Regional Leadership Conference

Area Coordinator Business Minutes

March 15, 2005

I. Call to order
Reverend John Hopkins called to order the regular meeting of the Area Coordinator’s
Meeting at 10:30 AM on March 15, 2005, Baymont Inn & Suites.
II. Roll call
Secretary J. R. Black conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: John Hopkins,
J. R. Black, Henry Ritchie, Gary Landaw, David Schwarz, Steve Shirley, and Michael Edge
III. Reading of the 2004 Minutes
1. Read by Secretary/Treasure, J. R. Black
i. Motion: To accept minutes, D. Schwarz
ii. Second: S. Shirley
iii. Carried
IV. Discussions & Open issues
1. Ways and means to influence, promote, energize, and educate the existing ministry of
the CAC Region.
i. Expose them to revival oriented churches
ii. Send them to special conferences
iii. Publish and distribute DVD’s and/or CD’s productions of these types of meetings.
1. Because of the Times
2. Testimonies of successful pastors, churches, etc.
3. Top ten churches reports and analysis
4. Cell or small group meetings success stories
5. Rural churches testimonies of success
6. Ministry and mentoring techniques
7. Growth and promotion techniques
8. Maintaining focus on revival and evangelism
9. Threats of danger to effective ministry, (i.e., power, money, opposite sex,
loosing burden and focus)
iv. Committee formed to compile and promote the propagation of these forms of
media, DVD’s, CD’s and tapes.
1. CAC Media Promotion Committee
2. Scotty Slaydon, Chairman (Central America)
3. Daniel Drost, (Mexico)
4. Loren Miller, (Caribbean)
v. The above committee will be accountable to directly to the Regional Director.
vi. They are to compile video and audio materials for distribution from their respective
area of labor per committee delegation.
vii. Once material has been digitized, material is to be sent to J. R. Black for duplication.
V. Area Coordinator’s Reports
1. Michael Edge – Northern Central America
a. Motion: To accept as read, D. Schwarz
b. Second: H. Ritchie
c. Carried
2. Steve Shirley – Southern Dutch/English Caribbean
d. Motion: To accept as read, G. Landaw
e. Second: M. Edge
f. Carried
3. David Schwarz – Southern Central America
a. Motion: To accept as read, H. Ritchie
b. Second: S. Shirley
c. Carried
4. Gary Landaw – Spanish Caribbean
a. Motion: To accept as read, D. Schwarz
b. Second: M. Edge
c. Questions: An appeal made to clarify the new charter in Cuba, M. Edge
d. Clarification: J. Hopkins and G. Landaw
e. Carried
5. Henry Ritchie – French/Creole Caribbean
a. Motion: To accept as read, G. Landaw
b. Second: M. Edge
c. Carried
6. J. R. Black – Northern Caribbean
a. Motion: To accept as read, S. Shirley
b. Second: G. Landaw
c. Carried
VI. Break for Lunch: 1:05 PM
1. LDI Report – G. Landaw
a. Motion: D. Schwarz
b. Second: H. Ritchie
c. Carried
2. CCMPact Team – John Hopkins
a. Brother Macy’s Resignation
b. Discussion: The discussion was directed to remove the constraints of this
“approval” process.
i. Motion: J. Black – Delete the above reference found at IX-f-i in order to save
time in the approval process.
ii. Second: H. Ritchie
iii. Carried
iv. Motion: S. Shirley – Delete the word “approve”
v. Second: H. Ritchie
vi. Carried
vii. Motion: S. Shirley – Alter VI-f to read as follows “He shall present all
communicated needs of the Area Coordinators of his area of responsibility
in this meeting in an equal manner to the NA CCMPact Team.”
viii. Second: M. Edge
ix. Carried
x. Regional Director J. Hopkins submits:

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 1. That each Field Superintendent has the liberty to form a CCMPact
Team of his choice. As a result of this I-h-iii be changed to read
“Sub-Regional CCMPact Leader (who is the Area Coordinator) Or in
the event a separate team is formed for a specific country the Field
Superintendent or his delegated representative shall be the
CCMPact Leader of that country.”
2. He employs the help of a committee chaired by S. Shirley with M.
Edge, and S. Drost to peruse the rest of the document to avoid
conflicts in regard to this change.
3. This committee is to report back to the Area Coordinators before
RELCO is dismissed or when convenient by email to each member
of the Area Coordinators.
c. Newsletter – Regional Director J. Hopkins it is recommended that at least one
newsletter per year per CCMPact Team.
d. CCMPact Team Website
i. Approval was given to reserve a domain name close to if not exactly
CCMPact.org or CCMPact.com.
ii. A domain name of ccmpact.org was purchased 03-15-05 by J. R. Black
e. Annual Statistic Report, to be sent before every May 1st
f. Communication
i. It is recommended that Area Coordinator communicate on a regular basis
as a courtesy to the fellow missionaries or national leaders in his area of
responsibility.
ii. In the event of the Regional Director’s inability to attend national
conferences, the Area Coordinator will represent him contingent on the
status of his PIM account and his availability.
3. Global Council – Regional Director will investigate details of the cost and qualifications
for those who wish to attend.
4. CSI Involvement in CAC Region
a. Mercy Medical are the only one that is approved to work and operate in the CAC
Region
b. As per Regional Director, no free lance medical teams or persons are permitted to
work in the CAC Region.
5. Regional Missions Commission
a. Regional Sunday School & Child Evangelism
i. Central America – Lynne Jewett
ii. Caribbean – Dana Jackson
iii. Mexico – Linda Guinn
b. Bible School & Training
i. Regional Coordinator – Brad Thompson
ii. Central America – Brad Thompson
iii. Caribbean – Henry Ritchie
iv. Mexico – Steve Drost
c. Regional WNOP (World Network of Prayer)
i. Regional Coordinator – Aurelia Hopkins
ii. Central America – Lisa Schreckhise
iii. Caribbean – Christi Landaw
iv. Mexico – Holly Drost
VII. Adjournment
Regional Director John Hopkins adjourned the meeting at: 6:45 PM, 03-15-05

Minutes submitted by: Secretary J. R. Black

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