On Sunday, July 31, 2022, Rev. David “Chip” Bullock was elected as the next Lead Pastor at Lima Community Church. The vote was over 95% affirmative for Pastor Chip.
Chip currently serves as the Lead Pastor of the Napoleon (OH) Church of the Nazarene. His first Sunday at Lima Community will be September 18, 2022.
Chip and his wife, Nichole, have four children: Keegan, Saige, Kolby, and Selah.
This Sunday, July 31, all members of Lima Community Church age 15 and older are encouraged to vote on the nomination of the pastoral candidate. Voting will take place in the church foyer and will be open before, between, and after both services.
Please watch this video for an important update on the pastoral search process from our church board secretary, Don Rodden.
Sunday, July 24, there will be a Meet-and-Greet in the AXIS with the prospective pastor and family at 6:30pm. There will be more details about this as the week unfolds.
The following Sunday, July 31, all active Lima Community Church members age 15 and older will be invited to vote for the prospective pastor nominated by the church board.
Thank you for your continued prayers for the church and for the prospective pastor during these days! God is at work!
Transition is primarily about doing two things well. It’s about continuing to follow the Lord and ministering to each other and our communities. And it’s a process of diligently seeking a new lead pastor. As a board we are incredibly thankful to the Lord for the faithfulness of our pastoral staff, directors, staff members, and volunteers for their love and dedication. Sincere and ongoing thanks to each and every one of you.
As we indicated in our March update, our next steps were to develop a profile of desired candidate attributes, which was guided primarily by the congregational survey in which you participated. Following that, Dr. Geoff Kunselman, our District Superintendent, identified several prospective candidates and reviewed them with us for consideration. From those, the list was narrowed down to three current candidates. First interviews of these candidates will begin the week of May 27th.
Generally, we would expect to invite candidates for multiple interviews over a two-to-three-month period of time. The most optimistic outcome would be a narrowing of the candidates to a final selection from these three. This sometimes happens, but there are also times when none of the candidates lead to a pastoral placement based on their sense of calling or ours, and we would continue to search and interview other prospective pastors.
Through Geoff’s leadership, we are experiencing a strong sense of unity of Spirit and a quiet confidence that we will collectively hear what the Lord is saying to us throughout this entire process.
We know that many, many people are joining in ongoing prayer to the Father on our body’s behalf, for which we are deeply grateful. The meditation earlier this week in our prayer journals was the Apostle Paul’s admonition, “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12). As we seek new spiritual leadership, we experience the joy that comes from the hope of who and what is coming! And though this is somewhat a minor affliction, we demonstrate our faith through patience and continue faithfully in prayer, together.
Together. What a powerful word when there is unity of Spirit and purpose. And that is who we are and how we are journeying through this… together.
Blessings!
On Sunday, March 6, Church Board Secretary Don Rodden provided an update to the church on the results of the recently completed congregational survey. The slides he shared with the congregation are included here.
The first three images show some of the key takeaways from the survey. (Note: The percentages indicate the percent of respondents who chose each specific item as one of their top three responses in each category.) The final slide details some of the next steps in the pastoral transition timeline.
Sunday, January 23, 2022, Pastor Doug Boquist preached for the last time as the Lead Pastor at Lima Community Church. There were many meaningful tributes to celebrate the ministry of Pastor Doug and Debbie. They are dearly loved and will be missed here in Lima.
Thank you, Pastor Doug and Debbie, for your exemplary and faithful service to our families, church, and community.
The church board met with the District Superintendent on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. One of the items the board discussed during that meeting was interim leadership of the church during the time of transition. The board voted that night to ask Brad Taylor, Executive Pastor, to serve as the interim point person providing direction to staff and operations during the interim period, however long it may last. Pastor Brad has accepted this invitation.
Additionally, and importantly, the rest of the staff will remain in place during the interim period as well. We are so blessed with such a tremendous team to help lead our church through this season. If you click here, you can see the wonderful team of people we are blessed to call our church staff.
Both the staff and the church board appreciate your continued prayers as we work to appropriately thank Pastor Doug and Debbie for their years of faithful service and begin to consider what the next season of ministry for Lima Community Church may hold.
District Superintendent Dr. Geoff Kunselman outlines the plan for the transition to new leadership at Lima Community Church.
Pastor Doug announces his last month as Lead Pastor of Lima Community Church of the Nazarene will be January 2022.