Hunger Ministries, $45,000; Inlow Baptist Camp, $105,000; Minister Emergency Funds, $10,000; Minister Family Retreat, $40,000; Muslim 36

37 Ministries, $10,000; Native American Ministries, $10,000, and Sivells Baptist Camp, $25,000 for a total of $320,000. He asked to amend the designations to make the goal for Sivells Baptist Camp $105,000. That brought the total to $400,000. He said it had come to his attention that the manager s house at Sivells was in poor condition. He said it may be necessary to front load funds for Inlow and Sivells to allow moving forward on the two houses and that would be presented in the evening session. He introduced Chad Spriggs, who would be a Church Planting Catalyst employed by NAMB but supervised by the BCNM. He spoke about the book he had presented in his written report, Good Faith, Being a Christian When Society Things You re Irrelevant and Extreme by David Kinnamman and Gabe Lyons. He also recommended the book, Life In Christ by John Stott. He asked for prayer as would be having hip replacement surgery in the coming weeks. Jared Bridge moved to approve the report. There was no discussion. Beau Lamb seconded. Carried unanimously. Alan McAlister led in prayer for Dr. Bunce s hip surgery and recovery. The session was adjourned to committee meetings. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. and called roll. The same members were present except for Jamie Duke and Luke Miller who were present. Vice Chairman Charles Lord introduced guests that were present and led in prayer. Margene Harris was present. Approval of Minutes: REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report via FaceTime. He had just returned home from the Southern Baptist Child Care Workers Meeting. He said that churches would soon be receiving their Mother s Day Offering packet. He asked churches to please share the information in their bulletins and newsletters. It would also be nice for the pastor to share about it from the pulpit. They were anticipating a busy summer. The entire campus was to take a vacation the first week they were out of school to San Antonio, TX. They hope that each cottage would also be able to take individual vacations. Everyone would be home in August however, to get ready for fair. Gifts for support have been good. Dr. Bunce asked him about the meeting he had just 37

38 returned from and the relationship other homes had with their conventions. Mr. Rankin said that there were 20 different Southern Baptist Children s Homes across the SBC. After sitting through meetings with them, he saw how blessed he was to serve in New Mexico. Joe Phillips moved to accept the report. Pam Mayes seconded. Carried unanimously. Beau Lamb led in prayer for the Home. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: Micheal Summer presented the report. He said that year end assets were over $57 million on the Church Finance side. Loan demand had increased 10 percent. On the Foundation side, beneficiaries had received $1 million. Assets equaled $38 million, a one percent increase. They were to conduct several wills and trusts seminars throughout the year, a total of seven. Gift annuities and scholarships were picking up. They were working on their social media impact over the summer. Dave McFadden moved to accept the report. Jared Bridge seconded. Carried unanimously. Danny Kirkpatrick led in prayer for the Foundation. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Team Chairman Jared Bridge presented the report. He told how he had begun to prayer run his neighborhood. He told a story about Dillon who lived in his neighborhood and had been struggling with a heroin addiction. He led in prayer for him. He showed a little form he had gotten from Rick Sullivan to help him keep tract of 10 people he was witnessing to. He said Rick would be happy to share them with anyone. He said that April Delores had shared about nine people at Laguna Acoma that had given their lives to Christ the previous weekend. Garland Moore said he had 24 candidates for baptism Easter Sunday. Jared shared another story about Jesse Boggs. He met Jesse at the Bivocational Minister s Retreat the previous year. Jesse pastored in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He heard from Jesse that they had their first baptism in that community in four years. He told about what a blessing the 2016 State Evangelism Conference had been. April Delores led in prayer for the EDT. Information Services Team: Team Chairman Pam Mayes presented the report. She said that they were in the business of telling stores and were working hard to keep everyone informed. She showed everyone the new format of the Baptist New Mexican and said there would be other changes too. Kevin Parker demonstrated the new BNM Portal that would be added soon to the BCNM website. Michael Head led in prayer for the IST. There was a short break. 38

39 Leadership/Development Team: Team Chairman Billy Tucker presented the report. He led in prayer for the search for a new manager at Sivells. He said that summer camps were about to happen. He told about repairs being made at Sivells and said that summer staffing for both camps was almost complete. Camps would start at both camps the first of June and each church should be receiving information about all of the camps in the mail. The Bivocational Pastor s Retreat would be at Sivells June The Minister and Family Retreat would be August 3-5, 2017 and the location was still being hammered out. There were 550 young people at the Young Lives Ablaze Conference earlier in the month. There were six who accepted Christ and one on track to be baptized. Joe Phillips led in prayer for the LDT. Missions Mobilization Team: Team Chairman John Hinze presented the report. He said that they had granted pastoral aid to Beau Lamb at Santa Rosa First in the amount of $250 a month. He reminded the board that this was on a three year rotation and the amount would go down each year. He brought a recommendation for up to $1,000 in Harrison Trust Funds for Bloomfield Gospel Victory and up to $1,000 for Mescalero for Inlow Indian Camp. Carried unanimously. He said they had heard great reports from the Missions Team members. Jamie Duke led in prayer for the MMT. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Vice-Chairman Charles Lord chaired the committee while Brian Nystrom presented the report. Brian presented a recommendation to fund the necessary amount of the Mission New Mexico Offering related to housing at Inlow and Sivells from designated funds until the offering was completed. The recommendation carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Report: President Jonathan Richard presented the report. He presented recommendation 1: SABBATICAL POLICY After seven years of continuous full-time service to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico s Strategic Leadership Team level staff members are eligible for a four-week, paid sabbatical. The purpose of the sabbatical should be to allow for a time of rest as well as a change of pace including some uninterrupted study time. A sabbatical request is to be submitted to the Executive Director. This request will include a proposed sabbatical plan along with projected expenses. At no time will more than one employee be on sabbatical. Once the sabbatical plan and expense of the sabbatical are approved by the Executive Director, the employee can proceed with the agreed upon sabbatical plan and a report of the sabbatical will be forthcoming following their return. Any sabbatical expenses will be in keeping with BCNM policy and/or IRS regulations. Eligibility for SLT members involved in continuing advanced education would be postponed until the 39

40 conclusion of their education. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: To have each entity of which the Baptist Convention of New Mexico is a member to submit a dossier of each new board member nominee being presented to the State Executive Board to include contact/church information and qualifications. Carried unanimously. New Business: None Board Time with Dr. Bunce: Dr. Bunce said that he had invited SBC Attorney Augie Boto to speak during this time of the board, but his flight had been delayed due to inclement weather in Houston. He would be present the next day to conduct a Church Liability Issues in the Church Seminar. He said he had asked Mr. Boto to address the previously discussed issues of seating messengers for the BCNM. He said that in the documents that we currently had, there was a section that stated that in order to be a member in good standing you must give $250. Many of our churches view that as dues. We need to try to move away from the dues philosophy. The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 p.m. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building July 18, 2016 Chairman Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 11:05 a.m. He called roll. Members present included: Steve Ballew, Jacob Bassing, Jared Bridge, Andy DeHart, Larry Evans, Eyvonne Gunn, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, Ty Houghtaling, Danny Kirkpatrick, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Alan McAlister, Luke Miller, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips, Jonathan Richard, Dave Rowser, Don Turnage, and Virginia Yazzie. Those with excused absences included: April Delores, John Hinze, Dave McFadden, Matt Sellers, and Billy Tucker. Jamie Duke and Shelby Vaughan were also absent. Don Archer had resigned from the board. There was a quorum present. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Bunce presented his report. He welcomed guests and said that they included several Directors of Missions: John Torrison, Central Association; Fred MacDonald, Pecos Valley Association; Dan Pearce, Eastern and Tucumcari Associations and Danny Kirkpatrick from Southeastern Association who serves on the Board. He pointed to baptisms totals each year from 2006 to 2015 that were listed in his report. He said that of the 281 congregations that reported on the 2015 Annual Church Profile, 84 40

41 reported zero baptisms. As important as it was to plant new churches it was also important to assist declining churches. He was also assigning areas of responsibility for the Convention staff to be certain to maximize effectiveness. He emphasized that church re-planting and church revitalization were different. He said that while church planting and re-planting would remain in the Missions Mobilization Team church revitalization would move to the Evangelism/Discipleship Team. He said that the Convention was not a denomination of mega churches, but of smaller membership churches. The 2015 Annual Church Profile showed 198 of the 281 reporting churches in the state average 75 or less in attendance. Therefore, he was expanding the Evangelism/Discipleship Team by presenting Tar Henderson, together with the Policy/Personnel Committee, to serve as the Small Membership and Rural Church Consultant. He also hoped to present another individual in the near future that would be assigned to overall revitalization of churches along with the task of relating specifically to upcoming millennial pastors. He was also re-assigning Sunday School and Sunday School training to the Leadership Development Team who was already doing Vacation Bible School training as well as assisting with Sunday School and small group training. He said that the Bylaws of the Convention needed to be updated. He would be asking the State Convention to affirm the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message as the Convention s Statement of Faith. He also said that the dates of the Executive Board s January board meeting needed to be changed because it continually fell on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He said Cooperative Program giving in June and July was up and the Mission New Mexico Offering had already reached $100,000 of the $400,000 goal. The special offering would be heavily promoted in September. Beau Lamb moved to approve the report. Garland Moore seconded. Carried unanimously. Jared Bridge led in prayer for lunch and the session was adjourned to committee meetings. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. and called roll. The same members were present with the addition of Jamie Duke. Jared Bridge moved to excuse the absences of those that had notified the board of their absence. Dave Rowser seconded. Carried unanimously 41

42 Guests Present: Dr. Bunce introduced guests that were present. They included: John Torrison, Dan Pearce and his wife Miriam, Fred MacDonald, Barbara Turnage, Margene Harris, Tar and Elaine Henderson, Lewis Williams, Mario Yazzie, Jack and Lou Ann Berryhill, Rene Edwards, Barbara Blackwell and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lemmons. Vice Chairman Charles Lord led in prayer. Old Business: None REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He expressed appreciation to the board for allowing him to report via FaceTime at the previous meeting. He said that the Mother s Day Offering was at $110,000. There had been several work groups on the campus throughout the summer and he thanked the board for Mission New Mexico dollars that helped with the Transitional Living building. He said they would be temporarily closing one of the cottages to allow time for some much needed repair. The children had all been reassigned and all staff was still being utilized. He brought a recommendation to elect Dale Shook from Hobbs Taylor Memorial to their board to replace David Wheat who was rotating off. Dave Rowser moved to accept the report with the recommendation. Eyvonne Gunn seconded. Carried unanimously. Don Turnage led in prayer for the Home. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: Rick Breeden presented the report. He introduced Church Finance Vice- Chairman Lewis Williams. He said that the Church Finance Corporation had grown from $12 million to $60 million in the last 10 years. Total loans were $43 million and total investors or investments were $49 million. Loans represented about 75 percent of their total assets. The Foundation side was at $28 million 10 years ago and $39 million the end of June. There was $1.2 million paid out in 2015 and distributions through March were about $301,000. He said the first quarter was not their largest distribution time, it was typically more in the fall scholarship time in the fall. They hoped to be on mark to hit $1.2 million again. Total assets under management were $38.7 million He brought a recommendation of board nominees of Joe Coey of Rio Rancho First, Anne McCollum of Gallup First, Carroll Vaughan of Bloomfield First and Lewis Williams of Albuquerque Del Norte. Jonathan Richard moved to approve the report with the recommendations. Danny Kirkpatrick 42

43 seconded. Carried unanimously. He also informed the board of changes their board was proposing to the State Convention to change Article Eight of the Articles of Incorporation for the New Mexico Baptist Foundation and Article Eight of the Articles of Incorporation for the Church Finance Corporation. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Jared Bridge presented the report. He said they spent time praying for the 48 summer missionaries serving around the world. They were looking at San Juan College and the ministry there. Jonathan Bull was moving from Portales to the New Mexico Highlands University as Director. He said the Evangelism Conference was coming up in February, but the State Fair would be in September. He said they were looking for groups to do a missions trip and serve at the Fair. Jacob Bassing led in prayer for the team. Information Services Team: Pam Mayes presented the report. She said their team seeks to connect churches of all sizes to help them know they are a part of a much bigger picture. A lot of time and energy has gone into launching the new information portal. Another way to be connected was to be part of the storyteller network. They were publishing information on all the events occurring on the other teams. Dave Rowser led in prayer for the team There was a short break. Leadership/Development Team: Luke Miller presented the report. He said that the responsibility for Sunday School or Bible Study training was being transferred to their team. He also said that the Contextualized Leadership Training and the development of the New Mexico School of Christian Leadership. There would be a full slate of courses available in the fall and information could be found at He said summer was the busiest time for their team. There were 235 at the Lives Ablaze 1.0 Camp, 111 at Lives Ablaze 2.0 and 262 at Lives Ablaze 3.0 for over 600 campers at the youth camps. Combined statistics from the camps had 22 professions of faith, 18 rededications, 10 called to the ministry and seven other decisions. They also took an offering at each of the camps designated this year to go the India Mission Projects and they totaled approximately $3,500. The first children s camp at Inlow made it until Tuesday about noon and had to evacuate due to the Dog Head Fire. After they evacuated to the Estancia Fair Grounds their camp pastor preached one last time and three children accepted Christ. They had 187 in attendance at that camp and 199 at Connection Camp at Sivells with four professions of faith. He said the Worship4Life Camp and Children s Music Camp had been the previous week at Inlow with 81 at CMC and 152 at W4L. 43

44 Overall there were over 1,200 at the combined camps. Some good news from Inlow was that the evacuation plan set in place worked great and they evacuated the entire camp in 22 minutes. VBS Training continued to grow with over 400 individuals trained. Andy DeHart led in prayer for the team. Missions Mobilization Team: Beau Lamb presented the report. He said there had been 365 salvations reported from their team in June and July, but they were across the world. There were 15 baptisms they knew of. There were also four men licensed to be pastors. They had four folks praying about being church planters. They were working on publicizing the Mission New Mexico Offering. If every family in the state gave $20, they would be over the goal. It needed to be publicized though. Pam Mayes led in prayer for the team. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Vice-Chairman Charles Lord chaired the meeting while Brian Nystrom presented the report. Brian presented a recommendation that Dr. Bunce be authorized to sign a quit claim deed regarding the removal of the reversionary clause for Lot Eleven (11), Pueblos de Rodeo Road Area 2, Santa Fe, New Mexico, as shown on plat filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico on November 9, 1977 as Document No. 411,071 and amended plat recorded as Document No. 412,848 known as Rodeo Road Baptist Church. Carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Report: President Jonathan Richard presented the report. He presented Recommendation 1: to hire Tar Henderson as Smaller Membership and Rural Church Consultant serving in the Evangelism/Discipleship Team. He had Tar share his heart for the ministry and his testimony. Carried Unanimously. He drew attention to proposed Bylaw changes that would be presented for vote at the September meeting. Recommendation 2: to approve the Statement of Faith, As the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, we affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 as the Convention s affirmed Statement of Faith. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 3: To add to the Policy Manual s Retirement Plan policy on contributions, Subparagraph B. An employee, once a year, can determine where they want to invest an amount equal to their contribution, but not to exceed five percent of their compensation, by letting the accountant know and filling out the proper paperwork to enable such a transaction to take place. Carried unanimously. Board Time with Dr. Bunce Jacob Bassing moved to adjourn. Andy DeHart seconded. Carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 9:02 p.m. 44

45 Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building September 19, 2016 Chairman Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 11:04 a.m. He called roll. Members present included: Steve Ballew, Jacob Bassing, Andy DeHart, April Delores, Jamie Duke, Larry Evans, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, John Hinze, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Alan McAlister, Dave McFadden, Luke Miller, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips, Jonathan Richard, Dave Rowser, Matt Sellers, Billy Tucker, Shelby Vaughan and Virginia Yazzie. Members absent included: Jared Bridge, Eyvonne Gunn, Ty Houghtaling, Danny Kirkpatrick and Don Turnage. There was a quorum present. Matt Sellers moved to approve the absences. John Hinze seconded. Carried unanimously. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Bunce presented his report. He thanked April Delores, Beau Lamb, Garland Moore and Matt Sellers who were rotating off the board and encouraged them to attend the State Convention to allow messengers to also thank them for the service. He said that the Church Finance Corporation would be bringing a request in the evening session to have the Baptist Convention of New Mexico removed as their sole member. This was to remove liability. The BCNM would continue to be the sole member for the New Mexico Baptist Foundation. The appropriate action from the Board would be to vote to affirm the action that would be presented directly to the Convention messengers. He thanked Brian Nystrom for leadership over the past two years and said that new officers would be elected in the evening session. He said that the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home would also be bringing some proposed changes to their Articles of Incorporation in the evening session. Members present in the evening session would also be looking at new partnership agreement with the North American Mission Board and voting on the Proposed 2017 Budget. With that budget he noted that the BCNM must continue to provide resources for ministries, but must also continue to move money onto SBC causes. The budget to be presented includes a two percent increase in Cooperative Program giving to the SBC. That would be a total of five percent in the last three years. He thanked Disaster Relief volunteers and those that had served at the New Mexico State Fair including Tar Henderson and Jonathan Richard that had put in many hours. He said that the State Fair ministry had the largest number of volunteers in the history of the ministry. He said that Catalyst Church in Artesia launched with over 100 members and four others were set to launch soon. They included: Christ Church ABQ, Rio Church, Christ Fellowship and Anhelo Iglesia Cristiana. He pointed out that there seemed to be 45

