The Baptist Convention of New Mexico

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1 Annual 2013 Annual The Baptist Convention of New Mexico This book is made possible by your Cooperative Program gifts Dr. Joseph L. Bunce, Executive Director Nancy L. Faucett, Recording Secretary

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

3 2014 ANNUAL DEDICATION 2

4 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN TOTAL NUMBER OF BAPTISMS, 2014* Church Membership Baptisms 1. Albuquerque Sagebrush 4,112 1, Mesilla Park Tucumcari First 1, Hobbs Taylor Memorial Edgewood Mountain Valley Hobbs Crosswinds 1, Las Cruces First 2, Deming First Loving Rio Rancho Paragon TOP TEN CHURCHES IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS, 2014** Total Church Membership CP Gifts 1. Bloomfield First 2,309 $215, Artesia First 1,076 $191, Clovis Central 1, , Carlsbad First 1,527 $138, Las Cruces First 2,315 $131, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 691 $104, Alamogordo Bethel 846 $99, Farmington Emmanuel 913 $95, Mesilla Park 562 $82, Albuquerque Eastern Hills 1,266 $81, TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER CAPITA COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS, 2014** Per Capita Church Membership CP Gifts 1. Portales The Porch 2 $ Jemez Mountain 12 $ Belen Sierra Vista 28 $ Carlsbad Garden Street 24 $ Albuquerque Girard 2 $ Alamogordo Calvary 67 $ Eagle Nest 8 $ Albuquerque Anchor 50 $ Los Alamos First 215 $ Farmington First 201 $ TOP TEN CHURCHES IN MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS, 2014** Total 3

5 Church Membership CP Gifts 1. Las Cruces First 2,315 $35, Clovis Central 1,520 $16, Albuquerque Monterey 534 $13, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 691 $12, Lovington First 957 $12, Alamogordo Bethel 846 $9, High Rolls Trinity 183 $8, Farmington Emmanuel 913 $8, Albuquerque Eastern Hills 1,266 $7, Albuquerque Del Norte 456 $7, TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER CAPITA MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS, 2014** Per Capita Church Membership CP Gifts 1. Taos First 40 $ High Rolls Trinity 183 $ Monument 58 $ Carlsbad Garden Street 24 $ Albuquerque Alameda 66 $ Albuquerque Anchor 50 $ Santa Rosa First 36 $ Clovis First 156 $ Gila Valley 223 $ Tucumcari Immanuel 42 $26.90 *Statistics compiled from 2014 Annual Church Profile **Statistics compiled from receipts received at BCNM offices January 1, 2014 through December 31,

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 5

7 DIRECTORY OF STATE WORKERS All addresses for BCNM staff are the first initial and last (Example: EXECUTIVE/INFORMATION SERVICES TEAM Executive Team Dr. Joseph Bunce, Executive Director Gerald Farley, Business Administrator Nancy L. Faucett, Ministry Assistant Executive Betty Mitchell, Ministry Assistant Financial Toni Warner, Ministry Assistant Carolyn Starks, Ministry Assistant Brian White, Technical Services James Trevillian, Social Media FAX: Information Services Team John Loudat, Team Leader Editor, Baptist New Mexican Linda S. Prescott, Ministry Assistant Editorial Joy Pittman, Ministry Assistant FAX: EVANGELISM/DISCIPLESHIP TEAM Mike Napier, Director Cheryl Vaughn, Ministry Assistant FAX: Collegiate Team: David Englehart, Director Barbara Barrett, Ministry Assistant FAX: Eastern New Mexico University Box 2005 ENMU, Portales Dag Sewell, Campus Minister New Mexico Highlands University PO Box 3304, Las Vegas 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 San Juan College 211 W. 20th, Farmington Shawn Reynolds, Campus Minister 6

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

9 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD 2014 Chairman... Matt Sellers Vice Chairman... Jared Bridge Secretary... Nancy Faucett Executive Director... Joseph Bunce President of the Convention... Tar Henderson... Box 62, Gila 88038, ONE-YEAR TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 2014 Jared Bridge 8100 Wyoming NE M4-166, Albq Richard Grisham 2420 N. Garden St., Roswell Lora Harlan 2212 Echols Ave., Clovis Jackie Johnson 303 McDonald Rd., Farmington Pam Mayes 444 S. 4th St., Raton Brian Nystrom PO Box 1048, Angel Fire Kevin Pence PO Box 489, Carlsbad Harry Pittam 1015 W. Ave. J, Lovington Rusty Shaffer 7600 Gladden Ave. NE, Albq Paul White PO Box 86, Logan TWO-YEAR TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 2015 Ablerado Bolanos Box 8, Artesia Billy Chidester 301 E. Snyder, Hobbs Wes McAfee 2114 E. 1st, Portales Kevin Parker 700 Navajo Ave., Aztec Joe Phillips PO Box 409, Red River Luis Rios 2425 Janet Ann Ln, Las Cruces Billy Tucker 3202 Thunder Rd., Alamogordo Don Turnage 29 Flamingo, Silver City Lou Ellen Wilson 1510 Serrano, Alamogordo THREE-YEAR TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 2016 Don Archer PO Box 40, Hatch Nathan Britton 220 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos April Delores PO Box 193, New Laguna Dennis Harris PO Box 40, San Antonio Michael Head 2 Arroya Seco Rd., Silver City Beau Lamb PO Box 336, Santa Rosa Alan McAlister 2501 N Norris, Clovis Garland Moore PO Box 2097, Milan Matt Sellers th Ave SE, Rio Rancho

10 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Team Assignments, 2014 President of the Convention Tar Henderson Chairman of the Board Matt Sellers E.I.T. Executive/Information Services Team Richard Grisham (C) Abelardo Bolanos Dennis Harris Pam Mayes Luis Rios Rusty Shaffer Don Turnage E.D.T. Evangelism/Discipleship Team Jared Bridge (C) Nathan Britton April Delores Brian Nystrom Kevin Parker Kevin Pence L.D.T. Leadership Development Team Billy Chidester (C) Wes McAfee Michael Head Garland Moore Billy Tucker Lou Ellen Wilson Mission Mobilization Team Harry Pittam (C) Lora Harlan Jackie Johnston Beau Lamb Alan McAlister Joe Phillips Paul White 9

11 State Executive Board Committees 2014 Special Committees Policy and Personnel Tar Henderson Box 62, Gila President Matt Sellers 2740 Northern NE Ste 102, RR Ex-Officio Rusty Shaffer 7600 Gladden Ave. NE, Albq EIT April Delores PO Box 193, New Laguna EDT Billy Tucker 3202 Thunder Rd., Alamogordo LDT Lora Harlan 2212 Echols Ave., Clovis MMT Joseph Bunce, Staff Advisor, Box 94485, Albq Property and Finance Matt Sellers 2740 Northern NE Ste 102, RR Chairman Tar Henderson Box 62, Gila Ex-Officio Jared Bridge 8100 Wyoming NE M4-166, Albq EDT Richard Grisham 2420 N. Garden St., Roswell EIT Billy Chidester 301 E. Snyder, Hobbs LDT Harry Pittam 1015 W Ave J, Lovington MMT Gerald Farley, Staff Advisor, Box 94485, Albq Nominating Committee Wes McAfee, Chairman Kevin Parker Kevin Pence 10

12 BROTHERHOOD/PASTOR S CONFERENCE OFFICERS Brotherhood President: Wayne Turner, Salem, Pastor s Conference President: Danny Kirkpatrick, Lovington, CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMITTEE 2014 One-Year Term Expires October 2014 Mark Burton Charla Ct NE, Albq Gavin Vaughn II Box 1749, Artesia Two-Year Term Expires October 2015 Jay McCollum 2112 College Dr., Gallup Ted Russell 437 Parkland Dr., Aztec Three-Year Term Expires October 2016 Walter Bradley PO Box 22, Clovis Rod Compton Box 66, Tijeras

13 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Elected at 2013 Convention to serve in 2014 Marshall Steele, Silver City First, Chairman, Rose Ignacio, Cuba Tinian Danny Marsh, Albuquerque First West Ricardo Rivera, Las Cruces Primera Gary Schwalk, Carlsbad First PROGRAM/ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE Elected at 2013 Convention to serve in 2014 Tar Henderson, Chairman, Gila Valley, , Joe Byers, Deming First Clark Henderson, Albuquerque Sandia Carlos Pino, Santa Teresa Emmanuel Wayne Turner, Salem 12

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 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 13

15 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, 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 infor- 14

16 mation, 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 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 two-thirds (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,

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18 THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF NEW MEXICO BYLAWS (As Amended October 23, 2013) ARTICLE ONE: Autonomy and Cooperation. The Baptist Convention of New Mexico (the or this Convention) recognizes and shall steadfastly honor and respect the autonomy and independence of each church. This Convention, while seeking fellowship with all Baptist bodies which share the Convention's purposes, shall be independent and sovereign in its own sphere and shall never attempt to exercise any authority over any other Baptist body, church, association, convention, or auxiliary body. ARTICLE TWO: Seating of Messengers. Section 1. At any meeting of the messengers, messengers shall be seated upon presentation of proper credentials or satisfactory evidence of their election by their churches. The credentials shall be signed by the moderator or clerk of the church electing the messenger, and shall indicate the date of election. Credentials shall be presented to the Credentials Committee of the Convention before being seated. Section 2. Churches wishing to send messengers to the Convention for the first time shall present to the Credentials Committee in care of the Executive Director, at least thirty days prior to the annual meeting of the Convention to which the church desires to send messengers, evidence that the church is in friendly cooperation with the Convention and sympathetic with the Convention s work, and evidence of their faith and practices, which are not in conflict with the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testaments. Section 3. As an autonomous Baptist group, the Convention reserves the right to determine what constitutes a cooperating Baptist church. Churches shall be considered in friendly cooperation who are sympathetic with the purpose and work of this Convention, having demonstrated cooperation by contributing a minimum of $250 to the Cooperative Program through the BCNM during the twelve months immediately prior to the call to order of the annual or special meeting of the Convention. The faith and practices of each cooperating church, in the opinion of the Convention in session, shall not be in conflict with the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments. The Convention in session shall be the final judge of the qualifications of its members. Section 4. Each church shall be entitled to two messengers and one additional messenger for every twenty-five members or major portion thereof above twenty-five; but in no case shall any church be entitled to more than eight messengers. ARTICLE THREE: Officers. Section 1. The Convention shall have a President, a First Vice-President, and a Second Vice-President. These officers shall be elected annually by the messengers constituting the annual meeting, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices at the close of the session, and shall continue in office for one year or until their successors are elected. Section 2. In addition the Convention shall have the offices of Executive Director, 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 17

19 seven to nominate an Executive Director to be elected by the messengers, in annual or special meeting, to serve an indefinite period. If the office becomes vacant while the Convention is not in session, the State Executive Board shall designate an acting Executive Director who will serve until the Convention acts to elect a successor. The Executive Director shall be considered the Chief Executive Officer of this Corporation and shall become upon election a salaried at-will employee of the Convention. The Executive Director may be suspended without pay and benefits by the State Executive Board if the State Executive Board deems such suspension in the Convention's best interests. The Executive Director or the Chairman of the State Executive Board may sign legal documents on behalf of the corporation. B. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the person employed by the State Executive Board as Business Administrator. C. Recording Secretary and Assistant Recording Secretary. These officers shall be appointed by the Executive Director. Section 3. The duties of these officers shall be those described in these Bylaws and those usually pertaining to their respective offices in accordance with parliamentary law. Section 4. The Recording Secretary, and in his/her absence, the Assistant Recording Secretary, shall have the duty to make and preserve a written record of the proceedings of the Convention in session and of the State Executive Board meetings. Minutes of each session of the Convention shall be kept up to date, to be read upon request of any messenger. The minutes of the State Convention and the State Executive Board shall be published, the cost of printing paid by the Convention. The Recording Secretary, if not a Convention employee, shall be allowed such remuneration for his or her services as the Executive Director deems just. Section 5. One may not simultaneously be a salaried employee of the Convention or of any corporation of which the Convention is the Member, nor the spouse of an employee, and serve as an officer of the Convention except in the offices of Executive Director, Treasurer, and Recording and Assistant Recording Secretary. ARTICLE FOUR: Eligibility for Election. Persons elected by the messengers of the Convention or by the State Executive Board or appointed to serve as officers of the Convention, officers of the Corporation, members of Convention committees, members of the State Executive Board or the Boards of Directors of the corporations in which The Baptist Convention of New Mexico is the Member, shall be, and shall have been for one year prior to their election, active members of Baptist churches which are in friendly cooperation with the Convention and which are sympathetic with the Convention's purposes and work. The membership requirements shall not apply to the Executive Director or Treasurer. ARTICLE FIVE: Convention Committees. Section 1. Committee on Committees. The President of the Convention shall appoint a five member Committee on Committees prior to the Convention. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Committees to nominate a Nominating Committee consisting of five members, none of whom is a member of the State Executive Board; a Program/Order of Business Committee consisting of five members of which the President shall be chairman; and a Resolutions Committee consisting of three members. The Committee on Committees shall nominate all other committees that may be ordered by the Convention during its session, unless otherwise directed by the Convention. 18

20 Section 2. Nominating Committee. During each annual Convention, the Nominating Committee elected by the previous Convention shall nominate: members of the State Executive Board, persons to fill vacancies on the Christian Life Committee and the preacher and alternate for the sermon for the next annual convention. The committee shall also recommend the place and date for the annual meeting of the Convention three years hence. In every election by the Convention, nominations may also be offered by any messenger from the floor. Section 3. Program/Order of Business Committee. The Program/Order of Business Committee shall prepare and publish a program for the next annual Convention at least two weeks before the Convention convenes and shall present the program, which, when adopted, shall be adhered to throughout the Convention unless changed by vote of the Convention. The committee shall serve throughout the Convention, making provisions for such adjustments in the program as shall be directed by the Convention. This committee also suggests to the Convention an order of business. It shall provide for periods of time during the Convention for the introduction of all matters requiring a vote not scheduled on the agenda, and, when introduced (unless the Convention gives its unanimous consent for the immediate consideration) shall fix times for the consideration of the matter. The committee may suggest to the Convention standing rules. Section 4. Resolutions Committee. The Resolutions Committee shall report to the Convention on all resolutions referred to it by the Convention and bring to the attention of the Convention such resolutions as it may deem necessary. Section 5. Christian Life Committee. The Christian Life Committee shall seek to mobilize the Convention in addressing moral issues of concern to New Mexico Baptists. It shall consist of six members who shall serve terms of 3 years, allowing two of the terms to expire each year. The committee shall make interim reports to the Executive Board. Section 6. Credentials Committee. The Credentials Committee shall be chaired by the First Vice President, or the Second Vice President in the absence of the First Vice President, and shall be constituted by two other members appointed by the President at least 45 days before the annual convention. The Credentials Committee shall receive petitions from churches desiring to seat messengers for the first time. The Committee shall recommend to the Convention whether messengers should be seated after the Committee studies the request, arranges for a meeting with church officials if needed, and communicates its recommendation to the church. When seating messengers is challenged at a regular or special meeting and the chair refers the issue to the Credentials Committee, this committee would hear the messenger challenging the seating and the messenger or messengers being challenged, and make any other inquiry the committee deems appropriate and report its findings and recommendation regarding the challenge to the body. The Convention would determine whether or not to seat the messengers. The Credentials Committee s term begins at the time of appointment and continues until another committee is appointed. ARTICLE SIX: Election of Boards of Directors. The members of the Board of Directors of those corporations in which the Convention is the Member and entitled to elect 19

21 the directors, those corporations presently being The New Mexico Baptist Children s Home, Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center, Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, The New Mexico Baptist Church Finance Corporation, and The New Mexico Baptist Foundation, shall be nominated and elected as follows: the present board of directors of each corporation may present to the State Executive Board in the Board's July meeting suggested nominees for each vacancy on the Corporation's board. If the State Executive Board believes it should not agree to nominate a suggested nominee, the Corporation's board of directors who suggested the nominee shall be advised of the State Executive Board's position and shall be invited to submit other suggested nominee (s) to the State Executive Board. Those suggested nominees acceptable to the State Executive Board shall be nominated by the State Executive Board to the Convention. If the State Executive Board declines to nominate a suggested nominee or if a board of directors for a corporation fails to suggest a nominee, the State Executive Board shall nominate a person of its choosing. ARTICLE SEVEN: State Executive Board. Section 1. Nominations. The Nominating Committee shall nominate persons for service on the State Executive Board. Section 2. Eligibility. Salaried employees of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico, or of any corporation of which The Baptist Convention of New Mexico is the Member, or the employees' spouses, shall be ineligible to serve on the State Executive Board. No person serving on the current Nominating Committee, or on any board of directors of any corporation entity of which The Baptist Convention of New Mexico is the Member, shall be eligible to serve on the State Executive Board. Section 3. Composition. It is intended that the thirty elected members of the State Executive Board shall include at least one person whose church is in the geographical area of each Association, and that a person shall not be elected to the State Executive Board if the election will result in more than one elected person serving at the same time from the membership of any church. Nominations, whether from the Nominating Committee or from a messenger from the floor of the Convention in session, which would cause this composition goal to be violated shall not be in order. In filling vacancies as authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, the State Executive Board shall conform to this composition rule. A person shall be deemed to have resigned if the person moves his or her church membership to a church outside the geographical area of the Association from which the person was elected. A member of the State Executive Board elected to the office of president of the Convention shall, upon assumption of that office, be deemed to have resigned his position on the State Executive Board. Section 4. Lay Participation. At least ten of the elected persons constituting the State Executive Board shall be lay persons. Section 5. Term. Persons shall be elected to serve on the State Executive Board for a term of three years, except in cases when one is elected to fill an unexpired term. If otherwise qualified, a person may be elected to serve a second consecutive term of three years, provided that no person may serve more than two consecutive full terms. Members elected to serve unexpired terms shall serve until the end of the term they were elected to fill and may be re-elected to serve a successive full three-year term. Persons having served on the State Executive Board six consecutive years will be ineligible for election to the State Executive Board until three years have expired since their last service. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the elected members of the State Executive 20

22 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. Section 8. Officers. The State Executive Board shall elect from among its members a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman in the September meeting to begin service at the adjournment of the following annual meeting of the Convention. Each of these officers shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. Section 9. Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held on Monday night before the third Tuesday in January, April, July, and September. The Board may, upon resolution, change the time and place of holding its meetings. Special meetings of the State Executive Board may be called by the Executive Director or the Chairman of the Board at any time on a five-day notice to all members. ARTICLE EIGHT: Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify any director, officer, employee or any former director, officer or employee of the Corporation against reasonable expenses, costs, attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer or employee. This indemnification shall include any amounts paid to satisfy a judgment or to compromise or settle a claim. The director, officer or employee or former director, officer or employee shall not be indemnified if he shall be adjudged to be liable on the basis that he has breached or failed to perform the duties of his office and the breach or failure to perform constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness. Advance indemnification shall be allowed of a director, officer or employee for reasonable expenses to be incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit, or proceeding provided that the director, officer, or employee must reimburse the Corporation if it is subsequently determined that the director, officer or employee was not entitled to indemnification. ARTICLE NINE: Parliamentary Authority. The rules of order for the Convention, The State Executive Board, and all committees of the Convention and of the Board, shall be the current edition of "Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised." In case there is no provision in Robert's, the President or other presiding officer shall exercise his discretion, subject to appeal by the body. 21

