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Operation Mobilization Establishes Caribbean Board of Directors
David Ecklebarger, the North American Area Coordinator for Operation Mobilization International announced the establishment of the OM Caribbean Board of Directors. The new board met for that first time in Tyrone, Georgia on January 31 and February 1. The Board exists to oversee the organisation in its goals to motivate, develop and equip people from the Caribbean for world evangelisation, and to strengthen and help plant churches, especially among the unreached.
The Board will govern OM's rapidly growing work in the region. OM's ships, (Logos, Logos II, and the Doulos) have ministered in the Caribbean for over 25 years. OM Caribbean's permanent presence began in 2004 with the establishment of offices in Trinidad and Barbados, with their appropriate national boards of directors. These two boards continue to play a critical role in establishing the work of OM on both islands. A representative from each of these boards will serve on the OM Caribbean Board. OM Caribbean now has work in 10 Caribbean islands with missionaries who either have served or are serving on the two ships, in many countries, and provides critically needed funds for OM evangelistic outreaches and ministries around the world.
The new Caribbean Board is led by Chairman David Passman, present CEO of the International Bible Society - Send the Light, USA (IBS-STL US). He has also served as the Chairman of OM USA for many years. He will serve as chairman for one year to help establish the new board.
The Vice Chairman is Kenneth Ragoonath from Trinidad. Kenneth is the President of the Open Bible Institute of Theology, General Secretary of Trinidad & Tobago Council of Evangelical Churches, President of the Evangelical Association of the Caribbean, Chairman of CETA (Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association), and serves as a member of the Operation Mobilization Trinidad and Tobago Board of Directors.
The Secretary/Treasurer is Henry Janowski, who also serves on the OM Caribbean Leadership Team and is Vice President of Strategic Giving with OM USA. Other Board members are in alphabetical order:
- Cleve Bascombe, CEO of four Trinidad companies and serves as Chairman of Mizpah Ministries, Vice Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago International Christian Chamber of Commerce, and is a board member of CANWIN Ministries which provides support services for female prisoners and their children.
- Bishop Ivan Broomes from Barbados is the pastor of Abundant Life Assembly and Chairman of the OM Barbados Board. He has been very instrumental is building the work of OM in Barbados.
- Maureen Easting is the OM Caribbean Director and a member of the OM Caribbean Leadership Team. Maureen served eight years in publishing and has worked for companies such as Simon and Shuster and Reed's Elsevier. She also served for three years on the Logos II as a Personnel Manager and on the ship's Leadership Team.
- David Ecklebarger, the North American Area Coordinator and member of OM's International Executive Committee. David is also President of Editorial Unilit (EU) in Miami Florida, publishing Spanish Evangelical Christian Literature and Bibles.
- Rev. David Henry, pastor of the mission-minded Swallowfield Chapel in Kingston, Jamaica. He is an Attorney-at-Law and was previously a partner in the Law Firm of Nunes, Scholefield, DeLeon & Co.
- Rev. Gary Simons, pastor of Cornerstone Bible Fellowship in Hamilton, Bermuda. Gary also serves as the Regional Director of Walk Through the Bible World Teach for the English-speaking Caribbean and Latin America and as Director of Chain Reaction, an International Pro-Kindness Program for Public and Private High Schools.
- Heather Wade, Creative Director of Sutherland Wade Associates Limited in Kingston, Jamaica. She has been involved for many years in the Moorlands Camp ministry, where she has served on the Board of Directors.
