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by Jeff Finley
Newcomer Karen Michel described herself as honored, overwhelmed and excited to join the board with “a huge sense of responsibility for the church in this country.” Michel works in development at Penn State University and serves as the children’s director at Stepping Stones Community Church in State College, Pa.
E. Kenneth Martin, the pastor of New Vision Fellowship in Forestville, Md., has both a new BOA seat and a new role as the Free Methodist Church’s representative to the National Association of Evangelicals. Martin hopes his involvement in the association will lighten the Board of Bishops’ workload while demonstrating diversity within the body of Christ.
“We need more people of color in these organizations,” said Martin, the BOA’s only African-American member. “Jesus died for all people, and we have to have all people at all levels of the church.”
Another new BOA member with a big role is Eric Spangler, the lead pastor of LifePoint Church, a multisite congregation in Everett and Lake Stevens, Wash. Spangler is the new chairman of the board’s Missions Committee.
New BOA member Charlie Fiskeaux serves as the chief financial officer and vice president of business affairs at Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky.
Barb Sands, Greenville College’s coordinator for finance and a member of the Hillsboro (Ill.) Free Methodist Church, is the BOA’s new secretary.
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