23 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. 22

24 Minutes of the Convention One Hundred First Session October 22-23, 2013 Sandia Baptist Church, Albuquerque Minutes of the 101st annual session of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting at Sandia Baptist Church of Albuquerque. Officers serving include Tar Henderson, Gila Valley, president; Jonathan Richard, Estancia First, first vicepresident (elected First Vice-President after George Riley resigned); Nancy Faucett, BCNM, recording secretary and Cricket Pairett, BCNM, assistant recording secretary. Churches seating messengers include: Alamogordo Bethel, Calvary, First; Albuquerque Anchor, Betania Central, Deaf, Del Norte, Eastern Hills, Fellowship, First, First Spanish Fruit Avenue, First West, Highland, Hoffmantown, Indian Nations, Monterey, Passage, Riverside, Sandia, Sovereign Grace, X-Factor; Angel Fire; Arenas Valley Copper Ridge; Artesia First, Hermosa Drive; Aztec Bethel, First; Belen Sierra Vista; Bernalillo First; Bloomfield First; Bosque Farms First, Tender Mercy; Carlsbad Blodgett Street, First; Carrizozo First; Causey; Chama First; Cloudcroft First; Clovis Central, First, Iglesia Belen, Parkland, Prince Street; Cuba First, Tinian; Deming Bethel, First; Edgewood Mountain Valley; Elephant Butte Church at the Butte; Elida First; Estancia First, Immanuel; Eunice First; Farmington Emmanuel; Fort Sumner First; Gallup First; Gila Valley; Grants First; Hagerman First; Hatch First; High Rolls Trinity; Hobbs Immanuel, Nadine, Taylor Memorial; Jemez Valley; Las Cruces Calvary, Fairacres, First, Primera, Unidos en Cristo; Lindrith; Logan First; Lordsburg First, Los Chavez First; Lovington First, Hillcrest; Mayhill; Melrose First; Milan Immanuel; Mimbres Rio Mimbres; Monument; Moriarty First; Portales Calvary, Emmanuel, First; Raton First; Rio Rancho Celebration, Cottonwood, First, Paragon; Roswell Bethel, Calvary, Trinidad; Ruidoso First; Sandia Park Vista Grande; Santa Fe Eldorado, First, Rodeo Road; Santa Teresa Emmanuel; Silver City First; Socorro First; Taos First, First Indian; Texico First, Pleasant Hill; Tijeras First; Tucumcari First; Tularosa First; and Weed. CONVENTION THEME: Pressing On Tuesday Afternoon, October 22, 2013 Tar Henderson, Presiding Lamar Morin, team leader for the Leadership Development Team, opened the session in music. President Tar Henderson called the meeting to order at 1:40 p.m. Dan Gregg, pastor of Albuquerque Sandia, welcomed messengers and guests and led in the invocation. Dr. Joseph Bunce introduced a video from Kevin Ezell of the North American Mission Board and invited representatives from SBC entities to bring greetings. They included: Rick Curtis, NAMB; Debbie Ackerman, National WMU; Mike Harris, Guidestone; Sing Oldham, Executive Committee; Hal Hill, LifeWay Christian Resources; Micheal Summers, Wayland Baptist University; Shelley Lowman, International Mission Board and Tommy Kiker, Southwestern Seminary. BUSINESS SESSION 23

25 Seating of Messengers: Jonathan Richard, first vice-president and chairman of the Credentials Committee made a motion to seat messengers that had registered and who would register from New Mexico Southern Baptist churches and that Santa Fe Eldorado and Las Cruces Unidos en Cristo be seated as new churches. Carried unanimously. Appointment of Committees: President Henderson appointed Jason Anderson, Silver City First, and Clark Henderson, Albuquerque Sandia, to serve on the Credentials Committee. He also appointed Larry Evans, Cloudcroft First, to serve as the chairman of the 2013 Committee on Committees. Hector Belmonte, Albuquerque Iglesia Sinai; Paul Cunningham, Los Alamos First; and Bruce Morrison, Elephant Butte Church at the Butte, were also appointed to serve. Adoption of Program: Jeff Moody, Farmington Emmanuel and member of the Program/Order of Business Committee, moved to accept the program as printed. Carried unanimously. State Executive Board Report: Matt Sellers, Rio Rancho Paragon and chairman of the State Executive Board, presented the report. He said the proposed 2014 budget and proposed bylaw change would be voted on the next day. He then brought a recommendation from the Executive Board to approve the entity board nominations. Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center board members currently serving and re -nominated for a two-year term expiring in October 2015 included, Nancy Miller, Clovis First, and for a three-year term expiring in October 2016 including Vicki Czlapinski, Bloomfield First; Jeanette Maxwell, Moriarty First; and Karen Pilgreen, Albuquerque First West. Kyle Bueermann, Clayton First, was nominated for a new three-year term. New Mexico Baptist Children s Home members currently serving and re-nominated for a three-year term to expire in October 2016 included Sharon Montgomery, Alamogordo First; Charles Rutta, Limitar; Anna Thompson, Artesia First; and David Wheat, Hobbs First. New members nominated to a three-year term included Bob Colston, Las Cruces First and Junior Dallas, Clovis Central. New Mexico Baptist Foundation and Church Finance Corporation members currently serving and re-nominated to a three-year term expiring in October 2016 included Joe Coey, Rio Rancho First; Linda Dean, Farmington Emmanuel; Larry Erwin, Clovis First; Stanley Jones, Portales First and Robert Martin, Albuquerque Del Norte. Lewis Williams, Albuquerque Del Norte, was nominated to a new three-year term. Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center members currently serving and re-nominated to a three-year term expiring in October 2016 included Lynn Cuellar, Mesilla Park and Les Renderknecht, Mayhill. New members nominated included Chris Pate, Mayhill, to a one-year term expiring in October of 2014; Wesley Peterson, Deming Son- Shine to a two-year term expiring in October of 2015; and to a threeyear term expiring in October 2016 were Mick Cavanaugh, Hobbs Crosswinds and Zach Souter, Hobbs Taylor Memorial. The recommendation was approved unanimously. He then presented a motion from the State Executive Board stating That the messengers of the 2013 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting request the boards of directors of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, 24

26 Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center and the State Executive Board to consider the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and if approved by the boards, then take the action necessary on their parts to cause the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, collaborating among their respective boards during the consideration process and submit documents to the messengers constituting the 2014 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting for approval. The motion carried unanimously. Introduction of New Business: There was none. A video was shown advertising the 2014 Ministers and Family Retreat. Dr. Chuck Kelley, President of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, brought a Bible study. Baptist Children s Home Report: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that three of the children had been given the opportunity to speak at the Missions Celebration the previous night. They talked about the ways they had been blessed by the Home. Other children had expressed blessings such as getting to eat anything they wanted, sleeping in their own bed and having new clothes. They were grateful to raise animals and live in a country environment as well as knowing someone loved them and cared if they did their homework or played sports. Eleven out of 51 children had made professions of faith during the year. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation Report: President Rick Breeden presented the report. He thanked his board of directors. He said that all of their board members had an active role in their church and were financially tied to the Foundation. One-third of them were in the financial services field, 20 percent in real estate development, 16 percent in fulltime ministry, and several were in the medical field, farming and ranching, education and engineering. Several also had military backgrounds. He asked for prayer for the group. Inlow Camp and Conference Center Report: Board Chairman Ira Pinkston presented the report. He said that there had been a lot of passion expressed in recent days concerning the camps. They had 91 professions of faith during the camping season. He said their board had met the previous day and he read a letter from the board thanking the State Executive Board for modifying the motion to allow the camp to consider the motion. They gave their full support to the motion and were ready to move forward in the process. They would work hard in the year ahead as God s will became apparent to all. Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center Report: Manager Richard Buck Wheat presented the report. He said that President Les Rinderknecht was unable to attend. He began as the manager of the camp July 10 and was currently learning the camp. There were 54 professions of faith that resulted in seven known baptisms, 26 rededications, 17 surrendered to fulltime service and seven other decisions reported during the camping season. Lamar Morin led in music worship. Executive Director Dr. Joseph Bunce introduced new staff in the state. They were Clay Thompson from Deming Hispanic Church, John and 25

27 Elesea Russo from Fort Sumner First, Charles Lord from Sandia Park Vista Grande, David Wilson from Las Cruces First, Adam Hughes from Albuquerque First West, Francisco Lopez from Las Cruces Unidos en Cristo, Brandon Davis from Hobbs Taylor Memorial, Andy DeHart from Hatch First, Randy Leake from Hobbs Open Arms Fellowship and Travis Bryant from Santa Fe First. Lamar Morin led in music worship. Dr. Brian Autry, Executive Director of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, brought a message. Luke McKinnon, pastor of Albuquerque X-Factor, led in the benediction. Tuesday Evening, October 22, 2013 Jonathan Richard, Presiding The New Mexico Singing Churchmen opened the session in concert. Mario Batres, pastor of Albuquerque Revelation, read scripture and led in the invocation. A second video was shown publicizing the 2014 Ministers and Family Retreat. Dr. Chuck Kelley led a Bible study. The New Mexico Singing Churchmen sang a song. Dr. Brian Autry brought a message. The New Mexico Singing Churchmen sang a song. Executive Director Joseph Bunce gave his annual address. Jerry Minor, pastor of Albuquerque Riverside, led in the benediction. Wednesday Morning, October 23, 2013 Tar Henderson, Presiding Richard Bowling, worship pastor of Bloomfield First, opened the session in music worship. Dennis Dunn, pastor of Albuquerque Fellowship, read scripture and led in prayer. BUSINESS SESSION Committee on Committees Report: Larry Evans, Cloudcroft First, presented the report. He recommended that Steve Ballew, Farmington Emmanuel, serve as chairman of the 2013 Resolutions Committee and Charles McMath, Elephant Butte, and Richard Gomez, Albuquerque First Spanish Fruit Avenue, also serve on that committee. He also recommended that Marshall Steele, Silver City First, serve as chairman of the 2014 Nominating Committee and that Rose Ignacio, Cuba Tinian; Danny Marsh, Albuquerque First West; Ricardo Rivera, Las Cruces Primera; and Gary Schwalk, Carlsbad First; also serve on the committee. Carried unanimously. Executive Board Report: Matt Sellers recommended approval of the report of the State Executive Board including the proposed 2014 budget. Carried unanimously. He then presented a motion to change the Bylaws in Article 5, Section 2 Nominating Committee to remove the words The Historical Committee and to remove Article 5, Section 7 that stated, The Historical Committee shall be composed of 26

28 six persons who shall serve terms of three years, allowing two of the terms to expire each year. This committee shall collect and preserve historical date for the convention. The motion carried unanimously. Dr. Bunce presented plaques to outgoing Executive Board members Lonnie Jordan, Dave McFadden, and Paul Temple. Jack Berryhill and Gene Norman also rotated off the board. Nominating Committee Report: Garland Peek, Albuquerque Sandia, presented the report in the absence of Chairman John Hinze. He recommended nominations for State Executive Board members currently serving and nominated to a second three year term expiring October 2016 of April Delores, Laguna Acoma; Beau Lamb, Santa Rosa First; Connie Petersen, Farmington First; and Matt Sellers, Rio Rancho Paragon and for a two-year term expiring October 2015 of Billy Chidester, Hobbs First. New members nominated to serve for a threeyear term expiring October 2016 were Don Archer, Las Cruces First; Nathan Britton, Taos First; Dennis Harris, Socorro First; Michael Head, Silver City Indian Hills; Alan McAlister, Clovis Central; and Garland Moore, Milan Immanuel. He recommended that Mark Burton, Albuquerque and Gavin Vaughan II, Artesia be elected to a threeyear term expiring October 2016 on the Christian Life Committee and that the 2014 State Convention Annual Sermon be given by Howell Scott of Alamogordo Bethel and that the alternate be Garland Moore of Milan Immanuel and that the 2016 State Convention be held October in Taos. The proposed members for the Historical were not included due to the earlier dissolution of that committee. The recommendations carried unanimously. New Business: None Another video promoting the 2014 Ministers and Family Retreat was shown. Richard Bowling led in music worship. Dr. Chuck Kelley led in a Bible study. BUSINESS SESSION Resolutions Committee: Chairman Steve Ballew, Farmington Emmanuel, presented the resolutions. He recommended resolution one and added the phrase and the Woman s Missionary Union to cause it to read RESOLUTION ONE On Appreciation. Whereas, The messengers to the 101 st session of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico have enjoyed a time of worship, encouragement, and fellowship; and whereas, we acknowledge the kind hospitality of the staff and people of Sandia Baptist Church of Albuquerque; and whereas, we acknowledge the Del Norte Baptist Church of Albuquerque as host of the Pastor s and Laymen s Conference and the Woman s Missionary Union; and whereas, we also acknowledge the Lord s work in leading our president, officers, various committees, convention speakers, musicians, and BCNM staff to conduct the affairs of this Convention in a Christ-like spirit; now, therefore, be it resolved that the messengers of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting on October 22-23, 2013, express our gratitude to the Lord and to all those He used to bring about this meeting. Carried unanimously. He recommended RESOLUTION TWO On Support of the Pain Capable Unborn 27

29 Child Protection Ordinance. Whereas, Life is the creative act of God (Genesis 1-2) and each person is a unique creation of God (Psalm 139:13-16); and whereas, God has plans and purposes for each person before their birth (Jeremiah 1:5); and whereas, the sanctity of human life begins at conception; and whereas, Albuquerque has one of the few clinics in the western United States that performs abortions in the third trimester of gestation; and whereas, there is general scientific agreement that an unborn child can experience pain at twenty weeks, now, therefore, be it resolved, that the messengers to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting in Albuquerque, October 22-23, 2013, urge the citizens to Albuquerque to vote to support the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance, and be it further resolved, that we affirm that pastors should preach the truth of God s word on the sanctity of human life from conception to death with love, conviction and boldness. Carried unanimously. He recommended resolution three. Steve Long, Bosque Farms Tender Mercy, moved to amend the resolution to change the word pastors to believers, change preach to proclaim and immediately after the word proclaim add both in the church and in the public square. Jerry Minor, Albuquerque Riverside, seconded. The messengers asked Steve Long to change his amendment to state pastors as well as all believers. He agreed. Shay Meagle, Albuquerque Sandia, moved to strike the words regardless of race or sexual orientation. Gavin Vaughan, Artesia Hermosa Drive, seconded. The committee agreed that was a friendly amendment. The question was called for and the amendment carried unanimously. The resolution as amended carried unanimously. The final resolution read: RESOLUTION THREE On Support of the Biblical Definition of Marriage. Whereas, marriage is a covenant relationship and an institution established by God rather than simply a human social construct (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4 6; Ephesians 5:22 33); and whereas, Southern Baptists have consistently affirmed our support of the biblical definition of marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman; and whereas, the Scriptures indicate that all sexual behavior outside of marriage is sinful; and whereas, all people are created in the image of God and thus are due respect and love (Genesis 1:26 27); and whereas, many county clerks in New Mexico have moved to re-interpret the laws regarding marriage to include same-sex marriage as legal; and whereas, the New Mexico Supreme Court is ruling with regard to this reinterpretation by these same county clerks; now, therefore, be it resolved, that the messengers to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting in Albuquerque, October 22-23, 2013, oppose any attempt to re-interpret current New Mexico law to allow same-sex marriage ; and be it further resolved, that we encourage our legislative leaders to continue to affirm the sanctity of marriage as designed and defined by God; and be it further resolved, that we express our love to those who struggle with same-sex attraction and who are engaged in the homosexual lifestyle; and be it further resolved, that we stand against any form of gay-bashing, whether disrespectful attitudes, hateful rhetoric, or hate-incited actions toward persons who engage in acts 28

30 of homosexuality; and be it further resolved, that we affirm that pastors as well as all believers should proclaim both in church and in the public square the truth of God s word on human sexuality, marriage, purity, and love with all boldness and without fear of reprisal; and be it further resolved, that we encourage our fellow Southern Baptists to consider how they and their churches might engage in compassionate, redemptive ministry to those who struggle with homosexuality; and be it finally resolved, that we proclaim that Christ offers forgiveness of sin for those who turn from their sins and believe on Christ for the forgiveness of sin. Election of Officers: Vice-President Jonathan Richard presided during the election of president. Ira Pinkston, Albuquerque Del Norte, nominated Tar Henderson for a second term. Jessie Cannon, Chama First, seconded. Jay McCollum, Gallup First, moved that nominations cease. Jessie Cannon seconded. Carried unanimously. Nominations ceased and Jessie Cannon moved to elect Tar Henderson by acclamation. Jason Anderson, Silver City First, seconded. Tar Henderson was unanimously elected as president. Henderson resumed the chair and entertained nominations for first vice-president. Steve Myers, Eunice First, nominated Jonathan Richard. Rod Compton, Tijeras First, seconded. Kyle Bueerman, Clayton First, moved nominations cease. Jessie Cannon seconded. Carried unanimously. Nominations ceased. Al Keeney, Belen Sierra Vista, moved to elect Jonathan Richard by acclamation. Norm Riggin, Bosque Farms First, seconded. Carried unanimously. Steve Long, Bosque Farms Tender Mercy, nominated Dennis Dunn of Albuquerque Fellowship Missionary as second vice-president. Garland Moore, Milan Immanuel seconded. Alan Stoddard, Ruidoso First, moved that nominations cease. Mike Keahbone, Albuquerque Hoffmantown, seconded. Nominations ceased. Jonathan Richard moved to elect Dennis Dunn by acclamation. Claude Cone, Albuquerque Monterey, seconded. Dennis Dunn was elected by acclamation. Miscellaneous Business: None Richard Bowling sang a song. Dr. Brian Autry brought a message. President Tar Henderson brought an address. Mike Hay, Albuquerque Northdale, gave the benediction. Final attendance: 374 messengers from 112 churches and 165 visitors for a total of

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32 Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building January 14, 2013 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Jack Berryhill, Jared Bridge, April Delores, Richard Grisham, Lora Harlan, Tar Henderson, Jackie Johnson, Lonnie Jordan, Beau Lamb, Gene Norman, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Joe Phillips, Harry Pittam, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Paul Temple, James Trevillian, Don Turnage, Andrew Viera, and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: Abelardo Bolanos, Pam Mayes, Wes McAfee, David McFadden, Kevin Pence, Alan Speed and Paul White. Constance Pettersen was also absent. Approval of Absences: James Trevillian moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office and Jared Bridge seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Executive Director Report: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented the report. He welcomed new board members and new board leadership. He said that Cooperative Program gifts were $3,672, for Since 2000, together New Mexico Baptists had collectively and generously invested $67,624,168 in missions work. The books closed with approximately $84,000 of receipts over expenses. Therefore $42,000, a 50/50 split, was added to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering as previously approved by the board. He said that $5,268, in total was given to missions. He referenced his written report which showed the total given to each offering in the past years as well as the total given since He shared the seven directives for the future that he gave at the Annual State Convention and laid out his 3x13 Goals. They are: 1) The Baptist Convention of New Mexico staff will be more intentional in sharing the story of what is being accomplished together by New Mexico Baptists; 2) The Baptist Convention of New Mexico staff will seek to strengthen relationships with both the church staff and leadership of all BCNM affiliated churches; and 3) The Baptist Convention of New Mexico staff will intentionally seek to assist seven churches in formulating and implementing a revitalization strategy. He said that David Red would be retiring in a few days and Myra Robinson had announced her intention to resign to stay home with her children. He also said that Scott Wilson would be presented to the board in the evening session to fill the position of State Church Planter Catalyst. He requested prayer for a Bible study he would be doing at the Roundhouse during the State Legislature and congratulated staff that would celebrate anniversaries in the next quarter. He also congratulated Cricket Pairett on 25 years with the Convention. He recommended the books, Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybles and The Case for Antioch by Jeff Iorg and led in prayer. Paul Temple moved to accept the report. Lora Harlan seconded. Carried unanimously. 31

33 Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present except for Luis Rios who had to leave. April Delores moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office. Jack Berryhill seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Guests Present: Scott, Serena, Kaleb, Kylie and Kennah Wilson; Gene Norman s wife, Margaret; Jackie Johnson s husband, Jim; and Jay McCollum. Approval of Minutes: Jared Bridge moved to accept the September minutes. Don Turnage seconded. Carried unanimously. Old Business: None Policy/Personnel Committee: Dr. Bunce asked to adjust the schedule to allow the report. He said that would allow Scott s family to leave since he had children in school. President Tar Henderson presented the report. He brought a recommendation that Scott Wilson be hired as the State Church Planter Catalyst. Dr. Bunce gave a background on the position and the decision made for joint funding with the North American Mission Board. He said that NAMB had agreed to fund two state positions; a State Director of Evangelism and either a State Director of Missions or a State Church Planter Catalyst. To the best of his knowledge, New Mexico had been the only state to choose a State Church Planter Catalyst. Scott shared his testimony and there was a time of questions. The recommendation carried with all voting yes but one that abstained. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: No report CLC Report: Jay McCollum presented the report. He said that the legislative training would be held January 24 at First Baptist Church Santa Fe and the legislative breakfast would be January 25 at the Santa Fe Hilton. All of the state legislators had been invited. Board members were encouraged to invite them again and offer to attend with them. Children s Home: Randy Rankin had turned around and gone home due to weather. Inlow Camp: Manager Ron Samp presented the report. He said that he was currently remodeling the restrooms in Elliott Lodge. He hoped to be able to remodel restrooms in some of the cabins as well before camping season started. He also had to repair some broken water lines. Jared Bridge moved to accept the report. Lora Harlan seconded. The motion carried unanimously. 32

