Board of Trustees Application

By submitting this application, you are asking to be considered to serve on one of our state convention teams. Your application will be presented to the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees at its next scheduled meeting. You will be notified of the decision of these bodies within 10 days of the meeting.

You may potentially serve on one of five (5) teams:

Church Starting
Church Strengthening
Church Sending (Evangelism & Missions)
Bambi Lake Advisory Team
Michigan Southern Baptist Foundation

If you are willing to be considered for one of these teams, please review the following criteria and the specific information for each area of service. Please select ONE or MORE areas.

Once you have prayerfully considered the area(s) where you could passionately serve best, complete your contact information and the reply section for each area selected. Only complete the area(s) where you feel led to be available for service.

Your application to serve is not an assurance that you will be selected to serve at this time. It is an acknowledgement that you are willing to serve.

Mission-Action Teams:

Purpose: The Mission-Action Teams will be empowered to help the Convention fulfill its stated vision and mission. The Mission-Action Teams will reflect the three (3) priorities of the BSCM mission statement: church starting, church strengthening and church sending.
Membership: These individuals should display a passion for church starting, strengthening, or sending.
Eligibility: Members of teams must have been a member of a cooperating church, as defined by our bylaws, for at least one (1) year. No person, or their spouse, who is an employee of the Convention, or any other Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) entity, will be eligible for membership in this body (an employee is defined as any person who receives a W-2 from the Convention or any SBC entity.)

Church Starting Team:

The Church Starting Team will work to resource churches in developing strategies, aligning

partners, recruiting and assessing church starters for new churches. This team will join the

shared responsibility of mobilizing churches for this Kingdom task. The team will give assistance

to the work of the State Director of Missions.

Church Strengthening Team:

The Church Strengthening Team will work to resource churches in developing Kingdom oriented

leaders and workers. They are tasked to be resource brokers for leadership development and

the training and equipping needs of our churches. The team will give assistance to the work of

the State Director of Evangelism.

Church Sending Team:

The Church Sending Team will work to resource churches in evangelism and missions, raising

the awareness of our cooperative work through education and involvement. They will resource

churches to be Acts 1:8 congregations to engage their community, state, nation and world with

the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Church Sending Team will help to develop healthy partnerships

for advancing God’s Kingdom. Further, they will give assistance to the work of the State

Director of Evangelism.

Bambi Lake Advisory Team:

Purpose: The Bambi Lake Advisory Team will give oversight to the ministry of the camp in collaboration with the Lead Missionary/Executive Director and the camp manager.
Membership: These individuals should display a passion for the retreat and conference ministry of the camp.
Eligibility: Members of teams must have been a member of a cooperating church, as defined by our bylaws, for at least one (1) year. No person, or their spouse, who is an employee of the Convention, or any other Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) entity, will be eligible for membership in this body (an employee is defined as any person who receives a W-2 from the Convention or any SBC entity).

Baptist Foundation of Michigan Trustee:

General Information: The Convention will relate to the Foundation in accordance with the governing documents of each organization. The Convention will have power to elect such trustees as may be necessary for the handling of the affairs of the Foundation. The term of service for trustee members will be three (3) years. Members are eligible for two (2) successive terms.
Membership: These individuals should display a passion for the ministry of the foundation.
Eligibility: Members of teams must have been a member of a cooperating church, as defined by our bylaws, for at least one (1) year. No person, or their spouse, who is an employee of the Convention, or any other Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) entity, will be eligible for membership in this body (an employee is defined as any person who receives a W-2 from the Convention or any SBC entity).

** Please fill out only the section of the application below that applies to the team for which you are applying. **

For questions or more information, please contact Jamie Lynn at (810) 714-1907 or jamie@bscm.org.

Application

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Address

Name and City of the Church where you are an active and participating member:

How long have you been a member?

Association

Team Applying For

1. I would like to serve on the CHURCH STARTING team. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

How would you describe the importance of starting new churches?

Share your past experience in the area of church starting:

What makes you passionate about serving on this team?

Any other information that may be helpful:

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2. I would like to serve on the CHURCH STRENGTHENING team. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

How would you describe the ministry of strengthening churches?

Share your past experience in the area of developing leaders:

Share your past experience in other church strengthening activities:

What makes you passionate about serving on this team?

Any other info that may be helpful:

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3. I would like to serve on the CHURCH SENDING team. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

How would you describe the ministry of evangelism in the local church?

How would you describe the ministry of mission-engagement and mission involvement in the local church?

Share your past experience in the area of evangelism:

Share your past experience in the area of mission-engagement/involvement:

Share your past experience in other areas of mobilization (getting people outside the walls of the church):

What makes you passionate about serving on this team?

Any other information that may be helpful:

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4. I would like to serve on the BAMBI LAKE ADVISORY TEAM. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

My past experience in the areas of our camp and retreat ministry (i.e. Might include areas such as customer service, retail management, retail sales, food services, landscaping, property management, etc.):

Please briefly share your views on the importance of a retreat and camp ministry:

Have you attended a retreat or conference event at Bambi Lake within the past year? If so, describe your experience.

Share why you are passionate about serving as a part of the Bambi Lake Advisory Team:

Please share any other information that may be helpful to the Executive Committee regarding your service on this team.

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5. I would like to serve as a Trustee on the BAPTIST FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

My past experience in the areas of our foundation ministry (i.e. Might include areas such as finances, investments, estate planning, financial management, etc.)

Please briefly share your views on individual stewardship (including tithing) and your view on investing in Kingdom causes through estate planning, trusts, etc.

Are you a faithful tither through your local church?

Do you have a personal estate plan already established (i.e. will, trust, etc.)?

I am passionate about serving as a Trustee for the foundation because:

Please share any other information that may be helpful to the Executive Committee regarding your service as a Trustee.

Please submit your completed application.

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Church Starting team:

Church Strenthening team:

Church Sending team:

Bambi Lake team:

Baptist Foundation team:

1. I would like to serve on the CHURCH STARTING team. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

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2. I would like to serve on the CHURCH STRENGTHENING team. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

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3. I would like to serve on the CHURCH SENDING team. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

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4. I would like to serve on the BAMBI LAKE ADVISORY TEAM. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

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5. I would like to serve as a Trustee on the BAPTIST FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN. I am providing the following information to assist in my consideration for service.

Please submit your completed application.

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