ANNUAL. The Baptist Convention of New Mexico PO Box 94485, Albuquerque Wyoming NE, Albuquerque

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2 ANNUAL of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico PO Box 94485, Albuquerque Wyoming NE, Albuquerque Ruidoso Convention Center Ruidoso, New Mexico October 20-21, 2015 OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION President First Vice President Second Vice President Recording Secretary Assistant Recording Secretary Parliamentarian Jonathan Richard, Estancia First Dennis Dunn, Albuquerque Fellowship Dennis Garcia, Moriarty First Nancy Faucett, BCNM Kim Treece, BCNM Howell Scott, Alamogordo Bethel 2016 meeting to be held October at Taos Sagebrush Inn & Suites Preacher of Annual Sermon Alternate Andrew Hebert, Hobbs Taylor Memorial Kyle Bueerman, Alamogordo First October October Meeting 2018 Meeting Albuquerque Fellowship Las Cruces First 1

3 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN TOTAL NUMBER OF BAPTISMS IN 2015* Church Membership Baptisms 1. Albuquerque Sagebrush 6,265 1, Mesilla Park Edgewood Mt. Valley Hobbs Crosswinds 1, Clovis The Vine Albuquerque Hoffmantown 1, Hobbs Taylor Memorial Albuquerque Del Norte Bloomfield First 2, Rio Rancho First 1, TOP TEN CHURCHES IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS IN 2015** Church Membership Total CP 1. Bloomfield First 2,346 $258, Clovis Central 1,296 $195, Las Cruces First 1,525 $146, Carlsbad First 1,909 $141, Artesia First 1,074 $132, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 604 $123, Alamogordo Bethel 867 $122, Farmington Emmanuel 1,138 $110, Mesilla Park 605 $90, Albuquerque Eastern Hills 1,240 $83,809 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER CAPITA COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS IN 2015** Church Membership Total Per Capita CP 1. Portales The Porch 11 $ Causey 20 $ Belen Sierra Vista 35 $ Farmington First 173 $ Jemez Mountain 15 $ Los Alamos First 209 $ Carlsbad Garden Street 20 $ Hobbs First 179 $ Roswell Calvary 91 $ Albuquerque Anchor 65 $

4 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS IN 2015** Church Membership Total MNM 1. Las Cruces First 1,525 $31, Clovis Central 1,296 $15, Albuquerque Monterey 556 $14, High Rolls Trinity 218 $10, Albuquerque Eastern Hills 1,240 $7, Las Cruces Calvary 1,920 $7, Hobbs Taylor Memorial 604 $7, Bloomfield First 2,346 $6, Farmington Emmanuel 1,138 $5, Los Alamos First 209 $5,599 TOP TEN CHURCHES IN PER MISSION NEW MEXICO GIFTS IN 2015** Church Membership Total Per Capita MNM 1. Albuquerque Anchor 65 $ Carlsbad Garden Street 20 $ High Rolls Trinity 218 $ Hobbs First 179 $ Los Alamos First 209 $ Albuquerque Monterey 56 $ Albuquerque Sovereign Grace 19 $ Causey 20 $ Jemez Mountain 15 $ Hobbs New Hope 176 $22.73 * Statistics compiled from 2015 Annual Church Profile ** Statistics compiled from receipts received at BCNM office January 1, December 31,

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

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

8 San Juan College 211 W. 20th, Farmington University of New Mexico 401 University NE, Albuquerque Bobby Erickson, Campus Minister Western New Mexico University 909 W. College, Silver City Steve Timmons, Campus Minister LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM Lamar Morin, Team Leader D Nae Kellum, Ministry Assistant Sam Swann, Student Leadership Development/Evangelism Krista Peterson, Children s Leadership Development/ Women s Ministry Kim Treece, Ministry Assistant Manager, Sivells Baptist Camp Randy Hollis, Facilities Manager, Sivells Baptist Camp Mike Cannata, Manager, Inlow Baptist Camp FAX: MISSIONS MOBILIZATION TEAM Scott Wilson, Team Leader Cricket Pairett, Ministry Assistant Ricardo Rivera, State Hispanic Strategist Pedro Escobar, Regional Spanish Strategist Connie Dixon, WMU Director/Missions Ed Strategist Daniel Clymer, State Native American Strategist Ira Shelton, Disaster Relief Coordinator FAX:

9 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Baptist Convention of New Mexico 2016 Chairman... Brian Nystrom Vice Chairman... Charles Lord Secretary...Nancy Faucett Executive Director... Dr. Joseph Bunce Treasurer... Gerald Farley President of the Convention... Jonathan Richard PO Box 528, Estancia NM 87016, ONE-YEAR TERM - EXPIRES OCTOBER 2016 Don Archer PO Box 40, Hatch Rio Grande Association April Delores PO Box 193, New Laguna Western Association Jamie Duke 3 Placita Dalinda, Santa Fe Santa Fe Association Eyvonne Gunn 3121 Quay Rd. 32, Melrose Eastern Association Dennis Harris PO Box 40, San Antonio Mountain Association Michael Head 2 Arroya Seco Rd., Silver City Southwestern Association Beau Lamb PO Box 336, Santa Rosa Tucumcari Association Garland Moore PO Box 2097, Milan Western Association Matt Sellers 2740 Northern Blvd NE Ste 102, Rio Rancho Central Assoc. Virginia Yazzie PO Box 2432, Bloomfield San Juan Association TWO-YEAR TERM - EXPIRES OCTOBER 2017 Jacob Bassing 500 N. Pennsylvania, Roswell Pecos Valley Association Jared Bridge 8100 Wyoming NE M4-166, Albq Central Association Vickie Czlapinski 200 W. Sycamore, Bloomfield San Juan Association John Hinze 321 E. Center, Tucumcari Tucumcari Association Ty Houghtling 322 W. Grand, Artesia Pecos Valley Association Danny Kirkpatrick 818 W. Birch Ave., Lovington Southeastern Association Pam Mayes 444 S. 4 th St., Raton Northeastern Association Alan McAlister 2501 N. Norris, Clovis Eastern Association Luke Miller PO Box 21915, Albuquerque Central Association Brian Nystrom PO Box 1048, Angel Fire Northeastern Association THREE YEAR TERM EXPIRES OCTOBER 2018 Steve Ballew 211 W. 20 th St., Farmington San Juan Association Andy Dehart PO Box 557, Hatch Rio Grande Association Larry Evans PO Box 392, Cloudcroft Mountain Valley Association Charles Lord PO Box 903, Sandia Park Central Association Dave McFadden 100 S. Ave. C, Portales Eastern Association Joe Phillips PO Box 409, Red River Santa Fe Association Dave Rowser 837 W. Jackson Ave., Lovington Southeastern Association Billy Tucker 3202 Thunder Rd., Alamogordo Mountain Valley Association Don Turnage 29 Flamingo, Silver City Southwestern Association Shelby Vaughan 1603 W. Sears, Artesia Pecos Valley Association 8

10 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Team Committees 2016 IST Information Services Team (7 members) Pam Mayes, Chair. Jacob Bassing Larry Evans Dennis Harris Michael Head Don Turnage Shelby Vaughan EDT Evangelism/Discipleship Team (7 members) Jared Bridge, Chair. Andy Dehart April Delores Ty Houghtling Danny Kirkpatrick Charles Lord Virginia Yazzie LDT Leadership Development Team (7 members) Billy Tucker, Chair. Vickie Czlapinski Jamie Duke Luke Miller Don Archer Garland Moore Matt Sellers MMT Missions Mobilization Team (8 members) John Hinze, Chair. Steve Ballew Eyvonne Gunn Beau Lamb Alan McAlister Dave McFadden Joe Phillips Dave Rowser 9

11 State Executive Board Committees 2016 continued Special Committees Joseph Bunce, Staff Advisor Jonathan Richard, Chairman Brian Nystrom, Ex-Officio Charles Lord (EDT) Michael Head (IST) Matt Sellers (LDT) Beau Lamb (MMT) Property and Finance Gerald Farley, Staff Advisor Brian Nystrom, Chairman Jonathan Richard, Ex-Officio Jared Bridge, (EDT) Pam Mayes, (IST) Billy Tucker (LDT) John Hinze (MMT) Nominating Committee Danny Kirkpatrick, Chairman April Delores Joe Phillips 10

12 PASTOR S/LAYMEN S CONFERENCE PRESIDENT Aaron Colyer, Roswell First, CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMITTEE 2016 One-Year Term Expires October 2016 Jay McCollum 2112 College Dr., Gallup Howell Scott 1316 Scenic, Alamogordo Two-Year Term Expires October 2017 Walter Bradley PO Box 22, Clovis Rod Compton Box 66, Tijeras Three-Year Term Expires October 2018 Mark Burton Charla Ct NE, Albq Gavin Vaughn II Box 1749, Artesia

13 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Elected at 2015 Convention to serve in 2016 Bill Conners, Chairman, Albuquerque Eastern Hills Kyle Bueerman, Clayton First Jeff Fair, Hobbs Taylor Memorial Tar Henderson, Gila Valley Brad Morgan, Portales Calvary PROGRAM/ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE Elected at 2015 Convention to serve in 2016 Jonathan Richard, Chairman, Estancia First Bruce Morrison, Elephant Butte Church at the Butte Jamie Duke, Santa Fe Lifepoint Stephen Reynolds, Cuba First Edna Romero, Taos First Indian 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 13

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 whether messengers should be seated after the Committee studies the request, arranges for a meeting with church officials if needed, and communicates its recommendation to the church. When seating messengers is challenged at a regular or special meeting and the chair refers the issue to the Credentials Committee, this committee would hear the messenger challenging the seating and the messenger or messengers being challenged, and make any other inquiry the committee deems appropriate and report its findings and recommendation regarding the challenge to the body. The Convention would determine whether or not to seat the messengers. The Credentials Committee s term begins at the time of appointment and continues until another committee is appointed. ARTICLE SIX: Election of Boards of Directors. The members of the Board of Directors of those corporations in which the Convention is the Member and entitled to elect the directors, those corporations presently being The New Mexico Baptist Children s Home, 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 20

22 as authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, the State Executive Board shall conform to this composition rule. A person shall be deemed to have resigned if the person moves his or her church membership to a church outside the geographical area of the Association from which the person was elected. A member of the State Executive Board elected to the office of president of the Convention shall, upon assumption of that office, be deemed to have resigned his position on the State Executive Board. Section 4. Lay Participation. At least ten of the elected persons constituting the State Executive Board shall be lay persons. Section 5. Term. Persons shall be elected to serve on the State Executive Board for a term of three years, except in cases when one is elected to fill an unexpired term. If otherwise qualified, a person may be elected to serve a second consecutive term of three years, provided that no person may serve more than two consecutive full terms. Members elected to serve unexpired terms shall serve until the end of the term they were elected to fill and may be re-elected to serve a successive full three-year term. Persons having served on the State Executive Board six consecutive years will be ineligible for election to the State Executive Board until three years have expired since their last service. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the elected members of the State Executive Board then in office shall constitute a quorum. Section 7. Duties. In addition to the duties and powers described in the Articles of Incorporation, The State Executive Board: A. Shall have charge and control, except when otherwise ordered by the Convention, of all work of the Convention in interim of its sessions; B. Shall act to exercise the rights of the Convention as the Member of any other corporation as that power may be delegated to the State Executive Board by the Convention's Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or by the messengers constituting the Convention in session; C. May fill vacancies occurring on the Nominating Committee; D. Shall elect or provide for the employment of such persons, other than the Executive Director, necessary to carry on the work of the Convention; and E. Shall make a full and complete report to the annual Convention setting forth the condition of the work. This report shall give an accurate accounting of the finances of the Convention and shall be printed and distributed to the members of the Convention at its first session. F. Shall not sell the real property utilized for operation of Inlow Baptist Camp and Conference or Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center except upon the approval of messengers constituting a meeting of the Convention following the recommendation of the State Executive Board. Section 8. Officers. The State Executive Board shall elect from among its members 21

23 a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman in the September meeting to begin service at the adjournment of the following annual meeting of the Convention. Each of these officers shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. Section 9. Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held on Monday night before the third Tuesday in January, April, July, and September. The Board may, upon resolution, change the time and place of holding its meetings. Special meetings of the State Executive Board may be called by the Executive Director or the Chairman of the Board at any time on a five-day notice to all members. ARTICLE EIGHT: Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify any director, officer, employee or any former director, officer or employee of the Corporation against reasonable expenses, costs, attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer or employee. This indemnification shall include any amounts paid to satisfy a judgment or to compromise or settle a claim. The director, officer or employee or former director, officer or employee shall not be indemnified if he shall be adjudged to be liable on the basis that he has breached or failed to perform the duties of his office and the breach or failure to perform constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness. Advance indemnification shall be allowed of a director, officer or employee for reasonable expenses to be incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit, or proceeding provided that the director, officer, or employee must reimburse the Corporation if it is subsequently determined that the director, officer or employee was not entitled to indemnification. ARTICLE NINE: Parliamentary Authority. The rules of order for the Convention, The State Executive Board, and all committees of the Convention and of the Board, shall be the current edition of "Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised." In case there is no provision in Robert's, the President or other presiding officer shall exercise his discretion, subject to appeal by the body. ARTICLE TEN: Motions Dealing With the Work of the Corporations. A motion, otherwise in order, which deals with the work of a Corporation of which the Convention is the Member shall be referred to the Board of Directors of that Corporation. The Board of Directors shall report back its comments and opinions regarding the substance of the motion at the next annual meeting of the Convention. Whenever such a report comes before the Convention, the Chair may invite the officers and Board of Directors of the Corporation(s) involved to speak. A motion offered in any meeting of the messengers or in a meeting of the State Executive Board, or in any committee of the Convention or the State Executive Board shall be out of order if the motion would require the Convention to act in regard to a corporation of which the Convention is the Member in a manner not within the Convention s legal power to act as the Member. ARTICLE ELEVEN: Amendments. These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Convention by a two-thirds vote of the messengers present at the time the 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 Third Session October 20-21, 2015 Ruidoso Convention Center Minutes of the 103rd annual session of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting at the Ruidoso Convention Center, Ruidoso. Officers serving include Jonathan Richard, Estancia First, president; Dennis Dunn, Albuquerque Fellowship, first vice-president; Dennis Garcia, Moriarty First, second vicepresident Nancy Faucett, BCNM, recording secretary and Kim Treece, BCNM, assistant recording secretary. Churches seating messengers included: Alamogordo Bethel, Boles Acres, Eternity, First; Albuquerque Alameda, Anchor, Blake Road, Deaf, Del Norte, Eastern Hills, First Spanish Fruit Avenue, First West, Indian Nations, Sandia; Angel Fire; Animas First; Anthony First; Artesia First, Primera, West Main; Aztec Bethel; Belen Sierra Vista; Bernalillo First; Bloomfield First, Gospel Victory; Carlsbad Hillcrest, First; Carrizozo First; Cloudcroft First; Clovis Central, Prince Street; Conchas Dam; Corona First; Deming Bethel, First; Estancia First; Eunice First; Fairacres; Fort Sumner First; Gallup First, First Indian; Glenwood; Grants Central, First; Hagerman First; Hatch First; High Rolls Trinity; Hobbs First, New Hope, Taylor Memorial; Jal Calvary, First; Jemez Valley; Las Cruces Calvary, First, Unidos en Cristo; Las Vegas Calvary; Los Chavez First; Lovington First, Hillcrest, Jackson Avenue; Mayhill; Melrose First; Milan Immanuel; Mimbres; Moriarty First; Pecos Valley Cowboy; Portales Calvary, Emmanuel, First; Quemado; Raton First; Rio Rancho Celebration, First, Paragon; Roswell Calvary, First, Highland, Mountain View; Ruidoso First; Ruidoso Downs First; Sandia Park Vista Grande; Santa Fe First, Rodeo Road; Santa Teresa Iglesia Emmanuel; Silver City First, Indian Hills; Taos Indian; Tatum First; Texico First; Tijeras First; Tucumcari First and Weed. CONVENTION THEME: Following His Footsteps Tuesday Afternoon, October 20, 2015 Jonathan Richard, Presiding Steve Martone, Alamogordo Bethel, along with a praise team and an orchestra comprised of several NM churches, led in music worship. President Jonathan Richard, pastor of First Baptist Church of Estancia, called the meeting to order. Alan Stoddard, pastor of First Baptist Church of Ruidoso, welcomed messengers and visitors to Ruidoso and led in the invocation. Executive Director Joseph Bunce welcomed guests from various SBC entities and allowed them a time to bring greetings. They included: Jared Howard, Southwestern Seminary; Monty Patton, North American Mission Board; Ralph Tone, LifeWay Christian Resources; Dave McConkey, 23

25 International Mission Board; and Steve Hartsill, Nation Woman s Missionary Union. BUSINESS SESSION: o Seating of Messengers: Dennis Garcia, chairman of the Credentials Committee made a motion that the messengers that had registered and who would register who had presented proper credentials from churches which were in friendly cooperation with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico as stated in the Bylaws, constitute the Convention. Carried unanimously. o Appointment of Committees: President Richard appointed Elioref Barrios, Hobbs Taylor Memorial, and Larry Evans, Cloudcroft First, to serve on the Credentials Committee. Second Vice-President Dennis Garcia chaired the committee in the absence of First-Vice President Dennis Dunn. He also appointed Gregg Higgins, Las Cruces Calvary, to chair the 2015 Committee on Committees. Danny March, Albuquerque First West, Steven Smith, Portales University, John Spruill, Maxwell First, and Paul Temple, Espanola First, also served on the committee. o Adoption of Program: Andrew DeHart, Hatch First and member of the Program/Order of Business Committee, brought a motion to accept the program as printed with two corrections. One that Dennis Garcia chair the evening session in the absence of Dennis Dunn and that Jonathan Richard chair the Wednesday morning session. Carried unanimously. o Executive Board Report: Brian Nystrom, chairman of the State Executive Board and pastor of Angel Fire, presented the proposed 2016 budget to be voted on the next day. He also presented the Entity Board Nominations. New Mexico Baptist Children s Home. Currently serving and re-nominated for another three-year term to expire October 2018 included: Rogene Music, San Jon First, Leona Tarry, Ruidoso First, and J.E. Williams, Clovis First. Lora Harlan, Clovis Central, was also currently serving and nominated to fill a one-year term to expire October Nominated to a new threeyear to expire October 2018 included Tar Henderson, Gila, Jay McCollum, Gallup First, and Scott Weese, Raton First. Jeff Moody, Farmington Emmanuel, was also nominated for a new two-year term to expire October New Mexico Baptist Foundation and Church Finance Corporation. Currently serving and re-nominated for another three-year term to expire October 2018 included: Judith Edwards, Albuquerque First West, Robert Ewing, Albuquerque Hoffmantown, and Richard Gomez, Albuquerque First Spanish Fruit Avenue. Carried unanimously. Dr. Bunce presented plaques of appreciation to out-going 24

26 Executive Board members Abelardo Bolanos, Wes McAfee and Luis Rios. o New Business: None New Mexico Baptist Children s Home Report: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said he had been traveling around the state and enjoyed meeting people. He thanked the Baptist Convention of New Mexico for their support of the Home and especially thanked the Media Services Team for helping to create the video he showed about their new Independent Living Program. Christian Life Committee Report: Jay McCollum, chairman of the CLC, presented the report. He thanked Baptists of New Mexico for allowing him to serve as part of the CLC and told of several key upcoming legislative matters. New Mexico Baptist Foundation and Church Finance Corporation Report: President Rick Breeden presented the report. He brought greetings from the NMBF and CFC. Highlights from their report included their love of the Children s Home and the privilege they have had of introducing donors to the Children s Home often. They would have several during the year. Church Finance continues to see growth. It was right about $53 million in assets and had $40 million loans. They had 1,100 investment accounts. He asked those present to please consider partnering with them. They had $41 million in assets at the Foundation and were on track to distribute about $1.2 million to beneficiaries including the Children s Home, the camps and missions among others. The praise team and orchestra led in music worship. Adam Hughes, pastor of Albuquerque First West, brought the annual sermon from Acts 5:12-16 on being main thing churches. Dr. Bunce introduced new staff to the state. They included: Stewart Sherrill, Hobbs First; Bruce and Shannon Dale, Albuquerque First West; Matthew Staley, Farmington Emmanuel; Mason Davis, Deming Bethel; Brian Palmer, Albuquerque Anchor; Phillip and Haylee Smith, Socorro First; Robert and Elizabeth Fondant, Gallup First Indian; Andrew and Cindy Payne, Alamogordo Eternity; Andrew and Heather Heath, Roswell Mountain View; and Kaul and Tonya Corley, Laguna Acoma. The praise team and orchestra led in music worship. Titus Green, pastor of First Baptist Church, Merritt Island, Florida, brought a message. John Russo, Fort Sumner First, led in the benediction. Tuesday Evening, October 20, 2015 Dennis Garcia, Presiding The New Mexico Singing Churchmen opened the session in concert. 25

