Missions and Ministry

Almost 100 members joined the Senior Pastor and Elders at the June 1, 2025 Special Members’ Meeting.

Two items were on the Agenda:

1. a vote on a proposal for investigating how the Church should move forward to cater for growth of numbers and
2. a membership discussion in small groups led by Elders to consider a proposal for creating two groups of Elders: one for oversight of operational matters, and the other for oversight of pastoral matters.  On major issues the two groups would combine

On the matter of investigating how to enable Church growth, membership were provided two choices on the ballot.  Members were almost evenly divided with a slight majority agreeing that the Church should investigate a new Church plant, and only a few less than a majority voting to investigate running a second service in our current location.  Due to the close final count of ballots, the Senior Pastor will take the matter back before the Elders to consider investigating both options in more detail.  This detail would then again be discussed with Members.

On the second matter of a restructure of the Elders, there was widespread agreement with the proposal in the group discussions.  A final vote on the proposed change to the structure of the Elders will be brought to an August Special Members’ Meeting in 2025.

Joanne Lambden