Obn Council Meeting Agenda 04-17-2025

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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:  
2025 OBN Council Members:  Bong, Jerrell, Jamie, Charlene, Matt, Annie, Hazel, Steven, John and  Harlan.  

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 (Charlene)
1. OBN LC Minutes of Meeting from March 20, 2025
5. Treasurer's Report, Financial Report (Jerrell)
   
1. OBN Financial Reports - 2025 - 03.pdf
2. Total OBN Deposits - 2025 - 03.pdf
3. Donations from Churches - 2025 - 03.pdf 
6. Announcements:
1. Town Hall Meeting (lead: Jamie McElrath; Robert Miller)
1. Website:  http://www.oahubaptist.net/town-hall-meeting.html
2. Current Constitution and Bylaws
3. Proposed Constitution and Bylaws 
4. Summary  - FACT Sheet by Jamie McElrath
5. Letter from OBN Council
6. Flyer
7. ​RSVP HERE
2. HPBC
1. WMU Missions Celebration with Russ East on April 26, Pearl Harbor, 9am-12noon;  Russ East is open to speak on April 27.
2. 52 Sundays - Share who your church's money supports and the stories behind each dollar given
3. Theology and Technology with Jonathan Hernandez - Sat, May 17, 11:30am - 3:00pm, RSVP includes lunch; will be in the island for consultations between May 15-23.   Profile.
4. Swap Meet Ministry Update
1. Orientation and Volunteers Zoom Call, 4/24, 3pm Tentative (Lead: Simon)
2. Target:  Soft Launch, May, 2025 (in time to promote VBS all over OBN Churches)
3. Follow Up Monday Meetings:  03/24, 10am ; 04/14, 10am.
5. YOUTH CAMP July 21-25, 2025
6. Chris Evans - Seafarers Ministry (June, 2025)
7. Old Business
1. Theme for the Annual Meeting (Communications Team)
2. FSBC of Pearl Harbor Parking Lot (Church Assistance Team)
8. New Business
1. Additional OBN Council Members.  
1. Pastor Fola of Aina Haina is praying about being part of the OBN council after being approached by Bong.  
2. Current OBN Council: Bong (Moderator); Jamie (Vice Moderator); Charlene Vaugn (Secretary); Members:  Matt Sanders, Harlan Nakasone, Annie Lam, Hazel Capinpin, John Dionisio, Sung Ho Kang; 
2. Communications - 
1. Theme: can you pray and ask God to impress a theme for OBN to focus on at our 2025 annual meeting? The Comms Team has ideas that include unity (and diversity) and submitting to one another.
2. Comm Team Minutes 02-04-2025
3. Request from Haumama, Walaka
9. Other Ministry Reports and Discussions: 

1. Admin Team
2. OBI (Harlan Nakasone)
1. OBI Director's Report
2. OBI Staff Meeting March 10, 2025
3. OBI Classes (Jan - April 2025): 
1. Kaleb Barrett, CLE 1310 Ministry Leadership and Administration
2. Dr. Tony Woods, CLE 2379 The Upper Room:  Discipleship Preparation 
3. Pastor Harlan Nakasone, CLL 1113 Baptist Heritage and Practice
4. Dr. Alan Tamashiro, CLL 1212 Christian Theology II
5. Dr. Tony Woods CLL 2132 History of the Bible 
6. Pastor Amel Dominguez CLP 1411 Introduction to Preaching
3. HPBC (Robert Miller)
4. Report:  Communications Team: (Annie, Matt, Charlene)
5. Report: Discipleship (Matt, Harlan, John, Annie):  
1. Baptist Men  
2. Next Gen
3. S.H.E.
1. S.H.E, Women's Quarterly, April 5, 3-5pm at Kalihi Baptist Church (Report)'
2. S.H.E. Women's Quarterly, Mini-Retreat, Sept 6, Waialae Baptist Church
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. First Southern Baptist Church of Pearl Harbor, repaint parking stalls
2. Ewa Beach Baptist Church request
3. Waipahu Community Christian Church request
4. Guidelines for Church Assistance Team Adopted August, 2024
9. Report: Orientation and Mentorship (Harlan, Matt)
   
1. Lanakila BC - James Leverett, Lanakila Baptist Church, choochoo_james@hotmail.com, 808 781-5586.

Closing Prayer

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Frequently Accessed Files 

OBN Teams (See description below):

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

NOTES FOR ANNUAL MEETING

2025 Budget

2025 Calendar

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):  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, Steven):  To equip churches for church planting and church revitalization and encourage them to cooperate with each other in these endeavors. 

3.  Church assistance (Jerrell, Hazel, 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, John):  To help equip churches to disciple in their context.

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