34 Sivells Camp: Manager Wynelle Klopfer presented the report. She introduced Krista Leonard who helped at the camp. She said that they were always looking for qualified people to serve on their board. She also said they had 802 camper days the previous fall season, which was up over 200 from the previous year. The Youth Retreat would be the following weekend. They needed volunteers for the camping season and had several projects that groups could help with in March and April. The current Baptist New Mexican had an ad for an assistant position. They were hoping to hire a couple. Beau Lamb moved to accept the report. Lonnie Jordan seconded. The motion carried unanimously. TEAM REPORTS Evangelism/Discipleship: Mike Napier presented the report. He said that they were excited about the upcoming State Evangelism Conference. They were also adding a Native American Evangelism Conference on March 2 that would meet at Highland Baptist Church in Albuquerque from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Executive/Information Services: Chairman Richard Grisham presented the report. He praised the Baptist New Mexican team as they had done a great job reporting on the Centennial Celebration as well as the State Convention. He said the new e-version of the paper was available for subscribers and John Loudat demonstrated it. Leadership/Development: David Red presented the report. He said that Sam Swann was busy planning summer camps. All the three of his camps would be named the same; Lives Ablaze Camp 1.0, Lives Ablaze Camp 2.0 and Lives Ablaze Camp 3.0. Registration would begin February 1. He said Krista Peterson was also planning summer camps. They added a new children s camp for the season called SportZone. Churches would have an option with that camp to pay a little extra to have a sponsor provided. David said that the two music camps, Worship4Life and Children s MusiCamp, would be the same week of July 8-12 at Inlow. They would have separate programming, but would share the camp for the week. All information was available on the website. Missions Mobilization: Chairman Harry Pittam presented the report. He presented several recommendations for Atherton Trust Funds. They were for Abelardo Bolanos, Roswell New Hope Center, for $ per month for a total of $5,000 annually; Peter Cho, Rock Springs Grace Community Church, for $1,000 per month for a total of $12,000 annually; and Bene Fasanado, Clovis Iglesia Bautista Nuevo Canto, for $2,500 per month for a total of $30,000 annually. Carried unanimously. He also recommended Harrison Trust Funds for Bloomfield Gospel Victory Church for $1,000 for Inlow Indian Family Camp scholarships and Jemez Valley Baptist Church for $1,000 for Inlow Indian Family Camp scholarships. Carried unanimously. He said that they also approved Church Pastoral Aid for Carlos Pino, Santa Teresa Emmanuel Baptist Church for $200 per month, Rick Begay, Sanostee Mesa Baptist Church for $200 per month; James Eaton, Bloomfield Gospel Victory for $250 per month; and John Spruill, Maxwell First Baptist Church, for $150 per month. He asked Daniel Clymer to share a special upcoming project. Daniel said that there would be a Native American Peoples Mobilization Conference October 3-4 in 33

35 Albuquerque. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Chairman Sellers presented a recommendation to approve the Corporate Resolution while Vice-Chairman Jared Bridge presided. The resolution 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. This is known as the Corporate Resolution. Carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: None Jared Bridge moved to adjourn. April Delores seconded. The meeting was adjourned. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building April 15, 2013 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Jack Berryhill, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, Billy Chidester, Richard Grisham, Lora Harlan, Tar Henderson, Lonnie Jordan, Beau Lamb, Wes McAfee, David McFadden, Gene Norman, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Connie Petersen, Joe Phillips, Harry Pittam, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Paul Temple, Don Turnage, Andrew Viera, Paul White and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: April Delores, Jackie Johnson, Pam Mayes, and Luis Rios. Approval of Absences: Jack Berryhill moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office and Abel Bolanos seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Nominating Committee Report: Chairman Wes McAfee presented Billy Chidester from Hobbs First to replace Alan Speed who had resigned from the board. James Trevillian had also resigned and the committee was looking for a new member to replace him from Mountain Association. Guests Present: James Walker from Watchman Ministries, Gwen White, Pete PJ Crook and James Trevillian. Executive Director Report: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented the report. He thanked board members for giving of their time. He said there were many positive things happening around the BCNM. He thanked New Mexico churches 34

36 for their generosity through the Cooperative Program. Because of Mission New Mexico it was possible to start a ministry to Muslims in the state. He said there were approximately 8,000 currently and growing by 750 a year. Funds given to Mission New Mexico were also being used to impact hunger in the state and because of that there were 116,361 evangelist encounters the previous year. This produced 132 professions of faith resulting in 26 baptisms. He said there were also several different language groups being impacted. He told stories about a lady working with Chinese students at New Mexico Tech, the new church plant called Anchor Church and a Hispanic couple in the state, all testimonies to Mission New Mexico. He said several churches in the state were heavily engaged in mission work by sending mission teams, not only across New Mexico, but to the far corners of the Earth. He had employed James Trevillian to work in the area of social media. He thanked board members for investing in 12 state sponsored camps and said that he would not be where he was without being a sponsor at RA camp. He reported that Wynelle Klopfer had resigned as the manager of Sivells Camp to pursue a ministry in nursing. The camp was reviewing policies and job descriptions and beginning a search for her replacement. He expressed gratitude to James Walker and Watchman Fellowship for providing training and resources to equip New Mexico Baptists in apologetics and evangelism. He said that Cooperative Program receipts were up a little from the goal to date and that Mission New Mexico continued to gain strength. He thanked staff celebrating anniversaries that quarter and recommended the books, Strengths Based Leadership by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie and Nine Things You Simply Must Do by Dr. Henry Cloud. Wes McAfee moved to accept the report. Paul Temple seconded. Carried unanimously. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present except for Connie Petersen who had to leave and the addition of April Delores. Richard Grisham moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office. Abelardo Bolanos seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Approval of Minutes: Dave McFadden moved to accept the January minutes. Billy Tucker seconded. Carried unanimously. Old Business: None REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: Rick Breeden presented the report. He said that they were in the middle of remodeling their office and indicated pictures on the back of their report. He said that third quarter assets were $35,800,000. At year end they were just over $34,000,000. The Church Fi- 35

37 nance had over 900 accounts. There were continuing to promote stewardship through estate planning in churches and were trying to teach people to think of non-cash assets such as their homes. He said that the Convention would pick up 50 percent of the cost of a will. Kevin Parker moved to accept the report. Wes McAfee seconded. Carried unanimously. Children s Home: Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that they had 28 children in care. They had a family of six that returned to their homes which impacted their census. He said that many of the children were behind in school when they arrived at the home, but were encouraged to catch up. Because of that they were able to take 14 children on a good grade trip snow skiing. That was about half of the campus. He also reported that they had baptized 10 children in the last year. Beau Lamb moved to accept the report. Lora Harlin seconded. Carried unanimously. Inlow Camp: No report. Sivells Camp: Krista Leonard presented the report. She said that there would be a work weekend April and again on Memorial weekend. They would love to have volunteers help ready the facilities for the upcoming camping season. They had accomplished several projects over the winter months and the camp was looking very different. Joe Phillips moved to accept the report. April Delores seconded. The motion carried unanimously. Dr. Bunce was asked about the process for hiring a new camp manager. He said that their board was receiving resumes. They had recently met and were working on updating the job description and their policies. Wynelle would be staying through the camping season. TEAM REPORTS Evangelism/Discipleship: Jared Bridge presented the report. He said that they had heard highlights from the State Evangelism Conference. He asked Mike Napier to share his big win from the conference. Mike said it was difficult to pinpoint one, but said that he had several pastors say that they felt there was a balance between evangelism and apologetics. Jared said there were 13 college students come to know Christ through the BSU in Farmington. He also said they were glad that James Walker had been able to tour the state helping people know how to share their faith. He asked Krista Peterson to share about the Young Lives Ablaze Conference. She said that there were 650 present. She also said that 12 responded to the call for salvation and they had reports from several churches about additional decisions made after returning home. Jared asked Sam Swann to share about the upcoming summer camps. Executive/Information Services: Chairman Richard Grisham presented the report. He said that the Baptist New Mexican staff had reported on the Legislative Breakfast, the Evangelism Conference and had most recently produced a Cooperative Program edition. They were in the third year of doing a daily post to Facebook and Twitter. Subscriptions were at 9,344 which was down 5.3 percent since January. Two churches had dropped their entire list due to budget constraints. Dr. Bunce asked James Trevillian to share his dreams for social 36

38 media. James said that Facebook was the most current way to communicate. Several people also got their news and information from electronic sources. He had already built a new Facebook page and was hoping to supplement what the BNM had been doing and drive traffic to the BCNM webpage. Leadership/Development: Dave McFadden presented the report. He said that there was a contact list available to help direct people to the person/people responsible for different areas that David Red had been responsible for. He asked Sam Swann to share about his upcoming camps who said there were usually about in attendance at the three camps. Dave then asked Krista Peterson to share about the new VBS training traveling team. She said that over 200 people had been trained. Dave said that the State Bible Drill would be May 4 and the Bivocational Minister s Conference would be July at Glorieta. Missions Mobilization: Chairman Harry Pittam presented the report. He said they had a very insightful meeting. Church Planting was up and running. Scott Wilson was looking for areas of need and qualified men to lead churches and revitalize others churches. Connie Dixon responded about the strategic importance of mission education. She had compiled a notebook of fresh strategies for educating churches in missions education. He said that Daniel Clymer reported on Native American work. He said that some believe the next great spiritual awakening may come through the Native American people. There were also Deaf revivals taking place across the state. He said they had heard a report from PJ about his new work among Muslims in the state. He said it takes an average of 10 years to bring a Muslim to faith in Christ. He presented a recommendation for Harrison Trust Funds for Inlow Indian Family Camp scholarships for $750 for Taos Indian Baptist Church, $1,050 for Laguna Acoma Baptist Mission, $500 for Albuquerque Indian Nations Baptist Church, and $725 for Dulce Indian Baptist Church. Carried unanimously. April Delores said that the amount for Laguna Acoma was supposed to be $1,500. Brian Nystrom moved to increase the amount for Laguna Acoma. Kevin Parker seconded. Carried unanimously. Chairman Sellers called for a 10 minute break. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Policy/Personnel: Tar Henderson brought a recommendation that a policy be changed in the manual that states that a full-time employee works on average at least 30 hours per week or 130 hours per month. Carried unanimously. Property/Finance: Vice-chairman Jared Bridge presided while Matt Sellers presented the following recommendations. Recommendation 1: That the convention deed to First Baptist Church of Lovington the following property with a reversionary clause. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST BAPTIST- CHURCH OF LOVINGTON Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight (8), Nine (9), Ten (10), Block Twelve (12), Original Lovington Addition to the City of Lovington, Lea County, New Mexico. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: That the Executive Board authorize Dr. Bunce to negotiate the disposition of 388 square feet of the Las 37

39 Cruces BSU property so long as there is no negative impact on the Convention. Carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: Dr. Bunce brought a recommendation that Mission New Mexico funds be designated as follows for $20,000 for BSU summer mission teams to work in NM, $30,000 for small church repair projects, $20,000 for camp improvements, $30,000 for hunger funds, $20,000 for BSU Christian Challenge mission trips abroad, $35,000 for the Minister Family Retreat, $10,000 for small church funds, $40,000 for Disaster Relief, $15,000 for Muslim Ministries, $10,000 for Hispanic ministries, $10,000 for Native American ministries and $10,000 for the Minister Emergency Fund. This is a total of $250,000. If this total is exceeded Dr. Bunce could re-allocate the funds as necessary to the mission field. April Delores moved to accept the recommendation. Kevin Parker seconded. Carried unanimously. BOARD TIME WITH DR. BUNCE Dr. Bunce shared several prayer requests and asked board members to share other burdens on their hearts. He then led in a season of prayer. He asked PJ, the new NM missionary to Muslims, to share about his ministry. Jared Bridge moved to adjourn. Richard Grisham seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:19 p.m. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building July 16, 2013 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Jack Berryhill, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, April Delores, Richard Grisham, Tar Henderson, Jackie Johnson, Beau Lamb, Pam Mayes, Wes McAfee, David McFadden, Gene Norman, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Joe Phillips, Harry Pittam, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Paul Temple, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, Andrew Viera, Paul White and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: Billy Chidester, Lora Harlan, and Lonnie Jordan. Connie Petersen was also absent. Approval of Absences: Jared Bridge moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office and Jack Berryhill seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Guests Present: Richard Buck Wheat, the new manager at Sivells; Ira Pinkston, chairman of the Inlow Board; and BCNM Attorney Jim Guenther. Executive Director Report: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented the report. He began by sharing that many great things had been happening across the state. He said 38

40 that Lamar Morin had joined the staff on an interim basis and would be presented in the evening session to become the Leadership Development Team Leader. Convention Auditor Nick Loftis would present the audit report in the evening session as well. He publically thanked New Mexico Baptists for their generosity to Oklahoma Tornado Relief. There had been $23, given to date. He asked for prayer for NM Disaster Relief teams serving in Colorado. Mission New Mexico and Cooperative Program gifts were coming in strong. He said that PJ was actively working to impact the Muslim community and that his salary was made possible through Mission New Mexico. Reports from summer camps had been strong and he gave some facts and his opinions regarding the future of camping ministry in the state. He said that the Convention had been contacted regarding the LifeWay property used by Glorieta Baptist Church. Business Administrator Gerald Farley was looking into the Convention receiving the property. He congratulated staff who would celebrate anniversaries in the following months and recommended the books: Necessary Endings: Businesses and Relationships that All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward by Dr. Henry Cloud, Deep and Wide, Creating Churches that Church People Love to Attend by Andy Stanley and Generation EX- Christian, Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Faith And How to Bring Them Back by Drew Dick. He then gave the remainder of his report time the Attorney Jim Guenther. Billy Tucker moved to accept the report. Wes McAfee seconded. Carried unanimously. Mr. Guenther said that his role was consultant and advisor for the Convention, which was different from the role of the board members. He was a resource person with insights into facts concerning the entity boards. The board s role was more difficult and was to make a business judgment as to what was in the best interest of the convention concerning the camps. He offered his opinion and listed the reasons why. He then took questions from board members. Members were to present other questions in their committee meetings to be presented in writing to the convention secretary who would give them to Mr. Guenther to address in the evening session. Chairman Sellers led in prayer for lunch and dismissed the board to committee meetings. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present. Jared Bridge moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office. Seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Approval of Minutes: Richard Grisham moved to accept the April minutes. Jack Berryhill seconded. Carried unanimously. Auditor s Report: Auditor Nick Loftis presented an audit of the 2012 books. 39

41 A motion was made to approve the audit report. Seconded. Carried unanimously. Old Business: None REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: Rick Breeden presented the report. He said that their building renovation was complete and they would have an open house in August. He brought a recommendation from their board for Joe Coey, Rio Rancho First; Linda Dean, Farmington Emmanuel; Larry Erwin, Clovis First; Stanley Jones, Portales First and Robert Martin, Albuquerque Del Norte, for returning terms on their board and Lewis Williams, Albuquerque Del Norte, as a new member on their board. The recommendation was approved unanimously. Children s Home: Randy Rankin presented the report. He introduced Kasha, Kate, Jo, Rachel and Jeanae who were residents at the Home. He allowed the girls to share testimonies of what the Home had meant in their lives. He then brought recommendations from his board for Junior Dallas, Clovis Central and Bob Colston, Las Cruces First for new three year terms on their board. He would have an additional recommendation from San Juan Association at the next meeting. The recommendations were approved unanimously. Inlow Camp: Board President Ira Pinkston presented the report. He said that they had had a great camping season and had three camps remaining. They had seen some rain and were appreciative of that. He said that the Executive Board had been ed a motion that their board had approved regarding the Inlow Board s position on the merger of Inlow into the Convention corporation. He brought recommendations from their board for Jeanette Maxwell, Moriarty First; Karen Pilgreen, Albuquerque First West and Vickie Czlapinski, Bloomfield First, for additional three year terms on their board and Kyle Bueerman, Clayton First, for a new three year term. The board voted to table the nominations until after discussion concerning the boards later in the meeting. Sivells Camp: Dr. Bunce introduced Buck Wheat and his wife Melinda, the new manager at Sivells. Buck said that he had been at the camp the previous week shadowing Wynelle and had learned a lot. He and his family were happy to be at the camp and looked forward to what God had in store for the camp. Chairman Sellers called for a 10 minute break. TEAM REPORTS Evangelism/Discipleship: Jared Bridge presented the report. He said there would be State Fair training on September 5 and 7. There would also be small group and Sunday School training in the fall. He said that there would soon be an app available at MyMission to help people keep track of those they had shared Christ with. 40

42 Executive/Information Services: Chairman Richard Grisham presented the report. He commended the staff of the Baptist New Mexican for their coverage of the Southern Baptist Convention. He encouraged members to seek information from the paper on Facebook and Twitter. He said their committee had voted not to accept secular advertising in the paper. He also said that Brian White and James Trevillian were available to help churches with technical and social media issues. Leadership/Development: Dave McFadden presented the report. He said they were happy to welcome Lamar Morin to their team. Lamar had shared with them about an upcoming Singing Churchmen Retreat and how he had been recruiting new members. He said the Bivocational Ministers and Family Retreat would be August at Glorieta. They had heard some exciting camp reports from Sam Swann and Krista Peterson with several decisions. A sports camp was currently registering. They were offering a coupon for the camp to churches that had not been to camp in four years that allowed every third child registered free. Missions Mobilization: Chairman Harry Pittam presented the report. He brought a recommendation that Harrison Trust Funds be given to Mescalero Mission retroactive for Indian Family Camp for $600. Approved unanimously. He reported that they had voted to allow a request from Bosque Farms Tender Mercy on behalf of Providence Church, which had closed, and Thomas Tindell to transfer a prorated amount of $2, to Albuquerque X-Factor to be used to support the ministry of Thomas and Amy Tindell in a new stage of re-planting. The team also approved the release of support in the amount of $250. Funding for Thomas Tindell ceased on May 30, The team reviewed reports from pastors receiving Church Pastoral Aid and Atherton Trust Funds. It was noted that Rick Begaye, whose church was receiving Church Pastoral Aid, had not submitted reports for the past three months. The checks had not been sent since the reports had not been received. Jackie Johnson was to contact Rick and Nadine to talk to them about the need to submit timely reports. They had discussed a need to amend policies related to timeliness of reports at the September meeting to be effected in January There was a standup break. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Policy/Personnel: Tar Henderson brought the following recommendations. Recommendation 1: To hire Lamar Morin as the Team Leader for the Leadership Development Team. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: To amend the BCNM automobile policy to, The Convention will furnish a vehicle and provide all operating costs for the vehicle for executive staff, team leaders and associate staff that are anticipated to drive more than (20,000) 15,000 business miles per year as recorded in their Employee's Monthly Travel Reports for the last three years as determined by the Executive Director and the job requirements. Personal use shall be limited. A record of personal use shall be kept and will be taxable and reported on the employee s W-2. No mileage will be paid for use of a company vehicle. The Convention, at its dis- 41

43 cretion, may waive the three year rule if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the Convention. If no vehicle is provided these employees will be reimbursed business use mileage of their automobile at the published Internal Revenue Service mileage rate. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 3: To amend the BCNM Ministry Leave Policy to Our ministry assistants are a vital part of the work done by the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Fulltime support staff may have 3 paid Ministry Leave days each year to participate in BCNM or local church sponsored ministry other than their direct responsibility. Because of the nature of their jobs there may be times they are involved in camps or other BCNM scheduled or sponsored events in their area of responsibility where they would be out of their office conducting convention work. (The) All occasions of their being out of the office is are subject to the approval of the supervisor and team leader Executive Director or his designee. In the event out of state travel is required it must be approved by the Executive Director. In no case should time out of the office exceed 30 days including work at the State Convention and Evangelism Conference. Any compensating time taken off will be included in the 30 days. Included in the 30 days fulltime support staff may also have 3 paid days leave each year to participate in a BCNM sponsored event other than their responsibility. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 4: To bring up to date an outdated policy regarding staff medical insurance made at the State Executive Board meeting July 14, Carried unanimously. Property/Finance: Vice-chairman Jared Bridge presided while Matt Sellers presented the following recommendations. Recommendation 1: That the convention deed to First Baptist Church of Portales the following property with a reversionary clause. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PORTALES. The Southwest Seventy feet (SW 70 ) of Lots One (1), Two (2), and Three (3) in Block Thirty-eight (38) of the Original Town, now City, of Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, according to the official recorded plat thereof; together with all improvements thereon; subject to restrictions, reservations, and easements as shown of record. Lot nine in Block thirty-eight in the City of Portales, New Mexico, according to the plat of said City on file in the office of the County Clerk of Roosevelt County, New Mexico, with all improvements thereon. Lot Ten (10) in Block Thirty-eight (38) of the Original Town, now City, of Portales, New Mexico as shown by the official recorded plat of said Town, in the County Clerk s Office of Roosevelt County, New Mexico. Together with all improvements thereon. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: To sell 387 square feet on the west side of the Las Cruces BSU Christian Challenge property for $2,900 and credit the receipts to the Las Cruces BSU Christian Challenge Capital Improvement Fund. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 3: That percent of the 2014 budget be sent to the SBC through the Cooperative Program and remain in the state. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 4: That the State Executive Board recommend to the messengers constituting the 2013 Baptist Convention of New Mexico Annual Meeting that the messengers respectively request the boards of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center and the State Executive Board to take the action necessary on their parts to cause the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and submit those 42

