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2024 Nominations Requested

Antioch, TN—The 2023-2024 Nominating Committee, which will serve through the national convention in Tampa, Florida, is prepared to receive nominees for the 2024 election, according to Terry Hinds, chairman. 

The committee will meet in December and compile a report offering a single nomination for each position to be filled. The report will be presented to delegates at the 2024 convention.

The following board and commission positions will be filled in 2024: Women Nationally Active for Christ (3), D6 Family Ministry (3), IM, Inc. (3), Welch College (3), Commission for Theological Integrity (1), Historical Commission (1), Media Commission (1), Music Commission (1), General Board (10), Executive Committee (3). 

The following boards do not elect members in 2024: North American Ministries; Board of Retirement and Insurance; Free Will Baptist Foundation.

Nominations, accompanied by a brief resume, must be submitted exclusively to the chairman on or before October 1. 

Download the nomination form at http://www.nafwb.org/nominations.

Contact Chairman Terry Hinds:
Nominating Committee
851 N Miami S
Wabash IN 46992
refreshandrekindle@gmail.com

Former Contact Editor Eugene Workman With the Lord

Antioch, TN—Erwin Eugene (Gene) Workman died June 30, 2023, at age 83, in Antioch, Tennessee.

Workman (pictured below with his wife Marjorie) served as the fifth editor of Contact magazine from 1971-1977. Contact was the official denominational publication of Free Will Baptists for a half century but ceased publication when ONE Magazine unified all denominational publications.

A graduate of Welch College, Workman was a longtime member of Woodbine FWB Church (now Cane Ridge). He served his church, his association, and the state association faithfully in various capacities, including state clerk and as a member of the Tennessee Executive Committee.

Former Tennessee Promotional Director Glenn Poston recalls, “His attention to details sometimes drove me crazy, but I knew he took his work very seriously, and he was almost always right. We will all miss this good man.”

Gene is survived by his wife Marjorie; children Regena Sizemore (Tim) and Jennifer Beauchamp (Will); grandchildren Andrew Sizemore (Madison), Abigail Sizemore, Anna Sizemore, Cadence Beauchamp, and Emory Beauchamp; and siblings Cathy Green, Lois Slack, Darrell Workman, and Richard Workman (Kathe).

A celebration of Workman’s life and faithfulness was held Friday, July 7, at Woodbine Funeral Home.