Committee proposes restructuring

In what could prove to be a historic “summit meeting” of sorts for Seventh Day Baptists, the ad hoc Committee on Denominational Organization and Structure met this past weekend with the General Council at the SDB Center in Janesville, Wis.

The committee has been hard at work since last year’s Conference. Their task was “to formulate a new configuration for the General Conference organizational structure.”

Results of their deliberations were presented to the General Council on June 12-13. The Council was favorably impressed by the diligent and thorough work of the committee (Don Graffius, Ron Ochs, Susan Fox, Jim Skaggs and Neil Murphy), resulting in a good exchange of questions and discussion.

We present the findings and proposal from the committee here or click on the "Conference Restructuring Proposal" line on the front page of the SDB website. The recommendations would certainly reorganize and streamline the Conference’s structure.

Delegates to this year’s General Conference will be voting on these recommendations. Please review and prayerfully consider this report with your fellow church members and be prepared to discuss and vote as we gather at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, July 25-31.