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Highpoint Leadership

Meet Our Leadership

At Highpoint, one of our core values is healthy biblical leadership. Church leadership is made up of our pastors and staff, our Shepherds, and our Board of Trustees. This model allows for oversight and accountability, but also allows for care, support, and development of one another and our church family. At Highpoint, it is our goal to ensure that leaders are trained, developed, and cared for spiritually, physically, and emotionally. (1 Peter 5:2-4; Galatians 6:2)

Leadership at Highpoint also includes our ministry and teaching teams. We are intentional about equipping, mentoring, and training volunteers who serve in these leadership positions, both for their own development, for our congregation and for kingdom impact. It is not uncommon that we train people who leave to serve in other churches, ministries, nonprofits, or communities. We consider this a leadership success, and we celebrate the impact these leaders can have in the Kingdom! (1 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:5)

Each of these areas of focus ensures that leaders are equipped, serving in their area of giftedness, and impacting their church, communities, families, and the Kingdom. (1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11, and Romans 12:7)

Board of Trustees

Each year, the congregation of Highpoint Fellowship selects members to the Board of Trustees.

Elected board members are:  Ted Woodward, Ebony Ornelas, Chris Mustain, Dave Dillman, Joshua Thompson and Kyle Thomas.

Rights and Responsibilities: Trustees are given the right and responsibility to conduct the general business of the church, including oversight of the financial, legal and administrative aspects of the church. Both the Lead Pastor and the Executive Director report directly to the Board of Trustees.

Qualifications: To qualify to serve as a Trustee of the church, a person shall

  • Have demonstrated experience in ministry or church leadership
  • Be committed to Highpoint Fellowship’s purpose, goals, and leadership
  • Possess gifts of wisdom, leadership, and administration
  • Be a member for at least 2 years before being elected

Characteristics: The characteristics of persons serving as Trustees should include:

  • A life that models Christ and demonstrates high integrity
  • Spiritual gifts of wisdom, leadership, and administration
  • Strong communication skills
  • The ability to work together as a team with other Trustees
  • The respect of Highpoint Fellowship members and others in our community
  • A deep love for the members of Highpoint

Responsibilities of a Member In Good Standing: Membership in the church implies certain individual responsibilities.

Members, by the enabling of God, should:

  • Honor, love, and pray for the leadership of the church
  • Honor, love, and pray for one another
  • Strive to preserve unity and harmony in the body
  • Serve the body by using God­-given gifts and talents
  • Attend church assemblies and meetings regularly
  • Contribute (as the Lord enables) time, talent, tithes, and offerings for the church

Shepherds

Each year, new Shepherds are nominated and selected to the Shepherd team.  

The current Shepherds are:  Vickie Covington, Brian Short, Clifford Worthy, Calissa Worthy, Karen Kendrick, Dorothy Jones, and Bill Cabaniss. The pastoral staff are also participating Shepherds, including TW Davis, Amy Stevens, Tyler Murphy, Nina Pena, and Cody Singleton.

The Highpoint Fellowship bylaws state: 

The Shepherds are a team of lay church members whose purpose is to provide spiritual guidance, compassionate care, and teaching to the church. Shepherds serve the role as ascribed to elders, bishops, or overseers in the Bible. (I Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:6-9; I Peter 5:1-4)

Responsibilities of the Shepherds include, but are not limited to:

  1. Providing Spiritual Guidance
    • Intercede daily for spiritual wisdom and insight (Ephesians 1:17).
    • Develop relationships by being present and available (especially in groups, classes, ministries and the lobby). Show up.
    • Identify and disciple growing Christians so they, in turn, can disciple others.
    • Lovingly lead members to resolve relational problems in a Biblical way.
    • Gently restore people who are caught in a sin. Always be aware of how easy it is to be tempted. Be willing to bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:1-2).
  2. Providing Compassionate Care
    • Show unconditional love to all members regardless of their opinions, personalities, backgrounds or failures.
    • Respond to prayer requests. The Shepherds should ensure that all requests are covered in prayer.
    • Visit those in the hospital, the sick and the homebound (when appropriate).
    • Provide generous support to the Trustees, the Staff, Ministry Leaders and fellow Shepherds through encouragement, mentoring and prayers.
    • Communicate with your fellow Shepherds in sharing responsibility to provide pastoral care.
    • Be hospitable.
  3. Providing Teaching
    • Teach through actions, words, and the Scriptures.
    • Guard the church from unbiblical teaching.

We affirm that we are wholly inadequate to the task of shepherding God’s church. We rely on the Holy Spirit more than any process or system.  Our prayer is- first, middle, and always- that we are being transformed into Christ’s likeness through the power and leading of the Lord, who is the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Deacons

The current deacons are: Jim Martin, Jennifer Martin, Chuck Malone, Christine Malone, Alice Cates, Denise Price, Matt Hickey, and Cathy Woodward.

The need for deacons in the church is first recognized in Acts 6 when the 12 Apostles recognized that the scope of work was insurmountable for their number. Disciples were increasing in number and the work became unmanageable. So, the first 7 deacons were called. Whereas the Bible charges Shepherds with the tasks of teaching and leading the church, a deacons’ role is more service-oriented. That is, they are to care for the physical or temporal concerns of the church. By handling such matters, deacons free up the shepherds to focus on shepherding the spiritual needs of the congregation.

Board of Trustees

Each year, the congregation of Highpoint Fellowship selects members to conduct the general business of the church, including oversight of the financial, legal and administrative aspects of the church

Current board members are: Ted Woodward, Ebony Ornelas, Chris Mustain, Dave Dillman, Joshua Thompson and Kyle Thomas.

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Shepherds

Each year, new Shepherds are nominated and selected to provide spiritual guidance, compassionate care, and teaching to the church.

Current shepherds are: Vickie Covington, Brian Short, Clifford Worthy, Calissa Worthy, Karen Kendrick, Dorothy Jones, and Bill Cabaniss. The pastoral staff are also participating Shepherds, including TW Davis, Amy Stevens, Tyler Murphy, Nina Pena, and Cody Singleton.

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Deacons

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Current shepherds are: Jim Martin, Jennifer Martin, Chuck Malone, Christine Malone, Alice Cates, Denise Price, Matt Hickey, and Cathy Woodward.

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