While he may provide sound financial advice in his professional life, the newest addition to the Presbyterian Lay Committee (PLC) Board of Directors hopes to grow from the advice that comprises the group’s decades of experience.

“The PLC was omnipresent in our home from the time I can remember,” he said. Dobi learned about the group’s 45-year history and mission from his father, the Rev. David A. Dobi, who currently serves as the senior pastor of Greenville (Pa.) Presbyterian Church.

When asked what led him to accept the PLC’s invitation to serve, Dobi said he had known PLC President Carmen Fowler for a number of years and was impressed by the group’s consistency in upholding the “reform message that is seeking to encourage and equip our folks in the pews; to stay on that message and to grow in that message.”

Dobi said he expects his time on the board to be filled with blessings and opportunities to show God’s love while learning from experienced members.

“One of the blessings of being on a board like the PLC is that it doesn’t require any one of us to run alone,” he said.

“I want in my very small way to be able to add to what has already been set in place.”

Dobi said the greatest challenge facing both the PLC and the Presbyterian Church (USA) is the possible passage of three controversial denominational proposals.

Amendment 10A, if passed, would change the PCUSA’s constitutional fidelity/chastity ordination requirement allowing the ordination of ministers and officers engaged in same-sex partnerships.

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