PLYMOUTH – After nine years of faithful service to the Baptist churches of Michigan, Pastor Timothy Patterson will be retiring as the Executive Director/Treasurer of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan (BSCM) at the end of 2024. Pastor Patterson has spent this last decade, alongside his specifically curated team, rebuilding and unifying the great churches in Michigan. He has brought the state convention back from the edge of certain death by establishing healthy leadership within the state office, pouring into long time pastoral leaders, and developing over 115 new church plants! The growing number of church plants have led to a renewed excitement, evidenced by a rise in Cooperative Program giving and reported baptisms. After several years of declining giving and baptisms, the trajectory is climbing under the leadership of Pastor Patterson.
With all that in mind, the family of churches that forms the BSCM has turned its attention to Pastor Patterson’s successor. The search is on for someone to fill the big shoes that will be left behind. It is an exciting time in the life of Michigan Baptists. We are experiencing an extremely fruitful season of Kingdom work throughout Michigan and the next Executive Director will join hands and hearts with men and women who are committed to The Great Commission, which has always been the aim of Southern Baptists for past two centuries.
If you are a member of a Michigan BSCM cooperating church, please take a moment to help our Search Team to better understand the needs and priorities of churches in Michigan as we search for the next Executive Director of the BSCM. Please fill out the survey at bscm.org/survey
If you are interested in applying for the position of Executive Director/Treasurer of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan, please go to bscm.org/search to fill out the application and upload your resume.
The Search Committee will accept resumes until April 30, 2024, at 11:59 pm and no resumes will be accepted after the deadline. All applicants will be contacted no later than May 30, 2024, informing them if they have been selected to progress to the next stage of the application process, or not. If you have any questions, contact the search committee admin at questions@bscm.org.
As a new era begins, we ask you to join us in prayer as the God of all wisdom reveals the next leader who will shepherd this great state to new heights for God’s glory!