New ministry positions authorized
Filed Under: BHM, Budget, Missions, Sudanese
The Executive Committee of the Board for Home Missions (BHM) authorized five new pastor positions, two staff ministers, two preschool directors, and one other assistant at its meeting Dec. 13-14.
The new pastoral positions are at Trinity, St. Lucia, West Indies; Bethlehem, Lakeville, Minn.; Beautiful Savior, Clarksville, Tenn.; and new congregations in Reno, Nev., and Battlement Mesa-Parachute, Colo.
The new congregations are being established by BHM in partnership with existing WELS congregations in those areas.
The two staff minister positions are at Abiding Love, Loveland, Colo., and Saving Grace, Mobile, Ala. The two preschool director positions are at Christ the King, Palm Coast, Fla., and Grace, Spring Hill, Fla. BHM is providing short-term funding for these four positions to help congregations initiate the programs.
BHM is also providing funds that will allow a Sudanese immigrant assisting with a Sudanese outreach program at Lincoln Heights, Des Moines, Iowa, to work full time.
The new positions bring the total number of ministry positions authorized for 2007 to 19. All of the positions are funded within BHM's current budget; no additional dollars are required.
