Converge MidAmerica and Converge Southeast Merger

Converge MidAmerica and Converge Southeast Merger

Thank you for visiting our landing page for the upcoming Special Business Meeting of the Delegates for the Converge MidAmerica Churches on October 21st, 2020. On this page, you will find a registration link (you must register to receive a ballot to vote), downloads for all the important documents, and links for the upcoming Q&A Zoom Meetings.

Register

7 Steps in preparing for this historic vote.

1) Determine the number of delegates to represent your church:

CMA By-Laws allow for the following number of delegates from member churches or member church plants:

5.7.4 Attendance at Meetings. Members shall be represented at meetings of the Members by delegates selected by each Member. Each Member Church shall be entitled to three (3) delegates for the first fifty (50) members or less, and one (1) additional delegate for each additional fifty (50) members or major fraction thereof; provided, however, that no Member Church shall be entitled to have more than ten (10) delegates in total.

Each Member Church Plant shall be entitled to one (1) delegate. 

We recommend you choose board members and pastoral staff as your delegates.

Summary

Member Churches: 
3 delegates for the first 50 members or less
and 1 delegate per additional 50 members
totalling no more than 10 delegates

Church Plant:
1 delegate

2) Email the registration link to your selected delegates. 

3) Download and read the following documents:

4) Attend one of the upcoming Zoom Meetings for Q & A:

September 8, 2 pm CST (3 pm EST) – Combined Prayer Gathering
September 29, 2 pm CST (3 pm EST)
October 1, 2 pm CST (3 pm EST)
October 8, 7 pm CST (8 pm EST)
October 13, 2 pm CST (3 pm EST) – Combined Prayer Gathering
October 14, 2 pm CST (3 pm EST)

Join Zoom Q&A
Join Zoom Prayer Gathering

5) Contact any of the following Board Members you know for more information as well as the Executive team:

Executive Team

  • Gary Rohrmayer
  • Bryan Moak
  • Danny Parmelee

Board of Overseers

  • Jessy Padilla – Chairman
  • Jeff Forester – Vice Chairman
  • Kirt Wiggins – Secretary
  • Richard Wollard – Treasurer
  • Victoria Pipkin – Legal Counsel
  • Tim Beavis
  • Brian Coffey
  • Christopher Dodd
  • Jeff Dryden
  • Eric Moore
  • Darryn Scheske
  • Paul Urban

6) Be prepared to receive a virtual ballot on October 20.

7) Vote during the 24-hour period.

Vote between 11 am CST (12 noon EST) October 20 and 11 am CST (12 noon EST) October 21.

Four Reasons to Relaunch Your Church with a 21 Days Campaign

Pastor, this fall would be an excellent opportunity to take your church to a deeper level as you relaunch your church. Converge MidAmerica’s 21 Days Campaigns are an opportunity for you as the Pastor to lead your church to a deeper level of prayer, generosity, and evangelism.

Here are four reasons for during a 21 Day Campaign in your church:

1. They focus your people on their daily relationship with Jesus.

One of the critical disciplines in discipleship is to teach your people how to have a meaningful quiet time. Teaching people to feed on the word of God and to speak to God in prayer is essential to move them on the path of maturity. During a 21 Day Campaign, you drive that principle deep into the life of your church and give them the tools to help facilitate this discipline.

2. They inspire spiritual formation in the key areas of discipleship.

You cannot manufacture spiritual growth, but you can create an atmosphere for spiritual growth. In reminding your people of the essential habits of discipleship–bible study, prayer, fasting, generosity, and evangelism–while giving them useful on-ramp tools, you will ensure your church is spiritually healthy and missionally engaged.

3. They rally the church around a focused theme.

The prophet Daniel, who was deeply concerned about his people’s spiritual condition, prayed and fasted for 21 days (Daniel 10:1-3). There are certain seasons in our lives when we need to give focused attention to our personal spiritual growth and the spiritual needs of our family, church, and community.

4. They help you drive the vision and mission of Jesus deeper into your church.

Leading your church through a 21-day campaign allows you to shepherd and lead the church in a unified way. Campaigns give you an opportunity to lift your church’s eyes to the high calling of the church in a practice way. Jesus said, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…” (Mathew 28:19-20).

I have said, “The church is dying by assumptions!” We assume our leaders have meaningful devotional lives yet are spiritually drying up right in front of our eyes. We assume our leaders our getting into meaning spiritual conversations yet have not shared their faith in years. We assume our leaders our tithing and growing in generosity. However, when a financial assessment reveals some of your leaders have no record of giving to the church in years, you feel deceived.

Pastor, don’t let your church die by assumptions; instead, bring focused attention to the essentials to discipleship.

Prayer – 21 Dangerous Prayers

Fasting – 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting

Bible Study – 21 Courageous Prayers

Generosity – 21 Days towards a Generous Life

Evangelism – 21 Days to Increasing Your Spiritual Conversations

P.S. All these campaigns can be done entirely digitally.