Ad-Hoc Committee Named

At General Conference this past July the Conference passed a recommendation from the Reference and Counsel Interest Committee that reads as follows:

Recommendation 11: (A)
The Committee recommends the formation of an ad-hoc committee of five people to formulate a new configuration for the General Conference organizational structure.
The Committee further recommends that the ad-hoc committee return its recommendations to the General Council during the year and to the General Conference at the 2010 sessions in Springfield, Missouri.
The Committee further recommends that the General Council appoint qualified individuals for the ad-hoc committee by September 1, 2009.

The General Council is happy to announce that this ad-hoc committee has been named! The members of the committee are in alphabetical order:

Susan Fox - Pataskala, OH SDB Church - Consultant for business organization (IBM)
Donald Graffius - Lost Creek, WV and Salemville German, PA SDB churches - Federal Judge
Othneil Murphy - NYC SDB Church - Businessman
Ronald Ochs - Milton, WI SDB Church - Bank CEO (retired)
James Skaggs - Madison, WI SDB Church - History Teacher (retired)

Please join me in thanking these people for their commitment to do this. Also, please pray for this committee as they deliberate over the next year.