Resourcing Southern Baptist Churches in Oahu through networking, to achieve the Great Commission and the Great Commandment to build up the body of Christ and consequently the Kingdom of God.
2025 OBN OFFICERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
Pastor Bong Abagon (Moderator)
[email protected] Dr. Jamie McElrath (Vice Moderator) [email protected] Charlene Vaughn (Clerk) [email protected] Pastor Jerrell Tate (Treasurer) [email protected] |
Leadership Teams:
- 1. Missions/Evangelism: (Chair: Jerrell, Charlene, Hazel): To be involved in local and international missions and evangelism by working with local churches and para-church ministries to launch, develop, facilitate, promote, and provide resources for events, programs, and other activities.
- 2. Church planting/revitalization (Chair: Jamie, Steven): To equip churches for church planting and church revitalization and encourage them to cooperate with each other in these endeavors.
- 3. Church assistance (Chair: Jerrell, Hazel, John): To help foster and develop inter-church relationships that lead to meeting each other’s needs
- 4. Orientation and mentorship of new ministry leaders / New Leadership (Chair: Harlan, Matt): To facilitate the transition of new ministry leaders or ministry leaders new to Oahu including encouraging and establishing mentorship relationship
- 5. Discipleship (Chair: Matt, Annie, Harlan, John): To help equip churches to disciple in their context.
- 6. Communication (Chair: Annie, Matt, Charlene): To communicate with OBN churches in personal and technological ways
- 7. Administration: (Bong, Jamie, Jerrell, Charlene)
- 1. Oahu Bible Institute Advisory & Staff: Jamie McElrath, Harlan Nakasone, Bill Taylor and Linda Taylor
- 2. Baptist Men / Deacon / Disaster Relief Ministries: John Dionisio
- 3. S.H.E. Women's Ministry: Lizzy McElrath, Annie Lam
- 4. Youth Next Generation: Jeff Mullis