27 Kyle Bueerman, pastor of Clayton First, read scripture and led in the invocation. Titus Green brought a message. The New Mexico Singing Churchmen sang a song. Dr. Bunce gave his annual report. Juan Tovar, pastor of Hatch Iglesia Renacer, led in the benediction. Wednesday Morning, October 21, 2015 Jonathan Richard, Presiding A trio from Hobbs Taylor Memorial opened the session in music. Hayden Smith, pastor of Carrizozo First, read scripture and led in prayer. BUSINESS SESSION 2, President Jonathan Richard presiding. o Committee on Committees Report: Gregg Higgins, Las Cruces Calvary and chairman of the Committee on Committees, presented the report. He recommended that Stephen Baum, Albuquerque First West, serve as chairman of the 2015 Resolutions Committee and that Steve Long, Bosque Farms Tender Mercy and Steve Mulkey, Angel Fire, also serve on that committee. He also recommended that Bill Conners, Albuquerque Eastern Hills, serve as chairman of the 2016 Nominating Committee and that Kyle Bueerman Clayton First, Jeff Fair, Hobbs Taylor Memorial, Tar Henderson, Gila Valley and Brad Morgan, Portales Calvary also serve on that committee. Carried unanimously. He then recommended that Bruce Morrison, Church at the Butte, Jamie Duke, Santa Fe Lifepoint, and Edna Romero, Taos Indian, serve alongside the Convention President to make up the 2016 Program/Order of Business Committee. Carried unanimously. o Executive Board Report: Brian Nystrom presented a recommendation to approve the report of the State Executive Board including the proposed 2016 budget. Carried unanimously. o Nominating Committee Report: Alan Stoddard, Ruidoso First, presented the report. He presented recommendations for nominations for the State Executive Board members currently serving and nominated to a second three year term expiring October 2018 of Charles Lord, Sandia Park Vista Grande, Joe Phillips, Red River First, Billy Tucker, High Rolls Trinity and Don Turnage, Silver City First. New members nominated to serve for a three-year term expiring October 2018 were Steve Ballew of Farmington Emmanuel, Larry Evans of Cloudcroft First, Andy DeHart of Hatch First, David McFadden of Portales First, Dave Rowser of Lovington Jackson Avenue and Shelby Vaughan of Artesia Hermosa Drive. He recommended that Jamie Duke of Santa Fe Lifepoint fill a one-year term expiring October 2016 and Ty Houghtling of Artesia fill a twoyear term expiring October of 2017 He also recommended that Mark 26

28 Burton of Albuquerque and Gavin Vaughan of Artesia be re-elected to a three-year term expiring October 2018 on the Christian Life Committee and that Howell Scott be elected to a one-year term expiring 2016 on the CLC. He further recommended that the 2016 State Convention Annual Sermon be given by Andrew Hebert of Hobbs Taylor Memorial, the alternate be Kyle Bueerman of Clayton First and that 2018 State Convention be held October at Las Cruces First. The recommendations carried unanimously. 5. The Taylor Memorial Trio led in music worship. 6. BUSINESS SESSION 3: President Jonathan Richard presiding. o Resolutions Committee: Chairman Stephen Baum of Albuquerque First West presented the resolutions. Each resolution was presented separately and each carried unanimously. RESOLUTION 1: ON APPRECIATION. WHEREAS, the messengers to the 2015 Baptist Convention of New Mexico have enjoyed a time of worship, fellowship and encouragement together in our Lord, Jesus Christ and in our cooperation for the Gospel; and WHEREAS, we recognize the kind hospitality of the Village of Ruidoso and its residents; and WHEREAS, we acknowledge the work of First Baptist Church of Ruidoso in coordinating and hosting this year s convention; and WHEREAS, we especially recognize God s gracious provision in enabling our president, officers, various committees, convention preachers and platform personnel to execute the affairs of this convention in an orderly and God-glorifying manner; be it, therefore, RESOLVED, that the messengers to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting in Ruidoso, New Mexico, October 20-21, 2015, express our gratitude to the Lord and to all those He has used to successfully carry out this year s meeting according to His gracious purposes. RESOLUTION 2: ON THE SUPREME COURT RULING IN OBERGEFELL V. HODGES (576 U.S. [2015]) WHEREAS, God in His sovereign and divine wisdom has created marriage as the covenanted and conjugal union of one man and one woman (Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Corinthians 6:16); and WHEREAS, marriage is intended to serve as an illustration of God s grace to us in Christ and of the Gospel itself (Ephesians 5:31); and WHEREAS, the Baptist Faith and Message (2000) affirms the biblical reality that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime, and that it is God s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race ; and WHEREAS, government has been ordained by God to promote the common good and mitigate against the devastating effects of personal and corporate sin (Romans 13:1-4); and 27

29 o WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the Unites States declared unconstitutional the denial of the right to marry to same-sex couples on June 26, 2015 in the case Obergefell v. Hodges (576 U.S. [2015]); and WHEREAS, the redefinition of marriage by the Supreme Court has placed itself at odds with the biblically held convictions of Southern Baptists on marriage; and WHEREAS, the Baptist Faith and Message affirms that God alone is the Lord of the conscience, and he has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it, and states further that, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience [to civil government] in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God, and also, The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind, and, A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion without interference by the civil power ; and WHEREAS, we affirm that Scripture calls us to love and pray for our neighbors, including those with whom we disagree on the nature, origin and purpose of marriage; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the messengers to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico meeting in Ruidoso, New Mexico, October 20-21, 2015, affirm that no governing institution has authority to negate or undermine God s definition of marriage; and be it further RESOLVED, that the same messengers to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico respectfully voice their dissent with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges as a negation and undermining of God s definition of marriage; and be it further RESOLVED, that the religious and conscientious liberties of individuals and institutions should not be infringed upon as a result of living according to consciously held biblical convictions about marriage; and be it further RESOLVED, that New Mexico Baptists, regardless of opposition or legal action that may be levied against us for living out our biblical convictions, will not cease to stand upon the sound doctrine of Scripture which is God s inerrant and infallible Word, authoritative and sufficient for all we need for salvation and godly living; and be it further RESOLVED, that New Mexico Baptists commit to gracious, compassionate and Gospelcentered speech, action and love toward our neighbors, extending God s grace through the proclamation of the Gospel to all people, irrespective of race, ethnicity, religion or lifestyle, and especially to those with whom we disagree about the definition of marriage and the common good. Election of Officers: Second Vice-President Dennis Garcia chaired to receive nominations for president. Jared Bridge of Albuquerque Anchor nominated Jonathan Richard to serve a second term as president. Brad 28

30 Kelley of Albuquerque Del Norte seconded. Jonathan Richard was unanimously elected. The chair returned to President Jonathan Richard for the election of first and second vice-presidents. Jared Bridge nominated Dennis Garcia for 1st vice-president. Dave McFadden of Portales First seconded. Brad Morgan, Portales Calvary, moved nominations cease. Brad Kelley, Albuquerque Del Norte, seconded. Dennis Garcia was unanimously elected. Dave McFadden nominated Jared Bridge as second-vice president. John Torrison, Sandia Park Vista Grande seconded. Jared Bridge was unanimously elected. The Taylor Memorial Trio led in music worship. Dr. Frank Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, brought a message. Jonathan Richard delivered his President s Address. Andrew Hebert, pastor of Hobbs Taylor Memorial, gave the benediction. Final attendance: 293 messengers from 105 churches and 68 visitors for a total of 361. The meeting was adjourned. 29

31 Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building January 19, 2015 Chairman Kevin Parker called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m. NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT: Lou Ellen Wilson presented a recommendation from their committee to elect Andrew Hebert to the Executive Board to replace Billy Chidester who had moved from the state. Following discussion the recommendation carried unanimously. Vice-Chairman Brian Nystrom led in a song and called roll. Members present at the meeting included: Don Archer, Jacob Bassing, Abelardo Bolanos, Vickie Czlapinski, April Delores, Eyvonne Gunn, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, Andrew Hebert, John Hinze, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Alan McAlister, Luke Miller, Brian Nystrom, Kevin Parker, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, Lou Ellen Wilson and Virginia Yazzie. Members absent were: Jared Bridge, Nathan Britton, Danny Kirkpatrick, Wes McAfee, Garland Moore, Joe Phillips and Cathy Pennington. There was a quorum present. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Bunce presented his report. He welcomed and introduced new board members. They included: Jacob Bassing, Vickie Czlapinski, Eyvonne Gunn, Andrew Hebert, John Hinze, Alan McAlister, Luke Miller and Virginia Yazzie. Cathy Pennington and Danny Kirkpatrick were also new to the board. He shared his elation that the 2014 year closed with the largest Mission New Mexico/Harry P. Stagg State Mission Offering in history at $316,587. He also presented the allocations for the 2015 offering. They included: BSU Christian Challenge Global Missions - $25,000; BSU Christian Challenge New Mexico Teams - $25,000; Camp Repairs - $40,000; Deacons and Church Leader Training - $5,000; Deaf Ministries - $15,000; Disaster Relief - $20,000; Hispanic Ministries - $30,000; Hunger Ministries - $45,000; Minister Emergency Funds - $10,000; Minister Family Retreat - $35,000; Muslim Ministries - $20,000; Native American Ministries - $15,000; New Mexico Baptist Children s Home Independent Living - $15,000; Points of Light - $10,000; and Small Church Repair - $10,000 for a total of $320,000. He said that the difference between 2014 receipts and expenditures, as previously approved by the board, were divided with 50 percent being added to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, 25 percent to Inlow Baptist Camp s Capital Improvement Fund and 25 percent to Sivells Baptist Camp s Capital Improvement Fund. That resulted in $21, going to the LMCO, $10,

32 to Inlow and $10, to Sivells. He also said that a donor generously gave $20,000 toward the renovation of Inlow Lodge and an additional $10,000 was given for Sivells capital improvement projects. The BCNM was anticipating receipts from the sale of a church property owned by the BCNM and would allocate more monies into capital improvements for both Inlow and Sivells upon closing of the sale. He shared how the number of churches had risen from 321 to 347 in the last seven years and that there were 22 men in a church planting assessment process. He then gave some insight into the first of the 10x10 Objectives, one focus as a Convention, A Disciplemaking Church for Every Person. There had been a Facebook group set up entitled, BCNM Pastors Advancing the Kingdom. It was his hope that pastors would share best practices in their local churches when it came to being disciplemakers. This was a closed group to allow pastors to learn from one another and discuss processes that are used in local churches. He shared the pastorless churches and gave an update on replacing the Evangelism/Discipleship Team leader. He congratulated staff celebrating anniversaries and recommended the books, Fifty People Every Christian Should Know, Learning From Spiritual Giants of the Faith, by Warren W. Wiersbe. And Next Up, 8 Shifts Great Young Leaders Make by Jonathan Pearson. Dennis Harris moved to approve the report. There was no discussion. April Delores seconded. Carried unanimously. Billy Tucker moved to approve the excused absences. Abelardo Bolanos seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. Krista Peterson shared on the second of the 10x10 Objectives, Ten Percent of New Mexicans in a BCNM Congregation. She told what the state would look like in children s ministries. Jonathan Richard led in prayer for the objective. Vice-Chairman Brian Nystrom led in prayer for lunch as the session was adjourned. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Parker called the meeting to order at 5:25 p.m. Vice-Chairman Brian Nystrom called roll. The same members were present. Beau Lamb moved to accept the previously excused absences. Abelardo Bolanos seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Lamar Morin shared on the third of the 10x10 Objectives, 100 Indigenous Leaders Being Raised Up and Mentored Annually. He said that the objective was highly obtainable. If those in the room were to mentor one person the goal 31

33 would be half achieved. He said there was an untapped gold mine in New Mexico. Jacob Bassing led in prayer for 100 indigenous leaders. Guests present: Margene Harris, Don Gunn, Thomas Yazzie, Bob Ewing and Jay McCollum. Approval of Minutes: Chairman Parker entertained a motion to approve the September minutes Dennis Harris moved to accept the minutes, Billy Tucker seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Children s Home: Administrator Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that they had a great There were 58 children that stayed at the home during the course of the year and 22 of them were placed there by the state. Six children came to know the Lord and three had been baptized the previous weekend. Their board of directors had voted to build an apartment complex for the Independent Living Program. Dr. Bunce presented a check to Dr. Rankin for over $11,000 from Mission New Mexico to help with the program. Alan McAlister moved to accept the report. Andrew Hebert seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: President Rick Breeden presented the report. He said they had closed their books for 2014, but he did not have numbers yet. The Church Finance Corporation was managing $40 million in loans, which was up from $15 million in The Foundation assets were at $40 million and they had distributed $1 million. He circulated a list of BCNM accounts held at the Foundation. John Hinze moved to approve the report. Don Archer seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. Christian Life Committee: Jay McCollum presented the report. He said that a legislative edition of the Baptist New Mexican had been distributed. He encouraged everyone to call, and write their legislators. He also encouraged them to go to the roundhouse and meet them in person. He challenged everyone to attend the Legislative Breakfast and to invite their legislators to attend with them. Don Archer moved to accept the report. Beau Lamb seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Charles Lord presented the report. He said that Dr. Bunce had joined their meeting in place of Mike Napier who had left the staff to move to Oklahoma. He invited Dag Sewell, BSU director at Eastern New Mexico University, to share about his ministry. He spoke on the 32

34 evangelism and discipleship methods they were using and how students were coming to know the Lord. Charles said that the State Evangelism Conferences would be February 28-March 4. The National Sunday School Directors Conference would also be held February 7 at Albuquerque Fellowship Missionary. Jonathan Richard led in prayer for the search for a new team leader. There was a 10-minute break. Information Services Team: Pam Mayes presented the report. She said that the purpose of the IST was to Advance the Kingdom. They would continue to use social medial to promote the work of the convention. They had discussed the new website and that it was much more user friendly. The staff was preparing for the upcoming Legislative Breakfast and she encouraged people to sign up to attend. Leadership/Development Team: Billy Tucker presented the report. He said that the camp managers had joined their team since the merger. They discussed children s/women s ministries and camp schedules. They also discussed goals for the camps. The Singing Churchmen were planning a mission trip to Belize in They were gathering information on bivocational ministers in the state to invite them to the 2015 Bivocational Ministers Conference later in the year. They talked about transitional ministries and the transformational church ministries. He also said the camps were both in need of skilled volunteers to help with renovations on their campuses. Missions Mobilization Team: John Hinze presented the report. He said that they approved pastoral aid for James Eaton of Bloomfield Gospel Victory for $150 per month (his fifth year to receive aid); Dennis Fowler of Gallup Rock Springs for $250 per month (his 2 nd year); and Stephen Reynolds of Cuba First for $250 per month (his first year.)he brought a recommendation from the committee for Harrison Trust Funds for Indian Family Camp for Thoreau First for $200, Albuquerque Indian Nations, $500; Jemez Valley, $1,200; Taos Indian, $1,000; Tinian Indian, $250 and Bloomfield Gospel Victory, $500. There had also been a request for $500 from Espanola First Indian, but due to lack of support for the Cooperative Program it had been put on hold. They had until the April board meeting to give a minimum of $250 through the Cooperative Program to receive a $500 scholarship. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. He brought a recommendation from the committee for Harrison Trust Funds for Jesse Tafoya for Wayland Baptist University for $1,000 and for Lorne D. Denetclaw for Golden Gate Seminary for $3,000. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. He presented a motion to approve the 2015 Mission New Mexico allocations listed in Dr. Bunce s report. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. 33

35 Scott Wilson spoke on the forth objective in the 10x10 Objectives, 1,000 Points of Light, Churches and Church Starts, Spread Across New Mexico. They had identified 61 communities across the state with no Baptist work. There was a training scheduled in April for starting a Point of Light in New Mexico and money had been budgeted to support those points. Matt Sellers led in prayer for 1,000 Points of Light. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance: Vice-Chairman Brian Nystrom chaired while Kevin Parker presented the following recommendations from the committee. Recommendation 1: That the convention deed to Laguna Acoma Baptist Church the following property with a reversionary clause: Parcel 1 A tract of land situated in the NE 1/4, Section 25, Township 10 North, Range 7 West, N.M.P.M., Cibola County, New Mexico. BEGINNING at the Northwest corner No. 1, said point being on the Southerly boundary of the Cubero Grant, whence the Section corner 25, T. 10 N. R. 7W., and Section corner 30, T. 10 N. R. 6 W., N.M.P.M., as shown on Plat of Small Claim Holdings by U.S.G.L.O., survey May 10-13, 1915, bears S ' E., a distance of feet: Running from beginning point South 22 30' E., feet to Corner N. 2; thence East 0, feet to Corner No. 3; thence North 2 30' W., feet to Corner No. 4; thence West 0, feet to Corner No. 5; thence North 0, 60.0 feet to Corner No. 6; thence West 0, feet to the place of beginning, and containing acres more or less. Parcel 2 A tract of land situated in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 25, T. 10 N., R 7 W., N.M.P.M., near the town of Cubero, Cibola County, New Mexico and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING from the Southeast corner of said tract, whence the 1/4 corner on the east line of Sec. 25 bears S ' E. and is 1,408.2 ft distant; thence West ft.; thence N ' W., 92.5 ft.; thence N ' W., ft.; thence East ft.; thence S ' E.; ft. to the point of beginning and containing an area of acres more of less. Exception Less the following described property that includes portions of Parcel 1 and Parcel 2: A tract of land situated in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 25, T. 10 N. R. 7 W. N.M.P.M near the town of Cubero, Cibola County, New Mexico and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING from the 3 1/2 mile corner on the South Boundary of the Cubero Grant, thence East feet, thence S 'E feet; thence West feet, thence South feet; thence West 30.3 feet, thence N ' W feet; thence N ' W feet; thence East feet to the point of beginning and containing an area of acres, more or less. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. Recommendation 2: That the BCNM release the reversionary clause on the entire Blodgett Street Baptist Church property, contingent upon the church adopting a memo of understanding (drawn up by our attorney) stating that the reversionary clause will be replaced upon the church property after they sell a 34

36 portion of it. Further, we recommend that we authorize BCNM staff to carry out actions to replace the clause on the church property. There was discussion. Carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Report: Jonathan Richard presented a recommendation from the committee to insert the following into a section of the Policy Manual: Camp Hiring Procedure: Full Time Camp Managers 1. Resumes will be reviewed and considered by the Executive Director. 2. Full time directors are selected and interviewed by the Executive Director. 3. The Executive Director submits the person being recommended to the Policy/Personnel Committee and the Executive Board for approval. Fulltime or Contract Staff 1. The Camp Managers will request initial approval from the Business Administrator to seek additional full time or contract employee staff. A job description and budget strategy must be submitted. This must be approved by the Executive Director. 2. The Camp Manager will coordinate funding with Business Administrator and the LDT Team Leader for approval. 3. The Camp Manager will select a potential candidate and forward the resume to the LDT Team Leader for approval who will communicate with and coordinate an interview with the Executive Director. 4. All staff must clear a background check and vetting process performed by the BCNM office. 5. The Camp Manager will communicate with the Business Administrator and Bookkeeper of the convention to assure funding strategy details. (All documents are to be completed prior to submission for compensation.) Summer Staff 1. The Camp Manager will request initial approval from the LDT Team Leader to fill a vacant position. A job description and funding strategy must be agreed upon with the Business Administrator prior to hiring. 2. The Camp Manager will submit the request to the LDT Team Leader and Business Administrator for approval to assure funding strategy details. 35

