OBN Council Meeting Agenda - September 19, 2024

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The vision of OBN:, Article 2, Purpose: The purpose of the Oahu Baptist Network is to resource churches, through networking, to achieve the Great Commission and the Great Commandment; to build up the Body of Christ and consequently the Kingdom of God   (Oahu OBN Map)

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AGENDA:  

1. Welcome to Pastors, OBN Council Members, and Guests
2. Opening Prayer and Prayer Requests for OBN Pastors, Leaders and  Churches
3. Call To Order
4. Clerk's Report
1. OBN LC Minutes of Meeting from August 15, 2024
2. Motion to approve minutes
5. Asst. Treasurer's Report, Financial Report
   
1. Last month's report
6. New Business
• Motion 1: The OBN Council approves to forward the proposed revised Constitution and Bylaws to the OBN churches 30 days prior to the Annual Meeting.
1. Proposed Revised Constitution
   
2. Proposed Revised By-Laws
   

• Motion 2: The OBN Council approves the job description for the OBN Leadership Team Member. 
1. OBN LT Member Job Description 
   
   
• Renewal of current OBN Leadership Counil members to be elected at the coming OBN annual meeting.
  
  
• Nomination of Officers to be elected at the annual meeting.   
1. Moderator
2. Vice Moderator
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer

• 2025 Budget
  
  
• Calendar for 2025- please submit calendar items to Bong before September 30th, for the construction of the 2025 OBN calendar.
  
  
• Help needed for the upcoming Annual Meeting 
1. Annual Meeting Schedule
   
2. Annual Meeting Communications Plan

     7. Ministry Reports:

1. OBI (Harlan Nakasone)
1. Anagaion Discipleship Workshop
2. HPBC (Robert Miller)
3. Report:  Communications Team: (Annie, Matt, Charlene)
1. Healthy Church Assessment Letter mailed out on 9/10/24
   
2. Healthy Church Assessment Tool mailed with the letter 09/10/24
3. Proposed Revised Constitution & Bylaws mailed out on 9/17/24
   
4. Report: Discipleship (Matt, Harlan, John, Annie):  
1. Baptist Men
2. Next Gen
3. S.H.E
4. ABWLS
5. Report: Church Planting & Revitalization (Jamie, Hawn Soo)
6. Report: Missions & Evangelism (Jerrell, Charlene, Hazel, Hawn Soo)
7. Report: Church Assistance (Jerrell, Hazel, John)
8. Report: Orientation and Mentorship (Harlan, Matt)
   
   

Closing Prayer

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Frequently Accessed Files 

OBN Teams (See description below):

• Missions/Evangelism: Jerrell, Charlene, Hazel, Hawn Soo
• Church Planting / Revitalization:  Hawn Soo, Jamie, David
• Church Assistance:  Jerrell, Janet, Hazel, Faith, John
• Orientation and Mentorship / New Leadership:  Harlan, Matt
• Discipleship: Annie, Matt, Harlan, Janet, John
• Communication:  Janet, Annie, Matt, Faith, Charlene

NOTES FOR ANNUAL MEETING

2024 Budget

2024 Calendar

2023  Budget 
2023 Calendar 
Recommendation OBN-HPBC Task Force 10272022 
Recommendation of Adhoc MOU
MOU New
Letter of OBN and HPBC 
OBN Constitution and By-Laws

2019 OBN Restructuring Proposal

2022 Budget Proposal

2022 OBN Churches Masterlist
2023 Joint Letter from Bong and Chris

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OBN  Leadership Teams

​​1.  Missions/Evangelism:  (Jerrell, Charlene, Hazel, Hawn Soo):  To be involved in local and international missions and evangelism by working with local churches and para-church ministries to launch, develop, facilitate, promote, and provide resources for events, programs, and other activities.

2.  Church planting/revitalization (Jamie, Hawn Soo, David):  To equip churches for church planting and church revitalization and encourage them to cooperate with each other in these endeavors. 

3.  Church assistance (Jerrell, Janet, Hazel, Faith, John):   To help foster and develop inter-church relationships that lead to meeting each other’s needs

4.  Orientation and mentorship of new ministry leaders / New Leadership (Harlan, Matt):   To facilitate the transition of new ministry leaders or ministry leaders new to Oahu including encouraging and establishing mentorship relationship

5.  Discipleship (Matt, Annie*, Harlan, Janet, John):  To help equip churches to disciple in their context.

6.  Communication (Annie, Janet*, Matt, Faith, Charlene):   To communicate with OBN churches in personal and technological ways