12 Apr ELT Concludes Its Spring 2011 Meeting

The Executive Leadership Team met Monday night and Tuesday, April 11-12, in Huntington, Ind. The Executive Leadership Team meets twice a year, and is the highest governing body of the US churches between meetings of the US National Conference. Bishop Phil Whipple chairs the meetings.

Some items which came out of the meeting:

• Bishop Phil Whipple presented a strategic plan for the US churches on Monday night, and the ELT spent a couple hours on Tuesday further discussing his vision.
• Lee Rhodes, pastor of Countryside UB (Breckenridge, Mich.), was appointed by Bishop Whipple to chair the Nominating Committee for the US National Conference. The only elections which will be needed at National Conference this summer are for the Executive Leadership Team; members serve only two-year terms. The National Conference will elect 8 members, and the new ELT will then appoint four more members.
• Bishop Whipple doesn’t anticipate doing any revising of the UB Discipline at National Conference.
• About 30 churches still have not submitted their annual reports, which were due in February.
• The partnership fees (3.5% of income from each church) are coming in well.
• Global Ministries anticipates hiring an additional (and much-needed) associate director in the near future.