37 3. The Camp Manager will select the preferred candidate and forward the resume to the LDT Team Leader for approval. 4. All staff must clear a background check performed by the BCNM office. 5. All staff must clear a vetting process performed by the Camp Manager. 6. The LDT Team Leader and Camp Manager will communicate with the Business Administrator to ensure all names and needed information is submitted before hiring. After all approvals have been obtained, all signed paperwork needs to be submitted to the finance office of the BCNM before employment is confirmed and any payroll checks are issued. Members of the immediate families of the Camp Manager are not eligible for employment. No relative of the camp manager shall conduct any aspect of the accounting for camp payroll or bookkeeping. There was discussion that included corrections and an additional box for a W-4 on the checklist that was included in the presentation. The entire corrected handout is included in the permanent file. The corrected recommendation carried unanimously. Ricardo Rivera spoke on the fifth objective in the 10x10 objectives, Sharing the Gospel with 1,000,000 Unreached Hispanics Through Disciple-based Evangelism Strategies. He said that 987,000 Hispanics in New Mexico had not heard the Gospel and there were only about 3,000 attending Baptist churches. He would be developing a strategy to begin Spanish speaking churches to reach second and third generation Hispanics. He hoped to see 50 new Hispanic churches in the next three years. Kevin Parker led in prayer for 1,000,000 Hispanics. Old Business: Charles Lord asked how the churches were doing that had experienced flooding the previous summer. Dr. Bunce said there were no churches experiencing residual effects from the floods. He had Kerry Chadwick and Buck Wheat share on how weather had affected the camps. New Business: Chairman Kevin Parker presented a motion to approve the Corporate Resolution which stated that, Dr. Joseph L. Bunce, Executive Director, is empowered to act on behalf of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico in all matters requiring signatures enabling the sale, exchange, transfer, purchase or other forms of conveyance of all the cash assets, securities, bonds, certificates of deposits, notes issued by private, corporate or governmental agencies and real property. This is known as the Corporate Resolution. Since the motion was not voted on in committee, he asked for a motion to approve the 36

38 resolution. Beau Lamb moved to approve the motion. Micheal Head seconded. Carried unanimously. Board Time with Dr. Bunce: Dr. Bunce showed a Powerpoint on the Lordship of God and reminded new members of the New Member Orientation the next morning. The chair adjourned the meeting with prayer at 8:16 p.m. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building April 20, 2015 Chairman Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. Chairman Brian Nystrom called roll. He said that Andrew Hebert and Kevin Parker had resigned from the board. Members present at the meeting included: Don Archer, Jacob Bassing, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, Vickie Czlapinski, April Delores, Eyvonne Gunn, Michael Head, John Hinze, Danny Kirkpatrick, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Wes McAfee, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Billy Tucker, Don Turnage, and Virginia Yazzie. Members absent were: Nathan Britton, Dennis Harris, Alan McAlister, Luke Miller, Cathy Pennington, and Lou Ellen Wilson. Jared Bridge moved to approve the excused absences listed. Garland Moore seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. There was a quorum present. Chairman Nystrom led in song and read from John 18: New Business: With the resignation of Kevin Parker from the board, Vice- Chairman Kevin Nystrom had become chairman. He entertained a motion for vice-chairman. April Delores nominated Charles Lord. Garland Moore seconded. Beau Lamb moved that nominations cease. Wes McAfee seconded. Both motions were unanimously approved. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented his report. He asked for prayer for Cathy Pennington who was undergoing cancer treatments. He said that the convention would continue to experience flux in the coming months as the result of vacancies on the staff. Rick Sullivan was serving as interim evangelism director. He expressed appreciation to John Loudat for his 37

39 service as editor of the Baptist New Mexican. John would be retiring the end of the month after 22 years of service. Dr. Kevin Parker was to be presented in the evening session as the Director of Media Services. He reminded the board that the BCNM had gradually been assuming funding for individuals formerly totally funded by the North American Mission Board. He also reminded the board of how the convention had been dividing their end of year receipts with the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. He encouraged churches that had decreased their percentage giving to the Cooperative Program to increase it again. He said there were 57 students that would be serving as summer missionaries to the nations because of Mission New Mexico giving. He said there would be significant changes in the 2016 State Evangelism Conference and there would be one conference instead of three. The date would be Feb. 29-March 2 at Sagebrush Church in Albuquerque and the theme would be One Focus! One Family! One Faith! He congratulated staff celebrating anniversaries and recommended the books, A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture by David Platt and Stand Out by Marcus Buckingham. Matt Sellers moved to approve the report. Billy Tucker seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. Michael Head led in prayer and the meeting adjourned at 12:09 p.m. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Nystrom called the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m. and called roll. The same members were present with the addition of Luke Miller. Guests present: Kevin and Susan Parker and Kaul Corley and his wife from Laguna Acoma. Approval of Minutes: Jared Bridge moved to accept the January minutes, Beau Lamb seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Children s Home: Wes McAfee presented the report in the absence of Randy Rankin. He showed a picture of Kasha in her Maypole dress. He then told the story of Kasha s time at the Home. She would graduate from high school the following month. He said that Randy was attending the annual meeting of Southern Baptist Childcare Executive s meeting and would be installed as their president. Jared Bridge led in prayer for the home. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: None 38

40 SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance Committee: Vice-Chairman Charles Lord chaired while Brian Nystrom presented the report. He said that if Cooperative Program receipts continued at the same pace for the month, books should close at 100 percent of budget for the year. He said the sale of the property at Glorieta had been completed and the proceeds would be split between Inlow and Sivells. He said there had been $177,000 given toward Inlow Camp for the year which included proceeds from the Glorieta sale, special giving, 2014 Mission New Mexico funds and some of the 2014 budget overage. He said there had been $117,000 plus given for Sivells Camp the same way. Jared Bridge moved to accept the report, seconded, carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Committee: Jonathan Richard presented the report. He said that their committee had voted unanimously to present Dr. Kevin Parker for the position of Media Services Director. He asked if there were any questions for Dr. Parker and then asked them to be excused while the board discussed the vote. Dr. Parker was approved unanimously. He then brought a recommendation for changes to the Definition Section of the Personnel Section of the Policy Manual (included in the permanent file.) Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Jared Bridge presented the report in the absence of Chairman Nathan Britton who was in Israel. He said they discussed collegiate ministry and summer missions. Two teams would be traveling the state during the summer. He said they were looking for a collegiate minister for the Christian Challenge in Farmington and led in prayer for the position. He said that Rick Sullivan was doing a great job as the interim director and had been traveling the state with James Walker. He asked Krista Peterson to share about Team West. He said there would be a Transform Conference for small group and Sunday School training on August 8 at Hoffmantown. Those interested could register through LifeWay. Luis Rios led in prayer for the team. John Loudat shared some personal comments about the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. He said that 1,000 Points of Light would be necessary to help established churches like Hachita survive. He also shared events that led to his retirement. There was a 10-minute break. Information Services Team: Pam Mayes presented the report. She said that everything the other teams were involved in also involved the IST through 39

41 promoting and reporting. Brian White had uploaded all of the messages from the Evangelism Conference to YouTube. The team had also spent time updating the website in response to suggestions made. There had been a Church Resource page added to help churches promote extra resources they had or resources needed. James Trevillian gave a demonstration of the website. Don Archer led in prayer for the team. Kerry Chadwick shared about the Advancing the Kingdom Objective 100 indigenous leaders being raised up and trained. He said his doctorate was in mentorship and read John 13:34 about becoming involved in individual s lives. He said everyone needs a mentor and needs to be mentoring someone else. Leadership/Development Team: Billy Tucker presented the report. He said that they discussed Dr. Bunce s report and the Evangelism Conference. Lamar Morin told about Transitional Pastoral Ministries and how it was more than just an interim pastorate. There were 12 camps scheduled for the summer, including music camps that were bringing future music leaders together. He said that every weekend at Sivells had been booked as well as six of the nine weeks available in the summer. Both camps had needs for summer staff. More than a quarter of a million dollars had been resourced to the camps since they merged into the convention corporation. Beau Lamb led in prayer for the team. Missions Mobilization Team: John Hinze presented the report. He said that there was an error made in the Harrison Trust Fund amount approved at the January meeting for Thoreau. They had requested $2,000 and $200 was approved. He brought a recommendation from their committee increase the amount given by $1,800. Carried unanimously. He brought a recommendation to approve Harrison Trust Funds for Indian Camp for Laguna Acoma, $1,250; Dulce, $850; and Mescalero, $1,250. Carried unanimously. He said that Espanola First Indian was approved for $500 of Harrison Trust Funds for Indian Camp in January contingent upon BCNM receiving a minimum of $250 through the Cooperative Program by this meeting. To date they had not contributed. They were still trying to contact them and a letter was sent stating the approval and contingency. They brought a recommendation to extend the contingency to June 1 to allow kids from that church an opportunity to attend the camp. They had a new interim pastor after being pastorless for several years. Carried unanimously. He reported that Glenwood had been granted Church Pastoral Aid for Wayne Nelson in the amount of $250 per month effective April-December Mission New Mexico videos were being produced and he recommended they be shown in churches across the state. He asked Ricardo Rivera to share how money received in 2014 was used. Ricardo said that they had invited 20 Hispanic churches to participate in evangelistic simultaneous revivals. Fourteen of those churches had reported that there were 230 lost Hispanics that attended the events, 31 were saved, 11 were baptized and 40

42 35 rededicated their lives to the Lord. Danny Kirkpatrick led in prayer for the team. Old Business: None New Business: None Board Time with Dr. Bunce: Dr. Bunce said that since the beginning of the partnership, 536 houses had been built in Kenya through Houses of Hope. There was also money for another 33. There were also over 24,000 people who had received Christ through the impact of Houses of Hope. He said there were currently two vacant one year terms on the board and asked for direction from the board as to filling them. To fill them mid-term would mean those elected would only be allowed to serve a maximum of 4.5 years on the board. If they were left vacant for the remaining two meetings, those elected would have the potential to serve a total of six years. The board agreed by general consensus to leave the vacancies for the remainder of the year. After sharing several prayer requests, the board stood, held hands and prayed for each and every request. Jared Bridge moved to adjourn. Matt Sellers seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building July 20, 2015 Chairman Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 11:07 a.m. Chairman Brian Nystrom called roll. Members present at the meeting included: Don Archer, Abelardo Bolanos, Jared Bridge, Vickie Czlapinski, April Delores, Dennis Harris, Michael Head, John Hinze, Danny Kirkpatrick, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Pam Mayes, Wes McAfee, Alan McAlister, Garland Moore, Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips, Matt Sellers, Don Turnage, and Virginia Yazzie. Members whose absence was excused: Luke Miller, Luis Rios, and Billy Tucker. Jacob Bassing and Eyvonne Gunn were on vacation so their absences were not excused. Nathan Britton, Cathy Pennington and Lou Ellen Wilson had resigned from the board. There was a quorum present. Chairman Nystrom led in song and read from Deuteronomy 7:

43 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented his report. He said that due to his wife s recent illness, he did not have a printed report. He said she was doing much better. He thanked everyone for their support of the Cooperative Program. He said that giving through the Cooperative Program was up significantly from the previous year. It was currently $58,000 behind budget for the month, but he was praying God would provide it. Giving was $138,000 behind budget for the year, but was still stronger than the previous year. Mission New Mexico offerings were at $89,235 to date, up from $59,010 in the same period in the previous year. Dr. Bunce shared about the tragedy that had happened to Manager Kerry Chadwick at Inlow earlier in the summer. Camps had continued to take place, however, and wonderful things had happened at each camp. The Sivells and Inlow camp staffs had also come together when the Sivells staff came to Inlow to work for a week that they had no camp. He said he and Lamar had tag teamed as the manager for the summer and Mr. Farley had taken care of the unimaginable pile of paper work that took place. Camp attendance was up for every camp although he had shut down the zip lines at both camps. Many repairs and upgrades had been done at Inlow throughout the summer including new sidewalks from the gym to the dining hall and new steps and decking around Elliott Lodge. He said there was also about $175,000 in repairs that needed to be done at Sivells. He recommended the book, Pray Like It Matters by Dr. Steve Gaines. Matt Sellers led in prayer for the Bunces and the BCNM staff. John Hinze moved to approve the report. Wes McAfee seconded. Carried unanimously. Don Turnage led in prayer and the meeting adjourned at 12:12 p.m. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Nystrom called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m. and called roll. The same members were present. Approval of Minutes: Dennis Harris moved to accept the April minutes, Jared Bridge seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Auditor s Report: Auditor Nick Loftis of the Loftis Group presented a report. He said there were six more adjusting entries in the 2014 audit over the 2013 audit, but the BCNM still received an unmodified or unqualified audit, which is the highest level of assurance. Total assets were almost $8.9 million. Beau Lamb moved to accept the report. April Delores seconded. Carried unanimously. 42

44 Children s Home: Randy Rankin presented the report. He told about Kasha and the scholarships she had been awarded for college, 10 in total. She would begin Eastern New Mexico University in the fall. He said they, along with Portales First and a group from Texas, had sponsored a Sport s Camp the first week of summer break. The next week they had a group of 165 volunteers with Christian Builders on campus. There were currently 20 kids in care and more and more of them were staying longer. With the help of Mission New Mexico money, the volunteers were helping high school graduates learn to function in life by working on an Independent Living Building. The volunteers had also painted the gym and every child s bedroom. Danny Kirkpatrick led in prayer for the Home. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: None REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Jared Bridge presented the report and was serving as the new chairman of the team. He said that his church had one of the BSU mission teams the previous week and told about several things they did. He said that Rick Sullivan had been doing a great job as interim director. August 8 would be a Transform Conference at Albuquerque Hoffmantown for Sunday School and Small Group training. The National Sunday School Director s Training would be in Carlsbad October 3. He asked for prayer for the interim director of the team and the team during the interim. Pam Mayes led in prayer for the team. Information Services Team: Pam Mayes presented the report. She said the IST was seeking ways to not only find out information, but how to communicate how things make a difference by using traditional and emerging means of communication. They were looking for roving reporters to help tell the story. Editor Parker had begun a Tech Talk and Editor s Take in the paper. She brought a recommendation that John Loudat be listed along with J.B. Fowler as Editor Emeriti. Carried unanimously. Joe Phillips led in prayer for the team. Leadership/Development Team: Matt Sellers presented the report in the absence of Chairman Billy Tucker. He said that the three Lives Ablaze camps had 40 decisions, 12 for the first time. He said the offerings taken at the Lives Ablaze Camps were given to the Kerry Chadwick Memorial Camp Scholarship Fund. They raised $4,400. All camps were up in attendance with Children s Music Camp and Worship4Life camps showing a percent increase. The NM Singing Churchmen were preparing to record a CD in hopes of having it available at the state convention. All proceeds from the CD would go to camp scholarships and mission trips. Alan McAlister led in prayer for the team. 43

45 Missions Mobilization Team: John Hinze presented the report. He brought a recommendation that Harrison Trust Funds be awarded to Lauren Deneclaw for $3,000 and Jessie Tafoya for $1,000. Carried unanimously. He said they approved Pastoral Aid to Murrell Howell from Eagle Nest for $250 per month. He asked for prayer for the team in Hispanic work, Native American work, and the Cowboy Church work. They were also trying to develop application guidelines for their scholarships. Vicki Czlapinski led in prayer for the team. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance Committee: Vice-Chairman Charles Lord chaired while Brian Nystrom presented the report. He brought a recommendation to spend $175,000-$200,000 in capital improvements at the camps. There were two major items that needed attention at Sivells. One was where multiple buildings had come together to form the dining hall, which had several leaks in the roof and the other was redoing the septic system. Carried unanimously. He also recommended $9,000 in water repair at the BSU in Silver City. Carried unanimously. Policy/Personnel Committee: Jonathan Richard presented the report. He simply commended the staff on their hard work through the summer. There was a 10-minute break. Old Business: None New Business: None Board Time with Dr. Bunce: Dr. Bunce spent the time sharing Baptist history and its future from his perspective. The meeting was adjourned in prayer at 8:30 p.m. Minutes of the State Executive Board The Baptist Convention of New Mexico Plenary Session I Baptist Building September 14, 2015 Chairman Brian Nystrom called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m. Chairman Brian Nystrom called roll. Members present at the meeting included: Don Archer, Jared Bridge, April Delores, Eyvonne Gunn, Dennis Harris, 44

46 Michael Head, Danny Kirkpatrick, Beau Lamb, Charles Lord, Wes McAfee, Alan McAlister, Luke Miller, Brian Nystrom, Joe Phillips, Luis Rios, Matt Sellers, Don Turnage, and Virginia Yazzie. Members whose absence was excused: Abelardo Bolanos, Vickie Czlapinski, John Hinze, Pam Mayes, Garland Moore, and Billy Tucker. There was a quorum present. Chairman Nystrom led in song and read from Exodus 29:46. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT: Dr. Joseph Bunce presented his report. He said there were copies of the book, Pray Like It Matters available at the back of the room. He said that the convention was re-aligning its work to support the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives and there had been significant work done toward them. He pointed out all of the congregations that had been planted since He gave the board a report from his sabbatical and thanked them for the opportunity. He also said that Sharon was doing much better. He said the proposed 2016 budget would be presented in the evening session and reminded the board that the convention would never spend more than it received. It included a one percent increase to Cooperative Program missions outside of New Mexico and he expressed a goal to continue to increase it in the years to come. He encouraged everyone to attend the Annual State Convention in Ruidoso October He gave seven suggestions for reaching your community and congratulated staff who were celebrating anniversaries. He also recommended the book, Can These Bones Live: A Practical Guide to Church Revitalization by William Henard. He asked for prayer for the persons who would manage Inlow Camp and lead the Evangelism Discipleship Team as well as Toni Kelley who had been hired as the new ministry assistant in the business office to replace Carolyn Starks who would retire in November. Beau Lamb moved to approve the report. April Delores seconded. Carried unanimously. April Delores led in prayer and the meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. Plenary Session II Baptist Building Chairman Nystrom called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. and called roll. The same members were present with the addition of Garland Moore. Guests present included Julie Bassing and Margene Harris. Approval of Minutes: Dennis Harris moved to accept the July minutes, Joe Phillips seconded. There was no discussion. Carried unanimously. Old Business: None 45

47 REPORTS OF CONVENTION ENTITIES Children s Home: Randy Rankin presented the report. He said that summers were always very busy at the Home. He said that the two young people who graduated from high school in May were Kasha who was attending ENMU and Blake who was attending a welding program in Arizona. They were doing well. Kasha was working as the secretary at the BSU. Kate, who graduated the previous year, was still attending Oregon State. The kids had worked hard for County Fair and had done well. They were hoping the new transitional living building would be open by January. They had 20 in placement. He brought a recommendation of Jay McCollum to serve a three year on their board. He also said that Lora Harlan had filled a two year term. Beau Lamb moved to accept the recommendation. Danny Kirkpatrick seconded. Carried unanimously. There were three other terms yet to be filled that would be voted on by ballot before the convention. Joe Phillips led in prayer for the Home. Foundation/Church Finance Corporation: Micheal Summers, the new Vice- President, brought the report. He said he began September 1 and would be taking the place that retiring Dayton King would vacate. He would be working with funding Kingdom work. Total assets under management were $53,359,027 as of June 30. Total loans were at $40,701,546. They had 1,054 accounts. There was $678,431 in distributions that included the camps, children s ministries and missions to name a few. Garland Moore moved to accept the report. Don Archer seconded. Carried unanimously. REPORTS OF BCNM TEAMS Evangelism/Discipleship Team: Jared Bridge presented the report. He had spent time at the New Mexico State Fair during the afternoon. He said they were putting together a training video to enable them to train more volunteers for the fair. There were move volunteers involved during the current fair and they had shared the gospel with more fair goers than ever. He said that Rick Sullivan was doing a great job as the interim director and led in prayer for a new person to lead the team. They had 259 attend the Transform Conference. Virginia Yazzie led in prayer for the team. Information Services Team: Jacob Bassing presented the report. He said that they had talked a lot in their committee meeting about the future of the team, especially the Baptist New Mexican. They also talked about developing a storyteller format reaching throughout the state. Michael Head led in prayer for the team. 46

