Elected ABCUSA Officers – 2015

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Elected ABCUSA Officers – 2015

The persons below were elected during the 2015 Biennial Mission Summit to serve as ABCUSA Officers for the term running from January 1, 2016-December 31, 2017. They were originally nominated at the November 2014 Board of General Ministries meeting.

Rev. Judy Fackenthal comes from the American Baptist Churches of Greater Indianapolis, and has served as solo pastor of Garfield Park Baptist Church since 1999.

Dr. Josué D. Gómez currently serves as President of the ABCUSA Hispanic Caucus. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and is the first person nominated as an ABCUSA Officer from Iglesias Bautistas de Puerto Rico, the American Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico regional organization.

Paul Higgins currently serves as Vice President of Finance for Rainbow Acres, a residential ranch-style community for the developmentally disabled in Camp Verde, Arizona. Rainbow Acres is also the newest Associated Ministry Organization of American Baptist Churches USA, voted on at the November 2014 Board of General Ministries meetings.

ABCUSA President – Rev. Judy Fackenthal

ABCUSA Vice President – Josue D. Gómez-Menéndez, Esq.

ABCUSA Budget Review Officer – Paul Higgins

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