Greetings from the State Office and the Executive Board! This quarterly update provides a brief recap of another busy summer. This year’s State Meeting, the 105th Annual Session, was held June 5-6 in Abilene, hosted by the Heritage Parks FWB Church. The theme was “Local Church Transformation”, with keynote speaker Rev. Charles Cook from Cookeville, Tennessee providing thought‐provoking messages and leading an insightful discussion in the Thursday morning Ministry Conference. The New Mercy ministry team from Welch College did a fantastic job providing our music during the evening services and the TWAC Thursday morning worship service. For next year’s meeting, we will be hosted by the Lakehills FWB Church in Cedar Park; the specific date of the 2020 meeting will be announced when details are finalized with the host church, but it will likely be the first or second week of June. We also accepted the gracious invitation of the First FWB Church in Duncanville to host the 2021 meeting, so we will look forward to returning to the Metroplex soon. We experimented with a shorter State Meeting schedule this year, combining all of the business activities into one session on Thursday afternoon. Some have provided their feedback on the schedule, but if you have not yet done so, please let us know what you liked about the schedule and meeting arrangements, as well as what you think we can improve on. The Executive Board saw some turnover at this year’s meeting, as some members had either moved out of state or desired to take on a different role within the association. Following the results of the elections at this year’s meeting, the Executive Board for 2019‐2020 is as follows: Moderator: Marcus Brewer (Fellowship, Bryan) Assistant Moderator: John Collier (New Beginnings, Bryan) Clerk: Kevin Williford (First, Duncanville) Assistant Clerk: Wesley Hood (Lakehills, Cedar Park) Board Member‐at‐Large: Richard Rust (Faith, Wichita Falls) Our other boards also saw some new members added to their ranks this year. You can see the entire list of our boards and officers, along with contact information, on our website at: http://www.texasfwb.org/boards.shtml One other item for consideration is a motion from the Texas Women Active for Christ to amend our constitution to change their status from an auxiliary organization to a standing board within our association. Per their request, the motion was tabled to be considered and acted upon at the 2020 meeting. If you have questions about this proposed change, or you would like a copy of the amendment text to review, please contact the State Office. One additional change at this year’s meeting was the Executive Board’s decision to formally hire Kyle Howell (Authentic, Victoria) as the new editor of the Texas Challenge, assisted by his wife, Beth. If you have previously subscribed to the Challenge, you have already seen a number of posts containing, news, updates, and commentary over the last month and a half. We look forward to seeing and sharing […]
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