Accountable Leadership Board Structure

Starting the year of 2026, Salem United Methodist Church adopted a simplified leadership style called an Accountable Leadership Board to help maximize ministry and focus on missions.

This simplified structure allows us to:

1. Streamline decision-making and reduce administrative burdens.

2. Empower ministry teams to form for specific purposes and disband once their work is complete.

3. Encourage creativity and discipleship, freeing members to vision ministry in new and inventive ways

4. Align our work more closely with God’s mission, focusing our energy on making disciples rather than maintaining committees.

Every year our leadership board signs a covenant to hold themselves accountable to our church. See in the following links to view the the documents:
Board Covenant, Resolution for the Accountable Leadership Structure.

Pictured (Left to Right): Lisa Hufnagle, Connie Bevry, Kim Ouwerkerk, Keith Olsen