The Committee on Boards and Committee on Committees are receiving recommendations from Tennessee Baptists of individuals to serve on Tennessee Baptist Convention boards or committees.
Tennessee Baptists are strongly encouraged to make recommendations of fellow Tennessee Baptists to serve on the Executive Board, one of the seven institutional boards of trust or one of the eight convention committees, all of which carry on the work of the convention between sessions of the convention.
The link to the online system at this website and access to forms will be active Monday, Jan. 19.
Randy C. Davis, executive director/treasurer of the TBC, is hoping that the committees will be flooded with recommendations this year.
“Every committee, every board is vitally important to the work of our convention. But unfortunately, each year we have many recommendations for certain boards or committees and then almost none for other committees,” Davis said.
“Our process is dependent on Tennessee Baptists recommending experienced, qualified, and committed servants of God for these positions. We anticipate strong servant leaders committed to Christ and His Great Commission being recommended for service,” he continued.
For those uncomfortable with or unable to use the online process, paper forms also will be received by the committee. The paper form can be downloaded from this website as well. Also, every church will receive either an e-mail or regular mail copy of the form which may be copied as many times as necessary.
Submit questions to either Tammy Harris (committees) THarris@tnbaptist.org, 615-371-7912 or Debra Bledsoe (boards) DBledsoe@tnbaptist.org, 615-371-2088.
Completed forms should be mailed to Board/Committee Recommendations, P.O. Box 728, Brentwood, TN 37024-0728 or faxed to 615-371-2014.
Recommendations are needed by March 13 in order to make sure the committees have them available in time to begin their process of carefully selecting nominees to bring to the convention in November. Forms received after that date will be considered as vacancies occur.
Persons submitting a recommendation will receive an e-mail receipt within three weeks of submission.
Every recommendation will be presented to the appropriate committee for consideration. However, not every recommendation will result in a nomination to the convention.
In addition, the committees may also consider a recommendation for a committee or board other than the one for which they were originally recommended.
In every instance, a proposed nominee will be called by a member of the committee for a brief interview before they are formally nominated to the convention.