OBN Council Meeting Agenda - 05-15-2025

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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 April 17, 2025
5. Treasurer's Report, Financial Report (Bong)
   
1. OBN Financial Reports - 2025 - 04.pdf
2. Total OBN Deposits - 2025 - 04.pdf
3. Donations from Churches - 2025 - 04.pdf 
6. Announcements:

1. Lanakila Baptist Church with Pastor James Leverett has recently submitted an application for membership with the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention (HPBC) and was introduced to our pastors at the most recent Pastors Fellowship Lunch.  Pastor Leverett would like to inform OBN churches that Lanakila Baptist Schools is offering a discounted tuition rate for K–12 students whose families attend any OBN-affiliated church. The only requirement to qualify for the discount is a signed letter from the family’s pastor confirming their active church membership.  In addition, administrative and teaching positions are currently available at the school.

2. Ordination Council for Ministry - Jun Tubana as requested by Hawaii Christian Baptist Church (Pastor Rudy Gomintong); Council meets on May 20, 10am at Waipahu Community Christian Church.  7 pastors have since responded to be a part of the council.   If the candidate passes, the celebration will be done on June 1, 2:30pm, HCBC's 18th Anniversary.   
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. Video Promotion
2. Flyer jpg;  Flyer PDF
3. Update
5. YOUTH CAMP July 21-25, 2025
6. Chris Evans - Seafarers Ministry (Updated Date:   In Oahu July 17-23, 2025).  
7. Old Business
1. Request from Haumama, Walaka
2. Team Leader Reassignments and Recruiting New Council Members
8. New Business
1. Revitalization Blueprint - Pastor Alberto Camacho, 8/1-8/2;  8/8-8/9; Friday Night (5-9pm) and Saturday (9am-3pm) morning sessions.  
9. Other Ministry Reports and Discussions: 

1. Admin Team
1. Town Hall Meeting - 
1. Form Responses
2. From Annie:   "We had 30 people present at the town hall meeting, representing 16 churches. We received 2 email responses from pastors who could not attend, which means that there were a total of 32 participants from 17 churches. That's a 27.8% of all OBN churches. I'd say the representation was well distributed around the island, with churches from Honolulu, Leeward, Windward, Central, and even the North Shore."  Notes will be transcribed and shared.
3. Email received from Pastors and Members regarding the proposed Constitution and By-Laws
2. Website has been secured and now ready to receive payment online. 
   
   
   
2. OBI (Harlan Nakasone)
1. OBI Director's Report
2. OBI Advisory Council Meeting Minutes, May 8, 2025
3. OBI Staff Meeting April ______, 2025
4. 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)
1. OBN Annual Meeting
1. Oct. 24, 2025; save the date 
2. Theme:  "Our First Love: Remember, Repent, Renew"  Revelations 2:5
3. request FSBC Pearl harbor to be the primary host; secondary, Grace Point Church; Olivet BC or Waialae BC.   
5. Report: Discipleship (Matt, Harlan, John, Annie):  
1. Baptist Men  
2. Next Gen - Youth Camp 
1. Youth Camp - July 21-25.  Pu'ukahea Baptist Camp and Conference, Waianae. 
2. Fee:  $200.00
3. Organizers:  Jeff Mullis, Brent 
4. Speaker:  ____________________
3. S.H.E.
1. S.H.E. Women's Quarterly, Mini-Retreat, Sept 6, Waialae Baptist Church
4. ABWLS
1. Why Did Jesus Die on the Cross - Dr. Marcom Yarnell - June 7, 2025; registration is free, lunch provided.
2. 2025 Mini-Evangelism Conference - Dr. Matt Hensley - June 21, 2025; 10am - 1pm;  registration is free, lunch provided 
6. Report: Church Planting & Revitalization (Jamie, Hawn Soo)
1. David Whitehead's Request - Connections Church
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