OBN Council Meeting Agenda - October 17, 2024

    Location: ONLINE 

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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
1. Prayer Requests from from Grace Church Kailua, FBC of Haleiwa, Waikiki BC, Lanakila BC.  
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 September 19, 2024
5. Asst. Treasurer's Report, Financial Report
   
1. OBN Financial Reports, Sept 30, 2024
2. Donations From Churches, Jan - Sept 2024
3. Youth Camp, Jan - Dec 2024
6. New Business
1. OBN 2025 Budget (Jeff)

     7. Ministry Reports and Discussions: 

1. Admin Team
1. Book of Reports - Program by Charlene
2. Book of Reports - Program Cover by Charlene
3. Book of Reports - Draft by Communications
4. Annual Meeting Schedule updated 10/16/2024 by Communications (Annie)
2. OBI (Harlan Nakasone)
1. OBI Director's Report 2024
2. Orientation and Mentorship of new ministry leaders /New Leadership Report 2024
3. Anagaion Discipleship Workshop
3. HPBC (Robert Miller)
1. Pastor's Forum, Ryan Fullerton, Developing a Higher View of Membership In Your Church
2. HPBC Annual Meeting 
3. HPBC Pacific Connector, Sept/Oct 2024
4. Report:  Communications Team: (Annie, Matt, Charlene)
1. 2024 OBN Annual Meeting Schedule updated 10/16/2024
2. Healthy Church Assessment Letter mailed out on 9/10/24
   
3. Healthy Church Assessment Tool mailed with the letter 09/10/24
4. Proposed Revised Constitution & Bylaws mailed out on 9/17/24
   
5. Logo Black and White for OBN
6. Childcare Ministry Policy for OBN
5. Report: Discipleship (Matt, Harlan, John, Annie):  
1. Baptist Men:  Overnight Retreat, Dec 6,7
1. Men's Revival Team Meeting, Oct 19 at Pooler's Residence
2. Men's Revival Retreat Draft Program
2. Next Gen
1. Youth Camp, Jan - Dec 2024
3. S.H.E, Women's Quaterly, Dec 7, 3pm. 
4. ABWLS
6. Report: Church Planting & Revitalization (Jamie, Hawn Soo)
7. Report: Missions & Evangelism (Jerrell, Charlene, Hazel, Hawn Soo)
8. Report: Church Assistance (Jerrell, Hazel, John)
1. Guidelines for Church Assistance Team Adopted August, 2024
2. 
   
9. 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