48 Leadership/Development Team: Matt Sellers presented the report. He said that Women of Worship would be meeting soon and had two concerts scheduled the next year. The Singing Churchmen were working on a recording that was to be done by the Convention. He said that Inlow had completed a successful summer camping season as had Sivells. He said that Sivells had many projects that needed attention. They had a water leak they had not been able to locate, but hoped to soon. Tar Henderson had led Boy s Camp and did a great job. He said they were looking at doing a three-day family camp August 4-6, The Lives Ablaze Student Conference saw 26 salvations, five who surrendered to full-time ministry and 22 who renewed their faith. He asked Sam to share a story about one of the salvations at the conference. Luis Rios led in prayer for the team. There was a 10-minute break. Missions Mobilization Team: Beau Lamb presented the report. He shared a flyer advertising the Missions Celebration October 19 in Ruidoso as well as some magnets that said, Praying for India. He said there was a mission team headed to India later in the week. He said they had approved Pastoral Aid for Robert Fontenot of Gallup First Indian. They were also re-doing the application for Harrison Trust Funds. He said they hoped to plant at least nine new congregations the next year and shared some statistics from current plants. Luke Miller led in prayer for the team. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Property/Finance Committee: Vice-Chairman Charles Lord chaired while Brian Nystrom presented the report. He said they had approved $25,000 from the Operational Reserve fund for repairs on BSU buildings. He then presented a snapshot of the 2016 proposed budget and made a recommendation for its approval. The motion approved unanimously. Policy/Personnel Committee: Jonathan Richard presented the report. He asked for prayer for their committee as they worked toward hiring a new manager at Inlow. He asked Don Archer to lead in prayer for the venture. Election of Officers: Charles Lord chaired while nominations were received for chairman. Garland Moore nominated Beau Lamb. Jared Bridge nominated Brian Nystrom for another term as chairman. Garland Moore withdrew his nomination of Beau Lamb because he didn t realize Brian was eligible for another term. Beau agreed to remove his name. April moved that nominations cease. The motion carried unanimously and Brian Nystrom was unanimously elected. Brian Nystrom resumed the chair and asked for nominations for vice-chairman. April Delores nominated Charles Lord to serve 47

49 another term as vice-chairman. Garland Moore moved that nominations cease. Michael Head seconded. The motion carried unanimously and Charles Lord was unanimously elected. Board Time with Dr. Bunce: Dr. Bunce spent the time sharing about the vitality of the Mission New Mexico Offering. The meeting was adjourned in prayer at 7:33 p.m. with prayer by Matt Sellers. 48

50 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT Dr. Joseph L. Bunce Remember that the Baptist Convention of New Mexico staff is here to serve the local church. It is our goal to resource the local church. I am keenly aware that the Convention is here to serve the church, not that the church is here to serve the Convention. We are re-aligning our Convention s work around the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives to assist the local church in carrying out the Great Commission. This means, in the years to come, we will continue to realign budgets, personnel and BCNM focus to achieve these objectives. I pray these objectives also become the passion of our churches. We are seeing some significant progress in all of these areas. Advancing the Kingdom 1 One focus as a convention. A disciplemaking church for every person 10 Ten percent of New Mexicans in a BCNM congregation. 100 One Hundred indigenous leaders being raised up and mentored annually. 1,000 One Thousand points of light, churches and church starts, spread across New Mexico. 1,000,000 Sharing the Gospel with One Million unreached Hispanics through disciple-based evangelism strategies. Church Plants and Newly Affiliated Churches: A disciplemaking church for every person is the focus of our convention. I want to encourage you to note that we are planting new congregations as well as seeing existing congregations move to a disciplemaking focus. Below you will see a snapshot of our new affiliating churches and church planting efforts Eagle Nest Columbus Albq. Deaf LifePoint Pecos Valley Cowboy *Ekkelesia Nuevo Canto Anchor Templo Unidos en Cristo Rock Springs *Providence Bible Way Open Arms *Siloe Paragon Esperanza Cerrillos Nueva Vida *Revelation The Porch God s House La Compasion Eunice Hispana One Tree Cowboy *Churches with an asterisk no longer exist or are no longer affiliated with our Convention. 49

51 Church Revitalization: I have talked to several pastors who have embraced discipleship as the central focus in the churches they serve. There is an expectation that God is doing a wonderful new work in many of our churches. The verdict is still out as far as the number of baptisms for Several pastors have shared with me that their baptism numbers are up. Listed below you will see a snapshot of our baptisms from Baptisms 2,670 2,723 2,676 2,463 2,698 Sabbatical Report: I would like to express my appreciation to our Policy/Personnel Committee for allowing me the month of August as a sabbatical to recharge and refresh. Thank you for allowing me days to spend quality time to focus on helping Sharon to recover after surgeries. During my time away, I was able to spend large amounts of time studying the writings of Paul, creating a set of notes and cross references on the themes that are woven throughout his letters. I cannot describe what a blessing it was to unplug and not have to respond to s. Stepping off the grid was fantastic. I was also able to develop a schedule of aerobics and weight training again that has been very rewarding. Thank you for your prayers, support and encouragement. I am happy to say that I feel absolutely refreshed, in fact like a new person, and look forward to many years together as we seek to find and do the will of God as a convention. The words mission accomplished best describe the results from time away. Thank you Lamar, Gerald, Nancy and all the BCNM staff, because I know you had to pickup extra slack in my absence. Proposed Budget and Stewardship: I want to remind you that we have a very clear commitment to not spend more than we take in as a State Convention. Over these past few years of budget tightening, we have reduced the number of BCNM personal substantially along with realigning our expenditures to achieve maximum impact of mission dollars. You will notice in the budget proposal that there is a one percent suggested increase in the Cooperative Program going outside of New Mexico. It is my goal that each year of the next decade, we continue to increase CP allocations to undergird International missions. As all of you are aware, there has been much discussion, and I hope an abundance of prayer, for Dr. David Platt, the trustees and the missionaries of the International Mission Board regarding the drawdown of the number of missionaries oversees because of funding shortages. In every organization, it is incumbent upon the leader to make hard decisions. No organization can be sustained if spending exceeds revenues. I want to challenge New Mexico Baptists to be more passionate than ever in the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. From October 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014, the 50

52 churches of the BCNM gave $968, to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. From October 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015 that amount has increased to $1,071, I pray we will see all our churches become passionate, innovative and sacrificially motivated to increase our Lottie Moon Offering. I want to thank New Mexico Baptists for their generosity on behalf of our International missionaries. I remember asking our convention to reach the million dollar mark in the Lottie Moon Offering. I pray that now we will strive to reach the million and a half dollar annual amount given in the coming days. The theme for the 2016 New Mexico Evangelism Conference will be One Focus - One Family - One Faith. We have an outstanding group of speakers and breakout conference leaders lined up to equip us, challenge us and unite us in the efforts of being a disciplemaking convention of churches. The dates are February 29-March 2, 2016 and we will be meeting at Sagebrush Community Church, 6440 Coors Blvd. NW, Albuquerque. Each session of the conference will be focusing on one of the Advancing the Kingdom objectives. Seven Suggestions for Reaching your Community: 1. Focus on solid Biblical sermons and teaching. Exposition with narrative and application intensive preaching is greatly needed today. 2. Embrace the fact that the church will never be any more evangelistic or disciplemaking focused than the pastor. 3. Churches must free their pastors from being caretakers to being risk takers in an all out assault on lostness in our communities, state and world. 4. Commit to a systematic plan of teaching stewardship in your church as part of discipleship. Today it is said that the average member of evangelical churches in America are giving less than three percent of their incomes to kingdom causes. 5. Be cautious about getting sidetracked on secondary and nonessential issues. 6. Your church leadership should reflect the community. If we intent to reach ethnics in our community, we must include ethnics in church leadership. 7. Develop a plan to capture the harvest that God brings to your church. Have clear unapologetic expectations for those who are members and those who seek to unite with your church family. People rise to the level of expectation that they are called to. EVANGELISM/DISCIPLESHIP TEAM Rick, Sullivan, Interim Director We have been blessed with many opportunities to partner with churches and associations this year. Thank you for the many opportunities to serve alongside you. We are looking forward to the future as we reach New Mexico with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Tracts and Resources 51

53 There have been numerous churches, individuals and BSUs that have utilized the resources that we have to offer here at the Baptist Building. Please consider taking the time to find out what resources we have available to you. There are tracts, DVDs, Bibles, New Testaments and Bible studies, all of which we have in both English and Spanish as well as some items geared for children. We would love to help you and your church reach your community by assisting you with resources. Diaper Changing and Nursing Moms Booth Several different churches utilized the Diaper Changing/Nursing Moms Booth this year for outreach events in their communities. The Native American Partnership was able to secure space at the Gathering of Nations POWOW in April and offered the Diaper Changing/Nursing Mom booth to hundreds of attendees as well as handed out hundreds of tracts. We were able to set up two booths during the New Mexico State Fair again this year. Tens of thousands of people pass through these booths during the 10 day fair and are ministered to by over 100 volunteers that give of their time to touch a life. This year there were volunteers who came from as far away as Silver City and Clovis to serve in the booths. Sports Trailer The Sport s Trailer was utilized several times for outreach events by churches across the state. This trailer is similar to the Block Party Trailers that are available through your association. Just call the EDT office to reserve the trailer for your next outreach event. Evangelism Conferences The purpose of the Evangelism Conference is to equip, encourage, and inspire New Mexico Baptists from across our state in the work of evangelism and discipleship. The Native American Evangelism Conference was held at Eastern Hills Baptist Church February 28, the Hispanic Evangelism Conference was held at Del Norte Baptist Church, March 1st and 2 nd, the State Evangelism Conference was held at Hoffmantown, March 2nd and 3 rd and the Senior Adult Evangelism Conference was held at Hoffmantown March 4th. Thank you for your prayers and support through the Cooperative Program that makes all of this possible. The following is a brief recap of all four conferences, keep in mind that the untimely blizzard of 2015 hit New Mexico beginning on February 27. The Native American Evangelism Conference had 49 people in attendance. There were two breakouts, with 17 people in attendance. People braved the snow to travel from Farmington to make it in time for lunch. The Hispanic Evangelism Conference had 123 people register. The snow kept 52

54 some away, but it also kept two guest speakers away. There were two breakouts with 76 in attendance. The State Evangelism Conference had 548 people registered. We offered 10 different breakout sessions with 238 in attendance. There were 92 people who attended the Q&A lunch panel. The Senior Adult Evangelism Conference had 143 in attendance for the banquet. James Walker Consulting Our partnership with James Walker and Watchman Fellowship has been very fruitful over the past couple of years. James Walker was at the Annual State Convention last year in Deming as well as the State Evangelism Conference and made numerous personal contacts with people from across the state. Several packages of information or resource materials have gone out from the Watchman office to churches across New Mexico. Over 100 phone calls, s, text, and other correspondences have occurred with James and the Watchman staff. We have a total of 744 New Mexico households currently receiving Watchman Fellowship Profiles and Newsletters. Digital Profile Notebooks have been downloaded by 116 pastors and other staff members of New Mexico Baptist churches. Between April and May, James Walker and Rick Sullivan traveled across the state to 23 locations to present the 4Views Training. There were 1,609 in attendance at these events. Our office knows of at least two people who made professions of faith at these events. While our consulting partnership will officially end this year with Watchman Fellowship, we encourage associations, churches and individuals to continue to reach out to James Walker and the Watchman Fellowship staff for any interfaith evangelism needs that you may have in the future. Team West New Mexico had five people attend the Team West Discipleship training in Anchorage, Alaska in February. These people are available to come to your church and/or association and assist with any discipleship training that you have. You can call the Evangelism/Discipleship office for more information. National Sunday School Director s Seminar The BCNM partnered with LifeWay to host this training in February. It was held at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Albuquerque with 75 in attendance. There was also another seminar at First Baptist Church, Carlsbad on October 3 rd, but numbers were not available at the time of printing of this book. Transform LifeWay brought leaders from across the United States to Albuquerque on August 8 th to equip Bible study teachers on ways to transform their classes in order to transform the lives of their class members. Hoffmantown Church 53

55 hosted the one day event and there were 259 in attendance from across the state. CD of the Month The CD of the Month is available for every New Mexico Baptist, especially pastors and staff members. These are mailed out as well as available on our web site This is an excellent evangelism motivational tool. Rick Sullivan Rick became the interim director of the Evangelism/Discipleship Team on March 1 st. Since that time he has traveled the state with James Walker on the 4Views Training conferences, has been a supply preacher at several churches and will be representing the BCNM at several associational meetings. One Focus ~ One Family ~ One Faith From February 29 th through March 2 nd all New Mexico Baptists are encouraged to come together under one roof for the New Mexico Evangelism Conference. We will be meeting at Sagebrush Community Church in Albuquerque on these days to celebrate New Mexico Baptists as One Focus ~ One Family ~ One Faith. Please put these dates on your calendar NOW so that you don t miss out. Our very own New Mexico Singing Churchmen will be presenting a concert during the conference. Begin PRAYING now for the conference speakers as they prepare to join us and challenge us to become a stronger disciplemaking people. There will be something for everyone. You DO NOT want to miss this evangelism conference. BSU Christian Challenge Local Campus Ministry Reports STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINES David Englehart, State Collegiate Director WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Steve Timmons, Director The summer of 2014, we had a student from Brazil who attended WNMU. Then she transferred to a school in another state. She came to visit us in July before returning home to Brazil for good. She is a believer and her parents are now church planters in Brazil. She told us we were a great encouragement for her during her time her. Getting to influence with students from all over the world is amazing part of our ministry. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, David Englehart, Director Summer 2015 was a fruitful summer in some refreshing ways. We have gathered the names of over 200 incoming freshmen who have indicated interest in Challenge NMSU. Already, we ve had some favorable interactions with many of them as the fall semester has begun. Our leadership team has been industrious in seeking out the new students and encouraging them to plug in with us. As you 54

56 read this, these students will have been on campus for about a month. Please pray that the Lord will give us favor and that these freshmen will become invested in Christian Challenge and the local church. Also, please pray for our returning summer missionaries. Thirty-two Aggies served overseas and stateside this summer. There can be some tough transitions sometimes as they return to the rigors of academia and campus ministry. Pray that we will give them the support and encouragement they need. EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Dag Sewell, Director On July 30, a young reporter from the Portales News Tribune told me they were doing a weekly article on religious leaders in our area and asked if she could ask me a few questions. She said it would take 20 minutes, and I said that would be fine. As she interviewed me and afterward, I asked her, from her perspective in the information industry, what she thought was the distinctive essence of Christianity. She said it was the belief in a God and the effort to live according to a set of rules. I asked her if I could share with her how I would answer that question, and she said that I could, so I shared the gospel with her. As we continued to talk, it became clear that she believed all religions were essentially the same, and that she felt that as long as you were sincere, it didn t matter which one you followed. I also asked since she was a journalist, if she had ever read Lee Strobel. When she said that she had not, I talked with her about Lee s story and Case for Christ. After our visit, I asked if she would read Case for Christ if I gave her a copy, and she said that she would. Her article was in the next day s paper and I ed her and told her I enjoyed the interview and that I thought it would good for everyone to answer those questions for the sake of reflection. I noticed she has ed me back, so the conversation continues. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, Bobby Erickson, Director Each year we have a table for the BSU Christian Challenge at each of the weekly New Student Orientation Information Fairs. In years past, we would do well to have two or tjree students come by the table each week, with a total of about students for the summer. This year, for some reason, we have averaged about 12 students each week and at the end of July we had a total of 96 interested incoming freshmen! We are excited about what that might mean for the fall semester! NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY, Jesse Boggs, Director At our beginning of the year kick-off event, we met a Chinese student named Tao Guang. He has recently started his graduate work here and was very happy to be at our event. As we were able to talk with him, he was very interested in talking about religious things, even though he thinks that he does not personally need to rely on anything except himself. We were able to order a Bible for him in Chinese and he is interested in reading through the Bible with us. Tao Guang is one example of several Chinese students we hope to begin a discovery Bible 55

57 study with. INFORMATION SERVICES TEAM Kevin Parker, Team Leader Our Mission With the BCNM s Advancing the Kingdom Objective on our hearts, our Information Services Team (IST) focuses on inspiring and motivating New Mexico Baptists, using traditional and emerging media and technology, to engage in Great Commission ministry through their local churches. Our Metric We ll accomplish our goal when reader/follower/user feedback indicates that we ve moved beyond telling stories and providing information and have become catalysts for ministry that wins people to Christ and builds kingdom-focused disciples. Media Services Director Dr. Kevin Parker During the past quarter, we ve collected all the Information Services Team under the same umbrella. We ve already begun coordinating the various pieces, looking forward to greater impact for God s Kingdom. Here s some of what I ve been up to since mid May. Please let me know how I can help your church with our media experience and knowledge. Contact me at kparker@bcnm.com, or Recent Activities I ve continued to cast the vision of a service team that strengthens churches by telling stories that inspire and motivate church members to engage in practical Great Commission ministry. I have continued visiting churches in Albuquerque (as part of our search for a church home) and in other cities: Portales, Farmington and Cloudcroft. I promoted, attended, and photographed the Transform Conference. I prepared a 2016 budget involving proposed changes to the BNM and our electronic distribution of news. I continued to pray for and encourage local church pastors. I preached at First Baptist Church of Farmington. I have begun developing our network of storytellers around the state. We continued with the Baptist Press Digest in the BNM. We completed a successful summer internship with Jonathan Poiles. We hired a new proofreader, Myriam Vest. We prepared and published the Mission New Mexico Offering edition of the Baptist New Mexican, including a pull-out center poster. We have integrated camp website materials into the main BCNM website. 56

58 We have made numerous improvements and adjustments to the BCNM website. Projects-in-Progress We are preparing to support and report on the BCNM s annual meeting. We are researching technologies to enhance the conventions digital presence and news distribution. We are still working on the launch of TechTalk. We are continue to strategize how to increase circulation, readership and following among New Mexico Baptists. We are evaluating frequency, format, design, and circulation of BNM in light of our Media Services vision. Our aim is to connect our various media components into one cohesive team to accomplish our mission and advance the BCNM s Advancing the Kingdom objectives. Baptist New Mexican/Print Services Linda Prescott and Joy Pittman Please contact the BNM office any time we can help you with circulation of your church newsletter or providing the BNM to your church members. Contact us through Joy Pittman at Circulation August 28, 2015 Current Previous Regulars 7,475 7,500 Decrease of 25 Bundled Papers Individuals Increase of 7 Gift Subscriptions Complimentary e-edition Only PDF Edition Only (International missionaries) PDF Edition Only 2 2 (paid subscribers) Total Circulation 8,654 8,672 Decrease of 18 Log-In Accounts for the e-edition remained the same Page 8 Customized BNM Issues Every Week Eastern Hills, Albuquerque First, Artesia First, Bloomfield Sandia, Albuquerque Twice a Month First, Belen Every Month Bethel, Alamogordo 57

