January Training Workshop

When: January 29-30, 2010

Where: Brighter Hope Christian Fellowship, Garner, NC

Early Registration Rate: $75.00

Group Registration: $75.00 (1st registrant) $50 each additional (must register at the same time)

All attendees receive a conference workbook

There is a hotel directly across the street from the church.

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Conference Topics

Topics Includes:  (topics not finalized)

• Church Security - Is Your Church at Risk?
• Being an Effective Adjutant
• Internal Controls and Taxes
• Fair Labor Standards Act  - Labor Laws
• Understanding Your Role as a Board Member (trustee, deacon, board of elders, etc)   
• Supporting Your Pastor and the Vision Through the Good, Bad, and Ugly
• The Pastor's Salary Packet and Other Important Information
• Working as a Team (available on DVD)
• Panel Discussion

Speakers Include:

Dr. Valerie Melvin

Valerie served for 20½ years as a Music Educator. She recently ended an 8½ year assignment as Secretary of the Goldsboro-Raleigh District Assembly. On August 25, 2007, Dr. Melvin was installed as the Associate Regional Minister for Women’s Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in North Carolina. Elder Melvin received the M.Div. Degree in 2002 and her Th.M. Degree in 2005 from Duke University Divinity School, Durham, NC. Her primary goal has been to fulfill the call to pastoral ministry with a focus on Christian Education and Administration.

Bishop Steve Edmondson

Pastor of Middlesex Church of God in Middlesex, NC. Prior to his pastorate, he was a full-time evangelist for 18 years during which time he pioneered and pastored Calvary Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church for one year. Pastor Edmondson is a native of North Carolina and attended Liberty University, Lynchburg VA, as well as the Berean Bible College in Springfield, MO. He is blessed to have his wife, Frances, and two sons. Bishop Edmondson has a powerful ministry of reconciliation and a vision for excellence in ministry.  

F. Dorsey Houston

Founder of Anointed to Protect and Serve Ministries, he has over 20 years of experience in the legal field, including a Security Field Training Officer and Multi-Unit Operations Manager  and over 10 years serving as a Pastor’s Assistant and Church Security Auxiliary. Mr. Houston has worked on and supervised security details for Gospel Artists such as: Dottie Peoples, The Clark Sisters, Marvin Sapp, Fred Hammon, Minister Bryon Cage  and more.

Dr. Pamela Smith

Pamela is a former paralegal, court reporter, church administrator, and Christian Education Director. She and her husband Kenny oversee Equipping Ministries and manage Turning Point Publications, a publishing company. Pamela has worked with churches of various denominations. She has assisted in setting up offices, installing and training staff on financial software, training new secretaries, etc. Her broad background in church work, corporate work, and government, including being an office coordinator for a politician, and a grants writer and manager, enables her to bring seasoned experience and knowledge to your church staff. Pamela and Kenny have been interviewed by Christianity Today International and they are included in one of its Building Church Leaders Online Study Guide. Pamela has authored a number of books including, "The Effective Church Administrator - Tools to Survive Even the Toughest Day", "Ministering in the Spirit of an Armorbearer", "I'm Saved, Now What", "Giving Birth to Your Purpose", "Stopping the DreamKillers, and her newly released book, "Church Administration - Putting the Pieces Together".   

Additional speakers to be announced Including: Rev. Scot Barnes

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