About Us

The Greenfield Park Baptist Church Transition Team was formed in early 2021 in preparation for the retirement of our former pastor, Brian Talbot.  Selected by the Elder Board, we represent the diversity of our congregation and work together on behalf of all GPBC members. Our team’s mission is to obey God’s plan for the future of our church as we look for the new pastor He has set apart to be the next spiritual leader of our church family. Thank you for supporting this journey with your encouragement and prayers as we follow God’s will.

The Greenfield Park Baptist Church Transition Team:
Tim, Stacy, Rosie, Paulo, Allie

Contact us at TransitionTeam.gpbc@gmail.com

 We finally feel completely prepared for our first interview. We have agreed on all of the important decisions as a team and set ourselves up to try to conduct the most productive interviews possible. Waiting for an interview might not be easy, but this patience breeds opportunity to spend more time with God to ask for his guidance during our time of transition and for the important decisions we will be making soon.  

Please be praying for our church family, our elders, the transition team, the potential candidates, and the man God has already designated as our future pastor; pray for any difficulties they may be handling in life at this moment.  (1 Peter 5:10)

Your prayers will be vital during this coming week.  Our team is working diligently to prepare for an interview with a potential pastor next week. We have even planned extra meetings in order to be assured that we are fully ready.  We're hoping to be able to have a God-led meeting with this candidate that can provide answers to questions and clarity for future decisions.  

Let us not be anxious during this time of transition, but all take time this week to pray and bring our request for a new pastor to God with thanksgiving in our hearts.  (Philippians 4:6)

An important milestone was reached tonight.  Our Greenfield Park Baptist Church Transition Team and Elder Board have chosen final candidates to interview for the lead pastor position at our church.  The interviews will be scheduled in the coming days and will hopefully be completed during the next few weeks.  The following step will be decided after these initial interviews are complete.          

Please pray for the members of our Transition Team and Elder Board to be able to keep our goals aligned with God's during this next crucial stage.  (Colossians 3:23)

With the Thanksgiving holiday on Monday, our team met on Tuesday this week to continue our preparations in the pastoral search.  We spent more time planning for future interviews and preparing our hearts to listen for God's voice during the upcoming interactions with candidates. Time allowed us to also discuss important matters of church business such as schedules, volunteers, and future plans.     

This week join us in praying that we remember to put all our trust in the Lord. Not to lean on our own understanding, but to acknowledge him so that he will make our paths straight.  (Proverbs 3:5-6)

After spending the last several weeks praying and patiently waiting, our team is very excited at the prospect of interviews in the near future. God has sent our way information on many well qualified candidates, and we look forward to getting to know them better by speaking to them directly.  Our church continues to need support during this time of transition. Therefore, we wish to send our utmost gratitude to all the wonderful people that have been filling our pulpit over the last four months and to those who will continue to help bring the Word of God to our congregation in the coming weeks.

Let us pray together for all the people serving in our church, and for those who are not yet serving to be willing to step forward and find their own way to bring glory to God.  (1 Peter 4:10-11)

Several profiles and resumes of prospective pastors have made it to our team.  The process now is one of waiting for more profiles to come in and praying over the ones we already have.  God has been using our different strengths as Transition Team members to bring about wonderful discussions over thought-provoking topics.  It is an amazing opportunity to work with a perfectly God-originated mixture of people. 

Our church's Elder Board can always use our prayer. Pray for God to grant Ron, Ondo, and Tim strength to not grow weary as they're leading us through this transition. (Galatians 6:9-10) 

We are hoping to be able to invite all of you back into the sanctuary for our Sunday service on September 5th. The government's Covid guidelines will be met to try to allow a safe opportunity for everyone to come back to the church.  As we're reopening, we're in need of more people to help on a weekly basis. If you're willing to serve in any way (Covid/Greeting Team, Worship/Visual/Sound Teams, Elders/Deacons, Children's ministries, etc.) please step up and let the Transition Team or Elders know via email or phone.  Also, we are still in need of a Church Treasurer. Please consider filling this position and pray regularly that someone is found to serve our church in this way. 

The Transition Team is continuing to work hard to find our next Pastor of GPBC.  We currently have the information on three interested candidates.  Although we are not sharing personal details about candidates at this time, we ask that you lift these individuals up in prayer. These men are all seeking a pastoral job, and we can ask God to guide them to their future positions just as he guides us to our future pastor. 

Our Heavenly Father is watching over each of us and guiding our church to His will. We must simply work together to prepare ourselves to do His good work. As a Transition Team, we regularly pray for all of you as our congregation, and we hope that you're praying for us as well. 

To God Be the Glory!

The Greenfield Park Baptist Church Transition Team:

Tim, Stacy, Rosie, Paulo, Emmanuel, and Allie 
transitionteam.gpbc@gmail.com

We have begun our in-depth evaluation of the profiles we have received.  It is very interesting reading about all the wonderfully different ways God can use people to further his ministry. During this time we are taking extra care to prayerfully consider God's plan for us and each candidate as well.  We are also thankful for the time we took to get to know our congregation and personally ask members what they were expecting from a future pastor. 

Please lift up our church family this week in your prayers; let us ask God to equip each of us to do His will. (Hebrews 13:20-21) 

Tonight was a wonderful and productive meeting.  With our job description posted we have now begun receiving profiles from potential candidates.  We also started to discuss the intricacies of the future contract.  As a team, we are trying to be diligent in our preparation so that we can rest assured that nothing is being overlooked during the complicated hiring process. Most importantly, we have faith that God is in control of every step of this situation. 

During your time with God, please pray for a powerful move of congregational cleansing and renewal. (Psalms 66:18) 

We were blessed with a time filled with prayer on this Monday evening.  Focusing our prayers on the congregation of our church, we took time to ask God to guide our members and attendees during this period of transition.  Please join us in praying for the congregation of our church:

Pray for a powerful move of congregational cleansing. (Psalm 139:23-24)
Pray for strong focus on the present ministry of the church. (Revelation 3:15)

Pray for a miraculous sense of love and unity among all members of the church. (John 17:21)

Pray that we will patiently await God’s timing. (Hebrews 6:12)

Our group had great discussions this Monday evening about what exactly we are expecting from our future pastor.  As we look towards outlining a contract that will guide our relationship with him, we're taking time to think carefully over the needs of the church. The Team has been reminded that although we're doing our best to complete the necessities, it usually takes one to two years to find a new pastor. We patiently await God's appointed servant. 

Please have Paulo, the team chairman, in your prayers this week, and pray for keen supernatural discernment, wisdom, and strength for him. (Matthew 15:14)