The Board of the Village SDA Church

635 St. Joseph Avenue
Berrien Springs, MI 49103

The MI SDA Conference Executive Committee
Michigan Conference of SDAs

5801 W Michigan Avenue
Lansing, MI 48917

VOTED BY THE VILLAGE SDA CHURCH BOARD IN AN E-VOTE ON MONDAY 12/9/2024.

Dear Executive Committee members,

We, the Board of the Village SDA Church (VSDA), have prayerfully reflected on what has happened to our congregation and across the wider MI SDA Conference (MISDA) since the decision was taken by the MISDA Executive Committee to transition Elder Ron Kelly away from his role as the Senior Pastor at VSDA on 12/3/2024.

We affirm as a Board that the VSDA remains a loyal member of the MISDA, and are grateful for Elder Micheff’s participation, and that of his fellow MISDA leaders, at the recent townhall held on 12/8/2024 at VSDA.

Regarding Elder Kelly, we wish to affirm in the strongest way possible the desire of this Board, and of the members of the VSDA, for the MISDA Executive Committee to reverse their decision of 12/3/2024 concerning Elder Kelly, and to reinstate him to his previous status of employment as the VSDA Senior Pastor by 1/2/2025.

We believe, given the evidence we have been presented with, that while there may have been interpersonal challenges between Elders Kelly and Elder Micheff, those challenges were not of such a magnitude to warrant Elder Kelly’s removal from VSDA given what God has miraculously wrought under his leadership at VSDA.

Regarding our relationship with MISDA, we affirm our desire to build a relationship of mutual trust and cooperation with MISDA. We look forward to building that relationship of mutual trust under the leadership of Elder Kelly at VSDA.

In closing, we affirm our committed participation in the sisterhood of MISDA congregations, and we firmly request the immediate reinstalment of Elder Kelly as the VSDA Senior Pastor parallel to the agreement of mutual trust-building measures going forward.

Thank you for your prayerful consideration of this matter.

On behalf of the VSDA Board

Dr. Tom Wilson

Senior Elder.