I have made a very important decision that will bring clarity to our ministry. This decision pertains to the way we will function as an entire staff team. I have prayed and fasted over this decision, and sought the counsel of others.

The Office of the Pastor has the responsibility of providing overall leadership to the entire church, school and staff team. While I serve as the Pastor-Teacher of the church, there is so much more expected of my role here. In order for me to see this office operate in the highest fashion, biblically and practically, I have placed within this God-given Office of the Pastor two very gifted men.

Serving in the Office of the Pastor beside me will be Andy Wilson and Ben Mayes. I want to explain to you their roles within this spiritual office of leadership. As they work with me in these roles, we move forward leading this church together. Their roles will be as follows:

Andy Wilson

• Executive Leader of the Ministry and Operations – He has the role of serving as the executive leader of all staff, ministries and operations.

Ben Mayes

• Executive Leader of Finance and Shiloh – He has direct responsibility for all finances (church and school) and for the leadership of our school, which has an annual budget of $4.4 million, with over 70 employees.

Andy and Ben will lead this ministry in all day-to-day matters. Obviously, I provide visions and strategic leadership to the overall ministry. These two men will insure the stability of the structure of our ministry. Their global oversight of both campuses and all ministries will insure that our missional vision and core values are implemented at ever level of the entire ministry, plus provide synergistic leadership to the overall ministry. Please understand these two men need to be prayed for daily.

These men will work with what we are now calling out Leadership Team, formerly called Senior Team. We are calling it our Leadership Team for many reasons. The people who are serving on this team are:

• Doug Sarver
• Kim Noblitt
• Clint Smith
• Andy Wilson
• Mike Daniels
• Josh Stanbery
• Ben Mayes

Please pray for these men as they serve beside me. I am grateful for each one of them.

Back to Andy Wilson and Ben Mayes–these men, who are now doing ministry, came to us from incredible backgrounds. Briefly:

• Andy Wilson, former Vice-President of the People Division of the entire Walmart organization. The positon placed him over all of Human Resources in Walmart. Most recently, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics.
• Ben Mayes, former Administrative Services Director for the city of Fayetteville, as well as a CPA. Ben has been with us ten years. We will celebrate his anniversary at the end of this month.

God has blessed us with these leaders to walk alongside me. We are here to serve the Lord and you. Please pray for all of us.