Region Board
The Board of Regional Ministries of the American Baptist Churches of Ohio is comprised of twenty people including five officers who are elected by delegates to the ABC Ohio Annual Gathering in October. The Board of Regional Ministries is responsible for establishing the overall policies and fiscal guidelines for the Region in accordance with its mission statement to “Rise Up and Build Healthy Congregations that Impact the World for Christ.”
The Region Board meets in February, May, September, and November each year. Board members, staff, and other volunteers carry out our ministry through service on various committees and task forces in the Region. Current committees at work are the Association Task Force, the Office of the Future Task Force, and the State Advisory Committee on Ordination (SACO).
The Baptist Foundation, Inc. (BFI), which holds all real property of the region, is also served by the same board members. BFI meets as needed in February, May, and September with an annual meeting held each November.
The Board of Regional Ministries voted in 2015 to begin posting the approved minutes of each meeting online to better inform our ABC of Ohio constituency of the efforts of the board on their behalf. Attachments to the minutes will not be online but are available at our Region office in Granville.
Pastors, church leaders, laity are all invited to complete a Leadership Pool Nomination Form if interested in serving on the Region Board or if you know someone who you would like to nominate to serve (with the nominee's permission, of course).
We ask for your prayers for each Region Board member as together they seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit in providing governance for the American Baptist Churches of Ohio. Pray for the committee and task force members as they assist the Region in accomplishing various goals.
Please pray also for each Region Staff person as he/she so faithfully provides service and support to the churches, pastors, and ministries of this Region.
2023 ABC Ohio Board and Offices
2023 ABC OF OHIO OFFICES
Board
Adams, Landon
Clemens, Dan
Click, Mark
Crislip, Joyce
Daniels, David
Didlick-Davis, Celeste
Dostal, Rick
Eaton, Mark
Fallon, Amy
Farnsworth, Adam
Gerber, Jeni
Hairston, Kevin
Hentschel, Jason
Ingle, Gary
Robertson, Scotty
Shields, Andrew
Spence, Jeremy
Stotts, Susan
Swenson, Eric
Thomas, Kevin
Ward, Joshua
Washington, Craig
Region Staff
Mark Click, Executive Minister
Leslie Hoskinson, Core Service Administrator
Amanda Lloyd, Sr. Accountant
ABC Ohio Regional Ministers
Rev. Dr. James Willis – Northwest Regional Minister
Rev. Kevin Thomas – Northeast Regional Minister
Rev. Dr. Kevin Hairston – Southwest Regional Minister.
Rev. Mark Eaton – Southeast Regional Minister
Baptist Foundation, Inc.
Ken Atchison, President
Rick Dostal, Vice President
, Secretary
Denny McDonald, Treasurer
Mark Click, Executive Minister Administration & Denominational Relations
Executive Committee
Ken Atchison, President
Rick Dostal, Vice-President
David Daniels, Secretary
, Treasurer
Mark Click, Executive Minister Administration & Denominational Relations
Jane Gibbons, Executive Minister Program & Ministry Development
Finance Committee
Rick Dostal
Amanda Lloyd
Mark Click, Executive Minister Administration & Denominational Relations
Nominating Committee
Rockney Carter, Chair
Marvin Haught
Barb McDonald
Mark Click, Voting, Ex. Officio
ABC Ohio Advisory Committee ( formerly ~ State Advisory Committee on Ordination)
Tony Kendrick, Chair
Bernard Buxton, Peggy Burke, David Hansen, Ruby Radford, Charles Russell, James Willis, Sr.
Jane Gibbons, Executive Minister Program & Ministry Development
ABWomen’s Ministry
, President
ABMen’s Ministry
Marvin Haught, President
Ohio Baptist Education Society
Chris Thomas, President
Ohio Leadership Academy
Seth Fallon, Dean