46 an uptick in baptisms across the state and for that he was grateful. He introduced J.E. Hammond who would be presented in the evening session as the new manager at Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center. He asked J to say a few words to the board. He asked the board to pray for churches across the state that were looking for a pastor. He shared BCNM staff that would celebrate anniversaries in the next few months and recommended two books. The Millennials, Connecting to America s Largest Generation by Thom S. Rainer and Jess W. Rainer and Reaching Millennials, Proven Methods for Engaging a Younger Generation by David Stark. Garland Moore moved to approve the report. Shelby Vaughan seconded. Carried unanimously. Pam Mayes led in prayer for lunch and the meeting was adjourned to committee meetings at 12:20 p.m. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 5:43 p.m. and called roll. The same members were present with the addition of Jared Bridge. Dennis Harris moved to excuse the absences. April Delores seconded. Carried unanimously Guests Present: Dr. Bunce introduced guests that were present. They included: Margene Harris, Steve Long, Gary Lowe and Jamie Richard Dave McFadden led in prayer. Old Business: None REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that the kids that participated in the County Fair did very well and all of the kids were settling into school. He said that their board met the previous Friday and had approved several things. One was that after the first of the year, they would have an adoption program available through the Children s Home. It was to be a ministry and not a money making venture. They would also be hiring a full-time Christian counselor, but would not be charging for those services. They were enhancing their work through Christian Women s Job Corps and would be partnering with the BCNM to have Connie Dixon work through the Children s Home in this venture. He presented a RECOMMENDATION to change their name to the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home and Family Ministries. Billy Tucker moved to approve the change. David McFadden seconded. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: To allow their board to change the board structure to go to a five region structure, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, 46

47 Southwest and Central. They would have two board members from each region along with the Executive Director of the BCNM. Dennis Harris moved to allow the change. Beau Lamb seconded. Carried unanimously. Jared Bridge moved to accept the report. Matt Sellers seconded. Carried unanimously. Beau Lamb led in prayer for the Home. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: President Rick Breeden presented the report. He said that after a discussion with BCNM leadership, it was decided that the Church Finance Corporation could be at odds the Convention s mission purpose. Their board had voted to remove the BCNM as the sole member of the Church Finance Corporation. They would still remain the sole member of the New Mexico Baptist Foundation. Dave McFadden moved to affirm the Church Finance s decision. Beau Lamb seconded. Carried unanimously. John Hinze led in prayer for the New Mexico Baptist Foundation and the Church Finance Corporation. AUDIT REPORT: Auditor Nick Loftis presented the report. He said that the convention received an unmodified or clean audit. Total assets were at $8.9 million. Bryan Nystrom surrendered the chair to Vice-Chairman Charles Lord and presented a recommendation from the Property/Finance Committee to approve the audit. The recommendation carried unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Jared Bridge moved to approve the April and July minutes. John Hinze seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a short break. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Jared Bridge presented the report. He said that college ministries that the BCNM put on are hitting home runs left and right. He shared several stories from the collegiate ministries. He also said that the Diaper Changing and Nursing Moms booths at the New Mexico State Fair were very positive and volunteers were able to minister and share with several people. Jamie Duke led in prayer for the Evangelism/Discipleship Team. Information Services Team: Pam Mayes presented the report. She said that the Information Services Team tells stories and they are always looking for stories to tell. These stories inspire others with the ministries that are shared. 47

48 Connections are being made and people are being enabled to mobilize. She encouraged everyone to be willing to share their story with the Baptist New Mexican. Some other ways they communicate are through the GoBNM.com Portal, Facebook and Twitter. Steve Ballew led in prayer for the Information Services Team. Leadership/Development Team: Billy Tucker presented the report. He showed how he had pulled up on his phone a website for the New Mexico School of Christian Leadership (NMSCL.com.) He said they had discussed in their committee how to best communicate with leadership throughout the state. They had been doing group leader training and using the book, I Am a Member by Thom Rainer. They were also using another book by Thom Rainer entitled, Who Moved My Pulpit and gave a copy to each member. Andy DeHart led in prayer for the Leadership Development Team. Missions Mobilization Team: John Hinze presented the report. He said that they reviewed their monthly reports from planters, apprentices and church pastoral aid during their committee time. They had approved Pastoral Aid for Rob McIntosh in Church Rock for $250 per month September through December. He said that Mission New Mexico materials had been distributed and encouraged board members to promote the offering through use of the videos that were included in the packet sent to each church. He said they had approved the development of a 10:2 Conference to be held in five areas of the state in The Mission Banquet at the Annual State Convention had been replaced with a Crossover Taos event. April Delores led in prayer for the Missions Mobilization Team. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Vice-Chairman Charles Lord chaired the meeting while Brian Nystrom presented the following recommendations. RECOMMENDATION 1: to approve the proposed 2017 budget. Carried unanimously. RECOMMENDATION 2 had been approved during the audit report. RECOMMENDATION 3: That funds in the account Interest on Notes be designated by the Executive Board to offset the post retirement benefit liability until the liability is covered or the liability ceases to exist. Carried unanimously. RECOMMENDATION 4: To use $70,000 from Operational Reserves to cover necessary capital improvements for the camps. Carried unanimously. Brian Nystrom resumed the chair. Policy/Personnel Report: President Jonathan Richard presented the following recommendations. RECOMMENDATION 1: To call J.E. Hammond as the manager of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center under the Leadership Development Team. Carried unanimously. RECOMMENDATION 2: To add 48

49 a sentence to the end of the recommendation from the July meeting regarding a retirement policy. The sentence states, The employer s contribution will continue to Guidestone. Carried unanimously. RECOMMENDATION 3: To approve the proposed bylaw changes as presented at the July Meeting. PROPOSED BCNM BYLAW CHANGES 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 authorization 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 The required credentials shall be the BCNM registration form which can be submitted electronically or by paper copy and 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 2. As an autonomous State Baptist group Convention, the Convention in session 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 a percentage of their undesignated gifts through 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 Convention s affirmed Statement of Faith Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments. The Convention in session shall be the final judge of the qualifications of its members. Section 3. 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. 49

50 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. A. President. The President shall work in conjunction with the Executive Director s office to prepare and publish a program for the 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 President shall also appoint, at least 45 days before the annual Convention, two members to serve on the Credentials Committee and five members to serve on the Committee on Committees. The President shall serve on the State Executive Board and chair the Policy/Personnel Committee. B. Vice-Presidents. The Credentials Committee shall be chaired by the First Vice President, or the Second Vice President in the absence of the First Vice President. They shall also preside over sessions of the Annual State Convention as appointed by the President. 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; an 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 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 Order of Business 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 50

51 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 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 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. ARTICLE SEVEN: State Executive Board. Section 9. Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held on Monday night before the third Tuesday the fourth Monday in January, and the third Monday in 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. Carried unanimously. RECOMMENDATION 4: To approve the NAMB agreement as amended. Carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: Election of Officers: Chairman Nystrom entertained nominations for Chairman of the Board. Billy Tucker nominated Larry Evans who respectively declined the nomination. Alan McAlister nominated David McFadden. Jared Bridge seconded. Jonathan Richard moved that nominations cease. Joe Phillips seconded. Nominations ceased and David McFadden was elected by acclamation. Chairman Nystrom entertained nominations for Vice-Chairman. Dave McFadden nominated Joe Phillips who declined. John Hinze nominated Steve Ballew. Andy DeHart seconded. Garland Moore made a motion that nominations cease. Beau Lamb seconded. Nominations ceased and Steve Ballew was elected by acclamation. Board Time with Dr. Bunce 51

52 Dr. Bunce again thanked board members who were rotating off the board. He also thanked Pedro Escobar, who would retire at the end of the year, for his service to the BCNM. He said that the BCNM staff had been downsized 40 percent since he came on board. He said that the BCNM staff is the greatest anywhere. He asked BCNM staff for personal prayer requests and closed the meeting in prayer at 8:43 p.m. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Conference Call November 12, 2016 Vice-Chairman Charles Lord called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Don Archer, Jacob Bassing, Jared Bridge, Vickie Czlapinski, April Delores, Eyvonne Gunn, Dennis Harris, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Garland Moore, Joe Phillips, Jonathan Richard, Billy Tucker and Don Turnage. Members not present: Steve Ballew, Jamie Duke, Larry Evans, Michael Head, John Hinze, Ty Houghtling, Danny Kirkpatrick, Alan McAlister, Dave McFadden, Luke Miller, Brian Nystrom, Dave Rowser, Matt Sellers, Shelby Vaughan and Virginia Yazzie. There was a quorum. Dr. Bunce explained the that he had previously sent outlying an agreement he had hammered out with Steve Bass, Vice-President, NAMB. He said it showed that, beginning in 2016, there would be no more jointly-funded missionaries between the BCNM and NAMB. The new agreement would reflect no funding for Scott Wilson or the Evangelism Director. Money that had been promised through 2017 would be sent to the BCNM in It would also include money for Pedro Escobar who would become fulltime BCNM until he would retire at the end of It allowed for 100 percent funding for 1.5 Church Planting Catalysts in 2016 and 2.5 in NAMB would be the employee on record for these people, but the BCNM would have full supervisory rights. Beau Lamb moved to accept the agreement, Don Archer seconded, carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 10:48 a.m. 52

53 Dear New Mexico Baptists: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT Dr. Joseph L. Bunce These are exciting times in New Mexico. By means of this report, I want to share with you some wonderful things that are happening in and across our state. Let me begin by saying, thank you, for your generosity in supporting the Cooperative Program and Mission New Mexico. As of Wednesday, September 15, 2016, we have received $2,450, in Cooperative Program receipts. Also, as of September 15, we have received $123, for Mission New Mexico. New Mexico Baptists generosity is not only admirable, but it is also greatly appreciated by ministries across our state and across the Southern Baptist Convention. I would like to give a special thanks to New Mexico Baptists who have done ministry across our state and our nation. We have had Disaster Relief volunteers serving, not only in New Mexico, but also in Missouri, Wyoming, Texas and Louisiana. They have seen 67 professions of faith from January through August. I also want to thank those that have worked at the New Mexico State Fair. This year, we have had the largest number of volunteers since the ministry started in The Baptist Convention of New Mexico staff continues to do a superb job of assisting and resourcing local churches. The majority of New Mexico Baptist churches are small and single staffed with very limited budgets. But, every church has multiple staff because the convention staff serves the local church. We want to continue doing everything in our power to resource the local church because the headquarters is the local church and not the state convention office. We continue to make progress toward the convention s Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. Advancing the Kingdom Objectives 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. 53

54 Another area about which I am extremely excited about is the catalyzation of new congregations. We have seen Catalyst Church in Artesia launch with over 100 people. And, four new congregations are rapidly approaching their launch dates: Christ Church ABQ, Rio Church, Christ Fellowship and Anhelo Iglesia Cristiana. I continue to hear from pastors who are seeing an uptick in baptisms. For example Mountain Valley Church of Edgewood, has baptized 15 in the last three weeks. First Baptist Church of Artesia has baptized 10 in the last two months. First Baptist Church of Ruidoso has baptized 42 so far this year. I am confident that many other churches have also seen increases in baptisms. I simply list these as a few examples Baptisms 2,670 2,723 2,676 2,463 2,698 3,121 Proposed Budget and Stewardship: Included in this Book of Reports is the proposed 2017 budget as approved by the State Executive Board. You will note that there is a two percent increase being forwarded on to the SBC to be used by our mission agencies and six seminaries. I shared with the messengers at our Ruidoso Convention that we would continue to incrementally raise our Cooperative Program percentage going on to the SBC. Sivells I would like to introduce to you J.E. Hammond and his wife Brenda. J is the new manager at Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center. He has been the manager at Aspendale Camp and is extremely qualified. We are excited about having him take the helm as manager as Sivells. A Great Ministry Opportunity The New Mexico Baptist Children s Home is one of New Mexico Baptists greatest secrets. I am constantly amazed at how many people are unaware of this great ministry to both children and families. I have been working closely with Randy Rankin and have been in conversation with Malcolm Phillips of the Children s Home. One of their greatest needs is house parents. I cannot think of a better opportunity to serve as a missionary right here in New Mexico, than serving as a house parent where your Christ-like influence can impact daily. I ask you to pray that God would raise up house parents from our New Mexico churches to serve in these critical areas. If you know individuals within your congregation that might possibly fill these roles, please contact Malcolm Phillips at

55 Pastorless Churches Please be in prayer for our New Mexico pastorless churches. For me, one of the most critical areas of concern is helping churches during times of transition. We currently have an incredible need for more trained, experienced, and tenured retired pastors who could serve churches in transition. Below, I have listed our pastorless churches. Central Association: Albuquerque Crestview, Albuquerque First West, Albuquerque Friendship, Albuquerque Highland and Tijeras First Eastern Association: Causey First, Clovis Iglesia Belen, Clovis Nuevo Canto, Clovis The Vine and Texico First Mountain Association: Alamo Navajo and Quemado First Mountain Valley Association: Alamogordo Bethel, Alamogordo Boles Acres, Alamogordo Calvary, Alamogordo Primera and Mayhill Northeastern Association: Las Vegas Mountain View Pecos Valley Association: Artesia First, Carlsbad Primera, Lakewood, Otis First, Roswell Bethel and Roswell El Calvario Rio Grande Association: Las Cruces El Buen Pastor, Las Cruces Nueva Esperanza and Las Cruces Unidos en Cristo San Juan Association: Bloomfield Calvary, Farmington First Indian and Farmington Totah Santa Fe Association: Espanola Amazing Grace, Espanola First, Los Alamos First and Santa Fe First Southeastern Association: Lovington Emmanuel and Lovington Hillcrest Southwestern Association: Gila Valley, Glenwood, Rio Mimbres and Tyrone Tucumcari Association: House First and Tucumcari First Spanish Western Association: Rock Springs and Thoreau EVANGELISM/DISCIPLESHIP TEAM We have been blessed with many opportunities to partner with churches and associations this year. Thank you for the many opportunities to serve alongside you. We are looking forward to the future as we reach New Mexico with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Tracts and Resources There have been numerous churches and individuals that have utilized the resources that we have to offer here in the Evangelism/Discipleship office. Please consider taking the time to find out what resources we have available to you. There are tracts, DVDs, Bibles, New Testaments and Bible studies, all of which we have in both English and Spanish as well as some items geared for children. We would love to help you and your church reach your community by assisting you with resources. There is no charge for these resources! 55

56 Diaper Changing and Nursing Moms Booth We were able to set up two booths during the New Mexico State Fair again this year. Tens of thousands of people pass through these booths during the 10 day fair and are ministered to by over 100 volunteers that give of their time to touch a life. For the second year in a row we had volunteers who came from as far away as Silver City to serve in the booths. There were several churches who adopted an entire day for their members to minister at the fair. Sports Trailer The Sports Trailer was utilized several times for outreach events by churches across the state. This trailer is similar to the Block Party trailers that are available through your association. Just call the EDT office to reserve the trailer for your next outreach event. New Mexico Evangelism Conference The purpose of the Evangelism Conference is to equip, encourage, and inspire New Mexico Baptists from across our state in the work of evangelism and discipleship. The New Mexico Evangelism Conference was held this year at Sagebrush Church. Preceding the conference we hosted an appreciation banquet for the senior adults across the state at Sandia Church. Thank you for your prayers and support through the Cooperative Program that makes all of this possible. Team West New Mexico had four people attend the Team West Discipleship training in South Dakota in February. These people are available to come to your church and/or association and assist with any discipleship training that you have. You can call the Evangelism/Discipleship office for more information. New Mexico will host this event in February of Bible Study and Small Group Leader Training BCNM leaders (Rick Sullivan, Lamar Morin, Krista Peterson, Sam Swann, Ricardo Rivera and Pedro Escobar) provided training across the state in 12 different locations. The training focused on the LifeWay book: Teacher-Creating Conversational Community in Small Groups. New this year was a class just for pastors led by Lamar Morin on Who Moved My Pulpit. At the time of this report there had been nearly 450 in attendance at these trainings. Rick Sullivan Rick has served the BCNM as interim Evangelism/Discipleship director since March We are so grateful to him for these past months of service and the many miles he has logged on New Mexico roads. He has preached across the state and led discipleship trainings and given leadership with the state fair booth 56

