With the resignation of its executive director Stephen LeBar, CBAmerica initiated a renewal of its structure and more importantly of the relationships within the structure.  Focusing on the eight current CB regions, the regional directors along with the national staff began to reshape the national expression of CBA around the connections of the regions themselves.  CBAmerica will, in effect, become an association of regions even as the regions are associations of churches.  In this model, one or more regional directors will serve as the catalyst for the national expression of the regional associations, replacing the need for a national executive director.
 
One of the key elements of the new structure involves regions helping regions as we all strive to grow in effectiveness.  Earlier in the fall Dr. Downs joined personnel from another region and a national staff member in assessing the Next Gen Churches (Northern California region).  Later in November, he will travel to Southern California to help their regional director in a ministry mapping process.  At the SWCBA fall board meeting Northwest director Mark Hoeffner joined our Board via video conferencing to help bring insight to our renewal process.  While change is always a challenge, the potential for the regions and their churches grows exponentially as they share gifts, talents, experiences and resources to help make each region increasingly strong.

(Taken from the November 2009 Southwest CBA E-Newsletter Field Notes)