Youth Baptist Alliance - Organization details

May 29, 2009

 

Organization Details (discussed May 26, 2009)

-Batch 2009-2010-

 

Agreed overview of organization details

 

Alliance organization:

• Alliance was organized in May 26, 2009, in Tagaytay City (Picnic Grove) with 8 participating/present churches.
• Names voted for considerations include YBA (Youth Baptist Alliance), BYDA (Baptist Youth Distinctive Alliance) and ABAKA (Alyansa Baptistang Kabataan). YBA got the highest vote at 7 counts.

 

Alliance objective:

The Youth Baptist Alliance is a fellowship of baptist youth leaders/representatives to cooperatively strengthen and develop the fellowship and learnings of its church’s youth leaders and members through collaborated events, meetings, to all possible ways of brotherly encouragement. This we do for our Christian Baptist youth and for the Glory of our God and Savior Jesus Christ!

NOTE: WE NEED AN ALLIANCE LIFE VERSE! Suggestions are open! 

 

Founding members:

Name	Church	Pastor
Romeo M. Catap, Jr. (Secretary-General: Representing Bible Bapteens)	Road Side Bible Baptist Church (Meycauayan, Bulacan)	Ptr. Romeo D. Catap, Sr.
Jayson de Luna Rogador (Representing  Baptist League of Godly Youth!) BLOG!	Alfonso Bible Baptist Mission (Cavite)	Ptr. Domingo Santiago
Harold Manabit (Representing Baptist Youth Identity)	Santa Rosa Bible Baptist Church (Santa Rosa, Laguna)	Ptr. Mar De Torres
James Tardio (Representing Christian Way YP)	Christian Way Baptist Church (Muntinlupa)	Ptr. Emmanuel Quimoy
Christopher Kenneth C. Sopeña (Representing Baptist Youth Soldiers of the Cross)	Pila Bible Baptist Mission (Laguna)	Ptr. Mar De Torres Pchr. Chris Sarmiento
Ron-Ron S. Antonio (Representing Talisay YP)	Talisay  Batangas Bible Baptist Church (Talisay, Batangas)	Ptr. Tony Correa
Paul Matthew Manzo (Representing Bible Bapteens)	Road Side Bible Baptist Church (Meycauayan, Bulacan)	Ptr. Romeo D. Catap, Sr.
Leo Daigo (Representing Tagaytay YP)	Tagaytay Bible Baptist Mission (Cavite)	Ptr. Mar De Torres Pchr. Noel Hernandez
Cory Ricare (Representing Camarin YP)	Camarin Bible Baptist Church (Camarin, Caloocan)	Ptr. Lope Paltep
Pchr. Dandy Sto. Domingo (YBA Adviser-SRBBC)	Santa Rosa Bible Baptist Church	Ptr. Mar De Torres
Bro. Arnold Alberto (YBA Adviser-CWBC)	Christian Way Baptist Church	Ptr. Emmanuel Quimoy

 

Membership details

The alliance is governed by a united body of youth representatives from each of its member churches (one per church). This group, (united) as one, will be the planning and deciding body for all endeavors of the group’s objective. No hierarchy was made to establish equality for all youth representatives.

 

From this group, one will be voted as Secretary-General who is tasked to moderate the planning, alliance objective directions and other decisions of the group. The Secretary-General has the ‘double-say’ or the final approval for mere purpose of concluding the alliance’s goals. In light of this, the church in which the representing youth leader gets appointed, earns the privilege of having another youth rep for the group. Thus, the represented church will have one Secretary-General and one representative.

 

A Secretary is also appointed to help with the coordination of the decisions, and Advisers, (starting with two from the day of its organization) are tasked to oversee the directions of the alliance. Membership policies (for other churches who were absent in the organization) will be discussed as the planning goes on.

 

FAQ’s (Frequently-asked-questions) NEW!

 

Q: Can representatives be replaced just in case our rep for a certain meeting/transaction is not available?

A: of course,  yes. Also, in occurences when a representing church sees fit to have a change of representative, they can do so, just inform the alliance ahead of time

 

Q: What is the priority of the Alliance?

A: As stated in the objective, it is to strengthen the “fellowship” of the member church’s youth groups. This is through its collaborated events and other activites that is shared by the same kindred spirit

 

Q: Is it a separate entity to the local church?

A: defintiely NOT. We as Bible-believing Baptists believe in the locality of the church. And the alliance is merely a fellowship of its youth members. It should be well noted that priority will always be given to our respective local churches. As part of the agreement, anything that the alliance discusses must first have the approval of all members and pastors of all representing churches, before execution. This comes in respect to the governing body of each baptist churches (it could  taxing, but the right way is the proper way). 

 

 MORE FAQ’s here! pacomment na lang po sa Yahoogroups o sa sidebar natin!

 

 

Basic events

1. Conferences/Congress (Three per year: February, July and October, with hosting assigned to different churches)
2. Request for prayer supports from other churches.
3. Fellowships to other open events (to be further discussed).

 

Other stuff to (soon) work on

• Alliance Publication : YBAlita
• YBA Id’s/uniforms
• TV commercials and international film (joke )

 

 

Mode of communication

1. Cellular Phone contact
2. Internet Contact
• Blog: www.yba.i.ph (c/o Bro. Kenneth)
• Yahoogroups: youthbaptistalliance@yahoogroups.com (c/o Bro. JR)
• YM Conference (if possible through rep schedules)

Event

• First event (for planning): 1^ST YOUTH BAPTIST ALLIANCE CONFERENCE/CONGRESS
• Host: Road Side Bible Baptist Church (Meycauayan,, Bualcan)
• Tentative Date: July 27, 2009 (Monday)
• Tentative theme: Kristyano, YBA tayo! (Being Baptistic)
• For planning and alliance finalization:
• Programme built (Cutoff of comments/suggestions is every Wednesday of every week beginning June. From this cut-off, Sec-gen will compile and summarize the discussed plans of the week. The discussions will be in the YBA yahoogroup)
• Logistics
• Marketing
• Budget (an agreed 30 PhP per YP per church will serve as base budget for the possible expenses of this first event)
• Food (churches to bring one meal each, rice will be from host church)

REMINDER TO MEMBERS

1.  Alliance VERSE!

Comments are open. one suggestion is Jude 3 (…earnestly contending for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints)

2. MEMBER’s LISTING

 Pasign na po ASAP. Emaild the template sa yahoogroups natin Deadline po si 3rd week of June

3. FAQ’s

For additions ninyo at comments for revisions., ASAP. Salamat mga kapatid!! 

 

*-updated details as of June 4, 2009. For the team’s review, comments and approval