AWARDS COMMITTEE
Charter

Article I: Committee Ministry Description
The Awards Committee will assist the Continental Leadership Council in overseeing the process of recommending the assigning of standing awards, including reviewing nominations for the standing Awards and bringing recommendations to the Continental Leadership Council.

Article II: Committee Responsibilities
1. Prayerfully celebrate and seek to promote the work of the Lord through the AABF and the many ways the Lord is enabling the AABF family – through Member Bodies, Ministry Partners, churches, and individuals (Affinity Community Members) – to pursue holistic witness to the mission of God throughout the continent and beyond.
2. Review the descriptive language maintained by the AABF for any standing Award adopted by the Continental Leadership Committee.
Develop, where relevant, the criteria and evaluation process for awarding each standing award. In some instances, the criteria are established by the AABF through the normal process of establishing the title, purpose, and funding for the Award or by the Continental Leadership Council.
3. Review the timeline and process maintained by the AABF related to accepting nominations, evaluating, submitting to the Continental Leadership Council, and public announcement and celebration. The process for receiving nominations should include an open nominations process and nominations generated by the committee, including by the designated AABF team member.
4. Review nominations and recommend recipients for each standing Award to the Continental Leadership Council for its approval. During the nomination review process, the longstanding AABF practice, especially for annual awards, has been to give additional weight, though not final determination, to nominations that relate to the country or the region that is hosting the AABF Continental Council meeting that year.
5. The Awards Committee may use subcommittees to evaluate nominations and to make a recommendation to the whole Awards Committee. Subcommittees should include the Awards Committee Chair, the designated AABF team member, and normally at least three additional Award Committee members. Subcommittees should seek to reflect the AABF commitment to unity in godliness, geography, gender, generation, and giftedness.
6. Collaborate with the AABF in participatory honoring of the recipient at the appropriate AABF gathering or event which may include alongside the BWA, a representative of the Awards Committee, and a representative of the Region and/or country related to the recipient.
7. Consider and recommend any additional standing awards.
8. Assist in increasing funding to secure each award financially from its own designated account.
9. The Awards Committee Chair will by virtue of office be a member of the Continental Leadership Council.

Article III: Operating Procedures
1. The Committee will operate according to all relevant operating provisions and procedures outlined in the AABF Bylaws, this Charter, and any additional guidance established by the AABF Continental Leadership Council or the AABF Executive President/CEO.
2. Each Committee Member will serve according to the AABF Covenant of Service, and any other requirements determined by the Continental Leadership Council or the AABF Executive President/CEO.
3. The Committee will normally meet at least twice per year and as needed to finalize responsibilities. These meetings will normally be held virtually though at times may be held in person. Meetings need to be conducted in a timely manner to allow sufficient time for consideration of all nominations, selection of proposed candidates, and review by the Continental Leadership Council before a proposed vote of affirmation.
4. The Committee will meet upon the call of the Committee Chair or the AABF-designated team member.
5. The agenda for meetings will be developed by the Committee Chair and the designated AABF team member.
6. Minutes will be taken by a Committee Member in collaboration with the Committee Chair and the designated AABF team member. The AABF team member will ensure minutes are appropriately stored and maintained by the AABF
7. In the absence of the Committee Chair, the AABF-designated team member may serve as the facilitator and/or presenter.
8. The Committee may decide to develop an additional Operational Guide. The Operational Guide, and any changes to the Operational Guide, must be approved by the AABF Executive President/CEO and cannot replace, change, or counter anything within the AABF Bylaws or this Charter. The Operational Guide will be stored and maintained by the AABF.

Article IV: Committee Membership
1. The Awards Committee, inclusive of an Awards Committee Chair, shall have not less than six members and no more than fifteen members and should have the background and experience to be able to meaningfully discern around the awards being offered by the AABF.
2. The BWA Chair and BWA General Secretary/CEO are ex-officio voting members of the Committee.
3. The Committee will also work closely and collaboratively with an AABF team member specified by the AABF Executive President/CEO.
4. Each Committee Member, including the Chair, will serve according to the AABF Covenant of Service, and any other requirements determined by the Continental Leadership Council or the AABF Executive President/CEO.

Article V: Committees Generally (Excerpted from AABF Bylaws Article VII.1)
1. The Continental Leadership Council may establish one or more standing committees as needed or required to assist them in providing excellence in governance and mission achievement. The standing committees shall include, but not limited to, the Awards Committee, Membership Committee, Nominations Committee, and Resolutions Committee. The Continental Leadership Council may establish other committees or standing committees whose length and purpose are determined by the Continental Leadership Council.
2. Committee Chairs are members of the Continental Leadership Council by virtue of office subject to the provisions in these Bylaws.
3. The Continental Leadership Council will determine the authority and responsibility of each committee. In standing committees, this will be set forth in a Committee Charter approved by the Continental Leadership Council. The Charter will identify values, principles, tasks and desired outcomes, committee size, frequency of meetings, and other relevant details. Committees will include people based on the AABF commitment to godliness and diversity in geography, gender, and generation, while also ensuring giftedness in the specific skills or expertise helpful to the committee in fulfilling its responsibilities.
4. Core committee members are defined as those individuals approved when the committee is either established or continued for a new Quinquennium. Additional committee members may be added through consultation between the Executive President (or the Executive President’s designated representative) and the relevant Committee Chair. Should a new Committee Chair or Vice Chair need to be appointed, this may be done through consultation between the AABF Chairman, AABF Vice Chairman, Executive President, and the remaining Committee Chair or Vice Chair.
5. A record of all committee meetings, including any decisions taken, shall be produced and copies of such records shall be maintained by the AABF. As necessitated, committees will present a report and make recommendations to the Continental Leadership Council on matters requiring Continental Leadership Council approval, or where relevant, to the Continental Council.