Leadership positions – Wellspring Alliance Church

Elected leadership positions

The leadership of Wellspring is made up of staff, Governing Board, and Deacons. Wellspring members serve in elected leadership positions under the umbrella of Wellspring’s bylaws and according to Wellspring’s core values, statement of faith & our denomination, the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA).

See below for information about the various elected leadership positions Wellspring members are called to serve in.

Governing Board Members

Each Governing Board member has a two-fold ministry. He/she participates in vision setting and oversight for all the church’s ministries and in decision making for church-wide policy and business issues.

Elder

Elders are members of the Governing Board and must comprise a majority of the Governing Board, per Wellspring’s bylaws. Elders include the senior pastor and the elder chairman. According to Wellspring’s bylaws and the constitution of our denomination, the Christian and Missionary Alliance, elders are men who use their spiritual gifts and demonstrate leadership ability while living out Wellspring’s purpose, values, and vision. Elders are responsible for the care, oversight, protecting, teaching, equipping, and ruling of the church body. The qualifications for elder are based on 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9.

Member at Large

Members at large serve on the Governing Board and live out Wellspring’s purpose, values, and vision through their leadership. They also collaborate with the elders to provide care, oversight, protection, teaching, equipping, and ruling of the church body. They represent the vision, values, and goals of the church to those within and outside the congregation.

Secretary

In addition to the duties described above, the Secretary takes minutes at meetings, helps organize meeting agendas, and takes attendance.

Treasurer

In addition to the duties described above, the treasurer supervises the disbursement and reporting of funds in accordance with the approved budget, chairs the church Finance Committee, and supervises the work of the church accountant.

Financial Secretary

In addition to the duties described above, the Financial Secretary is responsible to receive all donations on behalf of the church, keep accurate records, and document the source of the donations and the purpose for which they are given.

Deacons

The Deacons work as a team to meet the financial, emotional and physical needs of people within the church family or its outreach. According to Acts 6:3, deacons are “of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom.”