Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Peacemaker's Ministry on the Agenda for Today's Meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board with Dr. David Tolliver


From the January 29, 2009 MBC Pathway :
Peace Committee continues work, more meetings set

JEFFERSON CITY—The Peace Committee of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) is looking for some guidance from the entity that formed it, the MBC Executive Board, before going ahead with a third-party mediator for what would appear to be a process of biblical reconciliation.

The committee agreed Jan. 15 when it met at the Baptist Building to place two items on the agenda of the Feb. 3 special called meeting of the Executive Board, which is mainly to consider MBC Interim Executive Director David Tolliver for the position of executive director.

The first item is to amend the composition of the committee to include two non-voting, ex-officio members—the executive director, and the chairman of the board’s Administrative Committee, who is Roy Dameron, a retired minister from Concord Baptist Church here.

Also up for a board vote is a Peace Committee request that Johnny Johnson, a Peacemaker Ministries consultant, be secured as an independent contractor for future Peace Committee meetings. This is “in compliance with the spirit” of the mandate of the committee, which is “to work things out in Missouri Baptist life.” ...

Read entire article (here).

More comments to follow after today's meeting ...