57 and the evangelism conference. The discipleship training in Hobbs on September 24 th will wrap up his interim time with us. Tar Henderson Tar joined the BCNM staff on August 15 th. His responsibilities are smaller membership and rural church consultant. The state fair booths are also included in his responsibilities and he has hit the road running. Tar and his wife, Elaine, come from pastoring Gila Valley Church for the past 13 years. They have a daughter, son-in-law and a brand new granddaughter living in Texas and a son who is in his freshman year at Eastern University, Portales. One Focus ~ One Family ~ One Faith Make plans now to attend the 2017 New Mexico Evangelism Conference. February at Sandia Baptist in Albuquerque. Phillips, Craig and Dean will be the worship leaders for the two day conference. BSU Christian Challenge Local Campus Ministry Reports STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINES David Englehart, State Collegiate Director EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Dag Sewell, Director Jonathan Bull took a Christian Ethics class with the former BSU Christian Challenge director here at ENMU, and was startled at his transparency and at the truth of the gospel as he presented it. When Jonathan came to college on a shotput scholarship, he thought he was a Christian, but he also had some problems he really needed to work on. He realized he had not previously understood salvation, so he gave his life to Christ, followed Christ in baptism and started living a radically different life, as God began to help him immediately with his issues. He started helping out at the BSU doing whatever he could, usually custodial duties, without being asked. He was discipled by the director, and later by our Eastern Baptist Association Director of Missions. He and his wife joined a local Baptist church based on which one needed the most help. He spent a summer working with some of our IMB missionaries and began to sense a call to missions. He became my assistant director and did most of the work developing our discipleship curriculum and strategy. He preached several times for me and for local churches, led several people to Christ and got to see them baptized. And less than one week ago, he moved to Las Vegas, NM, to become the director of the BSU Christian Challenge at Highlands NM University. Please join me in praying that each chapter in Jonathan s life will be more exciting than the last one. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, David Englehart, Director 57

58 Today I took Joash on campus with me to let him see how we do Campus E. We had a sensational conversation with Ruben in Corbett Center. He was quick to give us permission to talk to him and indicated right away that he is religious and honestly seeking the Lord. From the diagnostics questions it was apparent that Ruben was raised with a works-based approach to salvation. As we talked through the problem of sin and the holiness of God, he humbly acknowledged that his efforts will always fall short. He agreed that Jesus is the only way to get right with God and that we must put our faith in Him alone in order to find forgiveness and eternal life. When I asked him if he was ready to pray and receive Christ, he put his hand on his chest and said I already feel it in my heart and he bowed his head and prayed for Christ to come into his life to save him and declare him not guilty. Ruben asked for my number when we were done because he wants to meet up again! So please pray that I will be able to connect with him soon and begin to help him get his feet on the ground with the promises of God for new believers. SAN JUAN COLLEGE, Randi Lash, Director We are pleased to announce that Randi Lash has begun to serve as the part-time director at San Juan College Christian Challenge in Farmington, effective August Randi has served on the staff of the Christian Challenge at Fort Lewis College in Durango where she also got her degree. Please pray for her and the students at San Juan College as they seek to reach the campus with the gospel. Here s Randi s first report: Gabby is fresh out of high school and still very close to her youth group. She hasn't really been disciplined in reading and memorizing. She also has a little bit of pride about how far she is in her faith. Last week we did an assessment of 12 disciplines clearly defined in the Bible and if she knew why, how, was consistent, and had passed it on to someone else. She was humbled very quickly by that and it has really started to open her up to being more teachable. We've also been chewing on some of the things Jesus said; especially John 3. Gabby saw a whole new side of reading the Bible where you have to be able to explain what Jesus said clearly and answer any questions that still remained. I'm excited to see what happens next week! NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY, Jonathan Bull, Director There is a freshman student named Isaac who showed up to our opening week welcome event. We played pool with him and he gave me his number so we could schedule getting coffee. We eventually did meet up and I shared the gospel with him, and it was clear that though he is indeed a follower of Christ, there was much need for mentorship in his life. So we met the following week and I went over what purpose in this life is according to scripture was. I then challenged him to share with at least two people before our next meeting. He 58

59 said he would like more help understanding how so I connected him with Daniel for Campus Evangelism. Not only did they go out and share, but he has proceeded to share with six other people within that week. He has been amazed that this Christian 101 information is so foreign to people, and he is very eager to learn more. His desire to engage truth has also inspired another guy I am discipling named Jake, and not only Jake but Daniel and I as well. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, Bobby Erickson, Director We met a young man named Marcus last week during our parking lot pass interviews. He came to us because a friend told him about our ministry and our close parking option. During the interview it became apparent that Marcus did not know Jesus, he knew a little bit about Him, but not much. He did not seem to see a need to be saved from sin. His understanding of the Gospel was just a Bible story. Over the course of our conversation with him we could see a genuine change in his stance and he heard, maybe for the first time, that he was under condemnation for his sin and would be judged by God when he died. He didn t trust Christ in that moment, but he is going to begin meeting with Kyle on a weekly basis to study God s Word. Pray that God would continue to open Marcus eyes to see his need for a Savior! WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Steve Timmons, Director This month was busy. We took eight students plus Ann, Micah and myself to collegiate week. That was a good time as it always is. We came back on Friday and began outreach on Saturday with school starting on Monday. The first weeks outreaches included, Downtown Bash, Campus Leadership Fair, High Noon Lunch, Organization Fair, Back to School BBQ and then we fed the football team. We have a lot of new students coming around to all of our events and hanging out in the building. Our Bible study numbers have gone up from the previous school year starts. We are look at having a lot more people in discipleship this year as well. INFORMATION SERVICES TEAM Kevin Parker, Team Leader Since our last annual report, our small team has partnered with churches and storytellers across New Mexico to write, produce, and distribute 39 issues of the Baptist New Mexican Newspaper. We have a weekly distribution of approximately 8300 copies. Of course, some weeks, our distribution is larger because of subscribers not on local church subscription lists. In all, we ve distributed over 333,000 newspapers to individuals since our last annual report. That represents over 2.6 million pages distributed! The content in all of those papers is about the same as producing one standard paperback book each quarter. 59

60 In addition to this physical distribution, we currently see approximately 60 page views every day at the fledgling news portal GoBNM.com. That translates into hundreds of impressions made by event and ministry advertisements on those pages. Still more, Facebook posts reach over 1,500 people receive every week. Our team continues to stay in contact with local churches through our team leader s preaching opportunities and individual pastor meetings and our team s many, many phone and contacts with churches and church members around the state. In April, 2016, we launched a new visual format for the Baptist New Mexican. That same month we introduced a new column called A Pastor s Viewpoint, based upon reader feedback. It features a local church pastor in almost every issue writing about one of his passions or a topic of spiritual interest. So far, we ve been able to provide a platform for 15 pastors from across our state through the new column. In June, we launched our new news and information portal, GoBNM.com. It is a dynamically generated news portal that is part of the BCNM s integrated family of websites. Late in July, we launched a weekly news update that contains headlines and links for 10 new stories from around New Mexico and the SBC. With the launch of the GoBNM.com news and information portal, our staff is shifting from an issue by issue mindset to a digital first mindset. This means that we strive to release information in a timelier manner online, rather than wait to release it with the next print issue of the Baptist New Mexican. As we continue to make this culture change with our operations, New Mexico Baptists will receive more and more up-to-date information. The result is that some stories will develop and expand in detail between the time they are released online and the time they appear in print. It also means that some stories will only appear online, due to the limitations of space in the printed Baptist New Mexican. The NM StoryTeller Network continues to gain momentum. More stories are being suggested and more people from around the state are writing stories for submission. Their local, on-the-ground perspective provides an angle on news in local churches that state office staff cannot. These stories, along with their photographs, tell the story of God at work through churches all across our state. To support this growing group of writers, photographers, and news gatherers, we hosted our first storyteller training webinar, with more to come. We continue to provide publicity for local church, association, and state events and emphases through special issues, center page spreads, advertisements, and listings in the GoBNM.com calendar of events. Our team encourages churches 60

61 and associations with events and activities of statewide interest to submit their information for publication. Our team has also produced the audio CD of the month, video and audio recordings of our convention s annual meeting and evangelism conference, as well as producing videos, DVD s, and data disks for distribution to support the Mission New Mexico State Missions Offering. Our goal is to connect New Mexico Baptist churches with one another and with the larger family of our state convention. By telling stories of God at work, our desire is to inspire individual church members to engage personally in Great Commission work in their own local church. Here are some of the numbers describing our work. Circulation Report - Sept. 7, 2016 Regular Subscribers 7,214 Decrease of 109 during previous quarter Bundled Papers 174 Individuals 432 Decrease of 13 during previous quarter Gift Subscriptions 65 Decrease of 1 during previous quarter Complimentary Copies 471 Decrease of 1 during previous quarter PDF Copies (missionaries) 13 PDF Copies (subscribers) 2 REGULAR WEEKLY TOTAL 8,371 Decrease of 132 during previous quarter Associations Subscriptions 428 ASSOCIATION WEEK TOTAL 8,699 In the association s subscriber lists, there are a total of 428 subscriptions (not counted above) that are individuals added by the associations that are not also on a church list. Therefore, they are additional subscriptions to the Baptist New Mexican, but do not fit into the categories above. The 428 subscriptions are only sent on the weeks that their association sends a page 8. As of 9/7/16, our circulation numbers are down from last quarter. This is in part because there were a few significant drops by churches trying to cut their 2017 budgets and, therefore, cleaning up their subscriber lists. About 85 subscriptions were deleted this past quarter because of churches cleaning up their lists. Other numbers dropped a couple at a time, which is normal. However, other churches have added to their lists. 61

62 We continue to maintain the same churches and associations who are using our back page for their newsletters. We have three churches that are weekly, one that is biweekly and one that is quarterly. All of the others are once a month. They are faithful to their scheduled runs and happy to have the convenience of getting their church or association news into the hands of their subscribers instead of the inconvenience of DIY (doing it yourself) mailings. Page 8 churches and their frequency schedule as of September 7, 2016 Eastern Hills, Albq. Weekly First, Artesia Weekly First, Bloomfield Weekly First Belen Twice a month Midway, Dexter Once a month Eastern/Tucumcari Association Once a month Bethel, Alamogordo Once a month Calvary, Portales Once a month First, Aztec Once a month Jackson Avenue, Lovington Once a month Southwestern Association Once a quarter 9 churches and 3 associations represented Social Media Report - Sept. 6, 2016 The BCNM Facebook page has 1,252 likes and the BCNM Twitter has 110 followers. The BNM Facebook page has 378 likes and the BNM Twitter has 98 followers. We continue to support all of our teams by promoting upcoming events and celebrating good news. We utilized the new BNM news portal (GoBNM.com) as a means to post content to both the BCNM and BNM social media accounts. On Facebook, content posted as links to BNM articles have been viewed more often than regular posts with the same content. This is probably due to adjustments to the way Facebook generates a user s news feed. Website Report We continue to keep our BCNM website updated and try to remove outdated information as soon as possible. One of our more popular website features has been our website contact form. People who wish to contact us but are not sure where to direct their message can use a catch-all contact form on the contact us portion of our page. Requests 62

63 submitted through our website contact form are the Information Services Team and generally receive a response within 24 hours. The new BNM news and information portal has proven to be vastly superior to the previous BNM section of our main website. Individuals can locate articles and information and share items to social media much easier than they could previously. Other Activities All IST staff have begun writing and generating content for the BNM and GoBNM.com, in addition to their regular duties. This change has resulted in a larger quantity of local church stories hitting our outlets. Our team assists churches and BCNM ministries with technical issues, as well. Team members supported Wi-Fi related issues at our BSU Christian Challenge campus facilities, supported the Gateway Seminary remote classroom at the BCNM offices, set up and tear down of convention and Lives Ablaze event stage and audio visual equipment, support of egive activities through BCNM websites, and support of the New Mexico School of Christian Leadership website. In a recent strategic transition, our team has changed. The Technical Services position on our team has been eliminated through strategic realignments of staff positions across the BCNM staff. We deeply appreciate Brian White s years of service to our convention and local churches. Some of the functions of his position are being distributed among other staff, some functions are being eliminated, and others are being addressed through new avenues. Our Team Members Kevin Parker - media services director, content editor Linda Prescott - print services, BNM layout, advertising Joy Pittman - circulation, distribution, and team support James Trevillian - digital presence (websites, social media, etc.), technical support Please contact us if we may be of any service to your church or if you d like to extend the reach of your ministry or event by sharing it with others through our print and digital outlets. We would love to hear from you! LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM Lamar Morin, Team Leader What a wonderful year of blessings and ministry opportunities! The LDT has had some experiences listed here and also elsewhere in other reports. 63

64 Our team continues to offer a number of support areas to local churches and church leaders: Camps (see elsewhere for further reports): Both of our BCNM camps are a part of our Leadership Development Team. We were blessed to have Mike Cannata for the year as our Inlow Camp Manager. Mike has done an excellent job managing the camp. Many renovations have been completed at the camp and more are currently ongoing. We had a strong camping summer at Inlow with the exception of our Young Lives Ablaze Camp and our Indian Family Camp. As many know, we were forced to evacuate that camp due to the Dog Head Fire. We also were not able to host the Indian Family Camp due to the continuation of the fire. We are thankful to God for the protection of Inlow from the fire. We are also thankful for the many retreats taking place at Inlow this fall and coming spring. We were blessed to have Buck Wheat as our Sivells Camp Manager for part of the year. He laid the groundwork for a great camping summer before leaving us. We are so grateful to Dale Shook and the entire summer staff for a great summer at Sivells. Dale served admirably as our Camp Director for the summer. We are also very blessed to have a new Sivells Camp Manager J E Hammond who began serving at Sivells on September 1. J brings a wealth of camping experience and expertise to our team. Multiple retreats are being held at Sivells this fall and coming spring. We planned, programmed, and put on numerous camps related to our team. Many people participated in these camps, representing a significant number of our churches. We are so thankful for the life change that occurred in many lives. Multiple personal decisions were recorded at these camps, including a number for personal salvation and a large number called to Christian service. We look forward to next year s camps and an even greater harvest and attendance. In addition, decisions for personal salvation were recorded at our Young Lives Ablaze and Lives Ablaze Conferences! New Mexico Singing Churchmen: This past year, the NMSC sang at the state convention in Ruidoso, held two concerts in the spring, one at Taylor Memorial BC Hobbs and one at FBC Santa Fe. We met for our annual retreat and concert at Bethel BC Alamogordo on August We released our latest recording, Where Our God Leads, at the 2015 State Convention in Ruidoso. We also had the privilege of singing our National Anthem at several Albuquerque Isotopes games. We are scheduled to sing at our upcoming State Convention in Taos, as well as singing at our Legislative Breakfast in January. More concerts will also be 64

65 scheduled for The NMSC continue to offer very significant times of fellowship, networking, and prayer for each member. For more information about concerts, CD sales (100% 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 D Nae Kellum at (dkellum@bcnm.com) or Director Lamar Morin at (lmorin@bcnm.com). New Mexico Women of Worship: Our women s group presented concerts at Del Norte Baptist Church, Albuquerque, and FBC, West Albuquerque this year. We are very thankful for this group and have added new members. A number of BCNM churches are represented in this group. For more information about this group or how to become a member of the group, please contact D Nae Kellum at (dkellum@bcnm.com) or Director Lamar Morin at (lmorin@bcnm.com). Bivocational Ministries: Our team served Bivo ministries in a variety of ways this year, mainly through personal consultation. This area of ministry has now been shifted to our EDT. Tar Henderson is now heading up all ministries related to Bivocational ministers. We are very thankful for his addition to our BCNM staff. 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. Currently, we have a small number serving in BCNM churches. Contextualized Leadership Development: Our team undergirds and financially helps our CLD centers (Schools of Theology) around our state. We also provided a number of scholarships for qualifying students. We have a great need in NM to continue to train indigenous leaders who are able to serve in their hometown context. CLD helps to do this is a systematic way, complete with diploma plans. In addition to our CLD centers, we have established (with Central Baptist Association) the New Mexico School for Christian Leadership (NMSCL). The NMSCL offers CLD classes in the Albuquerque area as well as online classes for anyone interested who cannot travel to Albuquerque for classes. For more info on our NMSCL, please go to 65

