Pastor Randy Bain

 

Randall W. Bain

(Randy, Pastor, or Pastor _______)  Born: July 23, 1955

I grew up on a small farm near the town of New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I accepted Christ as my Savior at age 18 while a freshman at Penn State University. I married my high school sweetheart, Darlene George on July 6, 1974. We settled down in the village of North Freedom in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and attended the North Freedom UM Church, our home church. We have two children and one grandson. Our daughter, Tonya, married Scott Sager. They have a son, Gavin Scott. Our son, Ryan works as a union carpenter. Both Tonya and Ryan live in Rockwood.

 

Darlene and I served, at one time or another, in almost every church office available at North Freedom. Following a few years of extensive lay speaking, in the Fall of 1979, at a charge conference, I recognized God’s call to go into fulltime Christian ministry. The following June, I began serving the Albion Heights UM Church part-time while continuing to run a home building and remodeling business. In 1983, three more churches were added creating the Albion-Sandy Creek Charge, a student appointment. After graduating from Clarion University in 1987, we moved to Wilmore, Kentucky to attend Asbury Theological Seminary.

 

Following seminary graduation in 1990, I was appointed to the Rockwood U. M. Charge (Rockwood: Christ and Milford). During the fifteen years on the Rockwood Charge, we completed three major building projects, oversaw numerous renovation and maintenance works, and introduced several new ministries. The Milford Church experienced a doubling of worship attendance from 85 in 1990 to 190 in 2004. The current worship attendance on the charge is 237 in three morning services. The membership of the charge stands at 372.

 

My personal mission statement is to leave a trail of servant leaders and churches who balance ministry in evangelism, discipleship, and caring. My talents and gifts for ministry are leadership, evangelist, and exhortation. I lead by example in a servant style. I develop vision and make decisions in a collaborative way that usually minimizes conflict. I live out my evangelism gift with a testimonial style and gentle persuasion. This is demonstrated in the church and community through personal involvement and outreach programs. My gift of exhortation is seen in a personable and Biblical preaching style. I also exercise personal influence with good people and caring skills to provide a steadying influence in individuals and congregations. I am a leader with a burden for the lost, who leads others with a servant style into ministries of outreach and growth.  I promote stability, steady growth and change for healthy church ministries (spiritually, financially, and structurally).

 

I am a doctor of ministry candidate at Asbury Theological Seminary. I have completed all the course work and have been approved to begin a dissertation project entitled, “THE IMPACT OF BUILDING A LEADERSHIP TEAM OF LAYPERSONS UPON THE ROCKWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHARGE’S EMBRACING AND FULFILLING ITS CHARGE-WIDE VISION STATEMENT,” I began to implement this project on the Rockwood Charge in January 2004. Expected graduation date was December 2006.

 

We see God’s hand at work in bringing us to the Oakland church family. We sink roots deeply and serve the Lord diligently in the power of the Holy Spirit in order to lead God’s children into ministry with a vision for a healthy balance of evangelism, discipleship, and caring.

 

Fact Sheet

 

Hometown: Grew up on a small farm (40 acres) near New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

 

Home Church: North Freedom UM Church, Indiana District.

 

Family:

Married my high school sweetheart, Darlene (George) on July 6, 1974. Darlene’s Gifts/Talents: Music,                            Administration, Creative Communication. We have two children: Tonya (Bain) Sager (28), married to Scott, and            son, Gavin Scott Sager born April 18, 2004. Tonya resides in Rockwood, PA.  Ryan Bain (26), self-employed and            union carpenter, resides near Rockwood.

 

Education: 

Graduated from Redbank Valley High School 1973 / Attended PSU, IUP, and Clarion Univ.—B.S. Computer Science / 1987. Asbury Theological Seminary—M.Div. 1990 / Asbury Theological Seminary—D.Min. 2006

 

Christian Service:

Ordained Deacon—1989 /  Elder—1992 / 1980-1983 Albion Heights UMC part-time local pastor / 1983-1987 Albion—Sandy Creek Charge - Student Local Pastor / 1987—1990 to attend school ATS / 1990—2005 Rockwood UM Charge (Rockwood: Christ and Milford UM Churches) / 2005—Present Oakland UMC

 

Mission Trips:

Honduras 1975 / Jamaica, 1995 / Washington, D.C. (Suitland, MD, VBS), 2004 / Slidell, Louisiana, 2005 / Chincha, Peru, 2008

 

District and Annual Conference Service:

Past District Youth Director, Connellsville District / Past Dean of Pedal & Paddle Camp, Camp Allegheny / Johnstown District Committee on Ordained Ministry (dCom) / Clergy/Candidate Mentor and Guide / Board of Ordained Ministry (BOM) / Board of Directors Camp Allegheny, (Personnel Committee Chair)

 

Personal Mission Statement:

To leave a trail servant leaders and churches who balance ministry in evangelism,

discipleship, and caring.  (Evangelism, Discipleship, Fellowship, Spiritual-gifted Ministry, Worship, Stewardship, and Prayer)

 

Talents/Gifts for Ministry:

I am a leader with a burden for the lost, who leads others with a servant style into ministries of outreach and growth.  I promote stability, steady growth and change for healthy church ministries (spiritually, financially, and structurally).

 

Leadership

Evangelist

Exhortation

Servant leadership style

Lead by example

Collaborative

Low conflict

Testimonial style

Gentle persuasion

Personal involvement

Outreach programs

Personable Biblical Preaching Style

Personal influence

Stable and Steadying influence into change

 

 

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