Deacon Election
Joshua Bouma
Josh Bouma is a Moscow native (since he was 9 years old) who grew up in a Christian home and doesn’t remember a time when he didn’t know Christ as his savior. He attended Christ Church and Trinity Reformed Church over the years. He graduated from Logos School and the University of Idaho. He spent 10 years wandering in Washington state for work before returning home to Moscow in 2022. He and his wife, Anna, have 3 boys: Wesson (9), Miles (9), and Bridger (6). He works remotely as an engineer for a small modular nuclear reactor technology company. He and his family love hosting and have had 23 people sleep in their house at one time before. They enjoy hiking, playing sports, and family road trips. They often have a building project going and want to see and help the Moscow church community continue to flourish.
Ethan Whear
I grew up on 15 acres of land in northwestern Kentucky with nine siblings. My parents faithfully homeschooled all of us. To date, all nine of my siblings are in fellowship and walking with the Lord. I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t a believer, but I have memories around the age of 7 of asking God to help me be kind to my siblings because I couldn’t do it by myself. I moved to Moscow in 2017 and met my wife, Emma, at NSA. I’ve never met anybody else like my wife—she is one of the rare people who will do the things that she says she wants to do. God has blessed our family with a set of near-Irish twins, and our two adventurous little girls, Magnolia (4) and Rosalie (3), have kept us busy. We would love to see our family continue to grow and are praying that the Lord would further bless us with more children. I currently own and operate Cardinal Window & Door and The Moscow Handyman. We’ve been members of King’s Cross Church since its particularization and have loved growing here, getting to know the congregation, and jumping in to serve.
From our Constitution:
Electors
In church elections, voting is done by household. Those households eligible to vote will be called elector households. For voting purposes, an elector household is defined as a household where the head of that household is a member in good standing. Independant unmarried members are also considered elector households for purposes of voting. Elector households may vote in the elections of elders and deacons. The elders will qualify elector households. Three weeks prior to any church election, a ballot will be provided. Elections will be conducted at appropriate times set by the elders.
Election of Deacons
Once nominated, a candidate for deacon will be included by the deacons in their work in order to prove his fitness for office (1 Tim. 3:10).
When in their judgment, the candidate has demonstrated this, the deacons will make a recommendation, after a four-fifths majority vote, to the elders to place his name on the ballot. If, in the judgment of the elders, the candidate receives the clear and obvious support of the church as represented, the elders will ordain him through laying on of hands and prayer (Acts 6:6).
When ordained, the elder or deacon will vow:
“As God is my witness, I solemnly vow that I will serve this church faithfully as a servant of Christ, and will maintain godly order in my life and my household as the Word of God requires.”
Once ordained, the deacon will serve an initial two-year term, at the end of that first term the diaconate should review his work, and then make a recommendation to the session regarding whether he should be put forward for a congregational election to a five-year term. This process should be repeated at the end of the five-year term, for election to a life term. At the end of either the two or five-year term, if either the deacon or the session determines he should not continue, there is no need to resign, his term as a church officer simply laspes/expires.