A major function of the upcoming constituency session will be to elect the six conference officers; 27 members of the executive committee, the governing body of SECC; and the nine bylaws committee members for the next quinquennium.
Nominating Committee Process
The nominating processOur denomination has a representative form of governance and the conference nominating committee is very similar to the local church nominating committee. The process allows for every church in SECC to participate in the decision of who is elected to serve. Nominations will come from the nominating committee to the floor of the SECC Constituency Session meeting on October 7, 2018 for a vote by all delegates present.
SECC bylaws give clear direction as to the process and procedure of the selecting of the nominating committee and the function of that committee.
Nominating Committee
This video shares the purpose and function of the nominating committee.
The nominating committee is a standing committee of the conference.
The nominating committee has 27 members and six members are chosen by the various groups they represent:
- Two members of the executive committee are chosen. As there are a few members of the executive committee that are not eligible for re-election as they have served for the two term limit the names of Fabiola Guzman and Mark Johnston were selected.
- One person was selected by the executive committee to represent conference institutions (typically, this has alternated between Loma Linda University and La Sierra University). Yamilet Bazan, Vice President for Student Life, was selected.
- One member of the bylaws committee. Julianna Madison, current bylaws chair, is representing this group.
- One pastor of a constituent congregation is part of the group and Chris Oberg, senior pastor of La Sierra University church, was elected by the pastors of the conference.
- One representative of the conference board of education is part of the nominating committee. Amy Cornwall, conference curriculum coach, will represent this group.
| Name | Gender | County | Ethnicity | Church |
| Patricia Burgos | F | Orange | Multicultural | Orange Church |
| Amy Cornwall** | F | Riverside | Multicultural | La Sierra University Church |
| Chris Oberg***** | F | Riverside | Multicultural | La Sierra University Church |
| Mandy Shultz | F | Riverside | Multicultural | La Sierra University Church |
| Yamilet Bazan**** | F | Riverside | Multicultural | La Sierra University Church |
| Amber Oropeza | F | San Bernardino | Multicultural | Arden Hills Church |
| Chelsea Bartlett | F | San Bernardino | Multicultural | Loma Linda University Church |
| Fabiola Guzman*** | F | San Bernardino | Multicultural | Loma Linda University Church |
| Rochelle Webster | F | San Bernardino | Multicultural | Redlands Church |
| Valinda Greene | F | San Diego | Multicultural | Chula Vista Church |
| Esther Lee | F | San Bernardino | Asian/Pacific | Loma Linda Korean Church |
| Danette Batiste | F | Riverside | Black | Riverside Kansas Ave Church |
| Julihana Madison* | F | Riverside | Black | Mt Rubidoux Church |
| Pendeza Lawrence | F | San Diego | Black | San Diego 31st Street Church |
| Abigail Garcia | F | Riverside | Hispanic | Temecula Valley Spanish Company |
| Oscar Olivarria | M | Imperial | Multicultural | El Centro Church |
| Curtis Wright | M | Riverside | Multicultural | Desert Hot Springs Church |
| Fritz Guy | M | Riverside | Multicultural | La Sierra University Church |
| Mark Ford | M | Riverside | Multicultural | Arlington Church |
| Arthur Blinci | M | San Bernardino | Multicultural | Azure Hills Church |
| Tae Im | M | San Diego | Asian/Pacific | San Diego Central Church |
| Allen Sovory | M | San Bernardino | Black | San Bernardino 16th Street Church |
| Mark Johnston*** | M | Imperial | Hispanic | Calexico Spanish Church |
| Caleb Jara | M | Orange | Hispanic | Santa Ana Spanish Church |
| Harold Guizar | M | San Bernardino | Hispanic | Yucaipa Valley Spanish Church |
| Ricardo Torres, Jr | M | San Bernardino | Hispanic | Barstow Bilingual Church |
| Flaviano Dalisay | M | San Diego | Hispanic | San Diego Broadway Spanish Church |
| County | Gender | Ethnicity | |||||
| * | Bylaws Committee | Imperial | 2 | F | 15 | Multicultural | 15 |
| ** | Education Board | Orange | 2 | M | 12 | Asian/Pacific | 2 |
| *** | Executive Committee | Riverside | 10 | Black | 4 | ||
| **** | Institution | San Bernardino | 9 | Hispanic | 6 | ||
| ***** | Pastor | San Diego | 4 |
Meeting of Nominating Committee
Duties of the Nominating Committee
The first meeting of the nominating committee will be on August 12, 2018. Their first task will be to organize the committee, under the temporary chair of the conference president, by selecting a chair, an associate chair and a secretary. Once the committee is organized, it will proceed on its own with the conference president, and the union president serving as advisors.
The bylaws instruct, “its meetings shall be closed except to hear persons who make prior arrangements with the chair” (Bylaws of SECC, Section 6.5.b)
Duties of the Nominating Committee are to nominate:
- A President
- A Secretary
- A Treasurer
- Three Vice Presidents for Pastoral Ministry
- A Vice President for Asian-Pacific Ministries
- A Vice President for Black Ministries
- A Vice President for Hispanic Ministries
- Members of the Executive Committee
- Members of the Bylaws Committee
Nominating Committee Report
Information from the committee will be posted soon as they complete their work.