2008 / 2009: Actions Voted
Note: Confidential and executive session discussion items are not included here. Only the current year items are listed on this page. See 'Archived' at the bottom of the page for links to voted items for previous years.
June 28, 2009 Meeting:
- Accepted Roberta Hodges request to retire effective June 30, 2009.
- Accepted the Elgin Hammond Church's request to change its name to the Elgin Hammond Spanish Church.
April 26, 2009 Meeting:
- Accepted the Ordination Committee's recommendation to ordain Pastor Tony Brown.
- Accepted the DFW Ghanaian Church's request to become a church within the Conference.
- Accepted the City Temple Church's request that the Spanish group become an official company of the Conference.
- Voted to assign Pastor Christopher Manual to the Hammond / Covington district in Louisiana when he finishes the seminary in May, 2009.
- Voted to change the Hispanic Ministries to the Hispanic Ministries Department.The department leader will now be an elected position and the department will have a budget like other departments within the Conference.
- Approved a Budget Reduction Contingency Plan if required, by reducing the budget by one full-time pastor, two stipend pastors, eliminating the travel budget increase and reducing the mileage rate.
- Voted an Account Receivables Write-off Plan.
- Approved Paula Dyer as replacement for Gwen Moore on the Executive Committee.
- Voted the Reasonable Accommodation Policy as part of the Southwest Region Conference 'Working Policy'.
- Voted the Retirement Policy as part of the Southwest Region Conference 'Working Policy'.
- Accepted Joe Ellis' request to retire effective December 31, 2009.
- Accepted Sally Carriger's request to retire effective April 26, 2009.
- The ABC will close effective June 30, 2009 due to inability to meet sales quota.
December 14, 2008 Meeting:
- Approved the name change of the Caffin Avenue Adventist Church to the Caffin Avenue International Seventh-day Adventist Church.
- Approved the name change of the South Post Oak Spanish Company to the La Esperanza Seventh-day Adventist Church.
- Voted names for a Concerned Care Practitioners (CCP) Pool.
- Approved the Round Rock Spanish Group to graduate to a company status.
- Approved Pastor E.C. Polite to replace Alex Horton on the SWRC Association Board, who is no longer employed by this conference.
- Approved names for an Investment Committee.
- Appointed Pastor David Hinds to replace Pastor Michael Bailey on the Executive Committee due to Pastor Bailey's new church assignment which moved him to a new district.
October 21, 2008 (Call Teleconference)
- Hired Gregory Stinson from the South Central Conference to replace Pastor Michael Bailey in the Oklahoma district. Effective date not identified.
September 21, 2008 Meeting:
- Hired Kenneth Edwards as full-time pastor. Pastor Edwards is in the Oklahoma district.
- Transfer Pastor Michael Bailey to the Forest Hill Church in Ft. Worth, Texas from the Oklahoma district contingent upon a replacement pastor being identified.
- Recommended names for a new Investment Committee required by NAD, effective 2009.
July 31, 2008 (Call Teleconference):
- Hired Pastor Eddie Polite as the pastor of the City Temple and Lancaster Agape Church district effective September 1, 2008.
Archived:
2007/2008
