REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD MEMBERS

1. They must have the character that a spiritually mature person should according to scripture (1 Timothy 3:1-13, Titus 1:5-9, and Titus 2:1-10).
2. Men should be see as elders / spiritual fathers and older brothers.
3. Women should be seen as spiritual mothers and older sisters. 
4. They must be official members of True Life.
5. They must have demonstrated an openness to correction and not be easily angered or offended. 
6. They must have shown ownership of our church’s vision and values. 
7. They must have shown committment to community through consistent attendance at Sunday gatherings and life groups (becaue we have a de-centralized model of church and not everyone knows everyone else, our nominating comitteee will evalute nominees to determine if enough of the community has had access to them). 
8. They must have the potential to be relatively competent in the team’s job description (see below).

JOB DESCRIPTION 

1. Mission Clarity

        - Is Pastor Chris clear on our mission? 

        - Is it being communicated in a clear way? 

        - Is our pastoral team clear? 

2. Operational accountability of lead pastor 

       - Is our lead pastor leading the pastoral team to be effective

          in their ministries?

3. Financial Ministries and Budget Approval 

     - Approve the annual budget

    - Oversee the mission committee 

    - Oversee the book-keeping processes 

    - Oversee the new building process

5. Identify the Need for any New Operational Policies

   Ex: In 2018 we needed to establish a sex offender policy as well as new security protocol, and in 2020 & 21 we had to develop policies around the Covid pandemic. 

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If you have suggestions, feel free to email any of our Nominating Committee members and we will add their names to the discussion & prayer process. But please do not tel the person you are recommending that you are recommending them. We typically go through a list of many people and have to narrow it down to ony a few, and we would like to avoid any unnecessary hurt feelings in the initial stages. 

Pam Hess (pamhess67@gmail.com)

Jack Timmerman (abberoad@aol.com) 

Bob DiStefano (rdistefano2@verizon.net)

Allyn McCarthy (Allyn-McCarthy@comcast.net)

The nominating team usually starts with a long list but after prayer and a first round of internal voting, the list becomes very short.

Then we ask the person(s) if they are even willing to serve in this role, and ask them to pray abou it. 

If they say yes, we bring it before the church at the Membership Meeting for a vote. 

Thank you!