59 Calvary, Portales Eastern/Tucumcari Association First, Aztec First, Clovis First, Hobbs Jackson Avenue, Lovington Midway, Dexter Every Quarter Southwestern Association BCNM Social Media and Website Highlights - James Trevillian Feel free to contact James with any social media and website needs you may have. Thank you for your support! jtrevillian@bcnm.com Social Media Our Facebook page currently has 1,131 likes (as of August 24). We have 78 followers on Twitter (as of August 24). We prepared to get word out about the Mission New Mexico Offering throughout September and October. We will also promoted the BCNM State Convention. Our most popular posts included: an announcement and link to the Baptist New Mexican regarding the explosive device at Calvary Baptist in Las Cruces; photos from Worship4Life and Boy s Camp; an advertisement for the Transform Conference, and a video promoting Life Books for BCNM student ministries to use during the week of See You at the Pole. Website The old website calendar has been replaced with a new calendar module. This calendar adds several features we were missing and is far more user friendly. A past update to the site caused an issue with our ability to update the Church Locator. This has been fixed. Please contact us if you see church information that is out of date. We created a page for the Mission New Mexico Offering. This page contains all of our promotional content in one place. This includes a graph of the offering designations, a giving to date graph, sermon outlines and lessons, graphics, videos, and stories of what the Mission New Mexico Offering has accomplished in the last year. Other Activities: I worked at the Lives Ablaze Student Conference in September and will be working at the State Convention in October. 58

60 Audio, Visual, and Technical Services Brian White It is the mission of this ministry to assist all the teams and other ministries of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico in Advancing the Kingdom by helping to communicate, through promotion and documentation of their events and presentations, using electronic media. Here are the efforts of this ministry since the July 2015 Executive Board meeting. It is a pleasure to serve you. Mission New Mexico The production of the promotional materials was completed August 17th. Those materials included: eight videos for the English DVD (The Deaf Ministry and Hispanic Ministry contained English subtitles) which also included a video file as DATA on the disc, seven videos for the Spanish DVD (six of which were the English videos re-voiced in Spanish) including a video file as DATA on the Disc, a Data CD (which contained stories about Mission NM, graphics, sermon ideas, skits, pictures and Bible Studies), two posters (English and Spanish) and a giving envelope. The Data CD was produced so churches could produce their own promotional materials as they like. These materials were mailed out later that week to arrive at churches and association in time for the September and October Mission New Mexico emphasis. Ongoing and New Efforts State Convention Videos I built three videos to be aired during the Mission s Celebration and the State Convention. Those videos will highlight, Points of Light, Inlow and Sivells Camps and the BSU Christian Challenges. State Convention A/V Preparation This included the A/V for the Mission s Celebration, Pastor s and Laymen s Conference and the State Convention. State Convention Speaker Documentation All the speakers will be recorded for placement on our YouTube and Vimeo channels for viewing after the convention. CD of the Month Dr. Bunce is filling in as the host of the CD until the Evangelism team leader position is filled. Statewide BSU Inventory Photographing BSU inventories for insurance purposes. Have all BSU s except Highlands. Disaster Relief State Emergency Managers Video (Still on the Radar) Produce a Who and What is Disaster Relief video for all the State Emergency Managers across New Mexico. This product will be produced as a DVD. 59

61 State Fair Booth Interviews and Promotion Videotape testimonies of those who have used the booth for next year s recruitment. Welcome Video for Espanola First Baptist Church FBC requested help in producing a Welcome DVD to be handed out to new visitors. We have videotaped stand-ups of the pastor here in the studio and they supply the photos/videos from their church events to use in the welcome DVD. The editing of the project is in hold as we wait for still photos from the pastor. Children s Ministry CHAT This is a 2-4 minute bi-weekly video blog from Krista Petersen dealing with issues that Children s Ministry personnel deal with on a weekly basis. The videos are recorded on Krista s I-Pad and sent to me where I drop them into a pre-produced template I made. The videos are then uploaded to our YouTube and Vimeo Channels. James promotes the video on Facebook. Three new videos will be on their way very soon. Technical Assistance for Churches Continuing to assist/consult Baptist churches around our state with technical issues. Tech Talk for BNM This will be an on-going article which will discuss technical issues and give tips to the church tech teams. Ideas in the works will include: Why do I do this? What s happening to my wireless microphone? How can I make it sound better? just to name a few. This will all be coming soon to your Baptist New Mexican paper. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TEAM Lamar Morin, Team Leader This past year has blessed us with awesome experiences related to our Leadership Development Team of the BCNM. We have a full team with the addition of D Nae Kellum as my ministry assistant. It truly has been a blessed year. Our team offers a number of support areas to local churches and church leaders: Camps (see below for further reports): We planned, programmed, and put on numerous camps related to our team. Many people participated in these camps, representing around 50 of our churches. Many personal decisions were recorded at these camps, including a number for personal salvation and a large number called to Christian service. We look forward to next year s camps and an even greater harvest and attendance. In addition, many decisions for personal salvation were recorded at our Young Lives Ablaze and Lives Ablaze Conferences! I also spent a number of weeks at Inlow Baptist Camp, acting as Camp Manager and other roles. Here 60

62 is a brief summary of the summer at Inlow: Due to the tragic death of Kerry Chadwick, we were forced to move the first camp of the season, Spanish Family Camp, to Glorieta. We are very thankful and appreciative to Glorieta for their help. These remaining camps have been held at Inlow: Young Lives Ablaze Camp, Indian Family Camp, Lives Ablaze Camp 3.0, Children s MusiCamp, Worship4Life Camp, and Children s Mission Camp. There have been a number of facility improvements as well at Inlow. Elliott Lodge has received new stairway entrances, new decking, and new concrete by the parking lot. In fact, there has been a great deal of concrete work done at the camp, especially the new sidewalk/ramp project through the middle of camp. Many other items have been accomplished, too numerous to mention. I want to thank Jeanette Maxwell and others who have taken on the kitchen/cooking responsibilities this summer. In addition, five retreats are planned for September and October at Inlow. We anticipate hiring a new camp manager in the near future. New Mexico Singing Churchmen This past year, the NMSC sang at the state convention, held two concerts in the spring, one at Central BC Clovis (which included a tribute to our beloved former member, Chuck Tipton) and one at FBC Carlsbad. We met for our annual retreat, which was a recording retreat, on August Watch for details! We also had the privilege of singing our National Anthem at an Albuquerque Isotopes game. We are scheduled to sing at our State Evangelism Conference in 2016 and also at Taylor Memorial BC Hobbs and FBC Santa Fe in Look for days and times as these events approach. The NMSC continue to offer very significant times of fellowship, networking, and prayer for each member. For more information about concerts, CD sales (100% of the proceeds go to the NMSC scholarship for future worship leaders and to future NMSC mission trips), or how to become a member of the group, please contact D Nae Kellum at (dkellum@bcnm.com) or Director Lamar Morin at (lmorin@bcnm.com). Bivocational Ministries Our team stands ready with various types of support for our many bivocational ministers here in NM. Our 2015 Bivocational Ministers and Family Retreat was held on August at Glorieta. Presenters included Jared Bridge (Anchor Church pastor), Billy Tucker (Trinity BC, High Rolls pastor), Jonathan Richard (FBC Estancia pastor), John Torrison (CBA Director of Missions), Lynn Morin (women s conference), and Brenda Swann (women s conference). Worship was led by Lamar Morin. Preschool, children, and youth events were also held. If 61

63 any Bivocational minister would like to be placed on our Bivo list, please send addresses to Transitional Pastor Training Many churches without pastors need transitional pastors with experience, training, and ministry gifts that assure high-quality transitional leadership. Transitional pastors are prepared to lead churches through smooth transitions, rough transitions, and crisis transitions. They may serve effectively as a preacher, pastor, and consultant. We have a number of transitional pastors trained to serve churches with this need. Currently, we have a small number serving in BCNM churches. Transformational Church We have a large number of trained Transformational Church consultants here in NM ready to assist BCNM churches. Currently, we have a small number of churches going through TC. We would be happy to provide materials to churches to further explain this process. Contextualized Leadership Development Our team undergirds and financially helps our CLD centers (Schools of Theology) around our state. We also provide a limited number of scholarships for qualifying students. We have a great need in NM to raise up and train indigenous leaders who are able to serve in their hometown context. CLD helps to do this is a systematic way, complete with diploma plans. We are planning to launch an online component to CLD, in partnership with CBA, here in NM in the spring of Various Leadership Support Areas As team leader, I currently am supporting local churches in the areas of supply preaching and supply worship leading. I am also consulting with churches in both areas, working towards excellence in all we do for the Kingdom. I have had the privilege this year of doing all this with 20 of our BCNM churches. Other areas of interest to local churches and associations are mentoring/coaching, deacon training, Ministry Grid training, music/worship training, and much more. Serving together, Lamar Morin Children and Women s Ministries October-December 2014 In October, I was privileged to be a part of three associational meetings: Central Association on October 2 nd, Western Association on October 9 th and 62

64 Northeastern Association on October 18 th. It s nice to fellowship with these associations and to share with them about what is going on with the BCNM. Also, I was able to visit with children s ministry leaders in Las Cruces on October 16 th and in Artesia on October 29 th. Of course in October, the BCNM held its annual convention in Deming in which I was able to be a part of. On October 5 th, I was able to worship with First Baptist Church in Santa Rosa where pastor Beau Lamb and his wife Melissa are doing a great job serving! Then I was able to help out with children s ministry at a church plant, Anchor Church in Albuquerque, on October 12 th. In November, we held our annual Children s Ministry Retreat with twenty children s ministry directors or pastors from all over New Mexico. We held it at Glorieta on November 13 th -14 th and had a time of sharing, fellowship and learning. We plan on meeting at Sivells Baptist Camp next year. In Women s Ministry, I was able to be a part of a planning team for a kick-off rally for the Beth Moore Living Proof Live event in April. In December, I attended the Lifeway Summit meeting. I joined with other state convention leaders in Nashville to hear updates and share information about children s ministry. This is always helpful to know and understand the curriculum that Lifeway is producing for children so that I can help New Mexico churches know what s available. The first large event of 2015 was when thirteen of us from New Mexico went to the Vacation Bible School Institute in Fort Worth, Texas to be trained to lead others in our state to teach in Vacation Bible School. As part of our effort to resource church planters, I was able to meet with church planters in Fort Sumner and provide them with children s ministry supplies as they started their new Spanish church. I am currently looking to meet with other church planters and give them the necessary supplies to start children s ministry in their church plant. I also had the privilege of meeting with several churches or children s ministry leaders this quarter including at First Baptist Church, Portales; Central Baptist Church, Clovis; First Baptist Church, Carlsbad; Anchor Church, Albuquerque; Indian Hills Baptist Church, Silver City; Reel 2 Real Church in Las Cruces; Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel in Santa Teresa; First Baptist Church, Hobbs, Crosswinds Church, Hobbs and Southwest Heights Baptist Church in Albuquerque. I was able to be a part of a leadership retreat at Sivells for Calvary Baptist Church, Las Cruces. It s always great to meet with those who give of their time and love to children s ministry. We also had a trip to Anchorage, Alaska to join 63

65 with other western states in a training time for a conference called Team West. We had a team of five attend the training including: Jon Dowling from Bethel, Alamogordo; Pedro Escobar; Cynthia Evans from First, Cloudcroft and Vickie Czlapinski from First, Bloomfield. In women s ministry, I am served on the core team for the Living Proof Live event with Beth Moore April 17 th -18 th. Our biggest event of the year was Young Lives Ablaze Conference on March 28 th. It was a great day with six salvation decisions at the event and at least a couple more as a result of the event. Almost 550 attended the event with 32 churches. We were down in attendance a bit this year because of Easter and Spring Break, but we had an amazing day with those that attended. Taylor Hughes was the illusionist and entertainment for the morning and did a great job fascinating the children. Moriah Peters was the worship and concert artist for the day and did a beautiful job relating to the children and sharing her story as well as sharing her gift of music. Joe Vivian was the pastor for the day as he shared the message and gave the invitation. He spoke of mountains that we need God s help to conquer and 25 children responded to needing prayer to conquer mountains in their lives. We had two camps in June, Young Lives Ablaze Camp at Inlow and Connection Camp at Sivells. I also met with Bobby Fuller, who retired after years of excelling in the leadership of Boy s Camp. For 2015, Tar Henderson took the reins for Boy s Camp and directed the camp, July 20 th -24 th at Sivells. In April, we had the VBS tour that took our team of 13 trainers and trained 350 people in four locations to do Vacation Bible School training. Our first training was in Albuquerque at Del Norte Baptist Church on Saturday, April 11 th. The second was in Bloomfield at First Baptist on Monday, April 13 th. On Tuesday, our team drove all the way from Bloomfield to Las Cruces to train that evening at First Baptist on April 14 th and then we stayed in Southern New Mexico for a day and did training in Artesia at First Baptist on Thursday, April 16 th. It was a great week and we appreciated our host churches! The VBS team consisted of Joe Vivian, children s minister at Eastern Hills leading out with directors and his wife, Kerry Vivian, leading 5 th -6 th grade teachers, Garry Schwalk, associate pastor at First Baptist Carlsbad leading 3 rd -4 th grade teachers and his wife, Peggy Schwalk, leading missions teachers. Hannah Bergstrasser, children s minister at Del Norte Albuquerque was leading the 1 st -2 nd grade teacher s class and Lillian Moon of Del Norte Albuquerque was leading the snacks and recreation class. Larry Evans, pastor of First Baptist Cloudcroft was leading the music class and his wife, Children s Minister Cynthia Evans, was leading out with the preschool class. Ramiro and Sandra Fonseca, from Primera Iglesia Bautista of Farmington were leading out with the Spanish class of VBS. Vickie Czlapinski, children s 64

66 ministry director at First Baptist Bloomfield was leading out with the crafts class. Our Vacation Bible School decorative set that was used at training will be passed around to six churches throughout the summer. In Women s Ministry, the Living Proof Live event with Beth Moore and Travis Cottrell took place at the Rio Rancho Santa Ana Star Center on April 17 th -18 th. Over 5,000 women attended this conference. In May, the State Bible Drill was held at Del Norte Baptist Church on May 2 nd. Four churches participated in the Bible Drill event including First Baptist, Artesia; First Baptist, Ruidoso; Bethel Baptist, Alamogordo and Del Norte Baptist, Albuquerque. The kids did an excellent job as they displayed how they worked to memorize twenty-five verses of scripture and ten references of key passages. They are able to find any book or verse in the Bible in ten seconds. Two of the children received perfect scores at the Bible Drill. We had one youth Bible driller who bravely participated all by herself. Also in May, I was able to help with the Mountain Valley Association Vacation Bible School Training on Monday, May 11 th as three or four churches gathered that evening to do VBS training. And on May 28 th, I was privileged to work with our New Mexico Christian Challenge Missions Teams that were headed out to work at several different locations throughout New Mexico for the summer. I was able to share some things about children s ministry and prepare them to work with children during the summer. On May 29 th, I was able to lead the gospel presentation in the Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Cloudcroft. In June, two of our great children s camps, Young Lives Ablaze Camp at Inlow and Camp Connection at Sivells took place. YLA camp was the week of June 8 th -12 th and Camp Connection was the week of June 22 nd -26 th. We had a total of 15 children accept Christ through the two camps and we had two rededications and three assurances of salvation. Andy Donalson, Family Pastor at Sandia Baptist Church was the camp pastor for Young Lives Ablaze Camp while David Anderson, Children s Ministry State Associate for the Louisiana Baptist Convention was the camp pastor for Camp Connection. Many children were challenged and discipled through the week in the study of Scripture. Camp is always a highlight of my year as we see children grow in their faith through these mountain top ministries. In July, I had the privilege of leading Bible Study for a children s camp at Sivells with two Hobbs area churches leading the camp. Crosswinds Community Church and First Baptist Hobbs both brought children and conducted their own camp. One of our BCNM camps, Boy s Camp, also took place in July. Tar Henderson did a great job directing Boy s Camp after Bobby Fuller had directed it for eleven years. Bobby came to camp during the week and we honored his 65

67 service as camp director. He had done a great job making sure boys got to come to camp for many years. This year, we had five churches participate with 55 in attendance. This camp will be renamed and reworked to encourage attendance for Also in July, I had the privilege of being a part of worship with Real Life Church. This is a church plant on the west side of Albuquerque. They received one of our children s ministry start-up kits for church plants. I was able to talk with their children s ministry leadership about how they are doing children s ministry and join them for worship. I also had the privilege of worshipping on Sunday morning with Laguna Acoma Baptist Church and hearing how they had 34 salvation decisions during their Vacation Bible School. Crestview Baptist Church of Albuquerque had a neighborhood Block Party at Mesa Verde Park in which I helped out on Saturday, July 25th by setting up a face painting table, passing out tracts and sharing with families that came to the park. Two events happened in August as Lifeway held the Transform Sunday School Training Event on August 8 th. I was very pleased with the preschool and children s ministry leadership that came to the event at Hoffmantown. Lifeway did a great job encouraging teachers in planning, teaching and reaching out. The second event was the Bivocational Retreat at Glorieta, August 14 th -16 th. I was privileged to be able to help out with the children while their parents attended the retreat. Hatch Baptist Church celebrated their 75 th Anniversary on August 9 th and I was privileged to be able to attend and present a plaque to the church on behalf of the BCNM. On Sunday, August 23 rd, I was able to be with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Farmington for their morning worship service. I was also able to meet with our Spanish VBS team members in Farmington to make some new plans for Spanish VBS Training in In Women s Ministry, the Central Baptist Association has been working hard to put together a network of women to encourage and equip others in the work of women s ministry. They had two events this year. One took place in the spring at First Baptist Church and was called Equip to train and encourage women in doing women s ministry. Another event took place in August at X-Factor Church and was called Engage and included round table discussion groups. I was able to be a part of this event and lead a discussion on Mission Projects for women s ministries. They are already planning three events for 2016 so watch for more information about those events. They will be called Encounter, Equip 2.0 and Engage. Southwest Women s Ministry held their annual Southwest Women s event in September and I was privileged to attend, fellowship and study with these women. 66

68 As we look forward to 2016, we are already busy planning Young Lives Ablaze Conference for April 9 th. Vacation Bible School training will be more in depth and take place in various locations in March and April. More details will be revealed about VBS training later. Bible Drill competition will take place on May 7 th at Del Norte Baptist Church. Young Lives Ablaze Camp will be June and Connection Camp will be June Boy s Camp will be renamed and have a new director for 2016 and will take place at Sivells, July Look for more information about a new two night camp for families in which parents will participate with children in family time and spiritual growth August 4 th -6 th. Also in 2016, we will have two New Mexico Kids Conferences for Teachers featuring Mr. Mark Jones from Mr. Mark s Classroom doing a one day seminar in Las Cruces on February 20 th and in Albuquerque, October 15 th. It continues to be a privilege to serve churches across New Mexico. If I can be of any assistance to you with children s or women s ministry, feel free to contact me. Krista Peterson BCNM Student Ministries Just a quick summary of camp stuff: The theme was Seek, based on Matthew 28: Brandon Davis wrote the large group Bible studies. The planning team is made up of: Jason Anderson, FBC Silver City; Daniel Snow, FBC Bloomfield; Bill Connors, Eastern Hills ABQ; Josh Salazar, Calvary Las Cruces; Andy Donalson, Sandia ABQ; Brandon Davis, Taylor Memorial Hobbs; Scott Downing, X-Factor ABQ; and Cliff Jackson, FBC Deming. Jamin Roller and Jeff Wallace were the camp pastors. Ross King did the music for us. There were 12 salvations; 19 renewals of commitment; five indicated a call to vocational ministry; and four other commitments. There were 34 churches that participated this year. We took an offering in memory of Kerry Chadwick and collected $4, Once again our students have proven their generosity. Here are some testimonies from students that we were able to capture on video: (Note: these are their words, exactly as they said them on the video). One student shared: This week at camp, I learned a lot of stuff. One thing that happened was, I became a Christian. I thought that I was, but I realized that I really wasn t when Jamin was talking about activities and when they re over you feel like you re empty. I realized that s how I ve been feeling. I talked to one of my youth leaders and now I m a Christian. In large group we were learning about the kingdom of God, and I didn t know what it was until now; now it s pretty clear. 67

