08-21-2025 OBN Council Meeting Agenda

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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)

OBN Website

AGENDA:  
2025 OBN Council Members:  Bong, 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 July 17, 2025
5. Treasurer's Report, Financial Report (Bong)
   
1. OBN Financial Reports - 2025 - 07.pdf
2. Donations from Churches - 2025 - 07.pdf 
3. Youth Camp as of 2025-08.pdf
6. Announcements:
7. Old Business
8. New Business
1. Proposed Constitution and By-Laws
9. Other Ministry Reports and Discussions: 

1. Admin Team
2. OBI (Harlan Nakasone)
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
3. S.H.E
4. ABWLS 
6. Report: Church Planting & Revitalization (Jamie, SungHo)
7. Report: Missions & Evangelism (, Charlene, Hazel )
8. Report: Church Assistance (Hazel, John)
9. Report: Orientation and Mentorship (Harlan, Mattt0

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