SPRINGFIELD – Ministers and lay people have been appointed to serve on the 2015 Missouri Baptist Convention Committee on Convention Committees by MBC president Neil Franks. One member is from each of Missouri’s eight regions.
John King (Southwest region), pastor of Ozark Mountain Community Church, Blue Eye, was named chairman of the committee. Other ministers serving on the committee are: Andy Braams, Fairfax Baptist, Fairfax (Northwest region); Nathan Rose, Liberty Baptist, Liberty (West Central region); Jake Adams, Parkview Baptist, DeSoto (East Central region); and Mike Parry, Fruitland Community Church, Cape Girardeau (Southeast region).
Lay people serving on the committee are Don Colborn, Calvary Baptist, Hannibal (Northeast region); Rita Fera, First Baptist, Camdenton (Central region); Larry Fackler, Abounding Hope, Licking (South Central region).
The Committee on Convention Committees is responsible for nominating members to the following MBC standing committees: Committee on Convention Preacher – to serve and report in St. Charles in 2016; two members each for the Committee on Order of Business, Credentials Committee, and the Committee on Continuing Review, terms expiring 2018 – to begin serving following the 2015 convention; and Committee on Local Arrangements – to serve in 2017.