RMC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS FIRST MEETING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH

RMCNews – Denver, Colorado … The primary item on the agenda for the second Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) Executive Committee Meeting of 2025 dealt with the search for a candidate to fill the position of RMC president from the vacancy left by Mic Thurber’s retirement on March 1.

As explained by Doug Inglish, RMC vice president for administration, “The RMC Executive Committee is responsible for filling the open position, and they receive the names of suggested candidates from all sources. The officers of the Mid-America Union facilitate the search, providing the Committee with resources, guidelines, and an understanding of protocol.”

“Extensive vetting of candidates is done so informed decisions can be made. While the hope is to find a new president soon, a good outcome is more desirable than a swift outcome,” he continued. “The Committee solicits the prayers of everyone that the Holy Spirit will guide in the selection of a new president.”

Darin Gottfried, RMC vice president for finance, gave a quick financial update to the Committee, noting that the gross Tithe amounts received to date in 2025 are higher than 2024 by 3.75%, but still fall short of the five-year average by 2.4%. The Tithe shortage has occurred even though total membership numbers have remained fairly constant since the Covid epidemic began in 2020.

Inglish gave an overview on the status of the restructuring process of some church districts within the RMC boundaries. The restructuring of boundaries has come as a result of the decline in Tithe numbers and attrition, but Inglish assured the Committee that, “We have a place for every [pastor] who is employed.”

Gottfried also briefly discussed the initiative currently happening to transition RMC churches to the Jewel Church Accounting System^© for their accounting software. He highlighted the improved efficiency and ease of accounting functions between the churches and Conference for the churches that have already transitioned.

An additional motion at the meeting was the voting in and acceptance of Godfrey Miranda, lead pastor at Littleton Seventh-day Adventist Church, as the new Denver metro pastoral representative on the RMC Executive Committee.

—RMCNews.