44 documents to the messengers constitution the 2014 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting for approval. Harry Pittam moved to go into Executive Session. Jack Berryhill seconded. Carried unanimously. The meeting moved into Executive Session. Action Taken in Executive Session: Recommendation 4 from the Property/ Finance Committee carried. The motion from the Inlow Board recommending their board members carried. Brian Nystrom moved to leave Executive Session. Paul Temple seconded. Carried unanimously. The meeting moved out of Executive Session. Richard Grisham moved to adjourn. Paul Temple seconded. Carried unanimously. Chairman Sellers led in prayer and the meeting was adjourned. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building September 15, 2013 Chairman Matt Sellers called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m. with prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Jack Berryhill, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, Billy Chidester, April Delores, Richard Grisham, Lora Harlan, Tar Henderson, Jackie Johnson, Pam Mayes, David McFadden, Gene Norman, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Harry Pittam, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, Andrew Viera, Paul White and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: Beau Lamb, Wes McAfee, Joe Phillips and Paul Temple. Connie Petersen was also absent. Approval of Absences: Jack Berryhill moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office. Seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Executive Director s Report: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented his report. He showed a PowerPoint presentation of Hispanic churches in the southern part of the state that he had toured the previous weekend. He read from a book entitled, Hispanic Realities, by Daniel Hernandez that said if trends continued as they were, by 2014 one in every four people in the United States would be of Hispanic origin. He then shared some reports from the Convention staff and applauded all they had done. He said the staff was broken into four teams and were also all active members of Southern Baptist churches as required in the Baptist Convention of New Mexico Policy Manual. The staff prayed together weekly for churches and church staff in the state. He said there would be some huge challenges ahead in the state as some action to redefine marriage was taking place. They were working on wording to strengthen the Convention s documents so that they define a Biblical view of marriage. He said that the 43

45 proposed 2014 budget, to be voted on later in the session, would reflect a.25 percent increase to the Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative Program. He shared a list of pastorless churches in the state and staff anniversaries. He recommended the book, Everything New by Jeff Cook. Tar Henderson moved to accept the report. Jack Berryhill seconded. Carried unanimously. Children s Home Report: Dr. Bunce shared the report in the absence of Administrator Randy Rankin. He said that Mr. Rankin was meeting with a family that day and would be taking a donkey to a senior adult meeting in Artesia the next day. He said they there were 51 kids under the care of the Children s Home throughout the year. Offerings were down slightly so they were making some adjustments. He also said the all of the kids had a good year at the County Fair. Chairman Sellers led in prayer for lunch and included those in the state that had been affected by flood waters. (Plenary Session Two was postponed until Tuesday morning to allow for a public Family Meeting at Monterey Baptist Church in Albuquerque to discuss the recommendation approved by the July Board meeting to recommend to the messengers constituting the 2013 Baptist Convention of New Mexico Annual Meeting that the messengers respectively request the boards of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center and the State Executive Board to take the action necessary on their parts to cause the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and submit those documents to the messengers constitution the 2014 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting for approval. ) Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. He asked Lamar Morin to lead in a song. Lamar chose Shout to the Lord. Chairman Sellers then read from Colossians and opened in prayer. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. The same members were present with the addition of Beau Lamb and Joe Phillips and the absence of Richard Grisham, Billy Tucker and Andrew Viera. Dave McFadden moved to accept absences of those that had contacted the BCNM office. Abelardo Bolanos seconded. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. He thanked outgoing board members for their years of service. Those members rotating off the board included Jack Berryhill, Lonnie Jordan, Dave McFadden, Gene Norman and Paul Temple. Introduction of Guests: Guests included Jim Guenther, Attorney at Law; Chris Pate, Sivells Board member; and Judy Wingate, member of Mayhill Baptist Church. Chairman Sellers asked Attorney Jim Guenther to give some clarity on the Homosexual issue. He said that New Mexico had been on the cutting edge of 44

46 the Gay/Lesbian issue. All of the polls indicated that the acceptance of homosexuality had grown by leaps and bounds on a steady rate for some years and most significantly in that by age the younger respondent was more acceptant. This was creating grave issues for churches. One concern was the area of public accommodation/non-discrimination. Churches would have to be smart and cautious on groups that they allow to use their facilities. Approval of Minutes: Dave McFadden moved to accept the July minutes. Joe Phillips seconded. Carried unanimously. Old Business: None REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: No report. Inlow Camp: Board Chairman Ira Pinkston presented the report. He said several camps saw increased attendance including Spanish Camp who had 98. Lives Ablaze Camp had 243, Indian Camp had 122, Young Lives Ablaze had 229, Worship4Life Camp had 106, Children s Music Camp had 38 and Children s Missions Camp had 87. The new Sports Camp had 58 for their first year and they were planning to expand the sports provided. Current needs included grounds maintenance, a high efficiency washing machine and a snow plow truck. Senior Day sponsored by Central Association Senior Adults had 131 with 38 of those going up Monday to volunteer with repairs and splitting wood. Sivells Camp: Manager Buck Wheat presented the report. He said that President Les Rinderknecht was unable to get off work and sent his apologies for not being present to give the report. He said they continue to echo the heart and desire for people to come to Christ. There were 54 professions of faith reported over the three weeks of BCNM camps and one additional camp. They were in retreat season and were booked through October. He said they could use some volunteers to help with some projects at the camp. He brought a recommendation from their board for Les Rinderknecht and Lynn Cuellar to serve second three-year terms and for Mick Cavanaugh, Hobbs Crosswinds; Zach Souter, Hobbs Taylor Memorial; and Wesley Peterson, Deming Son-Shine for new three-year terms. Lora Harlan moved to accept the recommendation and Abel Bolanos seconded. Kevin Parker asked Mr. Wheat to tell the board a little bit about the new board members. Carried unanimously. Chairman Sellers called for a 10 minute break. TEAM REPORTS Evangelism/Discipleship: Jared Bridge presented the report. He said there had been 600 people trained on how to do Sunday School and Small Groups more effectively. When people were trained they felt valued and equipped which would cause a ripple effect to take it to thousands. He talked about an application for iphones that would help to build a basis of people that a user was shar- 45

47 ing their faith with. The app, called My Mission, was designed specifically for the BCNM and available for download. He said that everyone had received a brochure for the 2014 State Evangelism Conference and asked members to encourage people to attend. The NM State Fair was in progress and countless people had benefited from the Diaper Changing/Nursing Mom s booth. Executive/Information Services: Jack Berryhill presented the report in the absence of Chairman Richard Grisham. He said that the last time he had made the team s report he announced the use of Facebook and Twitter. He was pleased to announce that those means were still being well used and improved on. He listed several people that had worked through the team including James Trevillian who had created two calendars of BCNM events and Brian White who was capable of capturing video blogs. There were 14 churches and three associations using the back page of the Baptist New Mexican. Leadership/Development: Dave McFadden presented the report. He told about several events that the team had been involved in during the year including camps and that the Ministers and Family Retreat would be July 31-August 2, He said that Lamar was currently working on finding a worship leader for the event. He then told about the Church Planting and Revitalization Center in Eastern Association based on Acts 13:2. It was designed for men and women who felt a call upon their life to help them determine that call. He then described the program and said that with the possibility of online seminary training it was not necessary to leave the state for seminary training, which was a benefit. The hope was to raise up leaders in the churches to stay in the state and serve churches here. There would be collaboration between the Leadership Development and Missions Teams in the future for other such ventures. Missions Mobilization: Chairman Harry Pittam presented the report. He said they had no new requests for pastoral aid. Out of six churches reporting for financial aid there were five that reported growth in numbers and Cooperative Program giving. He said they had approved some changes to the Church Pastoral Aid Guidelines including a requirement for Cooperative Program participation. That requirement had been in the agreement, but had been moved to the guidelines as well. They also approved a line in the guidelines stating that any check held longer than 60 days would be voided. The team was working on a list of mission projects across the state that would be made available to churches looking for mission opportunities at the state convention. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Vice-chairman Jared Bridge presided while Matt Sellers presented the following recommendations. Recommendation 1: To approve the 2014 proposed budget. He said that there was a two percent increase in salary for executive staff and three percent for support staff. He also said that the Cooperative Program percentage to the SBC was increased by.25 percent and the budget was still only increased $60,000 over the current year. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: Because we believe that New Mexico needs to touch the world with the gospel, that half of any year end budget overage for 2013 be sent to the International Mission Board earmarked for the Lot- 46

48 tie Moon International Mission Offering. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 3: To receive the property of Glorieta Baptist Church from LifeWay Christian Resources with a approximate description of Commencing at the Point of Beginning, being the Northeast corner of the tract, from whence a USGLOS Brass Cap stamped Tr 3/58/334, bears North 86 12'04" East, a distance of '; Thence from said point of beginning South 49 57'15" West, a distance of '; Thence North 47 28'53" West, a distance of '; Thence North 47 26'12" West, a distance of '; Thence North 67 08'11" East, a distance of '; Thence South 37 37'49" East, a distance of ' to the Point of Beginning. Containing acres, more or less. Mr. Guenther said that a lawsuit had been filed against LifeWay Christian Resources by a leaseholder and this property had been mentioned in the complaint. He represented the Executive Committee and did not see any merit to the lawsuit. Carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel: Tar Henderson brought the following recommendations. Recommendation 1: That (1) the Convention s Bylaws be amended to delete Section 7 of Article 5, and to delete from Section 2, Article Five the words the Historical Committee; and (2) that the State Executive Board cause notice to be given at the first session of the 2013 Convention that this proposed amendment would be offered. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: Mr. Henderson said that upon advice from Mr. Guenther a recommendation concerning the placing of a definition of marriage in the BCNM s documents would be postponed to be sure all legal avenues were properly pursued. Recommendation 3: to approve the job description for a Hispanic Strategist and the ability to begin a search. (Job description in permanent file.) Carried unanimously. Election of Officers: Jared Bridge chaired during the presentation of recommendations for chairman. Dave McFadden made a motion that Matt Sellers be elected to a second term as chairman. April Delores seconded. Carried unanimously. Matt Sellers resumed the chair and entertained nominations for vicechairman. Dave McFadden moved that Jared Bridge be elected for a second term as vice-chairman. Jack Berryhill seconded. Carried unanimously. Dr. Bunce led in a season of prayer and thanked Matt Sellers for a job well done. He also thanked those rotating off the board for their service. Kevin Parker asked if there would a time of debriefing from the meeting the evening before. After a time of discussion Dave McFadden moved to have Tar Henderson, Matt Sellers and Kevin Parker communicate to the state clarifying the position of the board. April Delores seconded. Joe Phillips moved that they also draft a resolution to be presented to the convention. There was a point of order because the first motion had not been voted on. The motion carried unanimously. Joe Phillips moved to approve a resolution affirming the ministry and the continued ministry of the camps and the service of the current boards. Beau Lamb seconded. Carried unanimously. Chairman Sellers asked Kevin Parker to word the resolution during lunch and read it to the board before being dismissed. The resolution read, We, as the 47

49 Executive Board, affirm our commitment to the continuation of camp ministry through Inlow and Sivells Camps and express our deep appreciation to the current and past boards of those camps for the work they have done in service to NM Baptists. We also express our appreciation to the staff of the BCNM for their support of and use of the camps for BCNM ministries. Further, we encourage the continued cooperation of all of churches and their members across our convention to strengthen these ministries in the future. The meeting was adjourned. Preliminary Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Special Called Meeting Conference Call October 7, 2013 Chairman Sellers called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. Secretary Nancy Faucett called roll. Members present included: Jack Berryhill, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, Lora Harlan, Tar Henderson, Jackie Johnson, Beau Lamb, Pam Mayes, Wes McAfee, David McFadden, Gene Norman, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pence, Connie Petersen, Joe Phillips, Harry Pittam, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Rusty Shaffer, Paul Temple, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, Andrew Viera, Paul White and Lou Ellen Wilson. Those absent that had notified the BCNM office included: April Delores, Richard Grisham, Billy Chidester. Others absent included Connie Pettersen, Kevin Pence and Don Turnage. Attorney Jim Guenther was also present. Approval of Minutes: Kevin Parker moved to accept minutes from the September meeting. Jared Bridge seconded. Carried unanimously. Sivells Board: Dr. Bunce said that the Sivells Board had failed to present the name of Chris Pate who had temporarily filled a position in March. Dave McFadden moved to accept the nomination. Wes McAfee seconded. Carried unanimously. Tar Henderson moved to adopt a recommendation that read, That the messengers of the 2013 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting request the boards of directors of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center and the State Executive Board to consider the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and if approved by the boards, then take the action necessary on their parts to cause the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and submit documents to the messengers constituting the 2014 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting for approval. Kevin Parker seconded. He proposed an amendment to the motion that after the words "two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico the words, collaborating among their respective boards during the 48

50 consideration process be added. Lora Harlan seconded. The amendment carried unanimously. The motion as amended carried unanimously. Jack Berryhill moved to adjourn. Dave McFadden seconded. The meeting was adjourned. MOTION TO THE MESSENGERS OF THE 2013 STATE CONVEN- TION That the messengers of the 2013 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting request the boards of directors of Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center, Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center and the State Executive Board to consider the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and if approved by the boards, then take the action necessary on their parts to cause the merger of the two camp corporations into the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, collaborating among their respective boards during the consideration process and submit documents to the messengers constituting the 2014 Baptist Convention of New Mexico annual meeting for approval. 49

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52 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT Dr. Joseph L. Bunce One of the great joys that annual reports afford New Mexico Baptists is a big picture view of what has and is being accomplished together. There are many wonderful things taking place in New Mexico. It is a joy to serve the Lord by serving New Mexico Baptists and working beside the best convention staff in the entire SBC. Your staff has a love for the work and the churches of our state that is beyond measure. I observe them giving themselves away for the cause of Christ. I also sense the great blessing of working under the authority of our State Executive Board and the messengers of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. Now, allow me to report on some of the wonderful things that we can celebrate together. I share these with complete confidence that this is the work of God and He has merely blessed our obedience by allowing us to join Him in His work. Your convention staff is organized into four teams. Each team is made up of individuals that are committed followers of Christ and active members of local BCNM churches, which is a criteria for employment according to the Policy Manual of your convention. Your staff prays and studies the scripture together as every week we have a special prayer time for the churches and church staff of New Mexico. Spiritual discipline is more than just a phrase for us, it is a way of life. The Apostle Paul said it this way, "For in Him we live and move and exist." (Acts 17:28 HCSB) New Mexico Baptist churches continue to be people of generosity as they support mission work through the Cooperative Program and Mission New Mexico. Because of your generosity, you will read with celebration and joy the annual reports from your four BCNM teams. Please continue to lift up in prayer and give sacrificially to the Mission New Mexico Offering (Harry P. Stagg State Mission Offering). I hope you will also celebrate the work being accomplished through the ministries of the entities in the Baptist Convention family as you read their reports. Together, we seek to make kingdom advance. There is much to be done in reaching the lost of New Mexico and I believe that is the desire of our Father's heart. The task of the Great Commission is still before us. Recent actions of some elected officials have created huge moral challenges, shaking the institution of the family to its very core. These actions that seek to redefine marriage have been both alarming and disheartening. Today we walk through the valley of legal uncertainty in regard to the definition of marriage. For some it may seem tempting to just throw up their hands and accept the cultural decay that continues to spiral down. This type of response would be a great error. If the church is not the conscience of our culture then our culture has no conscience. Romans chapter one illustrates the depravity of man. The final step of depravity is the applaud of rebellion rather than reverence. I would suggest that the voice of the church must never side with this applause. The culture that many of us experienced growing up no longer exists. There has been such a seismic shift in both values and direction, that we who once enjoyed influencing culture are now experiencing persecution by that 51

53 culture. I would suggest that the waves of adversity will swell over the coming years. That is a brutal fact. May I also suggest the following? First, I would suggest a convention mission that is dominated by church renewal, demonstrated by sound Christian doctrine and Christ-like morality. I sense that persecution will unfold toward the church of the living God like the unfurling of a flag in the days ahead. However, never forget that the darker the night the more profound the light. Discipleship must become more than just a word in church vocabulary. We must not seek to make converts, but fully committed followers of Christ. People that put off the old man and have love for one another that is clearly demonstrated. Second, church planting that is built on the embedding of believers in the most difficult places should become more prevalent. This will be both risky and messy, but I believe it is absolutely necessary. We are seeking to reach people that are not only different than us, but they do not like us. In their worldview we are irrelevant and out of step. Today reflects the first century far more than it reflects the 1950s. Third, cooperation and unity is a must if we intend to make a difference to a culture that knows us as people that feud and are known more for what we oppose rather than what we contribute. I am very happy to be a Baptist, but we would be foolish to think that we have a corner on God. In the battle for the moral fabric of our nation and the salvation of the world, we need to reach out to one another and other evangelical believers that seek the redemption of the lost and the sanctification of the saved. Churches must work in concert rather than as competitors. Fourth, the level of spiritual warfare seems to be increasing across New Mexico. Numerous pastors, staff and family members are experiencing unprecedented attacks. Paul reminds us in the letter to the church at Ephesus that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces. If we are going to effectively make a difference in this lost world, all of us must be diligent in prayer. Fifth, in seeking to win a lost world, we must maximize resources. A missional lifestyle is spelled "stewardship." I am very pleased that at the last meeting of the State Executive Board, you voted to increase the amount of money that we are sending onto SBC partners outside our state convention by.25 percent to reflect a 64.75/35.25 split of Cooperative Program offerings. Some of your churches are taking a one percent challenge. It is my prayer that we can continue to increase the sharing of resources in the years to come. At this meeting, you will be formally voting on the budget to be presented to the messengers at the State Convention in October. Thank you for your hard work, support and encouragement. INFORMATION SERVICES TEAM John L. Loudat, Team Leader BCNM Information Services Team members continue to work hard at collecting information about Baptist work in the Land of Enchantment and sharing it with New Mexico Baptists. Since the state convention began operating 101 years ago, the Baptist New Mexican has been an important tool in accom- 52

54 plishing that vital task. In the early 1990s, that which had been only a printed piece became available to anyone with access to the World Wide Web. Around that same time we began sending newsflashes to our people by . Three years ago the BNM began posting stories on Facebook and Twitter, and during last fall s BCNM Centennial Celebration, we unveiled our new e-edition of the Baptist New Mexican, ACCOMPLISHING OUR DIRECTIONS TO OUR DESTINY GOAL OF UTILIZING NEW FORMS OF MEDIA TO REACH PEOPLE WITH THE INFORMATION WE PRODUCE AND COMPILE. While the vast majority of our 9,293 current subscribers are happy to have a state paper they can hold in their hands, we recognize that a growing number of people would rather read that same information on their computer screens, tablets and smartphones, so we make it available for viewing on them, as well. With the launch of the BCNM s new Facebook page and Twitter Feed this year, BCNM personnel have more ways to inform our people of resources available to them from the BCNM. The BNM staff remains committed to communicate some of the same information to our people who rely on their state paper to keep them informed, and we also will continue to encourage our people to utilize these new communication tools, as the entire BCNM staff seeks to get as many hooks in the water as possible. In the past year, the entire BNM staff has become more proficient in posting daily links to some of our stories on Facebook and Twitter, and we are looking into ways to make our posts more readable on smart devices. You can like us on Facebook by going to facebook.com/gobnm or by searching in Facebook for Baptist New Mexican. You can follow us on Twitter by going to twitter.com/gobnm or by searching in Twitter for gobnm. In recent years, we have occasionally put tags to videos and websites in the paper for people with smartphones. (We believe we were the first state paper to do so.) Late last year we completed the transition to a more effective and efficient way for all BCNM offices to send promotional and information s. We are convinced that Constant Contact is enabling all BCNM offices to send a better quality of with no more effort on their part but less of an effort on our part. THIS FULFILLS OUR DIRECTIONS TO OUR DES- TINY GOAL OF USING A CENTRAL BCNM DATABASE FOR THIS PURPOSE. For the fourth consecutive year, we devoted our first issue of the year to the work of the Christian Life Committee; and for the fifth consecutive year, we produced an entire issue of the paper that was devoted to explaining how the Cooperative Program impacts our state and the world for Christ, in conjunction with Cooperative Program Sunday. For the past several years, we have intentionally sought to publish stories in Spanish, which we recognize is the native tongue of many of those we seek to serve. We are grateful that Carlos Pino, editor for the Spanish Baptist Convention of New Mexico, recently began helping us in that task. We are grateful for the volunteer assistance we have received since the first of the year of about three hours most weeks from high school student Gloriana Yee, and we are pleased that Rio Rancho worship pastor Craig Sundheimer is our new part-time proofreader. In observance of the BCNM s centennial last fall, the entire paper we took to the BCNM annual meeting was devoted to the 100-year history of the convention. We have several extra copies of that historic issue for anyone who 53