66 Transformational Church: We have a large number of trained Transformational Church consultants here in NM ready to assist BCNM churches. Currently, we have a small number of churches going through TC. We would be happy to provide materials to churches to further explain this process. Sunday School/Small Group Training: A new arena of ministry assignment for our LDT is in the area of groups. We will be resourcing churches in the areas of Sunday School and small group ministry with an emphasis on leadership training. Various Leadership Support Areas: As team leader, I currently am supporting local churches in the areas of 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. I have had the privilege this year of doing all this with 25 of our BCNM churches. 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 Report Within our goals of Advancing the Kingdom, these are some of the things that happened during the year from October 2015 to September 2016: 1) One focus as a Convention: A Disciplemaking Church for Every Person The events that we conduct throughout the year are specifically targeted to help churches to make disciples. These include: Young Lives Ablaze, the Children s Evangelism Conference, took place on April 9 th at Eastern Hills Baptist Church. We had six children that accepted Christ as their Savior and had a great day with 35 churches participating and approximately 600 in attendance. Camps including Young Lives Ablaze Camp, Connection Camp and Adventure Camp. Young Lives Ablaze was scheduled to take place June but was evacuated due to a forest fire on the 14 th. However, even in the midst of being evacuated to Estancia, the camp pastor led three children to make a decision to become a Christian. Connection Camp took place on the 20 th -24 th at Sivells Baptist Camp with 197 in attendance and four children making professions of faith and one for baptism. Adventure Camp was a great week with a small group of 57 in attendance. Three boys made decisions about becoming a Christian. 66

67 Family Camp was scheduled for the first week in August, but didn t have any registrations. An earlier date will be chosen for this camp in State Bible Drill Competition took place on May 7 th with three churches participating including First Baptist Ruidoso, Del Norte Baptist Church Albuquerque and First Baptist Artesia. This goal includes helping our churches to achieve one focus through networking and relationship: Attending Associational Annual Meetings State Convention in Ruidoso in October of 2015 Hosting a Children s Ministry Retreat in November at Sivells Attended the 25 th Anniversary Celebration of the Indian Mission Baptist Church in Albuquerque in November of 2015 Was privileged to speak twice in November and December at a tea for women including First Baptist Moriarty and Mora Valley Baptist Church. Women s Ministry is supporting women s networks across the state. Southwestern Association has a women s retreat each year that the BCNM helps support. Central Association has a strong women s network that is working to have three women s events each year; Encounterpursuing a personal encounter with God for each woman. Equip-a time of training and encouragement in women s ministry and Engage- a women s round table discussion time. 2) 10% of New Mexicans within a Southern Baptist Church A healthy church has a healthy children s ministry. In order to see growth in our churches, my position seeks to help train and consult with churches to have the best children s ministry possible. I ve had the privilege this year to train or consult with over 35 churches individually and host trainings and events where over 120 churches participated throughout the year. 3) 100 Leaders Mentored and Trained Much of the work of the Leadership Development Team resides within this goal. It includes training events. I participated and helped to lead out with the following training events: Sunday School Directors Seminar with Lifeway in Carlsbad in October 2015 Training preschool workers at First Baptist Carlsbad on October 16 th, 2015 Attended a State Associates Retreat with other Children s Ministry State Convention Leaders to network and discuss children s ministry. Children s Ministry Workshop in Lovington with Jackson Avenue Baptist Church in December of 2015 Hosted a Mr. Mark s Classroom workshop in February 2016 at Calvary Baptist Church, Las Cruces with Mark Jones. 67

68 We will host a Mr. Mark s Classroom workshop in October of 2016 at Sandia Baptist Church, Albuquerque. Vacation Bible School Training included nearly 450 people trained to do VBS across the state. Our state team conducted trainings in Albuquerque, Bloomfield, Las Cruces, Artesia and Alamogordo. We also had three separate churches to request individual church training. Team West takes place each year in February. Many of the western state conventions come together to receive training from Lifeway or other state teams. I appreciate being able to travel to Team West and take two or three leaders with me to receive training. Conducted training with our team of five college students that are serving the state by traveling throughout New Mexico for the summer and serving different churches each week. Women s Ministry helps encourage women to take up leadership roles by helping with associational women s events. Sunday School/Small Group Training takes places in August and September of Our team will conduct 13 associational trainings throughout. I appreciate the opportunity to encourage children and preschool teachers across the state. 4) 1000 Points of Light Children s Ministry continues to support church plants by providing a children s ministry start kit for each church plant. There are currently five start kits ready to be assembled and given to any new church plants. We were able to give three church plants a kit in 2015 and two in I was also privileged to participate in RePlant in May 2016, a conference hosted by our Missions Team, and help encourage church planters and churches that need revitalization. 5) 1,000,000 Hispanics Penetrated with the Gospel One direct way in which children s ministry assists with this goal is to conduct VBS trainings in Spanish. Our Spanish VBS team led trainings in three locations this year including Las Cruces, Bloomfield and Roswell. In women s ministry, there is an intentional effort to include Spanish in one of our women s events by having First Bilingual Baptist Church host a Central Association Women s Equip 3.0 Event. Student Leadership Development Report It has been a wonderful year in the student ministry of the BCNM. Camps, the student conference, small group training, meeting with youth workers and getting to speak at youth ministry events around the state are all a great privilege for me, I am truly thankful for the opportunity to serve our churches in this way. Here are some of the details: 68

69 Lives Ablaze 1.0 (Sivells): June 6-10, Speaker: Garrett Wagoner and music by Nathan Spencer Lives Ablaze 2.0 (Sivells): June 13-17, Speaker: Craig Curry and music by Nathan Spencer Lives Ablaze 3.0 (Inlow): June 27- July 1, Speaker: Mike Martindale and music by Chad Spriggs At our camps this year there were 37 churches that attended, with approximately 650 total attendees. There were several decisions made including: 22 salvations; 18 renewal of commitment; 10 called to vocational ministry; and seven other. Every year we receive a mission offering; this year we were taking the offering to assist with the India partnership that the Missions Mobilization Team has established. We received $3, combined from all three weeks of camp. Every year our students continue to show their generosity. We were also able to present the adult volunteers, as well as the church group leaders, who attended some youth ministry books that we hope will be helpful to them as they continue to serve the kingdom through youth ministry. Without the generosity of the Cooperative Program we would not be able to do this. Here is what one student said, It was definitely inspiring but not only inspiring, it was a great change for me, and when I think about it and it makes me all emotional, but I accepted Christ into my heart this week. It was yesterday night and I just went up and did it and before I came here I was hoping that Christ would lead me to do it because I was scared to face the challenges of accepting Christ in my heart and learning lessons after it We continue, year after year, to hear and see this type of life-change in our students through our Lives Ablaze Camp ministry. Next year our camps will be: June 5-9, 2017 at Sivells June 12-16, 2017 at Sivells June 26-30, 2017 at Inlow The Lives Ablaze Student Conference was held on September 4-5, 2016 at Eastern Hills Baptist Church in Albuquerque. I would like to thank Larry Miller, Joe Vivian, Wayne Pittman and Bill Connors for allowing us to utilize their building for the conference again this year. We had a gathering of over 600 students and adults representing 46 different churches in attendance. We had 15 salvations; seven recommitments; two called to vocational ministry; and one other (this student wants to get baptized now). These, of course, are the ones that we know about from the decision cards turned in. 69

70 We are very grateful for the extra help (as we would not be able to pull this off without them), including some of the ladies from the building who are more than willing to lend a hand during this large event. We also had several college students from the Christian Challenge at NMSU as well as some older high school students from Eastern Hills who helped us out. I wish I could mention each of them by name, but instead I will just say thanks to all who helped. I want to also say a special thanks to Kim Treece for her outstanding work, not only during the conference, but this summer as well. As you may or may not know, my former assistant left in January to return to her studies at NMSU, since then Kim has had to learn the student ministry stuff as well as continue to be a part of the children s ministry stuff. She not only survived, but excelled at handling all of the camp stuff (children and youth) as well as both conferences (Young Lives Ablaze and Young Lives Ablaze). Way to go Kim!! Throughout the month of August this year, we assisted the Evangelism and Discipleship Team in small group and Sunday School training. We have been (or will be by the end of September) in every association to encourage and equip youth workers as they continue to reach the middle and high schoolers in our state. I have also had the privilege of preaching or speaking at youth events in Estancia, Soul Rio Church in Rio Rancho, FBC Artesia, FBC Lovington, FBC West ABQ, Eastern Hills ABQ, FBC Carlsbad, FBC Tucumcari, Jackson Ave. in Lovington, Bethel in Alamogordo, FBC Santa Fe, and Rio Church in ABQ. As I mentioned at the beginning of this report, I am very thankful for the opportunities that I have to serve the youth ministries in New Mexico! Fanning the Flame, Sam Inlow Baptist Camp Report The changing faces of Inlow Camp never cease to astound. As the colors of Fall begin to manifest, the rains of the monsoons give the wild flowers a last burst of color as temperatures begin to come down. The hummingbirds use the blast of flowers to prepare and fatten up for their long journey south. The week long camps of summer transition to the weekend retreats of Fall. Preparation for the winter construction season begins, priorities are established, budgets are parsed. One thing that is beginning to come into view is the need at Inlow for winter time housing, and with that a winter time kitchen. We have had 70

71 to turn a number of winter requests away because we can't supply kitchen or sleeping accommodations to larger groups. Just an observation and a prayer for the resources to accomplish a God-sized vision. Along with the reconstruction projects comes the need for workers, both employees and volunteers, to accomplish those projects in a timely fashion. Last year, we replaced twelve showers in the three lower cabins with the huge help of volunteers. This winter we will be prioritizing twelve showers in the upper end of the camp, four in Elliot Lodge, four in Magnolia and four in Chaparral. We will need demolition crews in November to tear out existing infrastructure so we can assess all the work that will have to be accomplished during the winter months. We ask for prayer on three fronts: 1. That the Lord will provide camp leadership and the people and churches of New Mexico with a vision for our camps and the resources to accomplish that vision. 2. That the Lord will provide personnel to accomplish all of the tasks that need to be accomplished. 3. Protection over the camp so that the Lord's name may be glorified here, that people's lives might be changed and that the Lord will speak to His children here. We thank the Lord for the people He sent us this last year. From Beth, the person that the Lord told to come and run our kitchen (wonderful testimony of God s provision,) to our summer staff who worked long hours and made summer camp season a success. To the volunteers who worked in the kitchen, on construction projects, on cleanup projects, and the list goes on. Camp is for campers. May the Lord continue to bless us with His vision and plan. Sivells Baptist Camp Report Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center had a very rewarding summer. We had over 1,200 campers from January through September. We had 21 known salvation experiences and many rededications plus 12 called to the ministry. For those who have not been to Sivells, the camp is located 12.5 miles east of Cloudcroft on Highway 130. The camp is almost a mile long and about a half- 71

72 mile wide. We were blessed to purchase a new 54 mower to help us keep up with the mowing. We are pleased to announce that the chapel received a new stage and two beautiful restrooms with new sinks and tile showers. Also, a work crew cleaned and painted our pavilion on the west end of camp that has a small kitchen. We were able to update Yucca to house an office when needed by different groups. I am pleased to announce that we have installed an automatic chlorination system for our spring water. During September, the new Sivells managers, J.E. and Brenda Hammond, along with some volunteers, renovated the director s home. What a beautiful job they did! The camp is blessed to have a great cook and a very hand maintenance man. The vision for Sivells is so very exciting. Our prayer is that you and your church will come see the camp and plan a retreat or perhaps send volunteers to help with upgrading projects. Thank you for allowing Jane and me to serve as your interim camp director. God bless, Dale Shook, Interim Director MISSIONS MOBILIZATION TEAM Scott Wilson, Team Leader Scott Wilson serves as the Missions Mobilization Team Leader. Our team functions with Cricket Pairett, ministry assistant; Ricardo Rivera, State Spanish Strategist in the office; and field staff - Connie Dixon, Prayer Strategist and WMU Director; Pedro Escobar, Regional Spanish Strategist; Daniel Clymer, Native American Strategist; Ira Shelton, Disaster Relief Director; and PJ, Missionary to Muslims. Dan Pearce served as a Church Planting Catalyst until December 31 st. Richard and Mary Gomez served as liaisons to Hispanic churches until December 31 st. In April 2016, as part of our partnership with the North American Mission Board, we brought on Chad Spriggs to serve as church planting catalyst for the metro areas of Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Farmington, and Roswell. He is employed by NAMB and serves the churches of the BCNM and their strategy to plant churches. There are many ways God is Advancing the Kingdom in New Mexico through the work of missions in our state. I would like to highlight a few things here in this space. In our International work, two BCNM churches participated in work in Gujarat, India. These churches trained local Indian believers in making 72

73 disciples. Within New Mexico, church planting continues to grow stronger. Nationally, we had 13 Disaster Relief deployments (some of these were local). Through the 142 Gospel presentations our workers gave, 67 individuals received Christ! Finally, our state efforts have been fruitful, too. A small number of our plants reported 40 baptisms most of these among young adults. We currently have seven planting candidates in assessment, two interns, two apprentices, and already have three new plants that will constitute as new works in Among Hispanics, the spring simultaneous revivals resulted in 34 new believers. Our Hispanic leaders have concentrated on helping churches evaluate their discipleship processes this year and have trained in disciple-making strategies. Our Native leaders have trained in discipleship and leadership training using The Storycloth in Acts. This year we added two points of light at Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos in the form of Bible Outreaches. Leaders throughout New Mexico prayer-walked onsite for 11 communities. Several Job Corp leaders were trained in leading groups in Eastern New Mexico. Through hunger ministries, we fed over 200,000 people with 207 becoming new believers. Thank you for giving through the Cooperative Program and Mission New Mexico to support these vital ministries. On behalf of our team, I thank you for the opportunity we have to serve you, the churches of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Scott Wilson Missions Partnerships A vision team traveled to Gujarat, India in September 2015 to meet with local Christians to discuss a long term partnership. Team members were Scott Wilson, John Hinze and Steve Ballew. A partnership was created and small teams from local churches will continue to travel to India to serve. John Hinze took a team in August Richard King from First Las Cruces has plans to take a team in Steve Ballew led a team in May New Mexico Baptists are faithful to continue serving in countries and with people groups where we have had prior partnerships. Our convention goal for Houses with Hope in Kenya is to complete 1,000 Houses of Hope by the end of These homes are primarily built for widows taking care of orphans. We reached the goal a year later in Not only have 1,000 homes been built, but the majority of these have also become house churches under the auspices of the Kenya Baptist Convention. Over 36,000 professions of faith have been made through the Houses with Hope ministry. During this year, New Mexico churches built 18 Houses of Hope. Church to church partnerships are also important to churches and ministry in New Mexico. Our role as a Missions Team is to provide networking between churches wanting to serve and churches that need service. Anyone interested in partnerships, may contact Scott Wilson or Cricket Pairett for more information. 73

74 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. For the second year in a row, forest fires affected our camps. The results were as follows: Spanish Family Camp 139 Campers; 1 Profession of Faith Indian Family Camp Cancelled due to the Dog Head Fire Children s Missions Camp 133 Campers; 6 Professions of Faith; 6 Surrendered to Missions; Multiple Rededications Deaf Family Camp 13 Campers Church Planting Catalyst Chad Spriggs Church Planting in New Mexico is a thriving area of ministry. We ve experienced a number of successful plants as well as individuals that are processing through the pipeline. Our church plants have baptized over 40 individuals this year. Potential: These men have the potential to become strong planters and disciple makers if they feel called to partner with the BCNM and NAMB to plant churches. Kody Wetzold The Gathering, Ruidoso New Mexico (plant in Ruidoso) Matt Graves Heritage Church, Texarkana Texas (beginning discussions) Jordan Clarke College Student in Georgia (Plant in Santa Fe) Cody Vaughn Albuquerque NM Curt Miller Cowboy Church, Valencia County Tim Robinson Farmington NM Possible Spanish Work in Farmington NM Internships: Our internship program has become a great place to explore, learn, and determine God s next steps in ministry. We are currently working to begin internships with two men that are called to serve the Lord in vocational ministry. Joseph Nichols Paragon Church Mark Dunn Cerrillos (possible sending church) We are currently developing a more in-depth training for interns. I will be connecting with associations and churches that are interested in developing an internship program that is based on developing church planting leaders as well as volunteer leaders. 74

