Chad Mason: Coming in View of a Call

This weekend Chad Mason will be with Calvary in view of a call as Pastor for Mobilization and Global Impact.  The schedule includes:

• A come-and-go brunch in the church parlor on Saturday (January 12) from 10:00 AM--12:00 PM to meet Chad;
• Chad's introduction in each of our worship services on Sunday (January 13);
• Church in Conference at 6:30 PM in the worship center to vote by secret ballot on calling him to this position

Chad's wife, Alise, is expecting their second child.  She is in the final weeks of her pregnancy and, thus, will not be able to travel down with Chad to be with us this weekend.

Below is the letter that was sent to all Calvary members by Angela Sesin and the rest of the search committee:

December 19, 2012

Dear Friends at Calvary,

Your Mobilization and Global Impact Search Committee would like to take this opportunity to introduce Pastor Chad Mason.  We unanimously believe he has been chosen by God to be the next MAGI Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church.  Chad is thirty-three years of age and has been married to his wife Alise for six years.  They have a daughter, Makaila, who is one-year old; and one on the way, due in February of 2013.  The family currently resides in Vidor, Texas.  He has been serving as Senior Pastor of Rose City Baptist Church.

Pastor Chad holds a Master of Leadership degree from Bakke Graduate University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Northwest University of Kirkland, Washington.  He is currently Perspectives Regional Director of Texas and Director of Internships of Breakthrough Partners.  He has previous pastoral experience serving as Minister of Youth and Missions at Central Baptist Church of Port Neches, Texas; as an Associate Director of Missions for Vida Nueva, Nueva Esperanza Ministries of Parras De La Fuente, Mexico; and as an Associate Pastor of Outreach and Missions at Northlake Christian Church of Bothell, Washington.

Our committee has interacted and interviewed with Pastor Chad on numerous occasions.  Our continued interaction with him includes both individual and group sessions by phone and email.  We have found him to be of good humor, approachable, well-versed, and interested in a wide variety of subjects.  He is passionate about missions and mobilizing the body of Christ.

We have diligently met to seek God’s guidance and interview prospects for the MAGI Pastor position.  Our duties included praying together, reviewing numerous résumés, and conducting phone/video/face-to-face interviews.  At this time in the history of our church, we have determined that Pastor Chad Mason is God’s man for the position of MAGI Pastor.  He will come in view of a call to our congregation on the weekend of January 11-13, 2013.  Opportunities to meet Pastor Chad will be announced in the coming weeks.

In Christ,

MAGI Pastor Search Committee

Angela Sesin, Chair

Tom Boone

Ron Corbett                       

Jose Luis Cuellar

Cindy Shartle


I encourage you to be prayerful about this very important decision by the church and to do your best to participate in this weekend's events.