55 requests a copy. Our social media specialist worked this year with the BCNM s executive secretary in creating two calendars, one that is accessible by anyone and one that is accessible only by BCNM staff, and we have widely distributed information on how to access the calendars. This year we also began printing a new regular feature called BECAUSE YOU GAVE, which highlights ways gifts of New Mexico Baptists are used by the state convention. Submitted by BCNM staff members, they are being forwarded to our technical services director, who will produce video blogs, if possible. We also rolled out another regular feature, which will deal with interfaith apologetics. During the past quarter, The Baptist Standard (Texas) and our Baptist wire -services have looked to the BNM for reporting on developments related to the decision of LifeWay Christian Resources trustees in June to sell Glorieta Conference Center, and we have been pleased, and honored, to share our reporting with them. One of our assignments is to assist the BCNM s Christian Life Committee in its work, which keeps us very busy prior to and during the annual sessions of our state legislature. For the past several years our office has prepared for and directed the CLC s Legislative Breakfast in Santa Fe and sent out alerts during the legislative session and throughout the year. Fourteen churches and three associations, the same number as last quarter, are currently taking advantage of the service we provide to print their newsletters on the back of the BNM. In August, we again reminded our page 8 churches and associations of the value of using page 8 for their newsletter, before they again had to deal with the often-harsh financial realities in preparing their budgets for the coming year. The number of subscribers Aug. 22 represented a decrease of only eight from the number we reported in July. That number includes 29 subscribers who have signed up to access the e-edition. While that number is about the same as we reported last quarter, the editor has been encouraging subscribers to take advantage of the new product and is working with our technical services director to produce a video that will demonstrate how to access it. BRIAN WHITE TECHNICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR This ministry has produced videos for Mission New Mexico. We produced a total of seven videos. The videos covered Hunger Ministries, Camping Ministry, Muslim Ministry, Disaster Relief Ministry and the two BSU ministries, both Global and New Mexican. Of those seven videos, five were produced by myself, one by Isaac Jones, Las Cruces BSU assistant, and one by James Trevillian, social media guru at the BCNM. The videos are all on a DVD that was sent out to churches in late August, as well as on our YouTube channel. They are also available for viewing and downloading from our Vimeo page. is another social video website that we are using to allow people easier downloading of our videos. There are links on our Mission New Mexico page on the BCNM website that lead to the videos and downloadables. It is a pleasure to serve you. JAMES TREVILLIAN SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST Facebook: 54

56 Our Facebook page had 473 likes as of August 26. The page features at least two posts (one morning, one evening) Monday through Friday. Regular posts are scheduled so that they appear while people are active on Facebook. Our #1 post since the last report was a photo from SportZone camp that was heavily engaged (liked, commented on, shared). That photo reached 870 people. The #2 post was a statement from Gerald Farley regarding Corporate Record Services that reached 722 people. Facebook gave us a $50 advertising credit that I utilized during the month of July. Advertising proved to be very effective, and is a large part of the reason our page likes doubled since my last report. This may be something we wish to take advantage of in the future to continue growing our Facebook presence. We launched the weekly Your Turn feature, where we made a post to try and encourage discussion and interaction on a particular topic. We received the most response on posts that asked for prayer requests and promotion of special events at churches and associations. As such, Your Turn is now a weekly feature that is simply a place to post prayer requests, praise reports, and promotion of events at churches and associations. I have continued to assist staff with various Facebook needs. Several of our staff are regular contributors to our Facebook page, whether they post content themselves or ask me to make posts on their behalf. We are preparing for heavy promotion of Mission New Mexico and the annual convention meetings. Other Activities: I have continued to assist staff with accessing our BCNM Google calendars. I assisted Brian White with editing one of the Mission New Mexico videos to help lighten his workload. I will be assisting Sam Swann with check-in and some behind the scenes work during the Lives Ablaze conference. I assisted the new Disaster Relief Prayer Coordinator as he set up an distribution list for DR-related prayer needs. I regret that I am not able to be with you for today s team meeting. If you have any questions, please contact me ( is the best method to reach me). Thank you for your support! ALL OF THE ABOVE SUPPORTS OUR EFFORTS TO ASSIST EACH TEAM AND ENTITY OF THE STATE CONVENTION IN ACHIEVING THE BCNM S 3x3 ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, AN- NOUNCED IN JANUARY Executive/information services committee members are Richard Grisham (chairman), Jack Berryhill, Abelardo Bolaños, Pam Mayes, Luis Rios, Rusty Shaffer and Don Turnage. 55

57 EVANGELISM/DISCIPLESHIP TEAM Mike Napier, Team Leader Thank you for the privilege of leading the Evangelism and Discipleship Team. It is a great honor to serve you and other New Mexico Baptists. Over the last quarter, we have partnered with four churches by sending the BCNM sport s trailer out. These churches were Indian Baptist Church, Taos; First Baptist Church, Moriarty; Sagebrush Church, Albuquerque; and First Baptist Church, Chama. Tracts, discipleship material, follow up material and Bibles were sent to First Baptist Church, Moriarty and Iglesia Hermosa, Rio Rancho. We provided equipping, evangelism material and the BCNM Diaper Changing/Nursing Mom Booth to First Baptist Church, Chama; and First Baptist Church, Belen. John Roe led out in this equipping time for us. Through the BCNM partnership with Watchman Fellowship ( 45 student leaders and staffers from New Mexico State University BSU were equipped as they attended a back-to-school leadership retreat led by James Walker. Also through this partnership, there has been direct contact from 120 individuals from New Mexico via phone or to Watchman Fellowship. Of these 120 contacts, 81 packages of information or resource material were mailed to New Mexico Southern Baptist contacts. The remainder was assisted by phone and/or . Watchman Fellowship reported there are 744 New Mexico households requesting free subscriptions to the printed editions of the Watchman Fellowship monthly newsletters and their bi-monthly profiles. At least 90 percent of these have come through a relationship with the New Mexico Baptist Convention. We also have hundreds of additional new subscribers who requested our free updates. Mike Napier served as camp pastor at the annual Boy s Camp held at Sivells. He gave the installation charge for the new officers of the Hispanic Convention; preached at First Baptist Church, Hobbs; First Baptist Church, Socorro; First Baptist Church, Fort Sumner; First Baptist Church, Silver City; and Highland Baptist Church, Albuquerque. Mike also led ministry evangelism training at Mountain Valley Church, Edgewood. He also attended the CASA Senior Adult day at Inlow too. Our State Sunday School team led Sunday School/Small Group Equipping events all across the state. So far these have been conducted at: First Baptist Church, Bosque Farms; First Baptist Church, Gallup; Central Baptist Church, Clovis; First Baptist Church, Tucumcari; First Baptist Church, Rio Rancho; Bethel Baptist Church, Alamogordo; First Baptist Church, Las Cruces; Taylor Memorial Baptist Church, Hobbs; First Baptist Church, Artesia; First Baptist Church, Ruidoso Downs; First Baptist Church Espanola; Sandia Baptist Church, Albuquerque; First Baptist Church Springer; and First Baptist Church, Bloomfield. This team consists of Krista Peterson, Sam Swann, Mike Napier, Chad Spriggs, Cynthia Evans, Lillian Moon, Daniel Snow, Tim Singleton, Lamar Morin, and Mick Cavanaugh. The following team led equipping in Spanish at seven of these locations: Thomas Eason, Pedro Escobar, Stephen and Olga 56

58 Soto and Julia Pino. The BCNM also partnered with the Arizona Baptist Convention as Mike, Sam and Krista led Sunday School/Small Group equipping for the Arizona convention NET-21 training. A ministry evangelism booth was set up at the New Mexico State Fair. Two equipping opportunities for volunteers were held September 5 and September 7. The booths consisted of two Diaper Changing/Nursing Moms stations. There was one located inside the Manuel Lujan building and one located outside on the midway. The New Mexico State Fair held in Albuquerque runs September 11 th thru the 22 nd. We mailed out the 2014 State Evangelism tri-fold brochure, beginning the promotion of the upcoming Evangelism Conferences. The Native American Evangelism Conference will be held at Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Albuquerque, March 1; Hispanic Evangelism Conference will be held at Del Norte Baptist Church, Albuquerque, March 2-3; the State Evangelism Conference and the Senior Adult Evangelism Conferences will be held at Hoffmantown Church, Albuquerque, March 3-5. We also purchased new tracts and a tract display. Please come by, see the new display, and take a tract to give away. Who have you witnessed to today? BSU Christian Challenge Local Campus Ministry Reports STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINES David Englehart, State Collegiate Director NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, David Englehart, Director Shannon tells this story: After Collegiate Week at Glorieta was over, my friends and I decided to go camping. As my girlfriend, Rosie, and I began to shop for food, we ran into an older lady. I whispered to my girlfriend that I thought that the lady was Korean. My girlfriend was trying to figure out what I said and through that the lady overheard us talking about her being Korean. She told us she was and through a friendly conversation, we got invited to have lunch with her! I am half Korean, so she wanted to feed me some traditional food that I grew up on. So after camping we went to her house and met her husband. Her name is Kyong. She said she didn't believe in religion and just wanted to enjoy herself. But before we ate, she asked us if we wanted to pray. It was really cool. We got to share our testimonies and they asked some questions about why we were Christian. It was such a blessing to be fed by them and to feed them some truths about Jesus. They live in Los Alamos. Please pray that we would be intentional and keep up with their lives and sharing the gospel with them. Pray that they would have a deep longing for the truth! EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Dag Sewell, Director Of the contacts the Collegiate Ministries summer intern has sent us, we have attempted to contact all of them. One of them is a football player from Eunice. Jonathan ed him, but never heard back. Then one day a huge kid walks into the BSU not looking like he really knew what he was doing. Sure enough, it was him--james Marley. He was on campus for football practice, but they were taking a break. He said all the coaches are out of their offices and the 57

59 players were taking naps and he was just trying to kill time, so we talked for about half an hour. He has an aversion to churches because they try to cram stuff down your throat. But his grandparents always send him to Falls Creek Camp in Oklahoma. That's how our Collegiate Ministries office got his information. As we kept talking and I kept asking questions, I found out he accepted Christ that summer at Falls Creek, but that he had not been baptized. About the last thing he said was that his cell phone wasn't getting coverage in Portales, but that he would be in Eddy Hall in the Fall. So he's on our prayer lists, and this Fall he's on our target list. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, Bobby Erickson, Director Here is a word from our summer team in South West Asia: From Aaron: This week has been great. Thanks to the Father I had the privilege of delivering the sermon at a local church through an excellent translator. I was able to speak about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the importance of our response to both accepting it and sharing it. Praise God that the Holy Spirit was able to speak through me! Please pray that those who heard the message and know the local language would stand up and make an impact larger than we ever could in our two short months here. WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Steve Timmons, Director I went to a lunch for parents during Freshman Orientation. I was able to meet and visit with a mom who had brought her son and his friend to orientation from California. We visited for about an hour. Turns out she was a believer and so were the boys. She really encouraged the boys to come to Christian Challenge once school started. I invited her to come to our building that Friday night to watch movies with us, and she came and saw the building. She really encouraged her children to be involved in church at home and wanted them to be involved in ministry on campus. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM Lamar Morin, Team Leader This past year has brought significant change to the Leadership Development team of the BCNM. David Red retired as team leader in February and Lamar Morin began as the new team leader in July could be viewed as the year of transition or change. We look forward to the coming year as the year of solidity and strength. Our team offers a number of support areas to local churches and church leaders: Camps (see below for further reports): We planned, programmed, and put on nine different camps related to our team, including a brand new camp, our Children s Sports Camp. Over 1,500 people participated in these camps, representing well over 50 of our churches. Many personal decisions were recorded at these camps: 91 personal salvation, 31 restoring commitment, 20 called to Christian service, and 16 other. We look forward to next year s camps and an even greater harvest and attendance. 58

60 New Mexico Singing Churchmen: The NMSC held two concerts in the spring, one at FBC Gallup and one at Parkland BC Clovis, led during the transition time by Ira Pinkston (NMSC President) and the other NMSC officers. We met for our annual retreat and concert on August The event was hosted magnificently by First Baptist Church, Belen. The retreat consisted of a number of rehearsals interspersed with fellowship times. The rehearsals featured learning nine new songs as well as refreshing five current songs from their latest CD, Love Has Come. The fellowship times included meals together, as well as time for more informal sharing and praying together. The concert itself was truly a special worship time for the NMSC members and the audience present. At one point, the audience spontaneously rose in worship to our Savior and Lord, Jesus! There was a remarkable power in the songs, enhanced by the large group of NMSC members. The group consisted of 34 members the director, 27 in the choir, and 6 in the band together with a few new members. The NMSC are pleased to announce they will next sing and play at the 2013 BCNM State Convention at Sandia Baptist Church, Albuquerque. They will be leading worship in the Tuesday evening session, October 22 nd. Please make plans to join them at the convention. 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 President Ira Pinkston at or Director Lamar Morin at (lmorin@bcnm.com). Bivocational Ministries: Our team stands ready with various types of support for our many bivocational ministers here in NM. Our 2013 Bivocational Ministers and Family Retreat was held at Glorieta on July It was a super time of support, fellowship, teaching/learning, and networking. We were pleased to have several new families join us for the retreat. Transitional Pastor Training: Many churches without pastors need transitional pastors with experience, training, and ministry gifts that assure high-quality transitional leadership. Transitional pastors are prepared to lead churches through smooth transitions, rough transitions, and crisis transitions. They may serve effectively as a preacher, pastor, and consultant. We have a number of transitional pastors trained to serve churches with this need. Contextualized Leadership Development: Our team undergirds and financially helps at least six CLD centers (Schools of Theology) around our state. We also provide a limited number of scholarships for qualifying students. We have a great need in NM to raise up and train indigenous leaders who are able to serve in their hometown context. CLD helps to do this is a systematic way, complete with diploma plans Ministers and Family Retreat: 59

61 Plans are taking shape for this triennial event to be held July 31 August 2, 2014 at the Albuquerque Sheraton Uptown. Please be watching for more details in the Baptist New Mexican, including the Mission New Mexico edition of August 31. 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. Other areas of interest to local churches and associations are mentoring/ coaching, deacon training, E-Quip training, Transformational Church, music/ worship training, and much more. Serving together, Lamar Morin Children and Women s Ministries The last few months of 2012 were a great time in children s and women s ministries. October was a month of traveling for me. I had the privilege of attending the associational meetings for Eastern Association in Portales on October 2 nd and Southwestern Association on October 18 th. From October 7 th -11 th, a group of six children s ministers from around the state and I attended the LifeWay Kids Ministry Conference at Ridgecrest Conference Center. I also was part of the Centennial Convention held in Clovis, NM October I had the opportunity to meet with other children s ministry state associates in Charleston, South Carolina at the end of October. I had a great time helping First Baptist, Alamogordo too, with a trunk and treat on October 31 st. In November, I was able to teach some children s leadership from Calvary, Alamogordo and First, Tularosa and we were busily preparing and planning for Equipping people to do Vacation Bible School is one of the best ways to help evangelize New Mexico. In January, our VBS Team traveled to Fort Worth to attend the LifeWay Vacation Bible School Institute. It was a quick, one night stay in Fort Worth to attend training Thursday and Friday. Our team was well prepared to do training in New Mexico in March. For the first time in recent years, the state team traveled to four different locations around NM to do training. They put in more than 1,000 miles of travel going from Bloomfield to Artesia and Albuquerque to Silver City. We had over 300 participants in these four locations. The team consisted of a great group of servants giving up their entire week to travel and teach VBS. These included: Garry Schwalk and Larry Evans teaching directors and pastors; Peggy Schwalk teaching preteen VBX; Joe Vivian and Cara Simons teaching 3 rd -4 th grade; Lillian Moon teaching 1 st -2 nd grade; Vickie Czlapinski teaching preschool; Cynthia Evans teaching crafts; John Roe teaching missions; Alisa Vandevender teaching music; Sandra and Ramiro Fonseca teaching Spanish and Norma Perea and I led out with recreation and snacks. It is always a privilege and honor to visit and worship with our churches around New Mexico. I have been able to join these churches during this quarter: Happy Valley Baptist Church in Carlsbad, Anchor Church in Albuquerque, 60

62 First in Los Alamos, Eternity in Alamogordo, SoulRio in Rio Rancho, Ekklesia in Albuquerque and Passage Community in Albuquerque. In February, I was able to participate in the James Walker 20 hour intensive training in Mormonism. I am looking forward to using this information to help churches evangelize this people group in New Mexico. I was also able to travel to Team West with Mike Napier and Sam Swann. I had the privilege of bringing along two great children s ministers, Vickie Czlapinski from First, Bloomfield and Teri Ruiz from Mountain Valley, Edgewood. March began with a great week at the Evangelism Conference. On Friday and Saturday of the same week, the New Mexico Kids Conference for Teachers was held at Mesilla Park Community Church in Las Cruces. David Thomas was the keynote speaker and he did an excellent job of helping teachers understand how to teach boys. We had 140 people in attendance. Our largest children s event, Young Lives Ablaze, on April 6 th was a great day. Eastern Hills was very gracious to host us. We had 46 churches with 675 in attendance. During the invitation, seven children accepted Jesus as Savior, five made decisions of rededication and two children wanted to be baptized. Six other children went forward with questions or prayer requests. An offering was taken and $1, went toward Houses of Hope in Kenya. In May, the State Bible Drill was held at Del Norte Baptist Church. The attendance was small this year, but I m very proud of the kids that participated. They each learned memory verses and could find any verse in their Bible in 8-10 seconds. Six churches participated in Bible Drill with 18 kids and five youth. Two camps took place in June. Young Lives Ablaze Camp at Inlow had 230 in attendance and twenty-five children accepted Jesus as Savior during camp. Our camp pastor, Kolby King, from First Baptist Church of Owasso, Oklahoma, did a great job explaining the plan of salvation during the week so that children understood clearly the message of the gospel. Many other children were counseled in affirmation of a previous decision to accept Christ. Connection Camp at Sivells had 188 in attendance. Twenty-nine children chose to accept Jesus as Savior during the week and seven children made a commitment to be baptized. They also raised over $700 for Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief. Both of these June camps were a great opportunity for children to grow in their faith. During this quarter I have had the opportunity to be with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Portales as they did a community outreach event and was able to speak at the girls tea party. I also was able to travel to Alamogordo and meet with a group of ladies that are planning a women s ministry event for Mountain Valley Association. The last Sunday of April, I was privileged to join Calvary Baptist Church in Jal for worship and have the opportunity to speak in the worship service. Monterey Baptist Church asked me to walk through their brand new children s building and give some input for the use of the new building on May 5 th. I had the privilege of serving in Anchor Church on May 5 th and 26 th in their children s departments. Animas Baptist Church had a special event for children on May 18 th and I was able to join them for worship on May 19 th and join Rodeo Baptist Church for worship also. First Baptist, Espanola asked me to speak on children s ministry during their morning service on June 9 th. On June 22 nd, we planned a fun day for the kids in the Northeastern Asso- 61

63 ciation. We had bounce houses, crafts, games and a Bible story while the adults enjoyed an associational picnic. We had approximately ten kids join us for our time. In July, I was able to attend two camps and visit a third. Children s Music Camp took place at Inlow, July 8 th -12 th coinciding with Worship4Life Camp. This was a small camp with 39 in attendance, but the staff did a great job of leading children to learn music, puppets, voice, choreography and instruments. Larry Evans of First, Cloudcroft was an excellent camp pastor as Kevin Pence led the kids in worship. The kids and staff did a great job presenting the musical on Friday at Sandia Baptist. I was also able to visit Boy s Camp on Thursday evening, July 18th. Bobby Fuller has done a great job of leading boy s camp for the past several years. He had a fully qualified team to lead riflery, archery, camping, rock polishing/cutting, fishing, first aid, games, crafts and more. Boys camp had 13 professions of faith, 6 rededications and 2 boys called to special service. We also held our first Sports Camp during the week of July 29 th -August 2 nd. We had five churches attend including two churches that had not taken children to camp for several years. We had 58 in attendance and rotated kids through six sports including basketball, volleyball, climbing wall, riflery/archery, soccer and dodgeball. Each sport included a devotional time and kids had a morning and evening worship service. Most importantly, we had eight kids accept Christ during the week. During July and August, I was able to worship with Crestview Baptist of Albuquerque and First Baptist of Bloomfield. The children s minister of First, Bloomfield, Vickie Czlapinski, had asked me to come and look at the security of the children and preschool area. August 8 th -17 th, I was privileged to be able to travel to Kenya with a team of seven New Mexicans to work with the Houses of Hope project. Those attending included Ronna and Andy Jordan from Emmanuel, Farmington; Mick Cavanaugh from Crosswinds, Hobbs; Jared Bridge, pastor of Anchor Church, Albuquerque; Meg LaRue from Sandia, Albuquerque and Jacob Puckett, a Wayland college student. It was an incredible trip in which four Houses of Hope were built. We participated with building three of them and worked with children in each village. We also were able to see a Church of Hope as the result of Houses of Hope in three nearby villages coming together as one church body. We were able to dedicate the new church building. We also held dedication services at each of the villages. We had an opportunity to visit a school for orphans and the local hospital. The gospel message of salvation was offered five times and each time we had at least one response. In total, over 50 salvation decisions were made during the week that we were there. If your church would be interested in participating in Houses of Hope, I would be thrilled to share my experience and my photos with your church. August was also the month that we began the Building Connections times to offer encouragement and training to small group or Sunday School leaders. We had trainings in August in Bosque Farms, Gallup, Milan, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho, Alamogordo, Tucumcari, Clovis, Artesia, Hobbs, Ruidoso and Bloomfield. Cynthia Evans from First, Cloudcroft and Lillian Moon from Del Norte, Albuquerque were my substitutes for six of these trainings while I was in Kenya. We are focusing on having an Inviting Sunday School for preschoolers and children. Looking ahead, I am looking forward to participating in the Women s 62

