January 2011 Chair Report for the Church of God in Arkansas

It is with great excitement that I write this month’s letter. The Transition Team has done the hard work and accomplished much. They are to be congratulated. When we began this transition no one really knew how long it would take to make the necessary changes. We believed. God delivered. Through much prayer and with wise counsel the changes are being effected.

By the time of the Spring Ministers’ Meeting, March 10, 11, and 12 at Community Park Church in Bryant, we will have a new Board in place. This Board will replace the Transition Team. The Board will be the link between the Assembly and the work of the state. They will be responsible for overseeing all operations of the state ministry and business. Powerful, yet humble…leaders of all and therefore servants of all.

Bylaws are being developed and should also be presented at the General Assembly Meeting on March 12, 2011. They will be presented to the churches for their consideration. Ratification of the new bylaws will occur at the Church of God in Arkansas Homecoming Campmeeting this summer.

The transition time is coming to an end. HALLELUJAH!!! Soon, very soon now, we will have state level leadership that will focus all of their energies on revitalizing churches, developing a culture of leadership development, and developing great expectations of expanding God’s Kingdom here in Arkansas. We will see God work again in our local
churches. We will see lives eternally changed and communities transformed. “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,” (Psalm 24.1). God is taking back what is rightfully His. We will see this fulfilled with our eyes and it will be known by our children, and our children’s children. The Lord promised in Psalm 2.8, “Ask and I will give the nations to you…” God we are asking for the nations…begin right here in our hearts, our churches and towns, and in our state.

Now Brothers and Sister the real work begins.
To God Be The Glory! Amen!
David Owens, Chair