69 Another said, One of the many important things that stuck out to me was in Large Group Bible study, when we join the Kingdom of Christ; we are adopted in as His sons and daughters. All the junk of our lives, He doesn t see it, He sees Jesus and He makes us His own. That s just beautiful to me that with all the garbage in our life that God would take us and say you re my son you re my daughter and I love you, unconditionally, and perfectly. That s pretty much what I learned this week. I ve been focused on that pretty much the whole week. Jamin talked about it a little bit too how we have all this garbage in our lives and we let it control us we, let it define us but as soon as we enter the Kingdom of Christ that doesn t define us anymore. We re defined in God and that is who we are, His children. Here is another: During this week I ve learned that I need to put God first because He s supposed to be our first priority. Usually my family is my first priority, and that s a hard one because usually my family is there for me and knowing that God is supposed to be first it s hard. So I m going to go back and everyday I m going to love my family still, but I m still going to put God first especially tomorrow. Instead of saying thank God it s Friday I m going to say today God is first. And I will take that home with me and know that God is first and I will seek him through my life. One more: I believe God sent me to this camp this week to let me know that one of my things I m planning to do is go into the ministry. To help people who have the same problem as me. As I put sports first, I put everything else first before God and I started to slip away from Him and so I believe that God brought me here to help me to help other people so they won t have to go through the same things I did. And that s why I believe God sent me to camp this week. We still believe in youth camp! In August, the Evangelism/Discipleship Team hosted the Transform Conference. This was done in place of the associational Sunday School and small group trainings that we usually do in the month of August. The event was well attended. The Lives Ablaze Conference was September 6-7, We had a good line up and I am thankful for the guys on the planning team. Jon Dowling, Bethel Alamogordo; Keith Kilpatrick, West Main Artesia; James Trevillian, Paragon Rio Rancho and Bill Connors, Eastern Hills ABQ. I am also very grateful for the willingness of Eastern Hills to host us again this year. Of course I would like to give a shout out to Livvy for all the effort she puts into making things run smoothly. I have said this before, but it couldn t be done 68

70 without her. Thanks Livvy! It has been, and continues to be, an honor and a privilege to serve the sweet people that make up the Baptist churches in New Mexico. Sam Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center Richard Buck Wheat, Manager CAMP REGISTRATION REPORT Type of Group # of Groups #of Individual #of Camper Days BCNM ,549 NM Baptist Churches ,055 Other Groups ,435 Total 53 1,998 5,039 Personal Decisions Professions of Faith 16 To follow in Baptism 1 Assurance of Salvation 1 Rededications 4 Total 22 CAMP REPORT Greetings from the beautiful Cox Canyon nestled deep in the Sacramento Mountains of the Lincoln National Forest. It is our prayer that you have been as blessed as we have been here on the campus this year. It has not always been easy, but through tough circumstances, God has been faithful to Himself and the mission He has called Sivells to. We continue to claim the promises we find in Philippians that says, I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. And then over a few pages more, Paul continues, And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. We have had a fantastic summer! We had a total of seven of the nine weeks booked and would love to see all nine weeks filled for the summer of We hosted five BCNM camps and, as usual, we all can be extremely proud of everyone who was involved in the planning, organizing and implementing a BCNM camp. Their love for and commitment to Christ is evident from the very moment they walk on the campus. 69

71 This spring, we were very blessed to have six groups from New Mexico and Texas come and help us get ready for our camping season and tackle many of the projects we had on the campus. We cannot say thank you enough or begin to express our gratitude to these groups; First Baptist Church - Logan, First Baptist Church - Anthony, First Baptist Church - Andrews, Texas, Poetry Baptist Church - Poetry, Texas, and Trinity Baptist Church - Kerrville, Texas. As Sivells has leaned heavily on volunteer labor in the past, we will continue to need your help and support to fulfill all that the Lord is leading us to accomplish on the campus. If you and/or a small group you are associated with would like to help us undertake some of the needs we have around the camp, we would love to visit with you to see how we can tailor a project with you or your group in mind. You may contact us through our website; or call us at (575) Social media continues to be a great way to share who we are and what is happening at camp. The Sivells website can be located at and our Facebook page is found under Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center. Please look us up on Facebook and like us. It is a great way to know what is happening at camp and how you can pray for us. We are extremely excited about the opportunities that still lie ahead for Sivells. Just as the Lord has used the camp for over 50 years, it is our belief that He will use Sivells mightily to advance His Kingdom for the next 50 years as well. Finally, we want to thank all of our local churches who have chosen to pray for and financially support Sivells and Baptist camping ministry in New Mexico so faithfully this past year. We realize that it is through your continued commitments to lift us up before the Lord and financially support this ministry that we are able to accomplish a lot of what we do over the year. It is our prayer that as you have blessed us, that the Lord will bless you many times over! Thank you again for allowing me to serve alongside you in reaching the great state of New Mexico for the Kingdom of Christ. It is a great honor. Respectfully submitted, Richard Buck Wheat Camp Manager MISSIONS MOBILIZATION TEAM Scott Wilson, Team Leader Scott Wilson serves as the Missions Mobilization Team Leader. Our team functions with Cricket Pairett, ministry assistant; and Ricardo Rivera, State 70

72 Spanish Strategist in the office. Field staff include Connie Dixon, Missions Strategist and WMU Director; Pedro Escobar, Spanish Strategist/Church Planting Strategist; Dan Pearce, Church Planting Strategist; Daniel Clymer, Native American Strategist; Ira Shelton, Disaster Relief Coordinator; PJ, Missionary to Muslims; Richard and Mary Gomez, serving as liaison to Hispanic churches. In the past convention year, we have seen the Lord do many things through the leadership of the Missions Mobilization Team. Our mission is to help mobilize churches to get involved in Advancing the Kingdom through missions in New Mexico and around the world. This year has been a year of transition and challenges for the MMT. Several of our team experienced family loss and major health issues and our team came under the direction of a new team leader. Much of this year s work has been completed in the face of very difficult circumstances like major surgeries, cancer treatment, loss of a family member, and loss of the BCNM camp manager at Inlow. Yet, through these trying circumstances this team has come together and has pushed through these various obstacles to continue to accomplish our mission as you will read in the following reports. As the team leader, I have spent considerable amounts of time in helping to do team building. We have begun monthly MMT synch meetings held at the convention office and via online video conferencing. We have worked to align our ministries to support our mission. This includes our annual goals, calendars, and budgets. Our team will go into 2016 ready to work as a unit to support and accomplish the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives. Some of the highlights of the past year include growing three of our four camps over recent previous years numbers. The Children s Missions Camp had the greatest participation in its history. Our Disaster Relief team has done outstanding work. Although there has been very little deployment in New Mexico, significant strides have been made in training and positioning our organization in New Mexico as a leader in preparedness for when disaster should strike. We have morphed the annual WMU Mission s Conference into the new.com Conference. This conference will help to mobilize churches and individuals to be on mission in New Mexico and around the world. We have also added to the promotional material for Mission New Mexico and have added a feature of online access for the promotional materials on the BCNM website. We hosted a Hispanic Church Planting Conference in Eastern New Mexico with nearly 40 attendees. Gifts to Mission New Mexico continue to increase. By year s end 2015, we received just over $316,000 towards the ministries BCNM funds directly in New 71

73 Mexico. This year our goal is $320,000 and as of writing this report we have received just over $95,000. Finally, we have finalized a site trip team that will travel to India during September. Scott Wilson, Steve Ballew (Emmanuel Baptist Farmington), and John Hinze (FBC Tucumcari) will travel to pray and prepare to invite teams from New Mexico Baptist churches to take a team to India during our partnership in A recent Pew Research Study shows the number of nones or those not affiliated with any religion in NM, is now up to 21 percent. The same research identified 23 percent as Evangelical. Our landscape is changing drastically! Every NM Baptist must be on mission. Please read the reports from our team below and engage in prayer for their families and ministries. We have prayer guides available in the missions portion of the BCNM website for you to use and share with your church. 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 India. A vision team traveled to Gujarat, Indian in September. Team members were Scott Wilson, John Hinze and Steve Ballew. New Mexico Baptists are still active in countries where we have initiated partnerships. These countries include Zimbabwe, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Brazil, England and Canada, Belize, East Asia, and Kenya with Houses of Hope. Our convention goal for Houses of Hope in Kenya was to complete 1,000 houses. To date, a little over 800 houses have been completed. Of that total, BCNM churches have completed 181. House churches have been established in all of these homes by pastors from the Kenya Baptist Convention. From 2010 to the present, there have been 24,000 professions of faith through Houses of Hope. Churches on deck to go to Kenya and build Houses with Hope include Farmington Emmanuel, Albuquerque Anchor, Albuquerque Fellowship Missionary and Portales First. We also have church-to-church partnerships. First Baptist Church of Katy, Texas is in the forefront of this kind of partnership. Johnson Ferry Baptist Church is in the process of creating a partnership with Tinian Indian Church and Gospel Victory Baptist Church in Bloomfield is partnering with Faith Baptist Church from Harrah, Oklahoma. Laguna Acoma Church is in partnership with Bob Johnson and the Church at Viera, Florida and Mescalero Indian Mission is seeking a partnership with a church in New Mexico. They are currently talking 72

74 and praying about work next summer with Anchor Church in Albuquerque. Anyone interested in partnerships, may contact Scott Wilson or Cricket Pairett for more information. Camps Camp ministry is an essential part of the MMT s efforts to reach the lost and make disciples. The MMT works with leadership teams to conducts three family camps and one children s missions camp. The results were as follows: Spanish Family Camp 142 Campers, plus BCNM staff. There were professions of faith The entire college-age class rededicated themselves to the Lord All couples decided to be faithful to God and their marriage. Spanish Camp was moved to Glorieta. We are thankful for Hal Hill and his ministry to New Mexico Baptists in a time of crises. Indian Family Camp 177 Campers 3 extra with the fun jumpers, plus BCNM Staff 29 Professions of Faith Children s Missions Camp July 6-10 Inlow Camp 120 Campers 7 Professions of Faith 14 Surrendered to Full Time Missions Multiple Rededications Deaf Family Camp 20 Campers. Deaf Camp changed from a weekend event to a week-long camp. They are in a re-building process to reach children and youth who are deaf or have hearing issues. This camp could ideally become a regional camp reaching youth and children in Texas and Arizona. Church Planting Scott Wilson This past year, we have seen the Lord work in many ways to plant the Gospel in New Mexico. We have partnered to plant three churches in These churches are Iglesia Hispana Eunice, One Tree Cowboy Church Dexter, and Real Life Church Rio Rancho. These churches have over 60 in weekly attendance and have baptized new believers. We have 11 individuals in our church planter assessment process and are working on partnerships for four other church plants. These plants will be in Artesia, Albuquerque, Wagon Mound, and Rio Rancho. God is also moving in Gallup, Flora Vista, and Las Cruces to plant new churches. We have also identified 25 new Points of Light in New Mexico. Points of Light are gatherings of people where the Gospel is being proclaimed in Word and deed among a people group with no Gospel witness. They take place outside our local church buildings. 73

75 We have identified 11 churches in New Mexico now that already have or are planning to develop an intentional process for identifying, developing, and deploying leaders. These churches are referred to as sending/multiplying churches. Our goal is to see 25 of these churches by These churches will host interns and apprentices to train in church planting and revitalization as we hope to see 100 leaders being raised up annually over the next decade. This year we have four interns and one apprentice placed in a multiplying church. Our church planter coaching network continues to support our planters with three champions for coaching in our state. We held another coach training session in the first quarter of The champions are Ed Meyers, Chad Spriggs, and Carlos Pino. Each planter will be connected to a coach with the help of one of our champions. The coaches will help planters stay focused on their planting strategies and provide encouragement for them. In working to support our planters we are working on a prayer network, and a cowboy church network. We hosted a Cowboy Church Network meeting in November 2014 and have another meeting planned for November One new church is being birthed and supported with help from this network. Our planters need continual encouragement and support. Please pray for Jared Bridge, Carl Anderson, Jamie Duke, Bobby Grafe, Randy Leake, Guerrero Olmos, Octavio Ornelas, Cody Brown, Manny Mendez, and Juan Tovar. Pray Luke 10:2, that the Lord would send laborers to their harvest fields. Also, please pray for 150 new churches in the next ten years as we labor together to plant the Gospel in New Mexico. Hispanic Strategist/Ministries Ricardo Rivera Thank you so very much for the blessing, opportunity, and privilege of serving our Lord and the churches of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico as the State Hispanic Strategist. The period of September 2014 through August 2015 has been joyful and fruitful. I have seen the training of Hispanic leaders, a new enthusiasm for evangelism among Hispanic churches, the edification of the Hispanic family, and discovery of potential Hispanic church planters. We were able to offer regional coaching training to 50 Hispanic church leaders in the state. One of those brothers applied what he learned by coaching another leader in his church. That brother became the leader of a Point of Light in southern New Mexico. In the spring we invited 20 Hispanic churches to a simultaneous revival/evangelistic event. We provided financial assistance to the churches and asked the pastors to send a brief report. The results were wonderful: 20 churches participated, three churches did not report, 272 lost Hispanics in attendance, 66 salvations, 11 baptisms, two baby dedications, 35 74

76 rededications and nine surrendered to service. In the summer, we worked with the Spanish Baptist Convention in offering the Spanish Family Camp at Glorieta 2.0., and over 140 people attended, a whole college class rededicated their life to the Lord, three people accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, and many made the commitment to be faithful to God and family. In addition to those events, I have traveled over 15,000 miles visiting about 40 Hispanic churches and their pastors/planters, attending the Spanish association meetings, connecting with potential church planting candidates, and conducting or attending training sessions. In October 2014, we installed a new Hispanic planter in Deming and the church was launched in early 2015! We have nine church planting candidates going through the assessment process and some of them are getting close to beginning to plant new churches. However, there is still a lot of work to be done to share the Gospel with one millions Hispanics, revitalizing Hispanic churches, and developing Hispanic leaders. For September 2015 through August 2016, we have made plans that will used to build upon what we started last year. We offered regional disciple making workshops in Roswell, Las Cruces, and Albuquerque in late September. In November 2015 and February 2016 we offered regional coaching refresher workshops in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Eastern New Mexico. In the spring of 2016, we will conduct the Simultaneous Revival/Evangelistic Campaigns again. This time we plan to invite at least 30 Hispanic churches. In June, we will join the Spanish Baptist Convention again and offer the Spanish Family Camp. In September 2016, we will offer regional disciple making workshops again, but this time focusing on mentoring. And finally, in January of 2016, we will partner with Del Norte Baptist Church in Albuquerque, Central Baptist Association, and the Equip Biblical Institute of Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego, California to launch the first ever New Mexico Church Planting and Leader Development Institute. We are targeting an enrollment of 10 students with two professors. The initial focus will be training Hispanic church planters. I rejoice in what the Lord is doing through the prayers, offerings, and encouragement of New Mexico Baptists. We are truly doing together what we are not able to do alone. The initial development of the five objectives of Advancing the Kingdom is taking place before my eyes and yours. These are exciting days for New Mexico Baptists. So let me thank you again for making it possible for me to serve the Lord and New Mexico Baptists as the state Hispanic Strategist and let me encourage you with the words of the Apostle Paul found in Galatians 6:9. And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary (NASB, emphasis mine). Regional Spanish Strategist Pedro Escobar The task of mobilizing churches and Hispanic ministry has not been easy and progress has been very slow. The lack of trained leadership among our Hispanic 75

77 community is a determining factor in the process. I am confident that this barrier will soon disappear, as Brother Ricardo Rivera is working hard to open a training center in Albuquerque. Our efforts have yielded some positive results. Coaching has been a useful instrument to maintain good relations and focus on those who are instrumental in the task of mobilizing the advancement of the Kingdom. A series of simultaneous revivals throughout the state paid off. Over 20 churches participated and many heard the Good News. There were new converts, baptisms, and new members to churches. It was such a success that the churches are asking to participate in something similar next year. The conference for church planters in Roswell had an attendance of 20. Dr. William Ortega, specialist in the field, came from North Carolina and it was very effective. The purpose of this event was to train and arouse interest in church leaders to become involved in the project to start new churches in our communities. A variety of ministries is often used in our ministry. A revival with music and bilingual messages was held in Vaughn. Vaughn is a very small community which has a predominantly Hispanic population who prefer the English language. One turned to the Lord. In Ft. Sumner, property was acquired for the Hispanic work. Much of the cost of that property came from the Republic of El Salvador in Central America, Bethel Baptist Church and a family in that country, in gratitude to missionaries who have brought the Gospel from the USA for many decades. They made a donation of over $ 22,000. I must also add that in Ft. Sumner, Jorge Ramirez and his family have a wonderful ministry of community service and Bible teaching. It is giving good results with new converts. It is admirable how the Ramirez family weekly devote time to teach children Bible stories and have pastry and cooking classes for the ladies. The community is having a great response to this ministry. Another event that is worthy of mention is the Hispanic Family Camp, which had good attendance and was successful despite adverse circumstances that occurred at Inlow and required a change to Glorieta. A Hispanic pastoral retreat at Sivells also served to strengthen the good relations between the leaders and maintain the focus of our BCNM on the Kingdom. In conclusion, we are sowing the good seed; we expect a great harvest relying on the promise of our Lord. 76

78 Thank you for your patience, your prayers and support through your offerings. Native American Strategist Daniel Clymer The smell of roasting green chilies at our local grocery stores remind us it is time to celebrate the harvest. New Mexico Native American Baptists are doing just that celebrating the harvest! It is time to celebrate 29 salvations at Inlow Indian Family Camp, 54 Native Baptist indigenous leaders trained in the Bible Story Cloth and New Mexico Native Baptists helping to take the gospel to remote areas of the world. Native Baptist congregations are Mission Response Teams for Christ, and the harvest is reflective of Native Baptists being mobilized locally and globally. The Local Church: A Mission Response Team Every person in New Mexico needs a disciplemaking church within their community, and to be able to make that possible our congregations must realize they are God s Mission Response Team. Native Baptists have been on a journey for two years now, being equipped to be mobilized locally and globally, and with this year s training of the Bible Story Cloth, a great resource has been added in preparation for the challenge. The overall goal is to equip our local congregations to be mobilized through prayer and awareness, evangelism and discipleship, leadership development, and being missional and multiplying. Thanks to our partners in ministry equipping: Terry Sharp of the International Mission Board; Tom Blackaby of Blackaby Ministries International; Alan McAlister of Calvary Road Ministries; Claude King of LifeWay; Mark Custalow, Sean Whitey, and Chris Boyd who are Native pastors and church planting consultants who have partnered with us in evangelism. New Mexico Native Mobilization Conferences for Equipping The 2015 Spring Native Mobilization Conferences were very effective. There were 54 people trained in the Bible Story Cloth by four Calvary Road Ministries teams in each region of Native Baptist work. The training has had immediate results, and has opened the eyes of church pastors and leaders about how to train teachers and train church planters. The Western/Mountain Native Baptist Spring Mobilization Conference on Bible Story Cloth Training was held at First Baptist Church, Thoreau on March 14. Calvary Road Ministries conducted the training, and the event ran from 9am-2pm with lunch provided. There were 27 in attendance and 20 were trained. Participants made quick connections between the Bible stories on the cloth and their own cultural issues. The training was a complete success, and Laguna-Acoma Baptist Church is using the cloth for Children s Church already. Others are beginning to use it as well. Leading the sessions were Brian and Alvonna Arnold of FBC Portales and National CRM Leaders Blaine and Delores Anderson. The San Juan Native Baptist Spring Mobilization Conference on Bible Story Cloth Training was held at the San Juan Baptist Associational Offices on March 21. Calvary Road 77