64 Weekender in September in Ruidoso. I will be sharing about my experiences in Kenya. We will have three more Sunday School equipping times in September in Springer, Espanola and in Albuquerque at Sandia. We also will have a New Mexico Kids Conference on September 27 th -28 th. If I can do anything to specifically help your church in any area of children s ministry, please let me know. Thank you for the privilege to serve! Krista Peterson BCNM Student Ministries We made a slight change to our camps this year. In order to streamline things a bit, and maybe save a little money, we decided to bring Camp Doulos under the umbrella of the Lives Ablaze Camps. So now we have Lives Ablaze Camp Sivells, Lives Ablaze Camp Sivells, and Lives Ablaze Camp Inlow, We had Jeff Wallace back again this year for one week, we had Craig Curry for a week and we had Buck Wheat for a week. This was of course before he joined us as the new administrator of Sivells. We were fortunate this year to have one group to do the music part of worship, Gozur. The Theme for our camps was: Convergence based on Colossians 1:15-20 which states, He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For everything was created by Him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities al things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together. He is also the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He might come to have first place in everything. For God was pleased [to have] all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile everything to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross whether things on earth or things in heaven. (HCSB) As you can see June was filled with three great weeks of camp! These are the decisions that we know about: Salvations: 16 Restoring Commitment: 25 Called to Ministry: 18 Other: 16 There were 748 people who attended this year, representing 41 churches Very cool to say the least! We were going to take an offering for Houses of Hope like we did last year, but instead I decided that with the timing of the major tornados in Oklahoma we would receive an offering that went to the BGCO for disaster relief. Between the three camps we collected a little over $3,800! Wonderful to say the least, our students really came through! We sent this money on to OK along with a note letting them know that the students in NM love them and were praying for them. We also had the opportunity to partner with some of our churches in outreach events that they were doing in their community. We have a ministry assistance fund that we use for that very purpose. We are so thankful that be- 63

65 cause of the Mission New Mexico Offering we are able to assist churches, particularly smaller ones, with ministry events for students. In the month of August, I have been traveling around to each association (along with Krista Peterson and Mike Napier) leading the youth worker breakout for Sunday School/Small Group Equipping. It has been great to meet some of the new youth workers we have as well as re-connect with those that we already know. This is a busy time of travel, but well worth the effort to be out and visiting our great churches and associations. I have also had some help this year, Daniel Snow (youth guy at FBC Bloomfield), Tim Singleton (youth guy at FBC Artesia), Mick Cavanaugh (youth guy at Crosswinds Church in Hobbs), and Lamar Morin (team leader for Leadership Development with the BCNM) have all helped or will help at a training that will happen after the writing of this document. I am so thankful that I can utilize others in equipping youth workers in NM! We are about to have the Lives Ablaze Student Conference (September 1-2). We have Ed Newton, Jenny Simmons (formerly of Addison Road) and Jared Hall coming to participate with us in the conference this year. As of the writing of this report, we have over 700 registered to attend this annual event. Along with sharing the gospel and giving unsaved students an opportunity to respond, we will be challenging them and inspiring them to live a life that honors the Lord and equipping them to share their faith. We are also going to emphasize SEE YOU AT THE POLE (which we do annually), an annual global day of prayer for students. This year the date is September 25 th. There will also be an emphasis on NAMB s Campus Missionary Movement to challenge students who might have an extra burden for their lost classmates. (For more information see And finally, we are going to emphasize The Lifebook that is done through the Gideons. (For more details go to On a personal note, I am thrilled that I finally have a chance to serve on a staff with my dear friend Lamar! I am looking forward to serving with him for many years. As I have said for the six years that I have been on staff with the BCNM, I feel it is a great honor to serve along side of you as we attempt to make Him known. Thanks for the trust and support! Fanning the Flame, Sam Swann MISSIONS MOBILIZATION TEAM Dr. Joseph Bunce, Team Leader Dr. Joseph Bunce serves as the Missions Mobilization Team Leader. Our team functions with Cricket Pairett, ministry assistant, and Scott Wilson, church planting strategist, in the office; and field staff - Connie Dixon, Missions Strategist and WMU Director; Pedro Escobar, Spanish Strategist; Daniel Clymer, Native American Strategist; Joyce Smith, Deaf Strategist; Ira Shelton, Disaster Relief Coordinator; Richard and Mary Gomez, MSC/MOST Volunteer Coordinators; and PJ, who is leading in our Muslim ministries. 64

66 Missions Partnerships Mission partnerships outside the state of New Mexico continued throughout the year and new partnerships were forged with the countries of Russia and Kenya. New Mexico Baptists are still active in countries where we have initiated partnerships. These countries include Zimbabwe, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Brazil, England, Canada, Belize and East Asia. A second vision team, led by Krista Peterson, traveled to Kenya in August to further solidify our state partnership. Team members were Jared Bridge, Albuquerque; Jacob Puckett, Lubbock; Meg LaRue, Albuquerque; and Michael Cavanaugh, Jr., Hobbs. Churches are beginning to build teams and partnerships for Kenya. Dr. Bunce will lead a team back to Ufa, Russia in May Camps Camp ministry is an essential part of the MMT s efforts to reach the lost and make disciples. The MMT works with leadership teams to conducts three family camps and one children s missions camp. The results were as follows: Spanish Family Camp June 4-7, 2013 Attendance 102 Indian Family Camp June 17-21, 2013 Attendance 122 Professions of Faith/Rededications - 7 Deaf Family Camp August 30-September 1, 2013 Attendance - Children s Missions Camp July 15-19, 2013 Attendance - 92 Professions of Faith 7 Surrender to Full Time Missions - 4 Church Planting-Scott Wilson On February 1 of this year I assumed the role of the state Church Planting Catalyst for New Mexico. I am grateful to Dr. Bunce, the Executive Board, and New Mexico Baptists for the opportunity to serve our churches in this capacity. I began in February with three main objectives: 1) Get a true historical picture of our state church planting efforts, 2) connect relationally with our current church planters, and 3) build greater trust with many pastors and our DOMs throughout the state. I was aware of two main obstacles to our plantings efforts in the state. First, we needed to raise our planter's and church's experiences and successes in planting. Second, we needed to overcome any negative feelings or thinking about church planting in New Mexico. In order to overcome these obstacles and meet these objectives, I established two main goals with corresponding action steps. Goal one was to evaluate and implement a new state church planting process. We completed this goal by June 15. In order to meet this goal, I hosted a roundtable event with 17 church planters and DOMs to gather information about our process. I completed a paper in April with the findings, and solidified the findings into a single process page. Following these findings, I evaluated our assessment tools and secured the new tools during May. In June, I standardized the process and communicated this with our CPCs, DOMs and 65

67 planters in the state. We began implementing the new process in June. Goal two was to develop Phase 1 of the NM Church Planting Highway. This was a new initiative aimed at informing New Mexico Baptists about the need for church planting and how to get involved by merging onto the highway in various ways. Since February, we developed a marketing image for the initiative, developed and ordered promotional materials, and shared materials with over 1,500 Baptists in New Mexico. I shared this vision with each Church Planting Catalyst and DOM in our state, as well as with nearly 10 percent of our pastors. We have identified three Church Planting and Revitalization Center sites in our state and will launch the first site September 1, 2013 in Eastern Association. Site two will launch in Central New Mexico in I identified seven apprenticeship venues for potential planters in our state. One supporting goal was to lead 10 percent of our churches to become involved in planting. As of Sept 1, 2013, we are at 8.9 percent. Another supporting goal was to have representation from 15 percent of our churches at the GCI (Great Commission Initiative) training in discipleship and church planting movements. We had 11 percent represented. I communicated regularly in the Baptist New Mexican, on the New Mexico Church Planting Highway blog, and via Facebook, with over 115,600 views. As we wrap up this year, we will see five new church plants in our state with an average attendance of 150. Additionally, we have six Bible Study groups that will soon birth into new churches. Many of our plants have baptized new believers. We will have assessed over 10 potential planters this year. We will head into 2014 already with five potential new plants. New Church Plants 1. Albuquerque Revelation Church, Mario Batres, church planter/pastor 2. Santa Fe LifePoint, Jamie Duke, church planter/pastor 3. Hobbs Open Arms, Randy Leake, church planter/pastor 4. Eunice Iglesia Bautista, Alfredo Garza, pastor 5. Lovington Siloe, Bruno Galvez, pastor Bible Study Groups Moving to Birth a Church 1. Texico First Spanish 2. Fort Sumner Spanish 3. Portales Cowboy Church 4. Portales Contemporary 5. San Jon Spanish Our goal is to plant 150 churches with at least 150 in attendance by This is an aggressive goal, but easily achievable if we will simply focus on making disciples, developing leaders, and deploying them into the harvest. In 2014, we will implement Phase II of the New Mexico Church Planting Highway. This phase will consist of hosting five Regional Churches Planting Churches presentations, developing a coaching network for planters and families, training church planter assessors, organizing planter network luncheons, implementing an apprenticeship/intern process, initiating an employment network of New Mexican business owners and managers for planters who will 66

68 need to be bi-vocational in planting, and vision casting for a lay-led church planting movement. Thank you, New Mexico Baptists, for supporting church planting through your Cooperative Program gifts! Regional Spanish Strategist Pedro Escobar Considering that New Mexico is a field for missions, especially among Hispanics, due to the high percentage of its population in the state, BCNM is making great efforts to meet the mission-outreach and ministry among Latinos. With this vision, Scott Wilson, State Church Planting Catalyst, has taken a significant step to church planting movement in our state. He has shown his interest and ability to encourage, motivate, provide resources and project the vision and strategy to achieve the goals that we propose. The need and challenge is great. We need an "army" of leaders and churches involved in this mission, but the Lord is answering our need. He has sent to our state capable leaders that share in our view, and will be key in project initiation and revitalization of new churches. Among them (and at the risk of omitting some) are: Jorge and Claudia Ramirez who came to Fort Sumner and are evangelizing the Hispanic people; Mario Batres with the new Revelation bilingual church in Albuquerque; Hiram and Aracely Ramos who have given new life to the Iglesia Bethel in Lovington; Francisco and Diana Lopez at bilingual church Unidos en Cristo in Las Cruces; The Rev. Alfredo and Noemi Garza in Eunice; Bruno Galvez in the new Siloe Church in Lovington; Rony Hernandez in bilingual New Hope Church in Las Cruces; and Gary and Leticia Olmos in Texico/Farwell. Worthy of note is Rev. Rafael Marín, a businessman in Clovis who pastors a church in Bovina, Texas. The Lord called him to plant a new church east of Clovis, where the population is predominantly Hispanic. This area has a small Fundamental Baptist Church from whom we are renting the sanctuary. We held our first service on Friday, Aug. 2 with an attendance of 20. Additionally, Brother Benedicto and Terri Fasanando are still attempting new strategies to penetrate the dairies in the area to further the ministry. A new generation of young, bilingual leaders is emerging and we are incorporating them in the progress of the work. For this purpose we invest all possible resources in training conferences and assimilation of this new reality. A good number of these new leaders attended evangelism conferences in San Antonio, Texas, Send North America in Plano, Texas and GCI in Albuquerque. There is opportunity and place for you who attend Annual State Convention and read these reports. The Lord needs you in the mission of New Mexico! Native American Strategist Daniel Clymer New Mexico Native American Southern Baptists have had another historical year, and have seen the movement of God among their congregations. The first Native Baptist Evangelism Conference began a new era of evangelism training, prayer walking and ministry at the Gathering of Nations Powwow entered a new track of ministry, and the on-going development of Native Baptist church planting centers around New Mexico has opened a new avenue for reaching our tribes. This year our congregations began receiving the challenge of becoming Mission Response Team (MRT) churches. A Mission Response 67

69 Team church takes on the challenge of reaching their own community and the world for Christ, which is done by being equipped to self-initiate missional activity locally and be available for global teams. The following are highlights of ministry efforts this year. Native Baptist Partnership The NM Native American Southern Baptist Partnership had a very active year under the leadership of new team leaders: John Hollins, Administrative Team Leader; Charlie Riddick, Communications Team Leader; Scott Tafoya, Stewardship Team Leader; Bernard Garcia, Growth Team Leader; and Edna Romero, Missions Team Leader. The Native Baptist Partnership took key leadership roles with ministries such as the Native Evangelism Conference, Gathering of Nations Powwow prayer walking, and Mission Response Team organization and training preparation. The quarterly Native Baptist Partnership meetings were very inspirational and the fellowship remains strong. Native American State Evangelism Conference The NM Native American Southern Baptist Partnership and the BCNM Evangelism Team joined hands to present the 1 st annual NM State Native Evangelism Conference on March 2 at Highland Baptist Church in Albuquerque. Over 120 were enrolled, but at one time 167 were counted in the worship center. Native American evangelist, Mike Keighbone was the keynote speaker, and he connected in a God-way with the participants. Gerome Fragua (of Jemez Pueblo) and band brought all before the thrown of the Lord with inspiring worship music. The seminars were overflowing and received high ratings: Ken Edwards from Faith Comes by Hearing showed how you can disciple through the recorded word in Native languages; Jim Turnbo taught about using Bible Storying to evangelize; and Gerome Fragua and John Roe taught about using music in Evangelism. What a great event that will not be forgotten! The participants are anticipating next year s conference that is being planned by our new Native Baptist Partnership team leaders, and BCNM Evangelism Team members Mike Napier and Cheryl Vaughn Gathering of Nations Powwow Edna Romero, Missions Team Leader for the Native Baptist Partnership, organized and led Native prayer walking teams for the 2013 Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque last April. They bathed the Gathering in prayer for salvation of the tribes, and made contacts for a booth next year at the event. God moved in amazing ways to give way for the Native Baptist Partnership to begin a new era of ministry at one of North America s largest Powwow events. Inlow Indian Family Camp Inlow Indian Family Camp was held June 17-21, and there were 122 in attendance. Seven decisions for salvation and rededication were made, and there were numerous requests for prayer. The theme was, Hunger for the Word It s Not a Game! and was a successful camp. The 2014 Team is: Edna Romero, Administrative Team Leader; Ida Formea, Communications Team Leader; Bernard Garcia assisted by John Hollins, Worship Team Leaders; James Eaton, Adult Team Leader; Katie Tappto, Powersurge Youth Team Leader; Laura Williams, Children s Team Leader. The 2014 theme is Legacy: Passing the Torch of Faith. The camp is to be held June 16-20, 2014, at Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center. The Local Church: A Mission Response Team The efforts to establish and develop a state-wide core Native Response 68

70 Team of indigenous leaders is well under way, and those on this team will be able to take training/equipping tools learned to use as they lead their local churches to be a Mission Response Team in their communities. New church plants and strengthened existing churches will only come as we see our Native Baptists equipped and trained to be mobilized in the areas of: Prayer and Awakening; Evangelism and Discipleship; Spiritual Leadership Development; and being Missional and Multiplying. This two year effort will bring training in culture and cross-cultural missions from Southern Baptist world leaders NM Native American Mobilization Conference On October 3-4, 2013, BCNM will host the first NM Native American Mobilization Conference, which is designed to bring in cross-cultural mission specialists to train Mission Response Team church leaders for local and global ministry. Terry Sharp from the International Mission Board will be our conference leader, and he will be joined by other IMB staff. The conference focus is on Engaging People Groups, and the participants will learn tools to use to reach new people groups and how to more effectively understand ministry to their own people group. This is the first mobilization conference in a series of three over the next year. Indigenous pastors, church planters, and lay leaders will gain insight on cultural ministry that will enable them to train others for Native ministry in New Mexico more effectively. The conferences scheduled for 2014 will include: Leadership Development/Experiencing God among Native Americans with Blackaby Ministries International; and New Mexico Prayer Awakening. Partner Response Teams God is at work among Native Baptists all around our state. We would love to see New Mexico Baptist congregations partner with work in your local area among Native Baptists. Partner Response Teams come along-side Native Baptist congregations through prayer support and with resources. Join what God is doing and lead your church to become a Partner Response Team. For information about Partner Response Teams contact Daniel Clymer at dclymer@bcnm.com. Deaf Ministries Joyce and Olen Smith But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us, spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 2 Corinthians 2:14 A year of prayer, efficient planning and work, by all deaf ministries, churches and deaf leaders, the field white unto harvest was cultivated, a church for the deaf, ministries and Bible Studies were planted and continue to be watered for the Kingdom of God in New Mexico. The Deaf People Group in New Mexico numbers 5,000. A total of 2.5 million deaf in the US and 30.5 million deaf in the world do not include all the deaf we work with. Other groups within the sub-culture group are: hard of hearing deaf, latened deaf, oral deaf, deaf-blind, aged deaf, hearing children of deaf parents and agencies who serve the deaf. During the March deaf revival in New Mexico, 11 deaf missionaries and pastors from five states came to NM to work alongside the NM Hands On Deaf Mission Teams. The group split up into nine teams of 45 deaf who visited the deaf in 23 cities, towns and villages, and isolated areas on the I-25 corridor 69

71 and traveled 6,200 miles total. Worship services, home Bible studies, restaurant Bible studies and meals together, meeting in parks, churches, car ports, deaf cultural centers, sporting events, socials and times of sharing, prayerwalking, drama, Bible games, distributing Bibles, DVD s in sign language, with the plan of salvation, tracts ; whatever it took to share God s love with the deaf, was an opportunity and blessing. Those visited were part of the Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, New Age, Wiccans, Universalist, Catholic, Buddhist and many with no faith at all. Thirty -six deaf people were saved across the state and many were baptized. Others came to question and ask for clarification. A deaf woman signed, Thank you for coming, I have been waiting for someone to come and tell me the truth about God. The annual report is: Evangelistic encounters 1,138 deaf and hearing Professions of Faith 41 Baptisms 4 Home Bible Studies 4 Sermons & addresses 188 (Includes deaf pastor and revival.) Bibles Distributed 205 EvangiCubes explained and given 100 Video phone Bible Study 4 Mission trips 2 DVD salvation in ASL 50 NMBCD annual meeting 41 SBCD annual meeting 9 New Deaf Church 1 Partners with Deaf Churches 11 Networking Deaf in US 40 LifeWay Diploma/Certificate 7 Deaf Men s Conf./ Oklahoma 2 Sign Language classes 6 (Occasional) Served meals to homeless 3 cities Interpreters serving the deaf 14 (Includes community needs) Attending Church Planting Conference 7 Interpreter Training at NMBCD BCNM State Deaf Revival, April 6-14, 2013, with 58 in attendance. Thank you BCNM, associations and the local church for your prayers, support and participation in the Deaf Ministry Work of New Mexico. As God continues to call out deaf to be saved and deaf Christians to become leaders, pray for all of us to be faithful as we engage the deaf population in New Mexico. Disaster Relief Ira Shelton This year in New Mexico Baptist Disaster Relief has been a year in which we accomplished three major things: deployment, training, and planning and preparation. Our first deployment was in September to Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana 70

