On July 10, our Elder Board held their first open meeting. We had several members of the PRC church family attend. The Elder Board would like to make the minutes of the open meetings available to you. You can now download this Word document here.
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On May 29, the Board of Governing Elders and the Pastor/Elder Fellowship made two very important decisions.
The first decision was to accept our Search Team’s recommendation on a position profile for our pastoral staff vacancy, and that profile was for a Preaching and Teaching pastor. This person’s primary responsibility will be in the pulpit, preaching and teaching the Word of God, but he will not be the Senior Pastor.
That led to the second important milestone we reached last week, which was the appointment of Mark Tuggle the senior pastoral leader of Pulpit Rock Church. Mark has been filling the role of pastoral leader of the church in the interim since Armin Sommer’s departure, and he has done an excellent job. Now we can drop the word “interim” from Mark’s title, and as of June 5, we officially gave him the title Senior Pastor.
The Pastor/Elder fellowship has had extended discussion regarding the title “Senior Pastor,” because we are intentionally dividing the traditional functions of a Senior Pastor into two positions: primary leader and primary teacher. While Mark will preach periodically, his primary role is that of pastoral leader – leading the church, casting vision, and making sure that we fulfill our mission. The person who fills our Preaching Pastor position will assume the role of primary teacher on Sundays, and will report to Mark.
This is obviously a very important step for Pulpit Rock Church and for Mark, and it is something for which God has been preparing Mark for the many years. We appreciate your continued prayers, particularly as we now seek the man God has been preparing to become our new Preaching Pastor.
-- Jay Butler, Elder Board Chairman