75 Apprenticeships: Our apprenticeship program has become a great place for planters to work through important training, development, and strategies needed to launch with confidence and clarity. Rodolfo Espindola Anhelo Church with 20 in Bible Study Bryne Palmer Rio Church / Anchor Church Here is a story from Bryne: Bryne Palmer is a Church Planter in the downtown area of Albuquerque. Bryne was challenged by his sending church (Anchor Church Pastor Jared Bridge) to adopt an evangelism strategy. Over the last three months he s had the opportunity to adopt, implement, and see God show up. A group of Jehovah Witnesses had been frequenting his neighborhood. After engaging in multiple conversations with them over a three-week span, God prompted Bryne to do something. He invited himself to join their door-to-door evangelism. I love my community, and I could not stand by and let them be lied to. He walked the streets sharing the gospel with the JWs, and politely waited for his turn to share the gospel with each home. At the end of the day the JWs were bewildered by his zeal, love, and knowledge of God s word. Now Bryne has weekly contact with many people in His community. They know that Rio Church is there to love them and point them to Jesus, but it doesn t stop there. Bryne unashamedly invited his neighbors to come to his church and they came. A mother and daughter showed up at church. Rio Church loved them, cared for their needs, and introduced them to Jesus. After the service the mother and daughter accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior and joined the church. In the weeks to come, they brought other family members and they came to the Lord. The mother said, I need Jesus. Your church has shown me what I ve been missing. I want to be baptized. This is my church home. How can I help? Bryne s evangelism strategy has leaked into his leadership. Now key leaders in his team are reaching into their sphere of influence with a new boldness and a clear picture of God s love. Planters: Our planters are doing an incredible Kingdom work. Each of them has a clear path for small group multiplication/discipleship and many have a plan for church multiplication. Carl Anderson and Jamie Duke had a combined total of 17 baptisms in the last year; Cody Brown s church has a great discipleship plan that is growing healthy families; and Nathan Sherman is ready to launch with more than 70 on his launch team. 75

76 Nathan Sherman Christ Church, Albuquerque Carl Anderson Real Life Church, Rio Rancho Cody Brown The Porch, Portales Jamie Duke LifePoint Community Church, Santa Fe Nolan Frederick Catalyst Church, Artesia Multiplying Church Centers: To better serve, assess, discover, develop, and deploy church planters we are actively working to create Multiplying Church Centers. These centers will be created in partnership with the associations and local churches. The initial focus will be in the Central, Rio Grande, and San Juan Baptist Associations. The strategy is to prayerfully partner churches with their association to seek out indigenous and non-new Mexican planters. Anchor Church and The People Church, in conjunction with the CBA, are already in the process. The other churches listed are prayerfully seeking God s direction. Anchor Church, Albuquerque Jared Bridge The People Church, Moriarty Dennis Garcia Calvary Baptist Church, Las Cruces Kevin Glenn FBC Albuquerque Michael Cook Del Norte Baptist Church, Albuquerque Brad Kelly New Additions: Grace Hill Church, Farmington Assessment/Orientation/Training: These elements serve to equip and enrich the planter during the planting process. The elements that we have in place will be connected to an overall assessment, orientation, and training process that is currently being developed. This is not an exhaustive list, but it does reveal a clear picture of the basic framework being cultivated. 1. Replant Conference This conference taught many church planters, teams, and pastors, teaches the importance of contextualization as we serve our unique communities. 2. Gateway (Golden Gate Seminary) Courses are being developed to continue to equip church planters. 3. 4Fields / T4T Training (ongoing) This is a specific evangelistic strategy that will equip planters and their leaders to share the gospel, grow disciples, and create small groups or new churches. 4. Church Planting Network The CBA Church Planting Network meets to support, encourage, and unite planters. There is prayerful consideration for other networks to be created in other associations. 5. Assessment Team This team will be comprised of convention, association, church, and NAMB individuals. Once this team is developed they will work with associations, churches, and planters to continue to champion church planting across the state. 6. Strategic Covenant The covenant has been updated to better serve our planters needs and to clearly identify the type of accountability the BCNM, sending church, and other partners have with the planter. 76

77 This is a strategy that helps us to develop a better understanding of 16 local areas to prepare for a plant/eight projects to reach into these areas/and prayerfully opening the door to plant four churches. More details will be given as we determine more specific application in NM. Coaching/Mentoring: Coaching and mentoring are foundational for the church planter. Coaches and mentors guide, explore, and draw out the best in planters. They serve to help the planter be successful. We have prayerfully identified four men that feel called to serve planters in this capacity. We are currently doing 1:1 training with each of these men, and prayerfully hope to do one group training a year. Dennis Garcia David Magill Ed Meyers Kevin Glenn More Pastors are being prayerfully assessed to become coaches. Hispanic Strategist/Ministries Ricardo Rivera Dear New Mexico Baptists, In First Thessalonians 5:18 Paul writes, Give thanks in everything, for this is God s will for you in Christ Jesus (HCSB). Therefore, I begin my annual report by expressing my gratitude to God and to you for allowing me the privilege to serve Him and you this past year as your State Hispanic Strategist. It has truly been a joy to travel throughout New Mexico visiting our Hispanic pastors and churches, providing them the services needed for Advancing the Kingdom, and seeing what God is doing in and through our Hispanic churches. The report that follows is a summary with highlights of my activities for each month from September 2015 to August September 2015: In September 2015, I traveled 1,932 miles. I had the privilege of preaching at Calvary Baptist Church of Las Vegas, attending a pastor installation service at Iglesia Bautista Betesda of Anthony, and conducting discipleship workshops in Roswell, Albuquerque, and Las Cruces. I also had the joy of participating in the.com Missions Conference, meeting with a Hispanic pastor working at the dairies in Portales, conducting a meeting between church planting partners, meeting a new church planter and working on several church planting candidates assessments (not including the many administrative duties and meetings). October: In October 2015, I traveled 2,452 miles. I had the privilege of preaching at Rio Mimbres Baptist Church and Primera of Las Cruces. I also attended the 77

78 Mountain Baptist Association annual meeting in Quemado and the annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico in Ruidoso. I attended a meeting with the steering committee of the New Mexico Church Planting and Leadership Development Institute in Albuquerque. I also met with one of our Hispanic church planters for his annual evaluation and a church planting candidate to discuss his progress in the assessment process. I conducted various administrative duties from reviewing Cooperative Program contributions by Hispanic churches to evaluating September s discipleship workshops, translating Mission New Mexico material, and promoting the coaching refresher. Note: Summary of Discipleship Workshops offered in late September Registration: Berea: 49 Central: 18 Sud-Occidental: 2 Total: 92 Regarding a Discipleship process in place: These were identified as the discipleship process in place: personal discipleship; how to evangelize and the four spiritual laws; my class; small group Bible studies; two monthly classes; small groups; cell groups. The process seems to be more courses or programs. However, many all of those above responded to be effective (30, yes). November: In November 2015, I traveled 1,324 miles. I had the privilege of preaching at Del Norte Baptist Church, at Del Norte s Senior Adult Thanksgiving banquet, at Iglesia Bautista Betel in Lovington, and at Primera of Las Cruces. I also visited with two Albuquerque potential church planting candidates and a Hispanic pastor in Santa Fe. Administratively, I made preparations for the coaching refresher that was offered on November 22 nd, assisted in conducting the New Mexico Church Planting and Leadership Development Institute s student orientation, reviewed planter candidates assessments, prepared coaching workshop report, etc. I also conducted a Southern Church Planter s Network in Las Cruces with three of our Hispanic church planters. Note: Summary of Coaching Refresher Workshop offered in Las Cruces. Registration: Attendance: 16 adults (8 men, 8 women), churches represented: 4 Evaluation: Would you be interested in becoming a coaching champion? 7 Juan Lopez will conduct follow-up meetings every 3-6 months to monitor the progress of coaches in implementing the training. December 2015: In December 2015, I traveled 1,046 miles. I had the privilege of meeting with Abelardo Bolaños in Artesia and preaching at Primera of Artesia. I also traveled to Deming to conduct Manuel Mendez s Annual Church Planter s Evaluation. Administratively, I completed the evaluations for Richard Gomez and Pedro 78

79 Escobar, arranged for Rudy Espindola s in-depth assessment interview, made arrangements with Victor Pulido of LifeWay to conduct the fall 2016 discipleship workshops, reviewed the stats of Hispanic churches for 2015 and developed a report, etc. January 2016: During the month of January, I had the pleasure of assessing Alvaro Borge as a church planting candidate for Iglesia Bautista Nueva Esperanza in Las Cruces. I also led in conducting an intensive assessment interview with Rodolfo (Rudy) Espindola and his partners. Rudy agreed to serve as a church planting apprentice. I had a meeting with the Hispanic church planters of the Southern Church Planting Network in Deming. I conducted other administrative duties related to church planting. I visited Iglesia Bautista Templo Betesda in Anthony, Iglesia Bautista El Buen Pastor of Gallup, and Primera of Silver City and met with their pastors (Ricardo Rivera, David Fernandez, and Raymundo Escobedo). I attended meetings related to the Re/Plant Conference, Evangelism Conference, and Team West. I also attended the People Group Discover/Engagement Seminar and attended a doctoral seminar at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. I participated in the launching of the Church Planting Institute at Del Norte Baptist Church with six students and taught at the institute. I worked on Spanish material for prayer-walking training and a prayer guide. I also worked to develop material for a future discipleship workshop. I invited Hispanic churches to the annual simultaneous revival/evangelism campaign. I worked in locating possible New Mexico Baptists for vacant trustee positions, assisted a local church in finding Spanish backyard Bible Club material, and conducted other translating and administrative duties. February: During the month of February, I had the pleasure of assessing Livan Quintana Poveda as a church planting candidate and completing the assessment summary for Alvaro Borge. I traveled to Portales to meet with a group of Hispanic pastors to discuss prayer-walking and pray4everyhome.com. I preached at Iglesia Bautista El Divino Salvador of Portales and met with their leaders. I attended a think tank meeting. I taught at the Church Planting Institute. I worked on an Evangelizing Hispanics presentation in Spanish for the Berea Baptist Association meeting and many other administrative activities. I was not able to attend the Evangelism Conference due to a sinus infection. March: During the month of March, I had the pleasure of attending Iglesia Bautista El Calvario of Roswell s 76 th anniversary. I worked on the final list of the churches participating in the simultaneous revival/evangelism campaign and requested assistance. I rescheduled the coaching refresher workshop for April and May. I met with a group of Hispanic pastors from the Albuquerque area to 79

80 discuss prayer-walking and pray4everyhome.com. I also met with a group of pastors from the Las Cruces area to discuss prayer-walking and pray4everyhome.com. I had the privilege of preaching at Iglesia Bautista Unidos En Cristo of Las Cruces. I attended the meeting of the Committee on Nominations of the SBC in Nashville and continued to teach at the Church Planting Institute. I conducted other administrative duties, including translating material from English into Spanish. April: In the month of April, I traveled 1,800 miles to Roswell, Estancia, Cloudcroft, Anthony, Las Cruces, and Anthony. These trips were made to offer coaching training to Hispanic leaders in Albuquerque; to conduct a seminar on reaching Hispanics to the churches of the east of the state; to meet with pastors of potential partnering churches; to attend the Hispanic pastors, deacons, leaders and wives retreat at Sivells Baptist Camp; to conduct a Hispanic church planting network meeting in the south, and to visit one church planter and preach at the plant. Of course, these activities do not include the many administrative tasks conducted in the background from completing assessment reports for church planting apprentices to attending planning meetings for Spanish Camp, RePlant Conference, etc. to translating materials. I also concluded the first semester of teaching at the church planting institute. During this month, I also began to gather the data for the simultaneous revivals that were conducted during Easter and other dates. Up-to-date, 15 churches have reported results of the revivals. The results are: 305 lost Hispanics attended the events, 34 were saved, and one baptized. May: In the month of May, I traveled 1,200 miles to Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Roswell, Clovis, and Portales. These trips were made to meet with two Hispanic pastors in the north; to meet with Hispanic pastors in the East to discuss the possibility of starting a new church planting center and institute; to participate in a licensing service in Portales, and preaching at Iglesia Bautista Belen of Clovis. During this month, I was able to get a church planting apprentice approved by NAMB and installed in Southwest Albuquerque. I was also able to get a second apprentice approved who will work in the Moriarty and Estancia area. I also participated in the preparation of the RePlant Conference and conducted a breakout session in Spanish. I began the second semester of teaching at the church planting institute. I began coaching with one of our apprentices. June: In the month of June, I traveled 1,800 miles to Hobbs, Deming, Tajique, and Artesia. These trips were made to preach at Iglesia Bautista Betesda (a pastorless church), to visit with our church planter and his family in the Southwest, to attend the Spanish Family Camp at Inlow Baptist Camp, and to 80

81 preach at FBC of Artesia. We also installed our second Hispanic church planting apprentice in Moriarty. I continue to coach one of our apprentices and assisted him in assessing his community. I translated material for Mission New Mexico. I also met with a potential planter for Grants, New Mexico and began to assessment process. Again, this summary does not include all administrative activities I have the privilege to be involved in. July: In July, I traveled 1,339 miles to Santa Fe, Moriarty, Las Cruces, and Bernalillo. I had the privilege of preaching at Iglesia Bautista Rosa de Sarón, meeting with church planters and apprentices, and attending the Spanish Baptist Convention annual meeting. I began the assessment for two new church planting candidates, began coaching with another planting apprentice, and attended the Fours Soils training. I finalized all logistics for the regional discipleship workshops in September. I also worked on translations for the State Missions Offering and the Bible Study and Small Groups Leader Training. I also had the joy of preaching on stewardship at Iglesia Hermosa of Bernalillo and Santa Fe. August: In August, I traveled over 1,600 miles to Portales, Clovis, Bosque Farms, Anthony, Grants, and Santa Fe. I had the privilege of meeting with a Hispanic pastor to discuss joining BCNM and assisting him in conducting a meeting, conducting two trainings to Hispanic Bible study and small groups leaders, conducting a church planting network meeting, and looking at a possible site for a new Spanish Bible study group. I completed the third semester of teaching at the Church Planting Institute and attended a doctoral workshop at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Once again, I would like to thank New Mexico Baptists for generously contributing to the Cooperative Program and the Mission New Mexico State Offering. It is through your financial and spiritual support that I am able to provide our Hispanic churches the resources they need, so that we may do together what we cannot do alone in Advancing the Kingdom. May the Lord bless you richly for partnering with all our churches and may God bless the great state of New Mexico. Regional Spanish Strategist Pedro Escobar The Advancing The Kingdom objectives that our convention has adopted are admirable. Part of it includes "sharing the Gospel with one million unreached Hispanics through disciple-based evangelism strategies." This is an ambitious goal based on reality and necessity, which BCNM leadership recognized as a priority and strives to achieve. 81

82 With this goal in mind, my efforts have been focused on mobilizing Hispanic churches in evangelism, discipleship, and training new leaders. October, November and December were times to make plans and specific projects for training and mobilizing churches. In January, Dr. Ramon Osorio from the NAMB office, gave lectures in Clovis and Portales on evangelism and discipleship. 205 Hispanics attended. In February and March, I worked in the planning, promotion and execution of simultaneous revivals in Hispanic churches. We have done this evangelism project for two consecutive years and the response from the churches has been overwhelmingly positive. In April, I participated in building relationships and training Hispanic churches. I attended a pastoral retreat in Sivells, and the RePlant and Revitalization Conference in Albuquerque, in order to learn from and share with leaders who are stakeholders in meeting the goals for the advancement of the Kingdom. In May, after a time dedicated to discipleship of a group of leaders of the Hispanic Church El Divino Salvador of Portales, we celebrated a special service for four brothers of that church who obtained licenses to preach. In June, I attended the Hispanic Family Camp at Inlow and then took a few vacation days to be present at the graduations of my grandchildren. In July, I participated in a Bilingual revival in Vaughn, the Berea Association meeting, and the annual meeting of the Hispanic convention held in Las Cruces. In August, I traveled to different parts of New Mexico to lead trainings on Bible Study Small Groups. It has been a great pleasure to be part of this BCNM ministry team. We have sown the Word and now await the harvest. Native American Strategist Daniel Clymer The Light of Christ is shining brighter than ever through New Mexico Native American Southern Baptists. We want to celebrate all that Jesus Christ has done to grow and build His Kingdom among our Native People groups in New Mexico. The legacy of faith has been passed from generation to generation among our people, and it brings great pleasure to share how God is impacting our state. The following is a reflection of how God is moving today and the investment towards the next generation. Inlow Indian Family Camp 82

