The Search Team continues to meet and pray for God’s will in the selection of a new Pastor. Now that Dave Gudgel has moved to California, we are blessed to have our Bethany Pastors and a few outside speakers providing very excellent pulpit supply during this interim period.
As to the search, we are in the final discussion stage with a seasoned pastor who is familiar with the history of Bethany Bible and who has led a very successful and significant ministry over many years. The likelihood of his coming is still a matter of prayer and we do not know for sure yet whether he is the man God has chosen for us. We should have more to share with you in the next few weeks.
In the meantime we continue to talk with a young man who is the Senior Pastor at a smaller church in the mid-west and who has expressed an interest in Bethany over the past several weeks. The Search team has been in contact with him since early December. He has excellent preaching and leadership abilities and is being courted by at least two others churches at this time.
Your prayers continue to be very important to the Search Team and the overall search process. Thank you for your support and encouragement.
Walt Ekstrom
Search Team Leader