79 Ministries conducted the training, where there were 10 in attendance and seven were trained. Leading the conference was Kevin and Amy Pence of First Baptist Church, Carlsbad. The Rio Grande Corridor (Central and Santa Fe Associations) Native Baptist Spring Mobilization Conference on Bible Story Cloth Training was held at First Indian Baptist Church, Española on March 21. Calvary Road Ministries conducted the training, and there were 21 in attendance with 17 trained. The cloth will be used to train teachers in Taos immediately. It was very well received. Sessions were led by Vance and Esther Purkey of Central Baptist Church, Clovis, and national CRM leaders present were Blaine and Delores Anderson and Alan and Peggy McAlister. The Mountain Valley Native Baptist Spring Mobilization Conference on Bible Story Cloth Training was held at Mescalero Baptist Church on March 14. Calvary Road Ministries conducted the training, and there were 12 in attendance with 10 trained. The sessions were led by Harry and Verna Pittam of NM. The training was very successful. Inlow Indian Family Camp Inlow Indian Family Camp was a huge success! We had 177 full time campers and four that came as day staff. The theme for this year was Extreme Transformation and the scripture was Romans 12:2. Pastor Chris Boyd was our camp pastor and he also led the English speaking adult Bible study classes. Allen Woody was the adult Navajo Bible study teacher, and Clara Toledo led the adult craft classes. There were 59 middle school and high school students in the Powersurge track this year, which was led by Daniel Clymer with team members Denise Clymer and Gerome Fragua. This year featured youth interns that were seniors or recently graduated. These interns were leadership in training. Hats off to our interns: Jeremiah Clymer, Scotty Niles, Micah Loretto, Patrick Lucero, and Isaiah Bieniewski. Paula Tsoodle led the children s track and did a wonderful job! The kids had a blast! Children s crafts and Bible study were led by the Church at Viera in Florida, and Simihan Baptist Church attended the camp and presented music. The Space Walk Company donated two days of inflatable blow-up toys for all ages. There were 29 salvations, six rededications, two went home to seek baptism in the local church, one went home and sought church membership with the church they came with, two would like to receive guidance and talk more with a pastor, and 35 special prayer requests were made. What a wonderful camp that God surely had his hand upon! The 2016 camp team leaders will be: Edna Romero, Administration; Ida Formea, Communications Team; Scott Tafoya, Worship; John Joe Sr., Adult Team; Daniel Clymer, Powersurge Youth Team; Paula Tsoodle, Children s Team. The theme will be Overcomers with the scripture being 1 John 5:4. Native Baptist Partnership Paula Tsoodle of First Indian Baptist Church of Taos, and Denise Clymer 78

80 (Spanish translator) of Jemez Valley Baptist Church went to the Yucatan Peninsula to work with missionaries Doug and Darla Miller. Paula was a coordinator of children s recreation activities and gave testimony as a Native believer. Denise presented the Story Cloth in Spanish, which was the first time the Bible Story Cloth had been used in that area. The Bible Story Cloth was just translated into Spanish by Dan and Linda Rupp. The Story Cloth was very well received and extremely effective. The missionaries asked for a team to come and teach the cloth in the very near future. The multi-ethnic mission team trip took place May 18-26, and was primarily for Native Baptists to connect with Mayan peoples. The Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque was held April Edna Romero led the 2015 Pow Wow prayer walking event, which was a huge God-event. A Native health organization from California asked Edna if we could set up the BCNM Diaper Changing/Breast Feeding Booth and share their booth site. We were able to evangelize and minister to hundreds of families. The event literally draws tens of thousands from all over the world. We had an all Native Baptist team plan and work the event, and it was hugely successful with an invitation to come back next year. Partner Response Teams Partner Response Teams have played such a critical role in the effective ministry of our Native Mission Response Teams. This year Calvary Road Ministries, Central Baptist Clovis, and First Baptist Church of Portales and Clovis have gone beyond the extra mile to support the work of our Native Baptist congregations and leaders. Sandia Baptist Church continues to support Navajo and Pueblo ministries, and these are just a few names of many who have given so freely to undergird the work of Native Baptists. Thank you to New Mexico Baptists for your continued support. Native American Baptists Advancing the Kingdom Objectives This year has been a critical piece in moving towards an even greater harvest in Native Baptist congregations have been challenged to join in simultaneous revival in September 2016, and they will be joined by Partners Response Teams in New Mexico as well as other states. Preparations for Prayer Walking Native American communities in New Mexico leading up to revival next September are being made during the fall of 2015 with prayer strategy equipping. The Spring Native Baptist Mobilization Conferences of 2016 will focus on using the Bible Story Cloth, Disciple s Cross, and Real Discipleship strategies in follow-up and discipleship of new believers. Discipleship strategy is also in preparation for fall revival, and will be a critical piece to strengthening our local Native Baptist congregations. Our desire is to see a Disciple-making church for each Native person in New Mexico, help bring 10 percent of New Mexico s population into our Baptist congregations, see indigenous leaders raised, help reach 1,000 points 79

81 of light, and help reach one million Hispanics in New Mexico. Many of our Native Baptist congregations reach deeply into the Hispanic communities of our state. May God bless the work our Native Baptist Mission Response Teams. Deaf Ministries Led by Deaf Leadership Team In 2014, the New Mexico Baptist Conference of the Deaf began planning to spread the Good News to the Deaf in New Mexico. Then in January 2015, Deaf ministry leaders met and developed a three-year outreach plan, mapping out the state s Deaf population and planning camps and workshops to reach them. Subsequent ministry events reflect their dedication to the task. In February, Alfredo and Lisa Aguilar and Scott Talbert, First Baptist Church of Anthony s pastor, welcomed Red Flett to minister to the Deaf. Alfredo, who is Deaf, and Lisa contacted and invited local Deaf in Las Cruces and Anthony. Twenty-five attended a Deaf potluck fellowship and worship service. The church introduced those attending to the Deaf Bible Smartphone app, which translates the Bible into American Sign Language (ASL) and 12 other sign languages. They also introduced an ASL chronological Bible storying app, which the Anthony church Deaf incorporates into their Bible study. In May, the NMBCD hosted a Deaf revival in Santa Fe. During the daytime, Friday and Saturday, organizers hosted Deaf chats at local cafes. NMBCD members and a Houston revival team visited the New Mexico School for the Deaf. Albuquerque Baptist Deaf Church and Belen Deaf Fellowship hosted evening potlucks and fellowships during the revival. Up to 50 people attended each night for activities, music and worship. Deaf pastor and app developer Scott DeLoach led the Houston Deaf revival team. Other team members were John Wukasch, drama leader and professional bowler, and Leta Beauchamp, Deaf music leader and former Wiccan. The team s testimonies inspired attendees. Individuals responded by seeking prayer and rededicating their lives to following Jesus. Also in May, Flett and his wife met with Roswell Deaf to encourage them with fellowship and Bible study. A core group of Deaf has existed there for years without interpreters to meet the needs for Deaf worship. This occurs in other New Mexico cities, too. In July, 20 Deaf adults and teens attended Deaf Camp at Sivells Baptist Camp. Bobby Graff, Albuquerque Deaf Church s pastor, was camp director. Jeremy and Kim Fass led worship and Bible study. Fass is the pastor of Silent Hope Deaf church in Mesa, Ariz. Fass children, Kaitlyn and Riley, led music. Lisa Aguilar and Shaun Adcock of Las Cruces were camp counselors. Richard Cole, a Deaf and blind man who began attending Deaf Camp in the 70s, led campers in making derby cars. 80

82 Eight children of Deaf adults (CODAs) attended Deaf Camp. Camp provides an opportunity for them to share with each other the challenges of having deaf parents. NMBCD intentionally encourages young people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, Deaf and blind or CODAs to attend a camp that addresses their physical, mental and spiritual needs. The NMBCD is praying for a Deaf leader to live and minister in southern New Mexico as a missionary for one to three years to establish Deaf ministries in the Roswell and Las Cruces areas. Disaster Relief Ira Shelton This year, New Mexico Baptist Disaster Relief called upon its preparation to respond to a variety of deployments. In September, we were on standby to deploy to the South East corner of New Mexico for flash floods. Thankfully, the flooding was not severe enough to require deployment. The story was very different in Cimarron, New Mexico where a flash flood affected 15 plus homes. A mud out team was deployed and they did mud out and mold remediation. In October, we worked with MOM, a free dental clinic, by providing childcare, patient escort and chaplains, all ministering in the name of Jesus. In April, we held our Annual celebration and training event at FBC West Albuquerque. This spring and summer, we deployed to Tuttle and Lawton, Oklahoma, Colorado Springs, Colorado and Lusk, Wyoming. All of these deployments involved mud out after flooding. In Colorado Springs, we also deployed our shower unit. During the Lusk deployment, we also supplied assessors, a feeding team and an incident command team. All DR volunteers had returned home by the end of July. Throughout the year we participated in exercises to prepare for disaster with American Red Cross, NM Homeland Security, NM Health Dept., FEMA Task Force 1 and Urban Search and Rescue. We continue to work with NM National Guard providing childcare for a couple of days prior to deployment and when they return from deployment. Because of the relationship we have developed with NM National Guard, they have asked to be able to deploy our chaplains to minister to any civilian population they come across when they are deployed to a state disaster. Some of our other activities were providing childcare for the Native American Evangelism Conference and doing chainsaw/cleanup at Inlow Baptist Camp. Some of the other leadership team and I have take classes with Homeland Security/Emergency Management and NM Emergency Managers Association. Dick Ross and I attended the NM Homeland Security/Emergency Managers Conference where we were able to continue to develop and strengthen 81

83 relationships with emergency managers and various state agencies. As a result of the training I have received through the state agencies, I have developed a class for pastors and staff entitled Preparing for the Unexpected. This can be taught to a single church or an association. The goal of NMBDR continues to be to bring HELP, HOPE and HEALING to those affected by disaster, no matter a small local disaster or a large catastrophic disaster. Below are the report numbers for Calendar Year 2015: Volunteer Days 818 Ministry Contacts 290 Gospel Presentations 99 Professions of Faith 63 Bible Distributed 83 Tracts Distributed 30 Meals 2,252 Assessments 62 Flood Clean Up Jobs 69 Tear Out Jobs 41 Pressure Wash Jobs 32 Mold Remediation 55 Chain Saw Jobs 5 Heavy Equipment Hours 134 Showers 160 Laundry Loads 105 Children Cared For - 52 Missions Education Connie Dixon January Board Meeting I went to the January Board meeting in Birmingham, AL. This year our social issue is PTSD and we were able to receive training. We heard reports form IMB and NAMB. Our theme for this year is All for You. Christian Women s Job Corp I m excited to announce Portales CWJC has launched as of March 17 th. They had one graduate their first semester. There are eight women currently enrolled for the fall semester that will begin September 1 st. Theresa Howard is the director and the site is located at First Baptist Church in Portales. This is not only a ministry of WMU, but also a ministry of the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home. Theresa has done a tremendous job in surveying the community and finding out what the needs are. She is working with Child Protective Services to offer the parenting classes that are needed to get your children back once they have been removed from the home. Please be in prayer for Theresa, the teachers, the mentors and for the students. The CWJC site in Albuquerque is called Women of Worth and the director is Joy Smith. This site is doing well and growing. The site graduated six women in January and all six accepted Christ as their Savior during the semester. PTL! Additionally one graduated in February and another in May. Bible Study is still offered every Thursday at The Rock@Noonday. Plans are to start two new classes in the fall. 82

84 Western Regional Leadership Summit This was the first Regional Leadership Summit that National WMU had and we hosted it here in Albuquerque. There were 160 in attendance from 18 states. There were 69 participants from New Mexico. They received training in all different areas such as PTSD, Children s Missions, Missions in a Non- Traditional Setting, Creative Planning, Basic Leadership Skills, Conflict Management, and many more. I can t wait to see what God is going to do with these leaders now. Just from this meeting, we have identified at least one new CWJC site and possible CMJC site. We have identified a new Baptist Nursing Fellowship person from NM. We have found a champion for.com for NM, plus numerous others with specific ministries. WMU Executive Board Meeting We had a wonderful spring Executive Board meeting in Albuquerque at the Baptist Building. Our Scholarship Committee met and awarded over $2,000 in WMU Scholarships, $1,000 in OD Lambirth Scholarships and $2,100 in Bernice Elliott Scholarships. It is so exciting to read about this next generation and their excitement about missions and working for the Lord. Children s Missions Camp We are very excited about this year s Children s Missions Camp. Children's Mission Camp 2015 was July at Inlow. Our theme for the camp was "Made to Follow and the scripture was Mark 8:34 (NET), "Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me." We had 120, which was up from last year. Some of the highlights were seven salvations, 14 surrendered to full time missions and numerous rededications. We had our yearly RA Racers race and it was the first year the girls had an opportunity to build a car and race it. Pray Across NM Pray Across NM is a prayer emphasis that encourages all the churches in NM to Prayer walk their school campuses. This year, I had numerous churches request prayerwalking materials and numerous churches took part all across NM. Herschel and I even prayer walked out grandson s school in San Antonio, Texas. Meetings Attended PrayerLink in Denver Numerous CWJC Meeting in Portales Attended State Convention in Deming, NM Scholarship Committee meeting in ABQ for WMU Executive Board Meeting in Albuquerque Camp Meeting in Albuquerque 83

85 State Evangelism Conference in Albuquerque Coaches Training in Albuquerque MMT Meeting Albuquerque Executive Board Meeting in Albuquerque Met with Tim Hooton who is working as the.com consultant on the WMU Executive Board Met monthly with the Mission Mobilization Team with Skype calls. Speaking Spoke at Emmanuel Portales on Mission New Mexico Spoke at Hillside Baptist Church, Greeley Colorado at Women s Prayer Retreat Spoke at FBC Farmington on Mission New Mexico Spoke at FBC Elida Spoke at FBC Ruidoso s Valentine Banquet on Missions. There were about 50 in attendance. Led conferences for WRLS on Missions in a Non-traditional setting Wrote an article for National WMU for the Missions Plan Book for 2016 Spoke at Calvary Baptist Church, Raton on Missions for a Mother Daughter Banquet. There were about 50 in attendance. Spoke at FBC Santa Fe for the Sunday morning service. Prayer Numerous conference calls for PrayerLink that will be held in Anchorage in October. Prayer Room for State Evangelism Conference Helped Gary Frost from NAMB and Gordon Fort from IMB to plan and organize a monthly SBC Prayer Conference Call to pray for 10 specific prayer requests. I am in charge of getting 10 prayer warriors to pray for 10 specific prayer requests from IMB, NAMB, SBC Executive Committee, and President Ronnie Floyd. This call is with all the prayer coordinators from all states. Hunger Ministries Cricket Pairett All across New Mexico, New Mexico Baptists are working to meet the physical and spiritual needs of hurting people through hunger ministries. Twenty percent of the population of New Mexico struggles with hunger. New Mexico has the highest rate of childhood hunger in the U.S. In fact, 1 in 3 children in our state faces hunger every day. We consistently supported 17 outreach ministries. During the past year we can report: Evangelistic Encounters 100,855 Professions of Faith 35 84

86 Baptisms 12 Volunteers Serving 6,219 Volunteers Trained in Evangelism 251 Hot Meals Provided 102,448 Lunch Bags Distributed 1,814 Individuals Fed Through Grocery Items - 80,189 Total Fed 190,037 Muslim Ministries PJ The Muslim ministry team continues to see God at work and is excited to see how He is opening doors for us to the Muslim community. We are pleased to be able to share about our ministry with you. The team s primary focus continues to be to reach out to the Muslim community in Albuquerque. However, we are also reaching out into other communities with a Muslim presence. We are reaching out to the International students on UNM s campus. Christian Challenge hosts English as Second Language classes, in partnership with International Students, Inc., another ministry to foreign students. We work alongside these ministries as a chief way of reaching into the Muslim community on campus. Many of the contacts we have made have come from providing the service of helping students with English. From this, we are able to spend time with them and build relations. We have been able to share spiritual truths with several people and four students show a strong interest in attending Bible study in their native language. We began this in September of this year. We are reaching out to the Muslim community by helping recently arrived refugees into the country. There is expected to be a larger influx of refugees into the state over the next year and we are gearing up to be able to help them. Right now, we are working with three refugees who have just recently arrived in Albuquerque. We help them in cultural orientation and relation building. These three also have expressed a desire to be part of a Bible study that we hope to begin in September. We had the opportunity to partner with believers in Deming who saw Muslim refugees coming into their community. We held a workshop on Muslim beliefs and worldview and how to share effectively with Muslims. It was well attended with 30 people present. The group in Deming has now begun reaching out to their Muslim neighbors and building relations. Their desire is to have their neighbors attend ESL classes where they will have the chance to build stronger relations and share spiritual truths with them. Prayer Requests: Please continue to pray for us as we follow up on the contacts we meet and 85

87 thank God with us for the opportunities we have had to share spiritual truths with our Muslim friends. Pray that God will continue to draw them to Him and that their hearts will be open and broken to hearing about Jesus love for them. Pray for our brothers and sisters in Deming who are reaching out to their Muslim neighbors. Pray that believers in other communities would see their Muslim neighbors and that they see the world God has put in their own backyard. Pray for the upcoming Bible study in the Farsi language that will be starting in September. Pray that the believers will grow in their faith and that the seekers will be drawn to God. We would like to again thank the BCNM and the Mission Mobilization Team for the opportunity we have to reach out to Muslims here in the state. We are grateful for the support we receive and pray that God will continue to open doors into this community for us. We pray that Muslims in the state will come to a saving faith in Christ Jesus and that we will have the opportunity to help other Christians in the state see this wonderful world mission opportunity God has given us right in our own backyard. Once again, we thank you for your support, and most importantly, your continued prayers for our ministry. Spanish Church/Convention Liaison for CP and Advancing the Kingdom Richard and Mary Gomez During the last quarter of 2014, we were still working with Missions Service Corps as Directors VIM/MSC Volunteer Mobilization and GOD, within His plan, allowed Mary and me to serve the churches of New Mexico in this capacity for the past 17 years. Our job included recruiting, mobilizing, and establishing new contacts and introducing them to the new MSC mobilizing procedure and NAMB s criteria for new MSC missionaries. NAMB continues to be self-funding and became an MSC ministry partner with each of NAMB s missionary categories listed below: Church Planter Church Planter Apprentice Church Planting Intern Church Planting Team Member Church Planting Catalyst Collegiate-University Missionary We also participated in various leadership meetings in Albuquerque, at which time we introduced the concept of MSC/VIM Missionary. We ministered to families through community outreach. We led a number of Bible studies and 86

88 devotionals in a church setting to various groups. We interacted and participated with SBC organizations and various committees, associational meetings, Inlow Spanish Camp, Central Baptist Association administrative & executive board meeting, New Mexico Baptist Foundation/Church Finance Corporation, and several training events. In each case we utilized the opportunities to promote MSC/VIM. This ministry opportunity was both a blessing and a challenge, and at the same time prepared us for our new ministry assignment that started on January 1, 2015 as Hispanic Convention Liaison for CP and Advancing the Kingdom, and centers around Mobilizing NM Hispanic Churches to be Participants in BCNM s Advancing the Kingdom objective. Preliminary preparation to carry out our mission objectives was the first thing that we did, which included several action plans. With the help of some of our MMT members we formulated a list of all the Hispanic churches, new preaching points and existing churches. We next prepared a survey form that will provide us with the basic church and staff information. The profile developed from the survey form will be very helpful as we begin the process of visiting each of the churches. Since the Spanish churches are divided up into three associations, we decided that our initial point of contact with some of the church members and pastors would be at their associational meetings. We attended and participated with each of the three Spanish Associations of New Mexico: Asociacion Bautista Central, Asociacion Sud Occidental, and Asociacion Berea. I participated with the Men on Mission (Brotherhood) and Mary with the Women on Mission during their breakout sessions. During the introduction process, at each of the associational men s meetings, I conveyed to the men what my role was between the CBHNM (Hispanic Convention) and BCNM. I also made my initial contact with the pastors present and arranged for follow-up meetings by Mary and me with each of the pastors and their wives by visiting with them at their churches. Prior to the preaching service, I was given some time to address the full congregation at which time I shared with them some aspects of our ministry objectives to include the goals of Advancing the Kingdom, Missions New Mexico, and the Cooperative Plan. We completed the three initial points of contact and proceeded with our next step in our action plan which is to begin visiting the individual churches, the pastors and their wives. 87

89 Other modes of contacts have been via letters sent to the pastors around the state as well communication via telephone calls to include copies of the survey form, which will be used as an initial point of discussion during our visits with the pastors. Recently, I completed an article that specifically promotes Missions New Mexico by addressing the question Why should New Mexico Baptist churches support the Missions New Mexico Offering? The information in this article is included in our promotion information in presentations to Hispanic churches and discussions with the pastors. We are committed to our new assignment as the Hispanic Convention Liaison for CP and Advancing the Kingdom Promotion. 88

