NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Charter

Article I: Committee Ministry Description
The Nominations Committee will assist the Continental Council and the Continental Leadership Council by generating, receiving, reviewing, and recommending names of persons eligible and willing to serve as AABF Chairman, AABF Vice Chairman, Continental Council General Members, and Continental Leadership Council General Members, Trustee Committee Chair (AABF Vice Chairman) and General Members, standing committees and commissions core members, and other positions that may arise on occasion as authorized in the AABF Bylaws.

Article II: Committee Responsibilities
1. Prayerfully celebrate and seek to equip the work of the Lord through the AABF with careful discernment that recommends numerous key AABF leaders that ensures:
A. Global reality of the AABF is represented.
B. The search for suitable and qualified candidates will be as wide and as comprehensive as possible and in line with the AABF’s commitment to unity in godliness, relevant giftedness, and diversity in geography, gender, and generation.
C. Nominated individuals can serve in accordance with the AABF Constitution, Bylaws, and Covenant of Service.
2. After a prayerful and careful review that may include interest forms, questionnaires, interviews, reference checks, acceptance forms, or other processes, position descriptions, or provisions established by the AABF Bylaws, Continental Leadership Council, Nominations Committee, or the AABF Executive President/CEO, the Nominations Committee will recommend to the Continental Council for its approval:
A. AABF Chairman.
B. AABF Vice Chairman.
C. Continental Council General Representatives.
3. After prayerful and careful review that may include interest forms, questionnaires, interviews, reference checks, acceptance forms, or other processes, position descriptions, or provisions established by the AABF Bylaws, Continental Leadership Council, Nominations Committee, or the AABF Executive President/CEO, the Nominations Committee will recommend to the Continental Leadership Council for its approval:
A. Continental Leadership Council General Members.
B. Trustee Committee Chair (AABF VP) and General Members.
C. Standing Committees Core Chair and Core Members.
D. Commissions Core Chair, Core Vice Chair, and Core Members.
4. Assist in other positions as may arise from time to time as authorized by the AABF Bylaws or as requested by the Continental Leadership Council or the AABF Executive President/CEO.
5. Review of the timeline and process maintained by the AABF related to accepting interest and nominations, evaluation, submission to the Continental Council or Continental Leadership Council, public announcement, and celebration. The process for receiving interest and nominations should include an open nominations process from individuals, AABF Member Bodies, and AABF Ministry Partners, but does not include nominations from AABF standing networks. Nominations can also be generated by the Committee, including by designated AABF team member(s).
6. The Nominations Committee may use subcommittees to evaluate nominations and to make a recommendation to the whole Nominations Committee. Subcommittees should include the AABF Executive President/CEO, the designated AABF team member, and, normally at least three additional Nominations Committee members. Subcommittees should seek to reflect the AABF commitment to unity in godliness, geography, gender, generation, and giftedness.

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 three times per year and as needed to finalize responsibilities. These meetings will normally be held virtually, though at times may be held in person.
4. The Committee will meet upon the call of the AABF Executive President/CEO.
5. The agenda for meetings will be developed by the Chairman and the AABF Executive President/CEO.
6. Minutes will be taken by 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 Chairman, the AABF Executive President/CEO may serve as the facilitator and/or presenter or may call upon another member for this assistance.
8. Discussions within the Nominations Committee should remain honest, thoughtful, generous, and strictly confidential. Members should seek to safeguard the trust, reputation, and effectiveness of the AABF. While drawing upon the depth and breadth of personal and organizational relationships to help in the nominations and discernment process, final determinations should be made in a spirit of collaboration that promotes the whole of the AABF.
9. The Nominations Committee will give additional weight to reflections and recommendations made by the AABF Executive President/CEO especially for the ministry positions of Trustee Committee Chairman and Chairs and Vice Chairs of Committees and Commissions.
10. In situations where there is a perceived or real conflict of interest, members should voluntarily recuse and/or abstain from participation. In the search for the next AABF Chairman and Vice Chairman, the current Chairman may offer initial reflections but does not otherwise normally participate in the search process, discernment, or decision and connected conversations.
11. 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 membership of the Nominations Committee shall include the AABF Chairman, AABF Executive President/CEO, Sub-Regional Chairmen, one additional person from each Sub-Region appointed by that Sub-Regional Chairman, and four additional members appointed by the Continental Leadership Council. All members are voting members.
2. The AABF Chairman serves as the Chair of the Nominations Committee.
3. The individual elected by the Continental Council as the AABF Chairman-Elect serves as an ex-officio voting member of the Nominations Committee.
4. The Committee will also work closely and collaboratively with AABF team member(s) specified by the AABF Executive President/CEO.
5. 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.

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.