83 It was the summer of 1947, when Pauline Cammack took the lead in establishing the first all Indian Camp at Inlow, and 150 people attended. In the book, In the Shadow of Giants: The Early Days of Inlow Youth Camp, by Nancy A. Curtis and Kay Weldon Madaris, it reflects on the rapid growth and popularity of this amazing Baptist Indian Family Camp. Many great leaders have come from the work of Inlow Indian Family Camp through the decades. Mike Naranjo, a very important Native Baptist pastor to the Northern Pueblos of New Mexico, was saved at Inlow Indian Family Camp. He, and his wife Rose, served in the pastorate at the Santa Clara Baptist Church. Edna Romero is the daughter of Mike and Rose Naranjo, and today she is the Administrative Team Leader of the camp and wife of Pastor Bennie Romero of First Indian Baptist Church of Taos. Bennie and Edna s daughter Paula is the current Children s Team Leader for camp, and their other children have served in positions at camp in Native Baptist work as well. God works through generational ministries such as BCNM s Inlow Indian Family Camp. Inlow Indian Family Camp sadly was cancelled for the summer of 2016 due to the Dog Head Fire. The fire was too close to be safe, and the 150 plus expected campers are making plans to return to camp in The team leaders for camp next year either attended camp as a child or began leadership training as an adult at Inlow: Edna Romero, Administrative Team Leader; Scott Tafoya, Worship Team Leader; Ida Formea, Communications Team Leader; John Joe, Adult Team Leader; Daniel Clymer, Powersurge Youth Team Leader; and, Paula Tsoodle, Children s Team Leader. The 2017 BCNM Inlow Indian Family Camp will celebrate its 70 year anniversary! Plans are being made for a huge celebration for next year s camp, and there will be blasts from the past that will make the camp experience like none other. Inlow Indian Family Camp is a New Mexico Baptist tradition that continues to encourage and grow Native Baptist leaders and lay people statewide. It can be said that Inlow Indian Family Camp is New Mexico True! Mission Response Team Churches In 2011, twenty New Mexico pastors and leaders attended the North American Peoples Summit held in Arkansas. Nearly 300 Native Baptist leaders from the U.S. and Canada attended, and four areas of where God needed Native Baptists to be trained in for Advancing the Kingdom. The four areas of training/equipping to create Mission Response Team churches were: Awakening: Prayer and Awareness; Evangelism and Discipleship (Native to Native); Leadership Development (Development of Biblically-based mission response teams); and, Missional and Multiplying (planting and strengthening Churches). An emphasis from 2013 to the present has been focused on these areas of training and equipping. In the fall of 2013, Terry Sharp and Bryan Galloway of the IMB came and worked with us on understanding how to be 83

84 missional in reaching our own Native peoples and other people groups, through understanding worldview and cross-cultural ministry. In the spring of 2014 and 2015, Native Baptist leaders Mark Custalow, Sean Whitey, and Chris Boyd came to equip us in evangelism and discipleship at our NM Native Baptist Evangelism Conferences. The fall of 2014 was a special time when Tom Blackaby of Blackaby Ministries International equipped our Native Baptists in leadership development through Experiencing God and 2016 were two years focusing on using the Bible Story Cloth in evangelism, discipleship, and leader training. Calvary Road Ministries, the creators of the Bible Story Cloth for IMB missionaries, have led the trainings and will be leading the final installment of this training in the spring of The fall of 2015 was a special time of training/equipping for prayer and prayer walking among our Native people groups in New Mexico. The following is how God has worked through these areas of training. Bible Story Clothes Bringing People to Christ and Growing Believers The Bible Story Cloth trainings of 2015 were used to equip believers in using the original Bible Story Cloth for evangelism and Bible study. Pastors have preached through the stories of the story cloth at places such as Jemez Valley Baptist Church and Indian Nations Baptist Church. This year, with the introduction of the second Bible Story Cloth on the Book of Acts, the emphasis was on how the book of Acts teaches us to be disciples and leaders in the church. Jemez Valley Baptist Church is currently using the Acts Story Cloth for adult and youth discipleship classes. The second installment of training/equipping on the Acts story cloth will be in the spring of The original Bible Story Cloth has proven to be effective in among our Native peoples in New Mexico in reaching them for Christ a total of 72 people are actively attending groups where the Bible Story Cloth is the primary tool in teaching. Four people have accepted the Lord as their Savior. The Bible Story Cloth is currently being used by Laguna-Acoma Baptist Church in a local jail ministry, and is also used through First Indian Baptist Church of Española in local domestic violence programs. The Laguna-Acoma Church uses the Bible Story Cloth in their children s ministry, and members of First Indian Baptist Church of Española display the Bible Story Cloths in their homes for ministry opportunities. First Indian Baptist Church of Taos has used the Bible Story Cloth in training teachers how to teach. Laguna-Acoma Church leaders have equipped people from other churches with Bible Story Clothes to use in their ministries. A plan to make lap quilts out of the original Bible Story Clothes is being implemented now with the sewing of 50 quilts. Every home among our tribes that has a Bible Story Cloth quilt will be able to tell the story of the Bible, and tell of Christ and how He died for us on Calvary. 84

85 Prayer Strategies and Prayer Walking Our Native Communities for Christ In the fall of 2015, the Native Baptist Mobilization Conference was focused on awakening through prayer and awareness. The.COM conference in Albuquerque featuring Claude King, the movie War Room, and the Prayer Mobilization Conference all made a great impact upon prayer walking/driving and developing prayer strategies for our Native communities. During 2016, prayer walking has been done in the communities of Laguna-Acoma, Alamo, Thoreau, Taos, Española (including Santa Clara, San Juan, and surrounding areas), Santa Fe, Jemez Valley (including Jemez and Zia Pueblos), Albuquerque, Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos, Rincon Marquis, and many other areas. Leadership Development Brings Forth New Leaders God is at work all around us! That is part of the core Biblical teaching of Experiencing God that Tom Blackaby left with our churches during the fall of Our Native Baptist congregations have taken that very seriously, and it is exciting to see how they have accepted the invitation God has given them. Laguna-Acoma Baptist Church reaches deep into their community through participation in community events, a local jail ministry, and a growing core group of members at their church which is a result of their community outreach. Pastor Kaul Corley and church lay leaders have seen an increase in church attendance as they engage their area for Christ. Hoghan Si Ani (meaning Old Home Place) near Mexican Water, Arizona, is a Cowboy Church part of San Juan Association. John Tohtsoni is the pastor of the church. There are 13 Native Baptist congregations in San Juan Association reaching the Navajo Nation, and one reaching the Jicarilla Apache. Andrew Begay, the Native liaison for San Juan Association is helping revitalize and plant churches through the association s Revitalization American Indian Ministry. Leaders are being developed at Tooh Worship Center (formerly First Baptist Church Shiprock), Tinian Baptist Church, and Haanaadli Worship Center (formerly House of Prayer). Wesley Castillo, pastor of Pine Hill Baptist Church, has been working in reaching new points of light on the Navajo Nation. Their church believes that when an area asks them for help, then they need to go and be part of what God is doing. The Pine Hill Church has hosted a recent prayer summit and is a Multiplying Church. Native Baptists On Mission and Multiplying Edna Romero of Taos is the Native Baptist Partnership Mission Team Leader, and she once again led a group of prayer walkers at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque. This mission outreach gives us an opportunity to take the gospel to tens of thousands of Native peoples from tribes all over the world. The work of Robert Fontenot at the Journey Church (formerly First Indian Baptist Church) and Rob McIntosh s work at the Creator Fellowship are great examples of contextual mission outreach. These two pastors and their wives are using Native Worldview and contextual approaches to reach the 85

86 Native peoples of Gallup and nearby Church Rock. We have begun to partner with a Bible Study outreach to the Pueblos of Cochiti and Santo Domingo this year. This fall, a leadership training event will be held at Alamo Indian Baptist Mission in October. Rincon Marquis Baptist Church near Torreon is seeking membership as a Southern Baptist Church. Partnership ministry events took place this summer at the Rincon Marquis Church. Thank you for supporting Mission New Mexico and the Cooperative Program. We could not have the outreach to the tribes of New Mexico without New Mexico Baptist cooperative support. Pray for the Native Baptist congregations, as we are in a season of revivals and evangelistic events from the summer months through September Deaf Ministries Led by Deaf Leadership Team Looking back at another year of God doing a work in and through us! Much excitement is in the wind for the new Deaf Ministry at Mesilla Park Community Church (MPCC) in Las Cruces. Formerly housed at Calvary Baptist Church, then in Anthony, the Deaf leaders hope to make the ministry more available to those who live in the city. Currently services are interpreted, but prayers are for a Deaf bi-vocational pastor to answer the call of God to move to Las Cruces. In the meantime, Lisa Aguilar interprets Sunday services and plans are being made for a community group (Bible study in ASL) for the fall. MPCC is hosting the New Mexico Baptist Conference of the Deaf (NMBCD) Annual Fall Business Meeting and workshops for both Deaf and interpreters this October 21, 22, 23. NMBCD is so grateful to the church and its leaders to be open to the Deaf in the beginning of this new ministry. BCNM also has been an encouraging partner with NMBCD and all we do to spread God s word to the Deaf September - Ten members of NMBCD attended the New Mexico Deaf Senior Citizen s Picnic. October - Eight members of NMBCD attended the BCNM convention in Ruidoso. November - Eight men from NMBCD traveled to Cedar Hill, TX for the annual Deaf Men s Retreat NMBCD held its Annual Fall Workshop and business meeting in Belen, NM. Steve Dye, pastor to the Deaf in Louisville, KY and his wife Mandi, led workshops for Deaf men and Deaf women and a music workshop for everyone. Saturday, November 14, Steve performed in concert at FBC, Belen. Over 100 people attended the Friday night Thanksgiving meal, worship service and Saturday night concert with 50 attending the workshops. In the Sunday morning worship service, Pastor David Guerrero of the host church, FBC-Belen, introduced the New Mexico Baptist Conference of the Deaf to the church. Steve 86

87 Dye did a song in sign and a short testimony then the Deaf went to Deaf church on the campus of FBC. NMBCD also partnered with FBC-Belen to provide daycare and a youth program. Volunteers took the youth Saturday to Albuquerque for recreational activities. Faith Comes by Hearing Beulah Retreat House in Bosque Farms provided the lodging for out-of-towners that weekend. NMBCD was truly blessed by everyone s encouragement and help January - six members of NMBCD attended the People Group and Engagement Workshop offered by the BCNM. Deaf went to an Iranian restaurant and met two BCNM guest speakers who suggested food to order for the group. Albuquerque Deaf Baptist Church (ADBC) hosted Friends Day for local Deaf and Super Bowl Sunday at Sandia Baptist Church. ADBC Deaf Women Gathering, led by Lori Graff, began a monthly meeting and Bible Study for local Deaf women of all faiths. February - six members of NMBCD attended the BCNM Evangelism Conference. March - Fifteen members of NMBCD attended Franklin Graham Rally with the Santa Fe Deaf ministry. April - Ten Deaf women from New Mexico met in Albuquerque and rode in the ADBC van driven by Pastor Bobby J Graff to Oklahoma for the annual Christian Deaf Women Conference. June - ADBC invited all Deaf to a community worship and recreation at Cochiti Lake. Isotopes Park Deaf Day, ADBC met and mingled with local Deaf at the baseball game. July - NMBCD Deaf Youth Camp at Sivells with Camp Pastor, Jason Shiflett (MO) and Bobby J. Graff, camp director. A number of the campers were CODA s (Children of Deaf Adults) and since Jason is a CODA himself he had much to share about having Deaf parents. Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf met in Lancaster, PA. Barbara Flett attended the first three days for the interpreting training program. While there a former NMBCD officer, Roberto Chavez, who attends Gallaudet University (DC) met with Barbara for a New Mexico reunion. Formerly Glorieta hosted 87

88 SBCD many times over the years. We are praying for SBCD to seek a conference location in the western part of the United States in the near future. Albuquerque Deaf Baptist Church and Paramount Deaf Baptist Church from Amarillo, TX met in Santa Rosa for a three day camp-out and swim at Blue Hole. August - FBC-Santa Fe and the Deaf ministry there hosted the first ever Deaf Marriage Conference. Darrell Bonjour (TX) and his wife led the conference. This is the first time a western state has had a marriage conference specifically for the Deaf and hopes for more in the future serving Deaf in Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Texas are being discussed. September - visits to Las Cruces to firm up plans for NMBCD Fall event October The conference pastor leading the Deaf is Jeremy Fass, Deaf pastor from Mesa, AZ. Jeremy just received his Master s in Theological Studies in May. His daughter, Kaitlyn is leading the music during worship and Angie Allen from Missouri is leading the interpreter workshop entitled, Becoming the Interpreter God Designed You to Be. NMBCD members have been in yearlong prayer, calling for the Lord to bring a great revival to the Deaf in Las Cruces. Throughout New Mexico there are Christian Deaf ministries that make hearing worship services available through sign language interpreters. Among these are Roswell, Clovis, Rio Rancho, Farmington, Las Cruces and Los Lunas. There are also growing ministries led by the Deaf during Bible studies and worship services in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Belen. The need for Deaf leaders is great, only they can truly relate to the Deaf, their culture, and in their heart language. Since technology has become so much a part of our lives, the Deaf have benefitted greatly. Through groups like, Deaf Missions, Deaf Bible Society, D.O.O.R. and Deaf Harbor, Deaf now have the Bible, daily Bible devotions, chronological Bible stories and Deaf music in American Sign Language on CD for no cost. Also through Facebook and YouTube, there are a number of Deaf Christian pastors who post their services or have live streaming and prayer groups and Bible Studies on-line. NMBCD encourages the Deaf to make use of these resources since there are so many small pockets of Deaf throughout our state without Deaf ministries. Among the Deaf ministries led by Deaf, there is a strong belief to be a part of the greater Deaf community in their local areas. Therefore NMBCD Deaf members not only serve within their churches, but also become examples of Jesus at monthly pot lucks, join the Deaf at Deaf senior centers, Deaf cultural 88

89 centers, Deaf grassroots movements, Deaf nights out, Deaf RVers and numerous other events where the local communities meet. If you meet a Deaf person, don t be afraid to approach them, show them love and share Jesus with them by any means you can, and then give them our information. Below are NMBCD area Leaders to contact. Albuquerque Deaf Baptist Church: Bobby Graff, VP ; Text Belen Deaf Fellowship: Red Flett - Text ; Home Santa Fe Deaf Ministry: Aaron Martinez - Text Anthony/Las Cruces Deaf Ministry: Alfredo and Lisa Aguilar - Voice Taos Deaf Ministry: Priscilla Martinez - Text Disaster Relief Ira Shelton This year NMBDR responded to 13 different deployments and we are currently deployed to assist with the aftermath of the flooding in Louisiana. One of the deployments was childcare and feeding breakfast at the BCNM convention in Ruidoso, NM. This was followed by a deployment to Westlaco, TX to do mud out after flooding occurred. During this deployment, our volunteers lead fifty-five people to Jesus Christ. We also did mud out after flooding in Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, Wyoming and other areas in Texas. Here in New Mexico, NMBDR volunteers did home site cleanup and feeding after the Dog Head Fire. We also did home site cleanup in the Timberon area. Five people were led to the Lord in the Dog Head Fire area and two people were led to the Lord in the Timberon area. We did childcare numerous times during the year. This included doing childcare twice for the NM National Guard. We also did childcare for the Replant Conference in Albuquerque. For the fifth year, we did childcare, patient escort, chaplaincy and feeding with NM Mission of Mercy, a free dental clinic. Volunteers attended the NM Department of Homeland Security/Emergency Manager s meeting, distributing tracts about NMBDR and talking to emergency managers in NM. Throughout the year, we held several trainings, in various parts of the state, for new volunteers to be trained and others to renew their badges. Our Annual Celebration and Training Event was moved from April to August, due to a major deployment in April. We had a great event with the highlight being the dedication of a laundry trailer in memory of Jim Ahrens. Jim was our 89