90 2016 BCNM Budget The 2016 BCNM proposed budget is designed around the Advancing the Kingdom Objectives that have been adopted by our BCNM Convention in These are the objectives that serve to guide us as a convention of churches through The proposed budget in made up of multiple ministries with the goal being of honoring Christ by resourcing churches. The Baptist Convention of New Mexico exists for the local church. The staff of the BCNM is your staff. The majority of our churches are numerically small. Many are Bivocational, therefore the resources of the state convention are critical. Allow me to share a few things about the anticipated receipts. You will note that there is an increase of one additional percent in giving to the SBC Cooperative Program. It is my prayer that we will continue to see this increase in the coming decade. New Mexico Baptists care about lostness and the mission work in New Mexico. They also care about lostness and mission work in the world. The Cooperative Program will turn 100 years of age in This plan of giving was formed in 1925 with the single vision of providing the financial pipeline to do mission work at home, across the nation and around the world. Southern Baptists have always believed that we can do more together than any single church can do on its own. Thank you for your generosity as churches in supporting ministry through the Cooperative Program. I hope you notice the inclusion of anticipated designated giving from our churches to assist in providing funding for Inlow and Sivells camps. Many of our churches have Sivells and Inlow in their budgets, along with the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home. New Mexico Baptists always step up! Dr. B 2016 Ministry Expenditures Cooperative World Missions Cooperative Program (26%) 950,000 NM Missions Mission New Mexico 350,000 Other NM Baptist Entities Donations Children s Home 240,000 Camps Church Support 140,500 Total Ministry Expenses 1,680,500 EIT Executive Information Services Team General Overtime Compensation EIT 6,000 Team Travel 34,500 Team Operations 23,400 Miscellaneous 1,000 Information Postage and Mailing 78,300 Contract Printing 81,000 89

91 Digital and Promotion 7,800 TOTAL EIT 232,000 Convention Expense State Convention Expense 18,000 State Convention Printing 3,500 Executive Board Meetings 23,000 Special Meetings 3,000 Pastor s and Men s Conference 5,000 Total Convention Expense 52,500 EDT Evangelism/Discipleship Team General Overtime Compensation EDT 2,500 Team Travel 15,000 Team Operations 10,000 Discipleship Discipleship Ministries 10,350 Sunday School, Discipleship, Bible Studies 10,350 Senior Adult Ministries 6,100 Team West 9,550 Evangelism Evangelism/Equipping 5,760 Evangelism Conference 45,240 Evangelism Assistance 40,000 Total EDT 154,850 Total Collegiate Ministries 160,832 LDT Leadership Development Team General Overtime Compensation LDT 1,600 Team Travel 37,000 Team Operations 12,500 Leadership/Church Administration Church Development 6,000 Leadership/Church Health Leadercare 16,000 Staff Development 10,000 Contextualized Leadership Development 24,000 Music/Worship Arts Music Ministry 49, ,100 Student Leadership Development Student Recreation 122,100 Lives Ablaze Conference 55,000 Student Leadership Resources/Materials 5,500 Ministry Assistance 5, ,600 Children s Leadership Development Church Library/Media 500 Children s Recreation 114,000 Young Lives Ablaze Conference 31,000 90

92 Bible Drill/Speakers 1,000 Vacation Bible School 20,000 Church Planting 5,000 Children s Ministry 18,000 Women s Ministry 1, ,000 Total Camps 333,458 Total LDT 868,158 MMT Missions Mobilization Team General Overtime Compensation MMT 3,000 Support Staff Travel 1,500 Team Operations 10,000 Church/Pastoral Assistance 22,500 Ethnic Development 137,625 Church Planting 624,416 State Mission Offering Promotion 10,000 Disaster Relief 6,000 Partnership Missions 10,000 WMU 33,500 Churches on Mission 10,000 RA s 500 Prayer Strategy 1,500 Total MMT 870,541 General Operations General Employee Training 2,000 Hospitality 8,000 Offsite Storage 2,900 Miscellaneous 2,500 Property Vehicle Operation 1,500 Vehicle Replacement 12,000 Telephone 30,000 Legal/Audit Legal Expense 15,000 Audit Expense 20,000 Wills/Trusts Seminars Expense 3,000 Transfers Rent/Loan Excess 16,000 Total General Operation 112,900 Property Operations Office Supplies 6,800 New Equipment 15,000 Utilities 29,000 Building Upkeep/Repairs 25,000 Commercial Insurance 85,750 Equipment Leases/Supplies 13,000 Janitorial Service 23,000 91

93 Total Property Operations 197,550 Technology Taxes Payable 700 Technical Production Services 9,000 IT System Equipment/Repairs 8,000 IT System Maintenance Agreement 34,100 Total Technology 51,800 BCNM Personnel Administrative Personnel Exempt Personnel Salaries 1,238,364 Exempt Personnel Benefits 302,795 Support Personnel Non-Exempt Personnel Salaries 544,727 Non-Exempt Personnel Benefits 165,079 Total Personnel/Benefits 2,250,965 BCNM Committees Christian Life Committee 12,500 Historical Services 1,150 Total Committees 13,650 CP EXEMPT ITEMS Protection Benefits Church Retirement Plan 73,000 Post Retirement Benefits 85,000 CP Promotion CP Promotion 3,000 Total Exempt Items 161,000 Anticipated Budget from Churches 3,777,237 Other Revenue 1,755,853 Total BCNM Operating Budget 5,533,090 Monthly Anticipated from churches $314,781 92

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100 CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 2517 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM (505) Fax: (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 6 First Baptist Church, Moriarty Director of Missions John Torrison john@cbanm.org Office Manager Barbara Long barbara@cbanm.org OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator...Steve Long ACP Contact Person... Barbara Long Clerk... Barbara Long Treasurer... Willard (Bill) R. Talbott III Church Library Team Leader... Frances Allen Administrative Committee Chairman... Gerald Minor EASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1100 W. Manana Clovis, NM (575) easternbaptist6@gmail.com 2016 Annual Meeting Tuesday, October 11 First Baptist Church, Grady Director of Missions Dan Pearce Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Elaine Williford Other Paid Staff Donna Emiro 99

101 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Greg Martin Vice Moderator... Brad Morgan ACP Contact Person... Elaine Williford Treasurer... Laquita Dial Evangelism Director... David Taylor Missions Development Director... David Taylor Other... Pedro Escobar... Jim Peabody...John Russo... Kevin Welborn MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 23 Datil, NM Annual Meeting Saturday, October 15 Alamo Navajo Baptist Church Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Stacey Dempsey OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Dennis Harris Jr. Vice Moderator... Marlene Herrera ACP Contact Person... Ann Jenkerson Clerk... Stacey Dempsey Treasurer... Pat Douglas Men/Boys Mission Education Director... Frank Hill WMU Director... Wanda Bassler Missions Development Director... Harold Jenkerson Student Ministries Director... Kevin Bataran... Yvonne Bataran 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 10 Mayhill Baptist Church 100

102 Director of Missions Dr. Gary Buckner Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Joan Hale OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Larry Evans ACP Contact Person... Joan Hale Clerk... Joan Hale Treasurer... Susan Tucker Pastoral Ministries Director... Alan Stoddard WMU Director... Diane Taylor Evangelism Director... Howell Scott Stewardship Director... Randy Widener NORTHEASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 131 Maxwell, NM (575) Annual Meeting Saturday, October 8 Rociada Baptist Church OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Brian Nystrom Vice-Moderator... Owen Young ACP Contact Person... Joanna Spruill-Taylor Clerk... Joanna Spruill-Taylor Treasurer...Rob Mayes Nominating Committee Chairman... Donald M. Bell, Sr. PECOS VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 267 Artesia, NM (575) Fax: (575) pvba@pvtnetworks.net 2016 Annual Meeting Sunday, October 23 First Baptist Church, Roswell 101

103 Director of Missions Dr. Fred MacDonald Office Secretary/Ministry Assistants Randa Riggs Connie Stageberg OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Randy Land Vice-Moderator... Herb Gage ACP Contact Person... Randa Riggs Clerk... Randa Riggs Treasurer... Michael Alaniz Pastoral Ministries Director... Troy O. Grant Sunday School Director... Garry Schwalk WMU Director... Carolyn Bright-Russell Missions Development Director... Rick Sullivan Assn Moral/Social Concerns Contact... Gavin Vaughan II Administrative Committee Chairman... Randy Land Finance Committee Chairman... Carolyn Bright-Russell RIO GRANDE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 453 Las Cruces, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Sunday, October 2 Primera Iglesia Bautista, Las Cruces Director of Missions James K. Underwood jamesunderwood@q.com Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Linda Edwards OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... James Underwood ACP Contact Person... Linda Edwards Clerk... Linda Edwards Treasurer... David Englehart Evangelism Director... Carlos Pino Missions Development Director...Tom Eason Administrative Committee Chairman... Jim Pratt 102

104 Other...Tom Eason... Richard King... Mary Mullins SAN JUAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1010 Ridgeway Place Farmington, NM (505) Fax: (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 13 Emmanuel Baptist Church, Farmington Director of Missions Eric Frye Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Eunice Begaye OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Steve Ballew Vice Moderator... Richard Bachert ACP Contact Person... Claribell Eddy Clerk...Verna Hickman Treasurer... Jan Brashear WMU Director... Deb Gibson Administrative Committee Chairman... Joe Barela Other... Joe Barela... Linda Dean... Bob Schlauger... Mike Scott...Elton Troutman SANTA FE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 903 La Joya St. Espanola, NM (505) Annual Meeting TBT Associational Secretary/Ministry Assistant Rendell Carver 103

105 OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Treasurer... Linda Carver... Crystal Dufresne... Rendell Carver SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 5512 Lovington Highway Hobbs, NM (575) Fax: (575) Annual Meeting Saturday, October 15 Jackson Avenue Baptist Church, Lovington Associational Coordinator Danny Kirkpatrick OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Matt Price Vice Moderator... Elio Barrios ACP Contact Person... Danny Kirkpatrick Treasurer... James Frances Evangelism Director... Randy Leake Other... William Blackwood... Jeff Fair... Scotty Gandy... Dave Rowser... Otto Terrell SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 2926 Silver City, NM (575) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 20 Arenas Valley Copper Ridge Fellowship OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Vice Moderator... Tar Henderson ACP Contact Person... Steve Griffith Treasurer... Don Kejr... Marshall Steele WMU Director... Jewell Burk 104

106 ... Paula Hibner TUCUMCARI BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PO Box 581 Tucumcari, NM (575) Annual Meeting Tuesday, October 18 First Baptist Church, Logan Director of Missions Dan Pearce Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Elaine Williford Other Paid Staff Donna Emiro OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... John Hinze Vice-Moderator... Doyle Frasier ACP Contact Person... Elaine Williford Treasurer...David Hale Music Ministry Director... Tim Hooten Evangelism Director... Michael Erwin Missions Development Director... Michael Erwin Religious Education/Church Development Director Gordon Runyan WESTERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Box 2496 Milan, NM (505) Annual Meeting Thursday, October 9 First Baptist Church, Grants Office Secretary/Ministry Assistant Nenderle Hogue OTHER ASSOCIATIONAL LEADERS Moderator... Garland Moore Vice Moderator... John Miller 105

107 ACP Contact Person... Nenderle Hogue Treasurer... Nenderle Hogue Music Ministry Director...Jose Cano WMU Director... Dorothy Pouges Evangelism Director... Jay McCollum Other Associational Positions... Kaul Corley... April Delores... John Hollins... Lonnie Jordan... Nancy Jordan... Michael Leistikow... Garland Moore 106

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109 NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN S HOME PO Box 629 Portales, NM (575) Randy Rankin Executive Director Malcolm Philips Director of Campus Life Teresa Howard Public Relations/Communication Robbie Andes Director of Finance Betty McConnell Director of Social Services Board of Directors 2016 Chairman... Kenneth Walker Vice Chairman... Herb Gage Recording Secretary... Leona Tarry Executive Director, BCNM Non-Expiring Term One-Year Term Expires October 2016 Bob Colston 9573 Longhorn, Las Cruces Lora Harlan 2212 Echols Ave., Clovis Sharon Montgomery 407 Sundial, Alamogordo, Charles Rutta PO Box 222, Lemitar Anna Thompson 2009 W. Bullock, Artesia David Wheat 7422 N Rolling Meadows, Hobbs Two-Year Term Expires October 2017 Herb Gage PO Box 212, Elida Jeff Moody 211 W. 20 th St., Farmington Tony Montoya 1080 Sioux St., Los Alamos Kenneth Walker 758 S. Roosevelt Rd. S, Portales Robert Wright 4820 Galletta Rd. NW, Albuquerque Three-Year Term Expires October 2018 Tar Henderson PO Box 62, Gila Jay McCollum 2112 College Dr., Gallup Rogene Musick 13 Musick Rd., Clayton Leona Tarry 217 Yellow Pine Rd., Ruidoso Scott Weese Raton J.E. Williams 577 Curry Rd K, Clovis

110 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 109

111 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. 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 110

112 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. 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. 111

113 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 112

114 duties of business management as directed by the President. As Secretary-Treasurer this officer shall be responsible for maintaining an accurate financial record of all receipts and disbursements of the institution. The Secretary-Treasurer may be called the Business Manager. ARTICLE FOUR: Meetings of the Board of Directors. Section 1: Regular Meetings: The Board of Directors shall meet a minimum of three (3) times per year at such time and place as the Board determines. Written notice of all regular meetings shall be made by the Chairman of the Board or the executive officers of the Corporation ten (10) days prior to the meeting. Section 2: Called Meetings: Called meetings may be held upon call of the Chairman, the Administrator of the Home, or upon request of any five (5) members of the Board of Directors, and the Chairman shall give sufficient notice of the time and place thereof to enable the Directors to attend. Section 3: Quorum: A quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a simple majority of the members of the Board. ARTICLE FIVE: Committees. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Directors in office, may designate and appoint one or more committees each of which shall consist of two or more directors. The committees, to the extent provided in the resolution or in these Bylaws, shall have and exercise all the authority of the Board of Directors, except that no committee shall have the authority of the Board of Directors to amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws, act in regard to the removing of a director or officer or committee member, or act in regards to the election of a director, or undertake to amend the Articles of Incorporation or restate those articles, adopt a plan of merger or consolidation, authorize the sale, lease, exchange or mortgage of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation, authorize the voluntary dissolution of the Corporation, adopt a plan for the distribution of the assets of the Corporation, or amend, alter or repeal any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its terms provides that it shall not be amended, altered, or repealed by a committee. ARTICLE SIX: Salary and Indemnification. Section 1: No director of this Corporation shall receive, or lawfully be entitled to receive, any salary or remuneration for services connected with the administration of the affairs of this Corporation. Actual expenses incurred by any such director may be refunded when authorized by the Board. Section 2: The Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer or former director or officer of the Corporation against reasonable expenses, costs, and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer. The indemnification shall include any amounts paid to satisfy a judgment or to compromise or settle a claim. The director or officer shall not be indemnified if he shall be adjudged to be liable on the basis that he has breached or failed to perform the duties of his office and the breach or failure to perform constitutes 113

115 willful misconduct or recklessness. Advance indemnification shall be allowed of a director or officer for reasonable expenses to be incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit or proceeding provided that the director or officer must reimburse the Corporation if it is subsequently determined that the director or officer was not entitled to indemnification. ARTICLE SEVEN: Executive Committee. Section 1: The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors shall consist of the Chairmen of each standing committee of the Board. The Committee Chairman is to be elected from those members of the Committee, which are appointed to their respective committee by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, in annual session. The Executive Committee shall include the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary and shall be composed of not more than twelve (12) members, including the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. Section 2. The Board of Directors may delegate to the Executive Committee such authority as is deemed necessary to conduct the business of the Corporation, but not the authority these Bylaws prohibit a committee from discharging, between meetings of the Board of Directors. Section 3. The Executive Committee shall meet not less than once each calendar month, except on those months when there is a regular or special meeting of the full board. These meetings may be at a time and place designated by the Chairman or by telephone conference. The Chairman shall give reasonable notice to the members of the Executive Committee by phone or mail of the time and place of each meeting. ARTICLE EIGHT: Policy and Personnel Committee. The Policy and Personnel Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman and shall consist of not less than three members. This committee shall maintain and cause to be published a manual setting forth the policies of The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home for operations and personnel. The Board shall undertake to cause policies concerning personnel to be generally consistent insofar as possible, with those adopted by The Baptist Convention of New Mexico, as the same may from time to time be amended. The hiring and tenure of all employees shall be under the direction of the Children's Home Administrator. The Children's Home Administrator shall be chosen and the terms and conditions of employment determined by the Board of Directors of the Children's Home. ARTICLE NINE: Finance-Budget Committee. The Finance-Budget Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman and shall consist of not less than three members. This committee shall prepare and present to the Board of Directors the annual budget, and may from time to time recommend to the Board of Directors changes in the budget. This committee shall determine procedures to assure fiscal accountability. All funds delivered to the Corporation by gift, devise and bequest or otherwise and not otherwise designated by the donor and all undistributed income derived therefrom shall be invested and continued to be invested under the direction of the committee by The New Mexico Baptist Foundation. 114

116 ARTICLE TEN: Financial Responsibility. Section 1. The Board of Directors shall make reports to The Baptist Convention of New Mexico and to its State Executive Board. Section 2. The Children's Home Administrator shall employ the Convention Auditor to prepare a complete audit of all of the Children's Home's operation and financial transactions every year and shall offer same to be published in the annual of the Convention. Section 3. The Chairman, the Secretary-Treasurer, and the Chairman of the Finance- Budget Committee of the Children's Home Board shall prepare and present a monthly financial report to the Chairman of the Executive Board, the President, and the Business Administrator of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico for review. Each quarter the above named and the Property-Finance Committee of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico shall be invited to review the financial statements of The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home and the Corporation's designated officers or directors shall offer to present a report at each regular meeting of the State Executive Board of The Baptist Convention of New Mexico. ARTICLE ELEVEN: Seal. The corporate seal of this corporation shall be a circular seal with the name and words, The New Mexico Baptist Children's Home. ARTICLE TWELVE: Amendments. These Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. 115

117 NEW MEXICO BAPTIST CHILDREN S HOME Annual Report To say that the New Mexico Baptist Children s Home has been a busy place this past year would be a tremendous understatement! God is alive and well on our campus. We continue to be blessed everyday by generous gifts, prayers and visits by folks from all across our state. God blessed us with rain this year, more so than in several combined. With that we saw excitement in everything we attempted to undertake. This year marked several new adventures in our ministry. We began either a new or renewed partnership with many of our BCNM church. Several mission groups participated with us for projects here on campus and throughout our area. Several churches renewed their commitment and financial support. Through partnership with FBC Portales, we completed our first semester of the Christian Women s Job Corp. We saw one graduate complete the entire program, and celebrated with her in a commencement program. We have begun our second semester term with not only one location, but with two! We now conduct the same program located on the FBC campus, at our Roosevelt County Detention Facility. Yep, that s what I said. Actually, we have more in attendance at this location than at the first. We have just rejoiced to see what God is doing and the changes HE is making in the lives of the women who participate. This was a great year for our kids. We saw two individuals graduate from High School. Along with our grad from last year, we now have three students furthering their education with the help of NMBCH scholarship funds. One student, Kasha, received a full ride scholarship from Eastern New Mexico University. Grades and hard work really do pay off. We have also been blessed to have on site a new building that will be used for our older students entering a transitional/independent phase of their lives. We ve done a great job over the past 96 years of raising kids. We feel we can do an even better job by providing our long term placement kids with tools they will need for their futures. Tools that include the chance to live independently on campus while still being a part of the campus. They will receive training and practical experience with money management, life skills, job opportunities and the dreaded bill paying. We still have a little work to do finishing up completion of this project, but we are well on our way Budget Administrative $304,800 22% of budget Program 979,514 69% of budget Public Relations/ 127,246 9% of budget TOTAL $1,411,

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