Category: News

Last week the voracious Camp Wildfire swept through the Northern California town of Paradise, killing more than two dozen individuals, putting thousands in harm’s way, and forcing the rapid evacuation of Adventist Health Feather River, a faith-based hospital owned and operated by a long-term FaithSearch Partners’ client. Staff courageously loaded patients into ambulances, personal cars,...

FaithSearch Partners was represented at the nation’s largest annual event for the not-for-profit aging services field. Scott Kuhlman, Senior Vice President and Post-Acute Division Leader of FaithSearch Partners, attended the 2018 LeadingAge Annual Meeting & EXPO from October 28-31 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The expo is an annual conference hosted by LeadingAge, an association of 6,000+...

One-on-One with Bon Secours Mercy Health’s President of Health Innovation Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System and Cincinnati-based Mercy Health finalized their merger in September, thus establishing one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. G. Anton Decker, M.D., president of health innovation at Bon Secours Mercy Health was recently interviewed by Healthcare Informatics...

Baptist Health Planning 12-acre Nocatee Health Campus  Nocatee, a master-planned community in Ponte Vedra, Florida, will soon house a new health campus.  Baptist Health will break ground in early 2019 on the state-of-the-art facility which will provide expanded clinical services. “Our vision is to create a highly convenient, innovative center for health care and wellness...

New Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Hospital Opens About 40 miles southeast of Bakersfield, California, Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Medical Center opened its doors. As reported in the Tehachapi News, Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley President Jeff Lingerfelt said. “This modern, state-of-the-art hospital will allow our team of caregivers and physicians to provide compassionate, quality care to...

Senior Living Operators Rally for California Fire Victims Focusing on the safety and comfort of the residents, senior living operators are helping one another. Although media outlets reported that three skilled nursing facilities were destroyed in the Camp Fire in Butte County, California, all residents were safely evacuated.  LeadingAge California is collecting donations for those...

Gordon-Conwell Appoints Acclaimed Fuller Missiologist as Next President Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has appointed Scott W. Sunquist—dean of Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Intercultural Studies—as its next president, making it the third major evangelical seminary to put a missiologist at its helm. With an interdisciplinary background studying evangelism, church history, and the global church, Sunquist reflects...

FaithSearch Partners is pleased to announce that Childcare Worldwide, an international child sponsorship organization based in Bellingham, Washington, has selected Bill Nienhuis as its next Chief Executive Officer. As CEO, Nienhuis will succeed Childcare Worldwide’s Founder, Dr. Max Lange, and lead overall vision and strategic direction for the ministry. Neinhuis brings 25+ years of operational...

It never fails that people find our line of work interesting. When we offer an elevator synopsis of what we do – “FaithSearch Partners is a retained search firm; we manage searches for faith-based nonprofits” – we’re almost always met with sincere interest and a slew of curious follow-up questions. These range from the very...

FaithSearch Partners is pleased to announce that Charlotte-based youth soccer ministry, Missionary Athletes International (MAI), has selected David Urban to be the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. Urban, who played soccer for Eastern University and has extensive experience leading youth-focused organizations as both an executive and board member, will lead strategic direction for the ministry...