72 with a recovery/clean up team. This was followed by Super Storm Sandy in December, in which we responded with a mud out/clean up team and a chaplain team. May of 2013 brought a deployment to the Thompson Ridge Fire in Jemez Springs, feeding volunteer firefighters. The next month we responded to a deployment in Moore, OK after that town was hit by an F5 tornado. We responded with two skid steer teams and one recovery unit along with chaplains to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of the people of Moore. Almost immediately after that deployment, we responded to the Black Forest Fire in Colorado. We deployed five teams at different times throughout July and August. Our response included fire cleanup crews along with skid steers and a mini excavator, chaplains and an incident management team. In August, towards the end of the Black Forest deployment, we deployed to the flash flood in Corrales, NM with a mud out/clean up team. Throughout the year, NMBDR had numerous child care deployments with our NM National Guard. We also helped provide childcare during the annual SBC convention in June. NMBDR is preparing to deploy 50 volunteers to Bloomfield in September to assist with the Mission of Mercy free dental clinic. We will be feeding 1,600 meals per day to volunteer dentists and their assistants, doing childcare for those attending the clinic, and will have chaplains there to assist in whatever way needed. We held nine basic training classes, one team leader class (blue hat), and one Incident Management class throughout the year. We added a new recovery/clean up unit that is stationed in Bloomfield. The feeding unit in Mountain Valley Association has been moved to Central Association, which gives us quicker response time to the central and northern parts of NM. We also established a Prayer Team. Their main ministry is to pray for deployed volunteers, but also to pray for volunteers and their families as other needs might arise throughout the year. As NMBDR State Coordinator, I attended numerous planning meetings with NM Homeland Security/Emergency Management, NM VOAD and the National Weather Service in planning for and preparing for various disasters that could happen in NM. I am currently working with NM VOAD to establish a drought recovery task force. I attended the State Critical Assessment Training taught by FEMA to assess the readiness of NM in case of a major disaster. From all the above, you can see that NMBDR has been busy being the hands and feet of Jesus Christ. Hunger Ministries Cricket Pairett One-fifth of the population of New Mexico struggles every day with food insecurity. Better defined, food insecurity is the lack of enough food to fully meet basic needs at all times. Seventeen food pantries and shelters minister to the 20.1 percent of New Mexican s who are food insecure. Hunger Funds are received from our partnership with the North American Mission Board and from Missions New Mexico. We began funding two new food pantries in 2013, FBC Grants and FBC Tijeras. Also during the past year, we have distributed $58,050 in hunger funds. From October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the following are reported: Evangelistic Encounters 78,385 Professions of Faith 89 Baptisms 34 71

73 Total people fed 119,746 Pastoral Aid Cricket Pairett The Missions Mobilization Team, on approval of the Missions Mobilization Team of the Executive Board, approved Church Pastoral Aid for five churches. The amount distributed was $17,200. WMU Connie Dixon Training I was able to attend Prayer Link in Ft. Caswell, North Carolina for all the prayer leaders around the nation. We met with all the entities and learned what was new in the areas of prayer. I was elected as an officer for the national group. There are only two times each year where I get specific training on WMU. In January, I attended the National WMU January Board Meeting in Birmingham, AL and in June, I attended the WMU National Meetings in Houston. This year, I was trained more in MyMission, the new organization for women ages I also received more training in Human Exploitation, our social issue for the next year that will focus in on pornography. In August, I, along with nine ethnic leaders from NM, attended the Ethnic Leadership Summit in Birmingham, AL. This was a great training for the ethnic leaders to learn more about WMU and the benefits of it, but was also a great training for the WMU executive directors to learn more about working with all the different groups in our states. In New Mexico, we are developing an Ethnic Advisory Group made up of all the language groups here to look at how to better serve all our churches. Associational Visits I was in eight of the 13 associations this past year to take part in associational events. I spoke at an Eastern Baptist associational meeting and in Santa Fe Baptist associational meetings. I taught the International Mission Study at FBC, Lovington. I attended a senior adult revival at FBC Artesia, attended the State Evangelism Conference planning meeting in Albuquerque, and attended a missions fair at Hoffmantown in Albuquerque. This was a great way to visit with people about missions. Although I had some wonderful conversations, there were no new organizations started out of attending this fair. I provided training for a Mountain Valley WMU associational meeting in Alamogordo. One of the goals for WMU for 2013 was to have training in each association. Mary Ledbetter and I wanted to introduce the new MyMission organization to Mountain Valley Association. As a result of the conference that I did and speaking in the general session there are several churches that have asked for more materials. I also spoke at a Rio Grande associational WMU meeting and at a Tucumcari associational WMU luncheon. Events This year, I attended and spoke at the Church Planter Roundtable and presented the.com (Churches on Mission) notebooks for missional approaches. This is a new approach to doing missions in small churches or new church starts. It is currently being translated into Spanish. A statewide women s event was held in Albuquerque at Sandia Baptist 72

74 Church. We had about 130 women in attendance. This was the year for the combined event with Women s Ministries, every other year it is a WMU event. In October, we had our WMU Centennial Missions Celebration and tea. It was a great time to reflect on our heritage but also a great time to plan and look to the future of WMU. Children s Missions Camp was July and we had 92 in attendance with seven salvations, four surrendered to full time missions and numerous rededications. Our camp is growing and with a new resurgence of RA s we look for it to continue to grow. On August 10, 2013, we had our first ever 4Missions5K. One of the goals for WMU in 2013 was to involve more people ages in missions. So the first ever 4Missions5K was held at the Baptist Children s Home. We had a missions fair and brunch in the gym after the run. My goal was to show this age group they can be involved in missions without going to a boring group, they can be missional as they go throughout their lives. Speaking Opportunities This year, I spoke at Jackson Avenue Baptist Church, Lovington on Mission New Mexico. I also had the opportunity to speak in a couple of churches as well as the ENMU/BSU on the Week of Prayer for Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. I was invited to speak at the Maryland/Delaware Baptist Convention on missions in Baltimore, Maryland; the Colorado WMU Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs; and the Alaskan WMU Annual Meeting in Anchorage. I spoke at the Church at the Butte International Mission Study on Beijing; on Social Media at Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Albuquerque; and at FBC Elida on AAEO. I was also asked to speak at National WMU Executive Director s Banquet. Goals A personal goal of mine was to make as many personal contacts with pastors in 2013 as possible. I am writing notes to pastors and to date I have written notes to over half of the pastors, making phone calls and face-to-face meetings as much as possible. Other Ministries I prayerwalked several beaches in Ft. Caswell, North Carolina area and taught missions at VBS in Elida. I also worked on a Native American Prayer Strategy with Claude King and Daniel Clymer. Muslim Ministries PJ The Middle East Ministry was started in March of this year. Returning to the United States after serving with the International Mission Board, we began sensing the Lord calling us to reach out to the growing population of Muslims we noticed here in the state of New Mexico. After speaking with Dr. Bunce and doing research on the situation of Muslims here, he agreed to have us come on staff as contract workers for the remainder of the year to reach out to the Muslim community. Since that time, we have really seen God s confirmation in our ministry and are excited to see how He is opening doors for us to that community. We are also pleased to be able to share about our ministry with you. 73

75 There are an estimated 5,000 Muslims living in New Mexico and about 500 moving into the state every year. Because the majority of the people live here in Albuquerque and there is a large population of Muslim students at UNM, we began our focus to reach out to the Muslim community by partnering with the BSU at UNM. We felt we would begin by reaching out to foreign students there, with the hope of making a bridge to the larger community in Albuquerque. The BSU hosts English as a second language classes, in partnership with International Students, Inc., another ministry to foreign students. The first night we began the ESL classes, we were able to meet about 15 Iranian students (Our focus with the IMB for the last 10 years had been with Iranians). I was also invited to an Iranian New Year s party in March (March 21 is New Years in Iran). I attended and was able to be in community with over 150 Iranians from all walks of life here in Albuquerque. We were able to make contact with several people at the party and we began relational evangelism with them. Our team was started with several long-term goals in mind: To engage the Muslim community in Albuquerque. We hope to build relationships in order to share God s wonderful news of salvation with them. Eventually, we would like to see Fellowships started that will be free to worship God in culturally relevant ways for them. A future goal is to eventually have a Welcome Center for Muslim immigrants arriving in Albuquerque. This center would give practical information for those arriving. Through the center, we could begin to build relationships with those who are new to the city. By providing for their physical needs as they adjust to living in a new place, relationships can be built and the Gospel can be shared. This could also become a hub were Muslim believers in the state are trained and discipled. A final goal would be to advocate for Muslim ministry among the Christian congregations in New Mexico. We would help them see the need for outreach and to train/mentor those who may feel called to minster to these people God has placed in their own backyard. As stated above, our main goal has been to engage the community and begin building relationships. We have done this in several ways: First, we partnered with the Baptist Student Union at the UNM campus in helping with ESL classes. This has provided us an opportunity to meet cross cultural students and begin to make relationships with them. Next, we have had the opportunity to attend cultural events with some of the international peoples here in Albuquerque. At one such event, a team member was able to meet and interact with over 150 people from a Muslim people group in the city. From the contacts made at this cultural event, relationships have begun to be formed. We have had some of these people over to visit. Because of this ongoing contact, we have the opportunity to continue building relationships. We have also had the opportunity to engage several Muslim ladies in our neighborhood and will continue to pursue these relationships. We have had the opportunity to travel throughout the state and share with other churches what God is doing with our ministry and advocate for the Muslim ministry. We continue to have opportunities to attend cultural events with some of the international peoples here in Albuquerque. We helped at a July 4 th picnic for Muslim students. At this event we saw 25 people attend from Iran, Syria, 74

76 Palestine and Egypt. We helped to host a welcome party for the newly arrived Muslim students at UNM. We had this party in August. We had 13 Middle Easterners attend. The students came from Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Bangladesh. The students enjoyed their time. As part of the party, we had a scientist from Sandia Labs (who is a believer and volunteers at ESL) give a cultural talk for the students. He spoke about being a scientist and being a Christian at universities in America and how that can cause conflict. He also talked about Design in biology and how he believes that creation shows design, not random chance. Because most of the students at the party are graduate level in science and engineering, they really enjoyed this lecture and the discussion afterward. We were able to make contact with these new Muslim students and are following up with them in the time to come. We have met one family that we are building relations with and the lady is working closely with a team member on language and opportunities to learn our culture. This includes spending time tutoring and doing American things, such as bowling, which she had never done before, and going on outings. We continue to have the opportunity to travel throughout the state and share with other churches what God is doing with our ministry and advocate for the cross cultural ministry. In July, we had the opportunity to travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and visit a Muslim Friendship Center run by the IMB. We were able to learn ideas of how to minister to refugees who are newly arriving in their host country and also were able to visit some Muslim Background Believer church services. We are grateful for this opportunity, as it has helped us to map out a blueprint and see ideas we can use to reach out to Muslim immigrants here in New Mexico. Prayer Requests: Please pray for us as we follow up on the contacts we meet, that God will reveal to us the Man of Peace among the people who will be a key contact for us Pray as we interact with the international community that we ll have opportunities to meet people in Albuquerque and that we will be able to talk with them. Thank God with us for opportunities we have to travel to churches and to meet pastors from around the state and share with them about this new ministry that God is doing in NM. Pray that they would catch the vision to reach out to the world God has put in their own backyard. Pray for A, an Iranian lady who is meeting with a team member. Recently, they were able to have some very deep spiritual conversations and A had many questions and was very interested. Pray that these talks will be able to continue and she would dwell on the discussions. We would like to thank the BCNM and the Missions Mobilization Team for the opportunity we have to reach out to the Muslim community here in the state. We are grateful for the support we receive and pray that God will continue to open doors into this community for us. We pray that Muslims in the state will come to a saving faith in Christ Jesus, that culturally relevant churches would begin and that we will have the opportunity to help other Christians in the state see this wonderful world mission opportunity God has given us right 75

77 in our own city and state. Once again, we thank you for your support, and most importantly, your continued prayers for our ministry. Volunteers in Missions/Mission Service Corps Richard and Mary Gomez PRAYER In a previous report we stressed that prayer is the key element for success in any mission objectives we become involved in as MSC missionaries, which now centers on evangelization, church planting and outreach ministry. However, we must keep in mind that although church planting and evangelism are key emphasis to building God s kingdom, we should not neglect established churches by working on church growth and Christian development and maintaining healthy churches. We must keep in mind that success in the areas of church planting and evangelism, church growth, and Christian development is dependent on the leadership and the Spirit of God and not on our personal abilities. What we have to do is to pray and claim His promise, which we find in I Chronicles 7:14, If my people, which are called by my Name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. MSC placement/contacts/prospects Oct Dec 31, 2012 This quarter, we have had two MSC Volunteer Missionary renewals, 1 MSC Volunteer Missionary termination due to medical reasons, and 2 possible prospects. Events and Opportunities In October 2012, we participated in the BCNM Annual Convention meeting in Clovis, New Mexico. We had the opportunity to be part of the Centennial Missions Celebration and the Centennial Banquet. We also had the opportunity to view displays set up by Baptist associations from around the state illustrating their part in the State Convention s 100 year history. MSC Placement/Contacts/Prospects Jan 1 March, 2013 This quarter, we have had four MSC Volunteer Missionary renewals, of which two are pending. We have interviewed two out of three MSC Volunteer Missionary prospects that we have been working with. We continue establishing new contacts and introducing them to the new MSC mobilizing procedure. MSC continues to be self-funding and has in fact become an MSC ministry partner with each of NAMB s missionary categories listed below: Church Planter Church Planter Apprentice Church Planting Intern Church Planting Team Member Church Planting Catalyst Evangelism Catalyst Faith & Work Missionary Mission Support Specialist Events and Opportunities Jan 1 March, 2013 In March, we participated in the Statewide Evangelism Conference as well 76

78 as in the Hispanic (CBHNM) Evangelism Conference. With the introduction of two breakout conferences for both adults and youth, the conference was a huge success. The speakers, music, and preaching, as always, was outstanding. We also had the opportunity to view displays and participate in the Missions Ministry Team s combined display. MSC Placement/Contacts/Prospects April 1 Aug 31, 2013 This period we have had eight MSC Volunteer Missionary renewals, of which three were resubmitted. We have had contact and interviews with several possible Volunteer Missionary prospects. We continue establishing new contacts and introducing them to the new MSC mobilizing procedure. Events and Opportunities April 1 Aug 31, 201 This period, we participated in promoting Inlow Hispanic Family Camp which took place June 5-8, 2013, with some positive outcomes. We also were involved in preparation and participation in the CBHNM annual meeting, and the 4 Missions 5k and Missions Fair that took place at the NM Children s Home in Portales. Our most recent event was the mobilization of a group of ten individuals to prepare and package the Missions New Mexico week of prayer materials. We participated in a number of Bible studies in churches and devotionals related to food pantry ministries as well as to a group of Men on Missions events. We continue our participation with SBC organizations and various committees, including Spanish Central Associational meetings, Inlow Spanish Camp, CBA Administrative meeting, NMBF/CFC, various ministries (food pantries, block parties, community outreach) and several training events that are ongoing. In each case we utilize the opportunities to promote MSC. ANSWER THE CALL TO BE ON MISSION 77

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81 2014 BCNM Budget Ministry Expenditures Cooperative World Missions Cooperative Program (35.25%) 1,061,973 1,093,353 Lottie Moon International Missions 822, ,000 Annie Armstrong North Am. Miss. 418, ,000 World Relief 10,000 14,000 Hunger Funds 40,500 43,000 NM Missions-Harry P. Stagg 300, ,000 Other NM Baptist Entities Donations Children s Home 250, ,000 Mission Service Corps Workers 40,000 40,000 Inlow Camp 46,500 35,000 Sivells Camp 68,000 60,000 Total Ministry Expenses 3,056,973 3,060,353 E.I.T. Executive/Information Services Team General Overtime Compensation 3,000 4, Assistants Travel 1,500 1, Team Operations 16,000 16, Miscellaneous 1,500 1,000 Executive Executive Director Travel 17,000 17, Administrator Travel 3,500 3,500 Associational Missions Director Travel 12,000 10, DOM Personnel-Jointly Funded 33,992 20,188 TOTAL E.I.T. 88,492 73,188 E.D.T. Evangelism/Discipleship Team General Overtime Compensation 1,500 2, Assistant Travel 1,000 1, Team Operations 12,000 10,500 Discipleship Discipleship Ministries 13,000 10, SS, Discipleship, Bible Studies 10,000 9, Senior Adult Ministries 7,500 8, Team West 5,000 6,000 Evangelism Evangelism Director Travel 12,000 14, Evangelism/Equipping 58,000 56, Evangelism Conference 84,350 85, Evangelism Assistance 56,593 56, Chaplaincy 1,500 0 Collegiate Collegiate Director Travel 2,700 3, Collegiate Operations 3,000 3, Collegiate Background Checks Collegiate Ministries 18,900 21,100 Total E.D.T. 287, ,700 80

82 COLLEGIATE MINISTRIES BSU-Albuquerque Director Travel 2,500 2, Associate Director Travel 1,000 1, Office Expense 3,000 3, Janitorial Supplies 2,000 2, Promotion 6,000 6, Utilities 10,000 12, Property Upkeep/Maintenance 5,000 6, Commercial Insurance Van Operation Telephone 4,000 4,000 TOTAL BSU Albuquerque 34,868 38,368 BSU-Las Cruces Director Travel 3,000 3, Assistant Director Travel 1,000 1, Office Expense 4,400 4, Janitorial Supplies 800 1, Promotion 7,800 9, Utilities 8,400 9, Property Upkeep/Maintenance 2,300 3, Commercial Insurance 1,320 1, Van Operation 1,600 1, Telephone 3,400 3,400 Total BSU Las Cruces 34,020 37,420 BSU-Las Vegas Director Travel 1,200 1, Office Expense Janitorial Supplies Promotion 2,700 3, Utilities 5,850 5, Property Upkeep/Maintenance 1,800 2, Commercial Insurance 1,068 1, Van Operation Telephone 1,080 1,080 Total BSU Las Vegas 15,318 16,850 BSU-Portales Director Travel/School Books 2,500 2, Assistant Director Travel 1,000 1, Office Expense 1,500 1, Janitorial Supplies Promotion 3,000 5, Utilities 4,500 4, Property Upkeep/Maintenance 2,000 2, Commercial Insurance 1,728 1, Van Operation Telephone 1,750 1,750 Total BSU Portales 19,378 21,676 BSU-Silver City Director Travel 1,800 2, Office Expense 1,900 1, Janitorial Supplies Promotion 2,571 3,000 81

83 Utilities 3,550 4, Property Upkeep/Maintenance 3,000 3, Commercial Insurance Van Operation Telephone 1,000 1,000 Total BSU Silver City 15,801 17,380 BSU-Hobbs Director Travel 900 1, Promotion 1,350 1,375 Total BSU Hobbs 2,250 2,475 BSU-Farmington Director Travel 900 1, Promotion 1,350 1,375 Total BSU Farmington 2,250 2,475 Total Collegiate Ministries 123, ,346 Total E.D.T. 411, ,314 L.D.T. Leadership Development Team General Overtime Compensation 2,000 2, Team Leader Travel 7,500 10, Other Personnel Travel 1,000 1, Team Operations 12,500 13,000 Leadership/Church Administration Church Development 8,800 6, Brotherhood/Baptist Men 30,000 30,000 Leadership/Church Health Leadercare 20,000 18, Staff Development 12,000 12, CLD Center Support 14,000 14, CLD Scholarships 17,000 12,000 Music/Worship Arts Music Ministry 53,500 51,000 Student Leadership Development Student Leadership Travel 10,000 10, Student Recreation 140, , Lives Ablaze Conference 81,000 73, St Leadership Resources/Materials 6,500 5, St Evangelism Resources/Materials 5,000 4, Training Events/Conferences 3,000 3, Ministry Assistance 7,000 5,000 Total Student Leadership Development 252, ,000 Children s Leadership Development Children s Leadership Travel 11,000 11, Church Library/Media 1,000 1, Children s Recreation 90,000 98, Young Lives Ablaze Conference 35,500 35, Weekday Education 2,700 2, Bible Drill/Speakers 8,150 4, Vacation Bible School 16,500 16, Preschool Children s Ministry 10, Children s Ministry 10,000 15, Women s Ministry 7,000 7,000 Total Children s Leadership Development 188, ,200 Total L.D.T. 619, ,200 82

84 M.M.T. Missions Mobilization Team General Overtime Compensation 3,000 3, Support Staff Travel 1,500 1, Team Operations 12,000 10,000 Missions BCNM State Missions Offering Promotion 10,000 12, Disaster Relief 23,000 23, Partnership Missions 13,500 13, WMU Leadership Training 13,000 13, WMU Camp Ministries 14,000 18, WMU Convention 6,200 5, WMU Director 4,000 4, Women s Weekender 11,000 11, RA s Prayer Strategy Missions NAMB Church/Pastoral Assistance 22,500 22, Ethnic Development 64,806 54, Church Planting 414, ,905 Total M.M.T. 616, ,411 General Operations General Employee Training 1,800 1, Hospitality 6,000 6, Offsite Storage 2,900 2, Miscellaneous 4,500 3,500 Property Vehicle Operation Expense 1,000 1, Vehicle Replacement 15,000 12, Telephone 38,000 32,000 Legal/Audit Legal Expense 7,500 15, Wills/Trusts Seminars Expense 3,500 4,000 Transfers Rent/Loan Excess 44,000 44,000 Total General Operation 124, ,900 BCNM Personnel Administrative Personnel Administrative Personnel Salaries 640, ,212 Administrative Personnel Benefits 165, ,121 Support Personnel Support Personnel Salaries 308, ,267 Support Personnel Benefits 142, ,767 BSU Administrative Personnel Administrative Personnel Salaries 247, ,580 Administrative Personnel Benefits 60,884 64,675 BSU Support Personnel Support Personnel Salaries 51,074 62,295 Support Personnel Benefits 3,907 4,787 Total Personnel/Benefits 1,620,475 1,629,704 BCNM Committees Christian Life Committee 14,000 14,000 83

