wfn.org | Search Begins for Interim Executive Director 23-July-96

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96260      Search Begins for Interim Executive Director 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--The Personnel Subcommittee of the General Assembly Council 
(GAC) has launched its search for an interim executive director of the GAC. 
Deadline for receipt of applications is August 12, 1996. 
 
     According to Jinny Miller, GAC vice-chair and chair of the Council's 
Personnel Subcommittee, the interim executive director will be appointed by 
the GAC's Executive Committee at its Sept. 13-14 meeting and introduced to 
the full Council at its Sept. 25-28 meeting. 
 
     At that same meeting, a search committee will be elected to find a new 
permanent executive director, with that person scheduled to be presented to 
the 209th General Assembly next June in Syracuse for confirmation.  The 
interim executive director will not be eligible for the permanent position. 
 
     Minimum qualifications for the interim post are 
 
          commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior 
          theological competency grounded in scripture and informed by the 
"Book of 
          Confessions" and the "Book of Order" 
          commitment to the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 
          graduate degree in ministry, management, and/or 
international/intercultural relations 
          15 years of leadership in ministry and/or organizational 
management with broad 
          experience in shaping the direction of complex institutions. 
 
     Interested persons should contact Jinny Miller, c/o Ms. B. Novy, 2242 
East Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN 55119, by phone at (612) 739-4476, or by 
fax at (612) 854-6690. 

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