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New Church Development Team

Four Function Areas

The work of the CCT will continue through four function areas, that will meet as needed, and whose work will feed into the Core Leadership Team as it prioritizes mission field strategies. The makeup of these function areas will be far more representative than the current Creating Congregations Team, while at the same time being driven by expertise and passion.

THE FOUR FUNCTION AREAS (It is expected that each area will create appropriate input 'circles' of influence and stakeholders from time to time, to ensure that we capitalize on the work and experience of various accountability/advocacy groups as it relates to starting new churches and transforming existing ones within the Conference. The ad hoc 'circles' will also enable us to cross typical 'silos' barriers where we need to work cooperatively in areas such as leadership and mission.) Recommend 2 persons from Property/Location and Finance to make up board on successor to the Creating Congregations Team, Inc., if constituted*

Recruitment

Aleze Fulbright (African American clergy; NCLI grad; East District)
John McLarty (Anglo clergy; NC District; Path1 trained coach; church planter)
Lilliana Pena (Hispanic laity; seminary student; under 25; Metro District)
Arthur Jones (Anglo clergy; NC District; NCLI grad; under 35 planter)

Property & Location

Holly Gotelli *(Anglo clergy; former real estate attorney; NC District)
Don Edwards (African American laity; real estate broker; on launch team; Metro District)
Sherwood Blount (Anglo laity; real estate broker; Metro district)
Don Hanmer* (Anglo laity; corporate real estate Attorney; Metro District)
Peter Koo (Koran laity; corporate strategic planning; Metro/NC)
+Chairs of each District Board of Church Location invited to meetings

Ethnic & Language Churches

Gloria Young-eun Kim Fowler (Korean clergy; NCLI grad; Metro District)
Derek Jacobs (African American clergy; NCLI grad; planter; Metro District)
Krish Dhnam (Indian laity; church planter in India; NC District)
Edgar Bazan (Hispanic clergy; NCLI Grad; Metro District)

Finances

Richard Dunagin* (Anglo clergy; former CCT chair; NC District)
Jodi Smith (Anglo clergy; former CPA; NCLI grad; East District)
Clara Reed (African American DS; former planter; Metro District)
Richard Stanford* (Anglo laity; former attorney; Metro District)
Louis Pearce (Anglo clergy; NCLI grad; planter; NW District)
Russell Maye (Anglo laity; Corporate Finance; Metro District)

Five Consultants

In addition, to ensure that planting churches in diverse communities happens, we have secured the involvement of five consultants who will meet with us here in the NTC to plan and implement starting language/ethnic churches in a variety of settings.

Samuel Rodriguez

Samuel Rodriguez …Path1 consultant who has facilitated training opportunities for the National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry Module Trainings, Pentecost Journey: Guide to Hispanic Ministry, Hispanic Culture Training, and Language Immersion Weekends. Sam assists in creating opportunities for several Hispanic /Latino New Church Starts.





Rev. Gloria Young-eun Kim Fowler

Rev. Gloria Young-eun Kim Fowler serves as an associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Grand Prairie, a predominantly white congregation. As a Korean-American, she has also served Korean-American churches in the North Texas Conference, including Korean Central UMC and Good Seed UMC. She spent her childhood in South Korea and studied in India during her teen years

Candace Lewis

Candace Lewis… Path1 specialist in planting African American churches; an ordained elder from the Florida Annual Conference with 16 years of ministry within the United Methodist Connection. Candace and the New Life team will be publishing A New Day: A New Way - Planting, Starting & Revitalizing Ministries (Discipleship Resources).






Rev. Bener Agtarap

Rev. Bener Agtarap is originally from Manila, Philippines. Prior to coming to the United States, he served The United Methodist Church in the Philippines as a local pastor, new church developer, and district superintendent for over 20 years. Bener joined Path1 in 2008 and works in the Lay Missioner Certification area of New Church Starts.





Krish Dhanam

Krish Dhanam was born in the coastal town of Vizag, in Andhra Pradesh, India. In 1984 he finished his MBA at the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad, India, and then became Director of International Operations for the Zig Ziglar Corporation. He is the author of The American Dream From an Indian Heart and a contributing author to the book Top Performance, written by Zig Ziglar

Planter Assessment Team

  1. Billy Echols-Richter (Chair, successful church planter; Bd. Of Ministry)
  2. Don Smith (Strategist, successful church planter; consultant  & coach for New Churches)
  3. Jim Ozier (New Church Dev Officer)
  4. Steve Howard (laity; charter member successful new church; church facility builder)
  5. Dr. Elaine Heath (Prof of Evangelism, Perkins … emergent church communities)
  6. Fiona Macleod Butts (laity; Dir of Talent, Southwest Airlines)
  7. Cecelia Edwards (laity; African American Corporate trainer, strategic planner)
  8. Terry Parsons (Psychologist; author; therapist)
  9. Ron Henderson (African American Pastor; former DS)

Appointive Cabinet - 2011-2012

Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe
Rev. Dr. Keith Boone
Rev. Dr. Larry George
Rev. Paul Gould
Rev. Dr. Marvin Guier
Rev. Dr. Jim Ozier
Rev. Dr. Clara Reed
Rev. Dr. Frank Alegria