85 Total Committees 14,000 14,000 Shared Ministries CP Promotion CP Promotion 3,000 3, State Convention Expense 16,000 18, State Convention Printing 3,500 3, Executive Board Meetings 20,000 20, Special Meetings 2,000 3,000 Total CP Promotion 44,500 47,500 CP Information Team Leader Travel 10,000 10, Postage and Mailing 145, , Contract Printing 40,000 41, News Reporting 2,000 1, Digital and Promotion 7,000 7, News Service 2,400 2,400 Total CP Information 206, ,400 Missions Promotion Missions Promotion 26,296 26, Missions Education 5,000 4,000 Total Missions Promotion 31,296 30,490 Property Operations Office Supplies 3,000 1,000 New Equipment 0 13, Utilities 30,000 30, Building Upkeep/Repairs 33,000 33, Commercial Insurance 70,000 51, Equipment Leases/Supplies 5,000 6, Janitorial Service 25,000 23,000 Total Property Operations 166, ,749 Audit and Technology Audit Expense 24,000 18, Taxes Payable Investment Fees Technical Production Services 6,500 7, IT System Equipment/Repairs 8,000 10, IT System Maintenance Agreement 35,000 37,000 Total Audit and Technology 74,750 72,750 Protection Benefits Church Retirement Plan 77,000 77, Post Retirement Benefits 82,250 81,500 Total Protection Benefits 159, ,500 Shared Personnel Shared Personnel Salaries 313, , Shared Personnel Benefits 122, ,111 Total Shared Personnel 436, ,818 Total Shared Ministries 1,118,447 1,118,207 BCNM Operating Budget 4,851,799 4,868,656 Total Anticipated Revenue From Other Sources 1,929,244 CP from BCNM Operations 64.75% 2,012,565 CP Shared Ministry Items 926,847 BCNM Operating Budget 4,868,656 84

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92 CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 2517 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM (505) Fax: (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 2 Fellowship Baptist Church, Albuquerque Director of Missions John Torrison john@cbanm.org Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant 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 WMU Director... Rose Alexa Church Library Team Leader... Frances Allen Seminary Extension Director... David Brittain Administrative Committee Chairman... Gerald Minor EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1100 W. Manana Clovis, NM (575) Fax: (575) easternbaptist6@gmail.com OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS 2014 Annual Meeting Tuesday, October 7 First Baptist Church, Texico Director of Missions Dan Pearce Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Elaine Williford Other Paid Staff Donna Emiro Pedro Escobar Moderator... Bruce Kirby 91

93 Vice Moderator... Nelson Rutter ACP Contact Person... Elaine Williford Treasurer... Laquita Dial Evangelism Director... Connie Dixon Missions Development Director... Connie Dixon Other... David McFadden... Brad Morgan...Brian Tabor MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 40 San Antonio, NM OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS 2014 Annual Meeting Saturday, October 4 Pie Town Baptist Church Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Stacey Dempsey Moderator... Dennis Harris Jr. Vice Moderator... Steve Candaleria ACP Contact Person... Stacey Dempsey Clerk... Stacey Dempsey Treasurer...Pat Douglas Music Ministry Director... Jerry Armstrong Men/Boys Mission Education Director... Frank Hill WMU Director... Linda Brown Missions Development Director... Harold Jenkerson Student Ministries Director... Esther Jenkerson Other... Dennis Harris... Harold Jinkerson... David Schumm... Tom Zumbro MOUNTAIN VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1328 Scenic Dr. Alamogordo, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Monday, October 13 Trinity Southern Baptist Church, Capitan Director of Missions Dr. Gary Buckner brogary@mountainvalleyba.com 92

94 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Alma Osborne Moderator... Chuck Moon Vice Moderator... Alan Stoddard ACP Contact Person... Alma Osborne Clerk... Alma Osborne Treasurer... Susan Tucker Pastoral Ministries Director... Alan Stoddard Music Ministry Director... Vernon Norris WMU Director... Diane Taylor Evangelism Director... Howell Scott Student Ministries Director... Jon Dowling Finance Committee Chairman... Roland Burnett Nominating Committee Chairman... Larry Evans Other...Jim Ahrens NORTHEASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 131 Maxwell, NM (575) OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS 2014 Annual Meeting Date To Be Determined First Baptist Church, Cimarron Moderator... Brian Nystrom Vice-Moderator... Owen Young ACP Contact Person... Joanna Spruill-Taylor Clerk... Joanna Spruill-Taylor Treasurer...Rob Mayes Music Ministry Director...Rob Mayes Nominating Committee Chairman... Donald M. Bell Sr. PECOS VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 267 Artesia, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Sunday, October 12 First Baptist Church, Carlsbad 93

95 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Director of Missions Joseph Tillery Office Secretary/Ministry Assistants Randa Riggs Shelby Vaughan Moderator... Randy Land Vice-Moderator... Herb Gage ACP Contact Person... Shelby Vaughan Clerk... Shelby Vaughan Treasurer...Michael Alaniz... Connie Stageberg Pastoral Ministries Director... Gary Wolfe Sunday School Director... Vance Purkey Discipleship Training Director... Mike Spencer Music Ministry Director... Kellie Adams Men/Boys Mission Education Director... Leo Pennington WMU Director... Carolyn Bright Missions Development Director... Rick Sullivan Family Ministry Director... Sharon Tillery Seminary Extension Director... Gavin Vaughan II Administrative Committee Chairman... Randy Land Nominating committee Chairman... Herb Gage Finance Committee Chairman... Larry Lynch Other... Herb Gage RIO GRANDE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Box 453 Las Cruces, NM (575) OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Sunday, October 5 East Mesa Baptist Church, Las Cruces Director of Missions James K. Underwood jamesunderwood@q.com Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Linda Edwards Moderator... James Underwood ACP Contact Person... Linda Edwards 94

96 Clerk... Linda Edwards Treasurer... David Englehart WMU Director... Yvette Moore Evangelism Director... Carlos Pino Administrative Committee Chairman... Jim Pratt Other...Tom Eason... Mary Mullins... Richard King SAN JUAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1010 Ridgeway Place Farmington, NM (505) Fax: (505) OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS 2014 Annual Meeting Thursday, October 9 First Baptist Church, Farmington Director of Missions Eric Frye esfrye@mac.com Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Karen Ray Moderator... Steve Ballew Vice Moderator... Richard Bachert ACP Contact Person... Karen Ray Clerk... Verna Hickman Treasurer... Jan Brashear WMU Director... Deb Gibson Other...Bob Schlauger... Elton Troutman... Mike Scott... Linda Dean... Joe Barela SANTA FE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 4535 Santa Fe, NM (505) admin@santafebaptist.com 2014 Annual Meeting Saturday, October 5 Place To Be Determined Associational Secretary/Ministry Assistant Lou Ann Berryhill 95

97 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Jack Berryhill Vice Moderator... John Odell ACP Contact Person... Lou Ann Berryhill Clerk... Lou Ann Berryhill Treasurer... Debbi Larson Administrative Committee Chairman... Bill Achilles Other...Lee Herring SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 5512 Lovington Highway Hobbs, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Saturday, October 18 First Baptist Church, Hobbs Associational Coordinator David Downs Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Emily Downs OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Matt Price Vice Moderator...Elio Barrios ACP Contact Person... Emily Downs Treasurer... James Frances Student Ministries Director...Zach Souter Other... Steven Meyers... Dave Rowser... Randy Leake... Ernest Rash... Bo Blackwood... Scotty Gandy... Otto Terrell SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 2926 Silver City, NM (575) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 16 First Baptist Church, Silver City 96

98 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Network Coordinator Steve L. Griffith Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Janice Cooper Moderator... Steve Griffith Vice Moderator... Tar Henderson ACP Contact Person... Janice Cooper Clerk... Janice Cooper Treasurer... Don Kejr... Marshall Stelle WMU Director... Jewell Burk... Paula Hibner Student Ministries Director... David Enegren TUCUMCARI BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 581 Tucumcari, NM (575) OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS 2014 Annual Meeting Tuesday, October 14 First Baptist Church, Santa Rosa Director of Missions Dan Pearce Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Elaine Williford Other Paid Staff Donna Emiro Moderator... Michael Erwin ACP Contact Person... Elaine Williford Music Ministry Director...Tim Hooten Evangelism Director... John Hinze Missions Development Director... John Hinze WESTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Box 2496 Milan, NM (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 9 First Baptist Church, Grants 97

99 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Nenderle Hogue Moderator... Garland Moore Vice Moderator... John Miller ACP Contact Person... Nenderie Hogue Treasurer... Nenderie Hogue Music Ministry Director... Jose Cano WMU Director... Dorothy Pouges Evangelism Director...Jay McCollum Other Associational Positions... Kaul Corley... April Delores... John Hollins... Nancy Jordan...Michael Leistikow... Garland Moore 98

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102 INLOW BAPTIST CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER PO Box 258 Torreon, NM (505) Fax: (505) Kerry Chadwick, Manager BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014 Chairman Ira Pinkston Vice Chairman Joe Vivian Recording Secretary Karen Pilgreen Treasurer Jeanette Maxwell Executive Director, BCNM Non-Expiring Term One-Year Term Expires October 2014 Jonathan Richard, PO Box 528, Estancia 87016, Larry Schmidt, 410 White Mtn. Meadows, Ruidoso 88345, Joe Vivian, 3100 Morris St. NE, Albuquerque 87111, Two-Year Term Expires October 2015 Shay Meagle, 727 Grey Hawk Dr. NE, Rio Rancho 87044, Nancy Miller, 730 SR 467, Clovis 88101, Ira Pinkston, 5800 Montgomery NE, Alb , Travis Tarry, 617 La Melodia Dr., Las Cruces 88011, Three-Year Term Expires October 2016 Kyle Bueerman, 710 Maple St., Clayton 88416, Vicki Czlapinski, 2809 Rio Vista Ct., Bloomfield 87401, Jeanette Maxwell, PO Box 1198, Edgewood 87015, Karen Pilgreen, Golf Course Rd #1213, Albq 87114,

103 ARTICLES of INCORPORATION of INLOW BAPTIST CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER (As amended October 29, 2008) ARTICLE ONE: Name. The name of the Corporation is Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center. ARTICLE TWO: Duration. The period of its duration is perpetual. ARTICLE THREE: Purpose. Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center Board shall operate Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center as a private religious camp to provide camping facilities for use by the organizations of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico and other churches and organizations whose goals and purposes are compatible with the purposes of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. 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 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; and the election and removal of those persons constituting the Board of 102

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106 BYLAWS of INLOW BAPTIST CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER ARTICLE ONE: Name and Location. The name of this organization shall be Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center. Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference Center shall be located in the Manzano Mountains of Torrance County, New Mexico, and shall be addressed at PO Box 258, Torreon, NM 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 their successors are installed. The Board shall employ as an administrative officer a Camp Manager and other such workers as deemed necessary for proper operation of the Camp. The tenure and basis of remuneration for these shall be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE THREE: Duties of Officers. Section 1. President: The President shall preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as ordinarily pertain to the office of president. The President may also serve as the Chairman of the Board. Section 2. Vice-President: It shall be the duty of the Vice-President to act for the Chairman in his absence or incapacity. The Vice-President may also serve as the Vice- Chairman of the Board. Section 3. Secretary: The Secretary shall keep accurate and detailed records of the minutes and actions of the Board meetings and shall be a custodian of the records, documents, and reports of the camp operations. Section 4. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be responsible to receive, disburse, and make a true and detailed accounting for all funds of whatever type coming to the Camp. ARTICLE FOUR: Meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall meet four times a year with at least two of the meetings being at Inlow and at least two weeks prior to the meeting of the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico, and, should circumstances require, at other times when directors shall be given five days notice by the President. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the elected directors then in office. 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 regard 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. 105

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108 INLOW BAPTIST CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER Annual Report 2013 Board of Directors: Dr. Joseph Bunce Vickie Czlapinski Jeanette Maxwell Shay Meagle Nancy Miller Karen Pilgreen Ira Pinkston Jonathan Richard Larry Schmidt Chantel Stuckman Travis Tarry Joe Vivian The Inlow Board of Directors met August 10 at Inlow Lodge. The Directors discussed and approved the proposed budget for 2014, as submitted. The Board was read the resignation of Director Sean Farrell, effective immediately. As there are no further regular board meetings for the remainder of this term, it was decided the position will remain vacant until this term ends in October. The summer camp schedule is now complete. BCNM camp attendances were: Spanish Family Camp: 98 Young Lives Ablaze Camp: 229 Inlow Indian Family Camp: 122 Lives Ablaze 3.0 Camp: 243 Worship 4 Life Camp: 106 Children s MusiCamp: 58 Children s Missions Camp: 87 SportZone Camp: 58 We have many events scheduled for the fall months at Inlow; ranging from women s, men s, and BSU retreats to our annual Senior Day event. Your senior adults will be blessed by attending Senior Day at Inlow. This year s event is sponsored by CASA (Central Association Senior Adults) and is open to our churches across the state. Visitors may choose to arrive Monday to participate in the evening activities, or arrive 107

109 Tuesday to participate in only the Senior Day program and lunch. This year s theme is, Seniors: He s Not Done With Us Yet! Please have your church call our office or for information and reservations. Current needs around camp include volunteer work to help with the grounds maintenance such as weed-eating and mowing, a new high efficiency washing machine for our laundry room, and a possible transmission replacement for our camp truck used to plow snow in the winter. If you feel you can help in any of these areas, please contact us. Serving Him, Ron Samp Inlow Manager 108

110 INLOW BAPTIST CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER 2014 BUDGET Revenue Designations 55,000 55, Foundation Endowment 5,000 6, Registration/Fees 207, , Store Receipts 10,500 10,500 TOTAL 278, ,500 Expenses Personnel Salaries 91,003 89, Volunteer Expenses 1,500 1, Manager Travel 1,600 1, Staff Expenses Employee s Retirement 6,692 7, Social Security Taxes 7,280 7, Employee s Insurance 18,979 18, Post Retirement Benefit Christmas Gifts Office Supplies 1,300 1, Utilities/Propane 10,000 10, Janitorial Supplies 2,200 2, Promotion 5,000 4, Miscellaneous 900 1, Utilities/Electricity 17,000 18, Commercial Insurance 15,344 17, Vehicle Operation 18,000 18, Board Expenses Internet/Computer 1,500 1, Telephone 3,700 4, Groceries 42,000 45, Medical Supplies Water Well Expense 1,000 1, Trash Removal Repair/Replacement 9,500 16, New Equipment/Rec 1,750 1, Capital Investment 10, Cleaning Expense 1, Canteen/Gift Shop 7,000 7,000 Total Inlow Expenses 278, ,

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112 NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN S HOME PO Box 629 Portales, NM (575) administrator@nmbch.com Randy Rankin... Executive Director Bill Marker... Director of Campus Life Teresa Howard... Public Relations/Communication Robbie Andes... Director of Finance Carolyn Tollett... Director of Social Services Board of Directors 2014 Chairman... Kenneth Walker Vice Chairman... Marshall Steele Recording Secretary...Leona Tarry Executive Director, BCNM Non-Expiring Term One-Year Term Expires October 2014 Herb Gage, PO Box 64, Tucumcari 88401, Tony Montoya, 1080 Sioux St., Los Alamos 87544, Marshall Steele, PO Box 2611, Silver City 88062, Kenneth Walker, 758 S. Roosevelt S, Portales 88130, Robert Wright, 4820 Galletta Rd. NW, Albq , Two-Year Term Expires October 2015 David Cheatam, 1606 Bobelu Dr., Gallup 87301, Rogene Musick, 13 Musick Rd., Clayton 88415, Lee Shields, PO Box 639, Raton 87740, Leona Tarry, 217 Yellow Pine, Ruidoso 88345, J.E. Williams, 577 Curry Rd K, Clovis 88101, Three-Year Term Expires October 2016 Bob Colston, 9573 Longhorn Dr., Las Cruces 88012, Junior Dallas, 509 Pile St., Clovis 88101, Sharon Montgomery, 407 Sundial, Alamogordo 88310, Charles Rutta, PO Box 222, Lemitar 87823, Anna Thompson, 2009 W. Bullock, Artesia 88210, David Wheat, 7422 N. Rolling Meadows, Hobbs 88240,

113 ARTICLES of AMENDMENT to the ARTICLES of INCORPORATION of THE NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME (As Amended October 27, 2010) ARTICLE ONE: Name. The name of the Corporation is The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home. 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 Baptist Convention of New Mexico's governing instruments. 112

114 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 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, plus the Executive Director of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. 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 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. 113

115 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. 114

116 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 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. 115

117 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 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 116

118 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. 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 117

119 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. 118

120 NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN S HOME Annual Report My, how our Lord has worked at the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home. Never a dull moment around here would be an understatement! We give thanks to our Lord and New Mexico Baptist folks for supporting our annual Mother s Day Offering. Contributions to our offering were so close to meeting our $100,000 goal that we are calling it a success! Through the Lord s blessing we saw all our Junior High and High School students able to attend one of our Convention sponsored camps this summer. Also, many of our younger elementary kids attended Mission Camp and Worship Camp. We are so thankful for sponsors who not only allow us the opportunity to attend camp, but are also a part of supporting our camps at Sivells and Inlow. July 4 th week, we had a surprise blessing from a group of High School students from Houston, Texas and their sponsors by showing up on our campus to offer us a Surprise Mission Trip. This was an unexpected visit, but one that truly blessed us. They were here as we re-opened our swimming pool. They all worked very hard cleaning up the area and repairing a few minor details. Opening up our pool might not seem like all that a great of event, but remember we had the pooled closed for needed repair for almost four years! I am happy to say no more leaks, all cracks repaired and plenty of cold water. We were also blessed to have a youth group from Jackson Avenue, Lovington spend a week long mission trip to our campus. We are also very excited to have the New Mexico Campers on Mission group coming to work with us the last week of September. Many other groups and church groups have been a part of our getting through the summer and preparing us for the school year ahead. We have appreciated everyone s support. Most of the past months have been spent in preparation for our Roosevelt County Fair. Our kids have all been involved in one way or another getting ready for the Fair. We put in lots of hard work and many hours feeding and cleaning (and I mean cleaning!) animals and projects. We all walked away as winners. Not everyone made the big sale at the end of the Fair, however two of our 4-Hers walked away with a pretty fair chunk of the proceeds. One of our girls had the Grand Champion of the Poultry Barn and sold her prize winning duck for over $2,400. One of our boys sold a pen of chickens for over $2,100. Along with the two able to make the sale, we walked away in total with 51 ribbons and a prized belt buckle! Several were Reserve and Grand Champion awards. We even had 19 entries go to the State Fair this year. All in all, I can say it was quiet a successful year of our kids. The month of August was kicked off with a very special event, our first ever 5k Walk/Run sponsored by the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and the WMU and Baptist Foundation of New Mexico. We had a picture perfect day and many new faces on our campus for this event. Around 150 participants either ran or walked. The entire event was to raise awareness and support for the Home. We counted it as a tremendous success for this first attempt. Summer has come to a close and all our kids are back in school. Just like our kids and their excitement for the first day back at school, we too are excited for what the Lord has in store for us! We can all celebrate the fact that during this year a total of 41 children have called the New Mexico Baptist Chil- 119

121 dren s home, their home for a time. As always, you are most welcomed and encouraged to come see us and what the Lord is doing. We continue to thank all of you for your continued support and prayers. Respectfully submitted, Randy Rankin, NMBCH Executive Director PROJECTED INCOME 2014 CHILDREN S HOME BUDGET Childcare & Support $5,976 Designations/Churches 372,149 Mother s Day Offering 100,000 Designations/Personal 249,149 Christmas Letter 4,000 Earnings from Trust 254,820 Miscellaneous 3,000 Donations for Food 7,000 Interest 850 Farm Income 15,000 Capital Improvements 50,000 Total Income $1,161,767 ESTIMATED EXPENSES Staff Payroll Expense $879,461 $706,012 Direct Child Care Support 85,700 94,700 Operational Expense/Fixed Costs 236, ,155 Organizational/Admin. Support 90,100 94,900 Capital Improvements 50,000 50,000 TOTAL EXPENSES $1,341,656 $1,161,

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