SPECIAL EDITION NEWSLETTER

March 6, 2026

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Special-Called Association Meeting

As per our Association's By-Laws, the Moderator of the Executive Board, Rusty Kenyon, has called for a special association meeting for March 28, 2026 at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church House. The purpose of the meeting is to have messengers vote on the Director of Missions Search Committee's recommended candidate for our next Director of Missions. 

The Committee received 14 applications from around the world! After much prayer and seeking of God's leadership, the recommendation of the Committee is for Damon Pearce to be called as our next Director Of Missions.  

Damon made a profession of faith March 9, 1973 during a revival meeting at First Baptist Church in Lamesa, Texas.  He was licensed to the ministry in 1990 at Calvary Baptist Church, Freeport, Texas and was ordained to the ministry in 1994 at First Baptist Church, Lake Jackson, Texas.  He married Bonnie Hutton Pearce in 1989.  They have 3 grown daughters, 2 sons-in-law, and 1 grandson.

Education

•Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Texas Tech University, 1986

•Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Houston Baptist University, 1992

•Master of Christian Ministry Degree from Wayland Baptist University, 2012

•Master of Divinity Degree from Wayland Baptist University, 2015

Mission’s Involvement

•Mission Trip Coordinator to Taiwan  - 2 trips and a third was cancelled due to Covid

•Mission Crusades and Pastor Training in Christian Disciplines to Kenya – 5 trips

•2 Mission trips to Native Americans in New Mexico

•Led mission and outreach projects to the local community, state and region

Experience

•35 years of experience in Christian ministry in local Southern Baptist Churches

•6 years as Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church Abernathy, Texas

•Instructor of New Testament and Old Testament at Wayland Baptist University

•11 years as Worship leader at Central Baptist Church, Clovis

•Leadership of Area-Wide Music Programs.

•Leadership & Involvement in the local Baptist Association 

    Eastern  Baptist Association - served on Executive            Board

    Lubbock Baptist Association - Policy & Procedures /          Finances / Administration - Personnel

•Discipled men in Spiritual Growth Principles who now disciple others.

•Published two articles on choral worship ministry in the "Let's Worship" magazine published by Lifeway Christian Resources.

•Two sermons featured in The Baptist Standard

Job Description of the Director of Missions

Visit as often as possible one-on-one and in small groups with the pastors and ministry leaders to discover needs, cultivate relationships, and develop strategies. ​

Worship with each of the Tri-Area churches with the goal of meeting with each church once a year. The DOM will attend Sunday School if that is part of the Sunday morning schedule.​

Fill the pulpit for pastors when requested.​

Give supervision to the Association Secretary/Ministry Assistant and Financial Secretary/Treasurer. ​

Develop strategies to provide training to church leaders in areas of need. ​

Oversee the development of Association ministry tools such as the website and weekly email newsletters.​

Promote partnerships for church planting, church revitalization and other initiatives to benefit the expansion and strengthening of the work of Tri-Area churches.​

Promote partnership of Tri-Area churches with the BCNM and SBC.​

Other duties as assigned by the Tri-Area Executive Board. 

For the business portion of the meeting, each member church is authorized 5 messengers. We ask each church to submit the names of their messengers to Elaine in the association office no later than Thursday, March 26. Each messenger and/or guest will be asked to sign in with Elaine and provide the name of the church they represent.  Any potential messenger whose name was not submitted ahead of time may still be allowed to vote if that would not exceed the limit of 5 for the church.

There will be Spanish interpretation available for the meeting.

In addition to the business meeting, there will be a time of worship thru music and a time of fellowship.  Barbeque brisket will be catered by Steve Davis and the churches are asked to prepare the other dishes, based on the geographic area of their church.  Tucumcari-area churches are asked to provide side dishes; Clovis-area churches are asked to provide salads; and Portales-area churches are asked to provide desserts. In order to allow everyone to fully participate in the meeting, a local FFA group will help in serving and cleaning up after the meal.

Please continue to pray for our association and all involved in this selection process - that each one will seek to follow God's direction.

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