Report of the
Nominating Committee
Conference Nominees for 129th BFC Conference with Introductions:
BFC Executive Board
One Pastor
Steven J. DelDuco – Pastor at Grace BFC, Harrisburg, PA; previously Pastor of New Life BFC, Carmel, NY
David A. Thomann – Incumbent – Pastor at Faith BFC, Lancaster, PA; previously Secretary of BFC Conference
Two Elders
Robert T. Evans – Incumbent – Elder at Grace BFC, Wallingford, PA; Director of Bible Centered Ministries, Int.
David R. Vinson – Elder at Calvary BFC, Coopersburg, PA; Retired chemist with Air Products, Professor Tufts University
Hans R. Waldvogel – Elder at New Life BFC, Carmel, NY; Director of Engineering at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, NYC; member of Pinebrook Bible Conference Board and Fellowship Community Board
One President
Randall A. Grossman – Incumbent – Pastor at Grace BFC, Reading, PA; Moderator of Annual Conference, President of BFC Executive Board
Robert W. Sloan – Pastor at Calvary BFC, Sinking Spring, PA; Vice President BFC Corporation
Committee on Church Health
Two Pastors
Clyde D. Bomgardner – Served as Pastor of Calvary BFC, Walnutport, PA; currently with Christ Centered Counseling Ministries
Mark L. Morrison – Serves with Church Extension Ministries; currently interim pastor at New Life BFC, Long Neck, DE
Richard T. Paashaus – Incumbent – Pastor of Worship and Family Ministries at Calvary BFC, Coopersburg, PA; Secretary Committee on Church Health
Carl K. Spackman – Incumbent – Retired Pastor of Grace BFC, Harrisburg, PA; serves on Board of Church Extension
One Elder
John W. Sullivan – Incumbent – Elder at Saucon Community BFC, Hellertown, PA; President Capital Financial Services, Bethlehem, PA
Committee on Credentials
One Pastor
Ralph M. Soper – Incumbent – Retired Pastor of Paradise BFC, Paradise, PA; Interim Pastor at Royersford BFC, PA
Allan R. Vivona – Pastor at Kutztown Bible Fellowship Church
Committee on Ministerial Candidates
Two Pastors
Timothy J. Bertolet – Pastor at Pocono Mountain BFC, Mount Pocono, PA
Andrew T. Crossgrove – Incumbent – Pastor at Faith BFC, Harleysville, PA
David E. Gundrum – Incumbent – Director of Church Extension Ministries, Bible Fellowship Church
Joshua P. Miller – Pastor at Grace BFC, Harrisburg; previously on staff at Grace BFC, Quakertown
Committee on Nominations
One Pastor
Mark L. Morrison – Serves with Church Extension Ministries; currently interim pastor at New Life BFC, Long Neck, DE
Michael D. Roberts – Director of Chaplaincy Ministries, at Fellowship Community
Daniel L. Williams – Pastor at New Beginnings BFC, Woodbury Heights, NJ
One Layperson
Mark S. Matson – Incumbent – Elder at Grace BFC, Quakertown, PA; Manager Friendly Bookstore, Quakertown
Harold E. Snyder – Elder at Grace BFC, Harrisburg, PA; business owner and ministry with Bethesda Mission, Harrisburg
Gary A. Sterner – Elder at Calvary BFC, Coopersburg, PA; Retired owner Sterner’s Printing Specialties
Conference Judicatory
Two Pastors
Dean A. Stortz – Incumbent – Retired Pastor of Church of the Cross, Toms River, NJ; Chaplain Fellowship Community
Gregory A. Ulrich – Incumbent – Pastor at Faith BFC, Lancaster, PA
Two Elders
Ronald W. Reed – Incumbent – Elder at Grace BFC, Reading, PA; Emergency Room Physician, Reading Hospital
L. James Roberts, Jr. – Incumbent – Elder at Grace BFC, Quakertown, PA; Owner Friendly Sales and Bookstore, Quakertown PA
Special Appellate Judicatory
One Pastor
John C. Studenroth – Incumbent – Serves with BFC Board of Missions; Elder at Kutztown BFC, Kutztown, PA
One Elder
Charles A. Lavigna – Incumbent – Elder at Grace BFC, Reading PA; Member BFC Executive Board; Independent Businessman
Ministerial Relations Committee
One Pastor
William G. Schlonecker – Incumbent – Pastor at BFC of Newark, Newark, DE; Serves on BFC Board of Church Extension
One Elder
Glen LeSuer – Elder at Faith BFC, Harleysville, PA; Sunday School teacher, Sales consultant Ingersoll Rand
Rob Vaughan – Elder at Community BFC, Red Hill, PA; TV News Announcer
Officers of 130th Annual BFC Conference
Moderator
Randall A. Grossman – Pastor at Grace BFC, Reading, PA; Moderator of Annual Conference, President of Executive Board
Clifford B. Boone – Pastor at Cedar Crest BFC, Allentown, PA
Vice Moderator
Man not elected as Moderator
Secretary
Ronald L. Kohl – Pastor at Grace BFC, Quakertown, PA; Member of the BFC Executive Board and Board of Youth & Young Adults
Nominating Committee: Richard T. Paashaus, Chairman; Vonnette E. Allen, Donald E. Kuntzman, Mark S. Matson, Ralph E. Ritter, Rachel Schmoyer, Philip E. Yerrington.