90 Blue Hat coordinator for Mountain Valley Association and he had the vision and desire for a laundry trailer for NMBDR. New Mexico Baptist Disaster Relief stands ready to bring Help, Hope and Healing to the people in need on any deployment. New Mexico Baptist Disaster Relief Volunteer report the following for January August 2016: Volunteer Days 1,374 Ministry Contacts 2,667 Gospel Presentations 142 Professions of Faith 67 Bible Distributed 102 Chaplaincy Contacts 1,230 Tracts Distributed 258 Meals 7,081 Assessments 134 Flood Clean Up Jobs 63 Fire Cleanup 19 Sifting Jobs 4 Debris Removal 25 Tear Out Jobs 70 Pressure Wash Jobs 66 Mold Remediation 86 Chain Saw Jobs 11 Heavy Equipment Hours 193 Showers 307 Laundry Loads 120 Children Cared For Messages Handled Missions Education Connie Dixon WMU Missions Celebration NM WMU met in Ruidoso for our annual meeting. We had wonderful attendance and excitement about the future of WMU. Steve Hartsill from National WMU was our keynote speaker and the praise team from FBC Ruidoso led us in music. Associational Meetings This year, I encouraged people to meet with me prior to their associational meetings. I was able to attend five associational meetings and was in two other associations in the fall. Overall, I met with over 150 people to talk about the importance of Missions Education and WMU and also talked about how WMU will look in the future of their associations. I was so encouraged to see the excitement and desire to continue to grow WMU. 4Missions5K NM WMU hosted the 4Missions5K at the Baptist Children s Home. We had a great attendance and were able to raise about $500 for the CWJC of Portales. January Board Meeting Went to January Board meeting in Birmingham, AL. This year our Social Issue is PTSD and we were able to receive training. We heard reports from IMB and 90

91 NAMB. Our theme for this year is All for You. Wanda Lee announced her retirement as of the end of 2016 so please be in prayer for WMU. Christian Women s Job Corp We had National CWJC/CMJC training in Portales at the Baptist Children s Home. Two women received their Level 2 training and we had seven receive Level 1 training (6 women and 1 man). Training I was able to attend the People Group Discovery and Engagement workshop at the BCNM in Albuquerque. This was an amazing workshop that not only included class time of how to use various websites, but then we went and engaged some cultures. My group visited a Sekhi Temple, flee market and rock shop owned by a man from Afghanistan, and we went to an Indian Market and visited with people from eight different countries. We never left Albuquerque. It was awesome! I was able to attend the Dynamics of Spiritual Leadership Coaching Workshop at the BCNM in Albuquerque. This workshop was led by Blackaby Ministries International and was wonderful. I also, attended the WMU Missions Celebration in St. Louis in June. I received training in leadership, WMU organizations and missions education. WorldCraft Workshops During April and May we did three WorldCraft workshops and parties. The first was at Bethel Deming. There were about 20 women from three churches. The second was at First Baptist Silver City and there were 21 women from two churches there. The final workshop was at First Baptist Las Cruces where there were 30 women. These workshops were well received and the WorldCraft ministry is growing in NM. NM WMU Semi-Annual Board Meeting We had our WMU Executive Board Meeting in Albuquerque at the BCNM offices in April. There were 21 in attendance representing 11 of the 13 associations. The scholarship committee met prior to board meeting and awarded $6,052 in scholarships. Children s Missions Camp Run the Race was the Olympic theme for the 2016 Children s Missions Camp that was held on July at Inlow. About 133 children, leaders and staff came together to learn how to live a more missional life. Some of the highlights of this year s camp was we had six salvations, six surrendered to full time missions (including four leaders) and numerous rededications. 91

92 Meetings Attended associational meetings for Central, Rio Grande, Tucumcari, Southeastern, and Pecos Valley Associations. CWJC meeting in Portales four times this year. Met with the Mission Mobilization Team with Skype calls. Executive Board Meetings in Albuquerque State Evangelism Conference in Albuquerque FBC Carlsbad WMU women. Meeting to start the Home School Missions Network. Melissa Lamb of FBC Santa Rosa is working as the consultant. Met in Portales with Julia Esping about the NM WMU Social Media. Went to Inlow to meet with Mike and Inlow staff about Children s Missions Camp. Speaking Spoke at Rio Grande Associational Meeting. Met with about 35 women before meeting about the future of WMU. Led conferences for PrayerLink in Anchorage. Spoke at Tucumcari Associational Meeting. Met with about 20 men and women before the meeting about WMU and Missions Education in their association. Spoke at Southeastern Associational Meeting. Met with about 50 men and women during dinner to speak about the importance of Missions Education. Great responses. Spoke at Pecos Valley Associational Meeting. Led an International Missions Study for FBC Ruidoso on November 8 th with about 30 people in attendance. Spoke at January Board Meeting at the Executive Directors Retreat. Spoke at FBC Elida for Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and NAMB. Spoke at WorldCraft Workshops at FBC Las Cruces, FBC Silver City and Bethel Deming. Spoke at Weed Baptist Church s Mother/Daughter Banquet. There were 58 in attendance. Central Associational Women s Roundtable. Carlsbad WMU Tea with 66 in attendance. Spoke on WMU and WorldCrafts. Prayer Organize a monthly prayer conference call with Gary Frost from NAMB and Gordon Fort from IMB where I get 10 prayer warriors to pray for 10 specific prayer requests from IMB, NAMB, SBC Executive Committee, and 92

93 President Ronnie Floyd. This call is with all the prayer coordinators from all states. Attended PrayerLink in Anchorage in October. This year I served as chairman and we had a wonderful time prayerwalking and praying for SBC and all the entities and states. Prayer Room for State Evangelism Conference Pray Across New Mexico was very successful this year. We had five new churches take part in prayerwalking their area schools. Hunger Ministries Cricket Pairett All across New Mexico, 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. In fact, one in three children in our state faces hunger every day. We consistently supported 17 outreach ministries in 2015 and in 2016 we increased that to 21. During the past year we can report: Evangelistic Encounters 102,944 Professions of Faith 207 Baptisms 24 Volunteers Serving 6,101 Volunteers Trained in Evangelism 192 Hot Meals Provided 116,645 Lunch Bags Distributed 5,600 Individuals Fed Through Grocery Items 84,871 Total Fed 216,217 Muslim Ministries PJ The Muslim ministry team is pleased to be able to share about our ministry with you. The team s focus continues to be to reach out to the Muslim community in Albuquerque. However, we are also reaching out into other communities with a Muslim presence. We have visited the communities of Las Cruces, Deming and Gallup to ascertain the Muslim presence in these communities and help the local believers/churches reach out to their Muslim neighbors. We continue to reach out to the International students on UNM s campus. Christian Challenge hosts English as Second Language classes, in partnership with International Students, Inc., another ministry to foreign students. We work alongside these ministries as a way of reaching into the Muslim community on campus. Many of our contacts have come from this. We are able to spend time with the students and build relations. We have been able to share spiritual truths with several people. We will begin a weekly discovery Bible study in the fall 2016 semester with Muslim students who have shown an interest. 93

94 We are reaching out to the Muslim community by helping recently arrived refugees into the country. Our team had the opportunity of helping a Muslim background believer as she resettled in the Albuquerque area. We have had the opportunity to share with many groups around the state about our ministry and educate them more on Muslims in our state. These include: Albuquerque, Lovington, Ruidoso, Jemez, Farmington and Portales. Prayer Requests: - Please continue to pray for us as we follow up on the contacts we meet and 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. - Pray for opportunities to engage Muslims around the state, including in Deming, Las Cruces and Gallup. Pray for believers to be open to sharing God s love with their Muslim neighbors. - Pray for the Discover Bible Study we will be hosting in our home in the fall semester with Muslim international students at UNM. Pray that these people will be drawn to God. - Pray as we begin to look for ways to engage Muslim students on the campus on NM Tech, in Socorro We would like to again thank the BCNM and the Missions Mobilization Team for the opportunity we have to reach out to Muslims 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 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. 94

95 2017 BCNM Budget Below is the Baptist Convention of New Mexico s 2017 budget, designed around the Advancing the Kingdom objectives that were adopted by your State Convention. These objectives serve as a guide for our convention of churches through The proposed budget consists of multiple ministries, all with the goal of honoring Christ and resourcing churches. The BCNM exists for the local church. The staff of the BCNM is your staff. The majority of our churches are numerically small and smaller membership, possibly with bivocational staff. Therefore, state convention resources are critical. Allow me to share a few things about the anticipated receipts. There is an increase of two additional percent in giving to the Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative Program. This is an increase from 26 percent in 2016 to 28 percent in 2017 of undesignated receipts being forwarded on to the SBC. Overall, the cumulative increase since 2015 totals 5.4 percent. It is my prayer that we will continue to see such increases during the coming decade. New Mexico Baptists care about lostness and mission work in New Mexico. They also care about lostness and mission work around the world. The Cooperative Program will turn 100 years of age in This plan of mission giving was formed in 1925 with the single vision of providing the financial pipeline to do mission work at home, across the nation and around the world. As Southern Baptists, we have always believed that we can do more together than any single church can do on its own. Everything proposed in this budget is an extended ministry of local churches, which means churches are helping each other accomplish the Great Commission in every local New Mexico community. The generous gifts of Southern Baptist s to their local churches make CP ministries possible. Thank you for your generosity as churches in supporting ministry through the Cooperative Program. Anticipated Receipts Cooperative Program Receipts from Churches 3,754,041 Other Receipts 1,052,880 Total Anticipated Receipts $4,806, CP Monthly Budget Need $314, CP Monthly Budget Need $312,837 95

96 Budget EIT Executive Information Services Team General Overtime Compensation EIT 7,000 Assistants Travel 1,500 Team Operations 24,000 Miscellaneous 1,000 Executive Executive Director Travel 18,000 Administrator Travel 2,500 Information Team Leader Travel 13,000 Distribution 63,000 Contract Printing 77,000 Digital and Promotion 6,000 Media Services Internships 2,000 Historical Services 1,200 Convention Expense Total EIT $216,200 State Convention Expense 23,000 State Convention Printing 3,500 Executive Board Meetings 20,000 Special Meetings 3,000 Pastor s and Men s Conference 3,000 Total Convention Expense $52,500 EDT Evangelism and Discipleship Team General Overtime Compensation EDT 2,000 Team Travel 25,000 Team Operations 10,000 Discipleship Ministries 7,500 Evangelism Ministries Bivocational and Small Church Ministry 18,000 96

97 Next Generation Ministry 15,000 Evangelism/Equipping 5,000 Evangelism Equipping NAMB 110,000 Evangelism New Work 65,000 BSU Ministries 160,832 Total EDT $418,332 LDT Leadership Development Team General Overtime Compensation LDT 1,500 Team Leader Travel 12,000 Other Personnel Travel 2,000 Team Operations 12,500 Leadership and Church Health Leadercare 8,000 Staff Development 8,000 SS, Discipleship, Bible Studies 7,500 Team West 5,000 CLD Center Support 10,000 CLD Scholarships 11,000 Music and Worship Arts Ministries 21,000 Subtotal (General, Leadership, Music) $98,500 Student Leadership Development Student Leadership Travel 12,000 Student Camp Ministry 41,000 Lives Ablaze Conference 55,000 Student Leadership Resources/Materials 5,500 Ministry Assistance 2,500 Subtotal (Student Leadership) $116,000 Children s Leadership Development Children s Leadership Travel 12,000 Children s Camp Ministry 40,000 Young Lives Ablaze Conference 31,000 Bible Drill/Speakers 800 Vacation Bible School 26,000 Children s Ministry 14,000 Women s Ministry 1,800 97

98 Subtotal (Children s Leadership) $125,600 Sivells and Inlow Camps $255,900 Total LDT $596,000 MMT Missions Mobilization Team General Overtime Compensation MMT 3,000 Team Travel 33,000 Team Operations 10,000 Missions BCNM State Mission Offering Promotion 10,000 Disaster Relief 18,000 Partnership Missions 10,000 WMU Leadership Training 6,000 WMU Camp Ministries 6,500 WMU Convention 3,000 10:2 Missions Conference 7,500 Missions NAMB Church/Pastoral Assistance 22,500 Ethnic Development 87,380 Church Planting 350,000 Church Planting Development NAMB 35,000 Total MMT $601,880 General Operations General Employee Training 2,500 Hospitality 8,000 Offsite Storage 2,900 Miscellaneous 1,500 Property Vehicle Operation 1,500 Vehicle Replacement 12,000 Telephone 30,000 Legal/Audit Legal Expense 10,000 98

99 Audit Expense 25,000 Wills/Trusts Seminars Expense 3,000 Transfers Rent/Loan Excess 16,000 Total General Operation $112,400 Property Operations Office Supplies 6,800 New Equipment 15,000 Utilities 35,000 Building Upkeep/Repairs 25,000 Commercial Insurance 80,000 Equipment Leases/Supplies 16,000 Janitorial Service 22,000 Total Property Operations $199,800 Technology Taxes Payable 500 Technical Production Services 8,000 IT System Equipment/Repairs 8,000 IT System Maintenance Agreement 38,000 Total Technology $54,500 BCNM Personnel (Convention Staff, BSU Staff, Camp Staff) Administrative Personnel Exempt Personnel Salaries 1,181,267 Exempt Personnel Benefits 461,743 Support Personnel Non-Exempt Personnel Salaries 553,879 Non-Exempt Personnel Benefits 188,320 Total Personnel/Benefits $2,385,209 BCNM Committees Christian Life Committee 12,500 99

100 Total Committees $12,500 CP Exempt Items Church Retirement Plan 69,600 Post Retirement Benefits 85,000 CP Promotion 3,000 Total Exempt Items $157,600 Total BCNM Operating Budget $4,806,

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107 CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 2517 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM (505) Fax: (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 5 First Baptist Church, Belen Director of Missions John Torrison john@cbanm.org Office Manager Barbara Long barbara@cbanm.org OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Steve Long ACP Contact Person... Barbara Long Clerk... Barbara Long Treasurer... Willard (Bill) R. Talbott III Church Library Team Leader... Frances Allen Administrative Committee Chairman... Gerald Minor EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1100 W. Manana Clovis, NM (575) easternbaptist6@gmail.com 2017 Annual Meeting Tuesday, October 3 Prince Street Baptist Church, Clovis Director of Missions Dan Pearce Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Elaine Williford Other Paid Staff Donna Emiro 107

108 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Brad Morgam Vice Moderator... Dave McFadden ACP Contact Person... Elaine Williford Treasurer... Laquita Dial Evangelism Director... David Taylor Missions Development Director... David Taylor Prayer Coordinator... Jim Peabody Other... Wes McAfee... John Russo MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 23 Datil, NM Annual Meeting Saturday, October 7 Reserve Baptist Church Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Stacey Dempsey OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Dennis Harris Jr. Vice Moderator... John Wainwright Secretary... Wanda Bassler Treasurer... Pat Douglas Men/Boys Mission Education Director... Frank Hill... Shirley Edwards... David Schumm... Tom Zumbro MOUNTAIN VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1328 Scenic Dr. Alamogordo, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Monday, October 9 Bethel Baptist Church, Alamogordo Director of Missions Dr. Gary Buckner brogary@mountainvalleyba.com 108

109 Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Joan Hale OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Cal West Vice Moderator... Kyle Bueerman ACP Contact Person... Joan Hale Clerk... Joan Hale Treasurer... Mary Lockwood Pastoral Ministries Director... Alan Stoddard Music Ministry Director... James Hamblen... Sarah Harshey... John Mark Miller WMU Director... Lynn Wilkey Evangelism Director... Alan Stoddard Missions Development Director... Robert Tague Administrative Committee Chairman... Hayden Smith Nominating Committee Chairman... Andrew Payne Bible Drill Director... Stephanie Jensen Disaster Relief Coordinator... Kyle Bueerman VBS Director... Cynthia Evans Other... Jeff Weisensell NORTHEASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 131 Maxwell, NM (575) Annual Meeting TBD OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Brian Nystrom Vice-Moderator... Owen Young ACP Contact Person... Joanna Spruill-Taylor Clerk... Joanna Spruill-Taylor Treasurer... Rob Mayes Nominating Committee Chairman... Donald M. Bell, Sr. PECOS VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 267 Artesia, NM (575) Fax: (575)

