Meeting in a special executive session on July 28, the Rocky Mountain Conference Executive Committee extended an invitation to Mic Thurber to serve as president of the Rocky Mountain Conference, replacing Ed Barnett who will be retiring at the end of August.
No stranger to RMC, Thurber has served as the ministerial director for the Mid-America Union Conference since 2013. Mic is the brother of former RMC president Gary Thurber. He and his wife are prayerfully considering this invitation and are expected to respond to the nomination within days.
Hubert J. Morel Jr., Mid-America Union Conference executive secretary, who chaired the nominating committee on July 28, asked the church to present the nominee in their prayers, and ask for God’s guidance in Thurber’s decision.
Morel thanked the Executive Committee members for their hard work. “I was very impressed by the way the Executive Committee functioned in selecting or recommending the person they want as their leader, Mic Thurber.” The committee initially considered over 50 names before narrowing the list to a handful of top candidates.
Wayne Morrison, pastor of Brighton church and RMC Executive Committee member commented on the nomination process: “It always impresses me how as a committee we seek God’s heart, ask for His will, and He always is faithful. As we looked at the candidates, many were very qualified individuals. I again was amazed at how God narrowed the search until we felt God had raised one name, ‘for such a time as this.’”
Mic Thurber was born in Collegedale, Tennessee, when his parents were students at Southern Missionary College. Mic met his partner in ministry, Jana, 45 years ago and they have worked closely together ever since. They have three children and three grandchildren.
Prior to coming to Mid-America Union Conference, Thurber served as pastor of the Keene, Texas, church. He was also the ministerial director for the Southeastern California Conference, pastor at Pacific Union College Church and Calimesa Adventist Church in California. Thurber also taught Bible and music at Sunnydale Adventist Academy in Missouri and Mount Pisgah Academy in North Carolina, his alma matter.
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