NOMINATING COMMITTEE

SUMMARY OF WORK

1. Nomination of Moderator and Moderator-elect for 2025.

2. Review committee vacancies.

3. Nominations for permanent committees, boards, and GA standing committees.

4. Follow-up on finalizing slate of nominees.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

45-01 That the 45th General Assembly elect TE Dave Strunk as Moderator of the 45th General Assembly.

45-02 That the 45th General Assembly elect RE Jack Cathey as Moderator-elect of the 45th General Assembly.

45-03 That the 45th General Assembly elects the slate of nominees for the 45th EPC General Assembly permanent committees, standing committees, and boards.

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WORK OF THE COMMITTEE

The Nominating Committee works throughout the year between General Assembly meetings seeking to discern the Lord’s will for each of our Committees and encouraging members of each Presbytery to apply for permanent committee positions.

The committee met on March 6, 2025 via video conference to review committee vacancies and work on filling the slate to present to the 45th General Assembly.

Many of the nominees were contacted and sent in the proper paperwork before our meeting; however, some were contacted on the day of the meeting, and further contacts were conducted by email and phone after the March 6 meeting. For those positions not filled on March 6, Nominating Committee members subsequently voted by email.

The committee would like to thank the staff of The Office of the General Assembly for their support and guidance.

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RECOMMENDATIONS (DETAILED)

RECOMMENDATION 45-01

Dave grew up in a Christian home with two wonderful parents, and the middle child between two sisters. He became a Christian at 9 years old, when his dad prayed with him on the living room couch. At the age of 17, Dave sensed a palpable and unrelenting call to pastoral ministry while on a church mission trip. Being from Knoxville, TN, Dave went to the University of Tennessee, and immediately upon graduating in 2006 got married to his wife Laura and moved to Denver to attend Denver Seminary where he graduated three years later (in 2009). Throughout seminary and following for ten years, he was involved at the volunteer, staff, and ordained level at Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church. All three of the Strunk children were born in Colorado and baptized at CCPC. In 2016 the Strunks moved back to their home in Tennessee in order to plant an evangelistic church out of their mother church, Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church. Church of the Redeemer was launched in 2017 in Alcoa, TN, and Dave has been lead pastor ever since.

RECOMMENDATION 45-02

Jack Cathey is a Ruling Elder at Lake Forest Church in Huntersville, NC, where he and his wife Anne have been involved as founding members. Jack and Anne have two adult married children who reside in the greater Charlotte area. Jack is a graduate of Wake Forest University, where he completed his undergraduate degree in accounting. He also graduated from Virginia Tech, where he earned both a Master’s and Doctoral degrees in accounting. After graduate school, Jack joined the faculty of the Turner School of Accountancy at the University of North Carolina, where he has been a member of the faculty for the past 36 years.

Jack grew up in a Christian home and committed his life to Christ at Windy Gap (a Young Life Camp) in 1975. Jack was first called and elected to serve as a Ruling Elder at Forest Hill Church in Charlotte, NC. During a time of significant growth, the Forest Hill Session voted to begin church planting. Jack voted in favor of this motion, and, much to his surprise, he found himself in a skating rink in Huntersville, NC, stacking chairs two years later. Being a part of starting and establishing Lake Forest has been a very fulfilling experience. He has served on the active session many times and has been a part of many search committees that hired staff as the church grew.
When the Lake Forest Session felt the time was right to begin their own church planting work, Jack was appointed as a co-leader of the Church Multiplication Commission along with Teaching Elder Mike Moses. To date, Lake Forest has planted five new churches, including Storyhill Church, Lake Forest Westlake, Lake Forest El Buen Samaritano (a Spanish-speaking plant), Lake Forest UCity (a multi-ethnic plant), and Lake Forest Cabarrus.

For the past 11 years Jack has served as a member of the EPC’s National Church Planting Team. He has focused on helping the team organize its work and develop a national approach for church planting including the work of the National Director and the Regional Directors. He has also been a part of planning and attending the annual EPC Church Planter’s Retreat.

RECOMMENDATION 45-03

The Slate of Nominations—Permanent Committees and Boards. Some nominees had not confirmed acceptance of their nomination at press time and will be announced at the 45th General Assembly. Note: ^second term; *pending Session or Presbytery endorsement.

Benefit Resources, Inc., Board of Directors

Chaplains Work and Care Committee

Disaster Relief Committee

Fraternal Relations Committee

Ministerial Vocation Committee

National Leadership Team

Next Generation Ministries Council

Nominating Committee

Permanent Judicial Commission

Presbytery Review Committee

Theology Committee

World Outreach Committee

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Christine Deane
RE, Presbytery of the Pacific Southwest

Tommy Jordan
TE, Presbytery of the Southeast

Nick Welch
TE, Presbytery of the Pacific Northwest

Rob Liddon
RE, Presbytery of the Central South

Stacey Miller
RE, Presbytery of the Coastal Mid-Atlantic

Juan Rivera
TE, Presbytery of Florida and the Caribbean

Ann Weston
RE, Presbytery of Mid-America

Kelli Marks
RE, Presbytery of the Rivers and Lakes

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MEETING DATES

March 6, 2025: Video Conference
May 2, 2025: Email Vote Communication
May 23, 2025: Email Vote Communication
May 27, 2025: Email Vote Communication

Respectfully submitted,

Michael Goolsby, Chairman
June 2025

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