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Guidelines - VIII.A Governance

REDEEM HealthShare is a division of Samaritan Ministries International. Members of REDEEM HealthShare are members of Samaritan Ministries. The Samaritan Ministries Board of Directors, all of whom are members of the ministry’s health care sharing programs, govern REDEEM HealthShare Ministry. There are nine seats on the Board. Elected members fill six of those seats. The six elected members serve staggered terms of three-years; two are elected annually. The International President and two people, appointed by the Board, fill the remaining seats. This arrangement allows a balance of input between Samaritan leadership and the membership at large. No board member receives compensation for their service to the Board as a Director. The Board has three regularly scheduled meetings each year and special meetings as needed.

Members nominate candidates and vote by digital methods. Each household membership receives one vote. REDEEM HealthShare holds elections each fall and announces them to the membership. The qualifications for Board Members are available upon request.

If there are more than two candidates running for the open seat, then the two candidates receiving the most votes win. A candidate only receiving a plurality will be the winner unless the Board determines that a runoff should occur between the highest candidates. If there is only one candidate for each position, members will receive a ballot via email to vote Yes or No. To confirm election, each candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast.

To be eligible for Board membership, nominees must agree with the Bylaws’ doctrinal statements, including the following Board Member Statement of Faith:

  • I believe the Bible alone is the inspired Word of God; therefore, it is the final and only source of absolute spiritual authority.
  • I believe in the triune God of the Bible. He is one God Who is revealed in three distinct Persons—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
  • I believe Jesus Christ was God in the flesh and continues to be such even after His resurrection—fully God and fully man. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, was bodily resurrected on the third day, and now is seated in the heavens at the right hand of God the Father.
  • I believe that all people are born with a sinful nature and can be saved from eternal death only by grace alone, through faith alone, trusting only in Christ's atoning death and resurrection to save us from our sins and give us eternal life.
  • I believe in the bodily resurrection of all who have put their faith in Jesus Christ, and the bodily resurrection to judgment of all who have not.
  • All I believe and do should be for the glory of God alone.