United Church of God, an International Association
Council of Elders Videoconference Report
Thursday, March 9, 2023

A special meeting of the Council of Elders (Council) was conducted via video conference. The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. Eastern and opened with prayer. Eleven Council members, President Shabi, Steve Myers (Ministerial and Member Services), the Secretary and the Reporter were present when the meeting was called to order. Mr. Ashley had informed Chairman Martin that he would be joining a few minutes late, which he did.

This special video meeting was scheduled by the Council to discuss the following items:

• Ordination Requests
• Appointing members to the Nominating Committee

After reviewing the proposed agenda, the Council went into a planned executive session.

At 7:53 p.m. the Council ended the executive session.

Chairman Martin then presented the names chosen by the Council from the list of volunteers to serve on the Nominating Committee. The members chosen are as follows:

• Dan Dowd - Chairman of the Roles and Rules Committee
• Aaron Dean - International Advisor to the President
• Frank Dunkle - Secretary of the General Conference of Elders
• Ed Dowd - U.S. Salaried
• Devin Schulz - U.S. Salaried
• Keith Wilson - U.S. Non-salaried
• Paul Smith - U.S. Non-salaried
• Grant Chick - International
• Tony Wasilkoff - International

Mr. Seiglie then gave a quick update on the Doctrine Committee’s progress on the review of the Hebrew Calendar Paper Appendix D & E. He informed the Council that the Committee has another meeting scheduled for March 21, 2023, to complete the review of these sections. He then opened the floor for any comments, questions, or suggestions.

At 8 p.m. the Council closed with prayer and adjourned.

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Council Reporter
Ryan Hall

[These are not the official minutes from the Council meeting. Elders can find those at the Home Office with the Council Secretary.]

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