110 2017 Annual Meeting Sunday, October 15 First Baptist Church, Artesia Director of Missions Dr. Fred MacDonald Office Secretary/Ministry Assistants Randa Riggs Connie Stageberg OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Herb Gage Vice-Moderator... Troy Grant ACP Contact Person... Randa Riggs Clerk... Randa Riggs Treasurer... Michael Alaniz WMU Director... Pat Radel Evangelism Director... Fred MacDonald Missions Development Director... Ken Engledow Christian Life Committee... Gavin Vaughan II Church & Community Ministries Director... Garry Schwalk Disaster Relief Coordinator... Cathy Pennington RIO GRANDE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 453 Las Cruces, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Sunday, October 1 BSU Christian Challenge, Las Cruces Director of Missions James K. Underwood jamesunderwood@q.com Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Linda Edwards OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... James Underwood ACP Contact Person... Linda Edwards 110

111 Clerk... Linda Edwards Treasurer... David Englehart Missions Development Director... Tom Eason Administrative Committee Chairman... Jim Pratt SAN JUAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1010 Ridgeway Place Farmington, NM (505) Fax: (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 12 First Baptist Church, Kirtland Director of Missions Eric Frye Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Eunice Begaye OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Mike Scott Vice Moderator... Monty Mullinex ACP Contact Person... Eunice Begaye WMU Director... Deb Gibson Administrative Committee Chairman... Linda Dean Other... Linda Dean... Bob Schlauger SANTA FE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 903 La Joya St. Espanola, NM (505) Annual Meeting TBD Associational Secretary/Ministry Assistant Rendell Carver OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Treasurer... Linda Carver... Crystal Dufresne 111

112 ... Rendell Carver SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 5512 Lovington Highway Hobbs, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Sunday, October 8 First Baptist Church, Eunice Associational Coordinator Danny Kirkpatrick OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Stewart Sherrill Vice-Moderator... Matt Thackerson ACP Contact Person... Danny Kirkpatrick Treasurer... James Frances Other... Jeff Fair... Scotty Gandy... Jody O Briant... Matt Price... Randy Leake... Otto Terrell... Larry Wood SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 2926 Silver City, NM (575) swba69@gmail.com 2017 Annual Meeting TBD Director of Missions Don Turnage OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS ACP Contact Person... Don Turnage Treasurer... Don Kejr... Marshall Steele WMU Director... Jewell Burk... Paula Hibner 112

113 TUCUMCARI BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 581 Tucumcari, NM (575) Annual Meeting Tuesday, October 10 First Baptist Church, San Jon Director of Missions Dan Pearce Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Elaine Williford Other Paid Staff Donna Emiro OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Gordan Runyan Vice-Moderator... John Hinze ACP Contact Person... Elaine Williford Treasurer... David Hale Music Ministry Director... Tim Hooten Evangelism Director... Michael Erwin Missions Development Director... Michael Erwin WESTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Box 2496 Milan, NM (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 8 First Baptist Church, Gallup Associational Coordinator Jay McCollum Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Nenderle Hogue 113

114 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Rob McIntosh Vice-Moderator... Robert Fontenot ACP Contact Person... Nenderle Hogue Treasurer... Nenderle Hogue Secretary... Sharon Cline Other Associational Positions... Kaul Corley... April Delores... Robert Cline... Sharon Cline 114

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116 NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN S HOME PO Box 629 Portales, NM (575) Randy Rankin Executive Director Malcolm Philips Director of Campus Life Teresa Howard Public Relations/Communication Robbie Andes Director of Finance Betty McConnell Director of Social Services Board of Directors 2017 Chairman... Kenneth Walker Vice Chairman... Herb Gage Recording Secretary... Leona Tarry Executive Director, BCNM Non-Expiring Term One-Year Term Expires October 2017 Herb Gage PO Box 212, Elida Jeff Moody 211 W. 20 th St., Farmington Tony Montoya 1080 Sioux St., Los Alamos Kenneth Walker 758 S. Roosevelt Rd. S, Portales Robert Wright 4820 Galletta Rd. NW, Albuquerque Two-Year Term Expires October 2018 Tar Henderson PO Box 62, Gila Jay McCollum 2112 College Dr., Gallup Rogene Musick 13 Musick Rd., Clayton Leona Tarry 217 Yellow Pine Rd., Ruidoso Scott Weese HCR 63 Box 456, Raton J.E. Williams 577 Curry Rd K, Clovis Three-Year Term Expires October 2019 Dale Shook 1225 Zuni St., Hobbs Bob Colston 9573 Longhorn, Las Cruces Lora Harlan 2212 Echols Ave., Clovis Sharon Montgomery 407 Sundial, Alamogordo, Anna Thompson 2009 W. Bullock, Artesia

117 ARTICLES of AMENDMENT to the ARTICLES of INCORPORATION Of THE NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME (As Amended October 26, 2016) ARTICLE ONE: Name. The name of the Corporation is The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home and Family Ministries, Inc. ARTICLE TWO: Duration. The period of its duration is perpetual. ARTICLE THREE: Purpose. The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are to provide care in a Christian environment for children who are unable to remain in their natural home, and to engage in any other benevolent and charitable work that will not interfere with the maintenance of a home for dependent children. 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: 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. If at that time The Baptist Convention of New Mexico is such an entity, then all assets available for distribution shall be distributed to The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. ARTICLE SIX: Member. A. This Corporation shall have one Member, The Baptist Convention of New Mexico, a New Mexico religious nonprofit corporation. The annual meeting of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico shall constitute the annual meeting of the Member. Any other meeting of the Member may occur only as provided in The 117

118 Baptist Convention of New Mexico's governing instruments. B. In addition to the rights granted the Member under these Articles, in the Bylaws, and under the provisions of the New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation Act, as it may be amended, the Member shall have the right to vote on: the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation; 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. ARTICLE SEVEN: Composition of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of this Corporation shall be composed of two persons from each of five regions throughout the state who are a member of a church from associations recognized by the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, plus the Executive Director of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. The regions would consist of Northeastern, Southeastern, Northwestern, Southwestern and the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area. This would provide a total of an eleven member board. A change in that number shall be made only by amending the Articles of Incorporation. Directors shall be elected by The Baptist Convention of New Mexico for terms of three years. The expiration of terms shall continue to be staggered so that one third of the terms will expire each year. A Director who has served three terms or any portion thereof shall be ineligible for election to another successive term until one year has elapsed following the end of his term. A Director may be removed from office by The Baptist Convention of New Mexico for any reason deemed sufficient to the Convention and after notice of the proposed removal has been given the Director and the Director has been afforded an opportunity to be heard by the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Alternatively, a Director may be removed by action of the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico upon the request of the Board of Directors of this Corporation after notice of the proposed removal has been given the Director and the Director has been afforded an opportunity to be heard by the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico in annual or special session. Vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors other than as the result of an increase in the number of persons constituting the Board, or as the result of the expiration of a term, may be filled temporarily by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum of the Board until The Baptist Convention of New Mexico acts to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term of the person vacating the position. The Board of Directors shall 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 finds any suggested nominee not acceptable, the Corporation s Board of Director s 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 in its September meeting. 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, the State Executive Board shall nominate a person of its choosing. The Chairman of the Board will not be eligible to serve as an officer for more than two consecutive years. ARTICLE EIGHT: Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and 118

119 complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its Board of Directors and committees having any of the authority of the Board of Directors. All books and records of the Corporation may be inspected by an officer, agent or attorney of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico for any proper purpose and at any reasonable time. ARTICLE NINE: Registered Office and Agent. The address of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at such address is: Randy Rankin, Administrator, 2100 South Avenue I, Portales NM ARTICLE TEN: Amendment. These Articles may be further amended in the following manner: The Board of Directors shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and directing that it be submitted to a vote of the Member. Written notice setting forth the proposed amendment shall be given to the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico at least ten days prior to a regular meeting of the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico prior to the meeting of the Member at which the amendment will be considered and voted upon by the Member. 119

120 AMENDED BYLAWS of THE NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME (As Amended October 27, 1999) ARTICLE ONE: Offices. The principal office of the Corporation shall be located at 2100 South Avenue I, Portales, New Mexico ARTICLE TWO: Officers. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers described in these Bylaws and other officers as may be deemed necessary. Officers shall be elected in the first regular meeting of the Board following the annual meeting of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico and shall hold office for one (1) year and until his or their successors are installed. The Board shall name as administrative officers, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary-Treasurer and such other officers as may be deemed necessary to carry on the work of the Corporation. The tenure and basis of remuneration for these shall be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE THREE: Duties of Officers. Section 1: Chairman: The Chairman shall preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as ordinarily pertain to the office of chairman. Section 2: Vice-Chairman: It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chairman to act for the Chairman in his absence or incapacity. Section 3: Chairman Pro Tem: If at any time the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be unable to act, the Board of Directors shall appoint some other member of the Board to do so, in whom shall be vested, for the time being, all duties and functions of the office. Section 4: Recording Secretary: The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Board of Directors in all business meetings. Section 5: President: The President, as the Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall carry out the instruction of the Board of Directors. It shall be the President's duty, upon the approval and direction of the Board of Directors, to execute contracts, deeds, documents and other instruments. The President may also be called the Administrator. Section 6: Vice-President: It shall be the duty of the Vice-President to assist the President in all matters related to the administration of the Corporation as directed, and to act for the President in his absence or incapacity. The Vice-President may be called the Assistant Administrator. Section 7: Secretary-Treasurer: It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to assist the President in all matters related to the administration of the Corporation as directed by the President. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for maintaining an accurate record of all proceedings during board and committee meetings and performing 120

121 duties of business management as directed by the President. As Secretary-Treasurer this officer shall be responsible for maintaining an accurate financial record of all receipts and disbursements of the institution. The Secretary-Treasurer may be called the Business Manager. ARTICLE FOUR: Meetings of the Board of Directors. Section 1: Regular Meetings: The Board of Directors shall meet a minimum of three (3) times per year at such time and place as the Board determines. Written notice of all regular meetings shall be made by the Chairman of the Board or the executive officers of the Corporation ten (10) days prior to the meeting. Section 2: Called Meetings: Called meetings may be held upon call of the Chairman, the Administrator of the Home, or upon request of any five (5) members of the Board of Directors, and the Chairman shall give sufficient notice of the time and place thereof to enable the Directors to attend. Section 3: Quorum: A quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a simple majority of the members of the Board. ARTICLE FIVE: Committees. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Directors in office, may designate and appoint one or more committees each of which shall consist of two or more directors. The committees, to the extent provided in the resolution or in these Bylaws, shall have and exercise all the authority of the Board of Directors, except that no committee shall have the authority of the Board of Directors to amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws, act in regard to the removing of a director or officer or committee member, or act in regards to the election of a director, or undertake to amend the Articles of Incorporation or restate those articles, adopt a plan of merger or consolidation, authorize the sale, lease, exchange or mortgage of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation, authorize the voluntary dissolution of the Corporation, adopt a plan for the distribution of the assets of the Corporation, or amend, alter or repeal any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its terms provides that it shall not be amended, altered, or repealed by a committee. ARTICLE SIX: Salary and Indemnification. Section 1: No director of this Corporation shall receive, or lawfully be entitled to receive, any salary or remuneration for services connected with the administration of the affairs of this Corporation. Actual expenses incurred by any such director may be refunded when authorized by the Board. Section 2: The Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer or former director or officer of the Corporation against reasonable expenses, costs, and attorneys' 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. The indemnification shall include any amounts paid to satisfy a judgment or to compromise or settle a claim. The director or officer 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 121

122 willful misconduct or recklessness. Advance indemnification shall be allowed of a director or officer for reasonable expenses to be incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit or proceeding provided that the director or officer must reimburse the Corporation if it is subsequently determined that the director or officer was not entitled to indemnification. ARTICLE SEVEN: Executive Committee. Section 1: The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors shall consist of the Chairmen of each standing committee of the Board. The Committee Chairman is to be elected from those members of the Committee, which are appointed to their respective committee by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, in annual session. The Executive Committee shall include the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary and shall be composed of not more than twelve (12) members, including the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. Section 2. The Board of Directors may delegate to the Executive Committee such authority as is deemed necessary to conduct the business of the Corporation, but not the authority these Bylaws prohibit a committee from discharging, between meetings of the Board of Directors. Section 3. The Executive Committee shall meet not less than once each calendar month, except on those months when there is a regular or special meeting of the full board. These meetings may be at a time and place designated by the Chairman or by telephone conference. The Chairman shall give reasonable notice to the members of the Executive Committee by phone or mail of the time and place of each meeting. ARTICLE EIGHT: Policy and Personnel Committee. The Policy and Personnel Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman and shall consist of not less than three members. This committee shall maintain and cause to be published a manual setting forth the policies of The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home for operations and personnel. The Board shall undertake to cause policies concerning personnel to be generally consistent insofar as possible, with those adopted by The Baptist Convention of New Mexico, as the same may from time to time be amended. The hiring and tenure of all employees shall be under the direction of the Children's Home Administrator. The Children's Home Administrator shall be chosen and the terms and conditions of employment determined by the Board of Directors of the Children's Home. ARTICLE NINE: Finance-Budget Committee. The Finance-Budget Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman and shall consist of not less than three members. This committee shall prepare and present to the Board of Directors the annual budget, and may from time to time recommend to the Board of Directors changes in the budget. This committee shall determine procedures to assure fiscal accountability. All funds delivered to the Corporation by gift, devise and bequest or otherwise and not otherwise designated by the donor and all undistributed income derived therefrom shall be invested and continued to be invested under the direction of the committee by The New Mexico Baptist Foundation. 122

123 ARTICLE TEN: Financial Responsibility. Section 1. The Board of Directors shall make reports to The Baptist Convention of New Mexico and to its State Executive Board. Section 2. The Children's Home Administrator shall employ the Convention Auditor to prepare a complete audit of all of the Children's Home's operation and financial transactions every year and shall offer same to be published in the annual of the Convention. Section 3. The Chairman, the Secretary-Treasurer, and the Chairman of the Finance- Budget Committee of the Children's Home Board shall prepare and present a monthly financial report to the Chairman of the Executive Board, the President, and the Business Administrator of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico for review. Each quarter the above named and the Property-Finance Committee of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico shall be invited to review the financial statements of The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home and the Corporation's designated officers or directors shall offer to present a report at each regular meeting of the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. ARTICLE ELEVEN: Seal. The corporate seal of this corporation shall be a circular seal with the name and words, The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home. ARTICLE TWELVE: Amendments. These Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. 123

124 NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN S HOME Annual Report We have continued to be very active in the day-to-day operations of the Home. Of course kids stayed busy raising animals and other 4-H projects in anticipation for our county fair and the end of August proved fruitful for our kid s efforts. It has always been our desire to see our 4-Hers compete well among others in our county. I must say we accomplished that task and even more with this year s event. Our projects included winning Reserve Grand Champion Steer and Reserve Grand Champion Beef Heifer. We showed Grand Champion Fancy Rabbits and a host of prize winning chickens and turkeys. We made it to the sale with one steer, two hogs and one goat.pretty successful night I must say! Our kids not only stayed busy with projects, but had the opportunity to travel some as cottages on vacations. Many memories were built that will last a life time. Summer camp was also a highlight of our summer, with every student having the chance to attend and participate. Summer always finds us hosting several mission group activities. This summer was no exception as we were blessed to have three large groups share their time, talents and lives with us. School is now back into our routine and again we find ourselves becoming very, very busy. We have the usual bunch participating in extra-curricular activities at school and in community sports. It seems like we run back in forth to school on a pretty constant basis! Speaking of school back in session, our Christian Women s Job Corp program will begin teaching parenting classes after school once a week for a period of six weeks for three of our elementary public schools. This effort began as a program partnered with First Baptist Church in Portales to reach out to and help parents of younger school age children better cope with parent issues and how they might better prepare their children in school work. We have to close Hubbard Cottage for awhile due to roof issues and a little mold problem. For the present time, we ve moved kids around and are able to maintain as normal a schedule as possible. We are losing one set of house parents. The Blaneys, who have been with for almost two years, will be leaving to travel just down the street. Mr. Blaney has accepted the position as full time youth pastor at First Baptist Church. We see this as a win for FBC and for our kids as well, since he will continue to be a vital and important part of their lives. We will begin a search, but do not have to hurry due to having the one cottage closed for the time being. We have two house mothers having babies, one due 124

125 right away and one in December. This is always an exciting time, but one that causes us to shuffle around some to facilitate time off and schedules. We continue to be blessed every day. We ask that you continue to support us in all sorts of ways, that we may continue to be the best child care program and to best represent you PROPOSED BUDGET Total Budget is $1,469,644 The percentage breakdown is: Administrative 16% Programs 77% Development 7% 125

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