Suggested resolution by the executive board of the Louisiana Baptist Conventin for the incorporation of the convention.
SUGGESTED RESOLUTION BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE LOUISIANA BAPTIST CONVENTION FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE CONVENTION
WHEREAS, Louisiana law concerning the governance of organizations has
changed and evolved over the last 100 years in favor of incorporation;
and,
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Baptist Convention is an unincorporated
association which form of governance is vulnerable to a lack of clear
statutory law and jurisprudence as to its method of organization,
powers and resolution of issues which it may from time to time face;
and,
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Baptist Convention can be incorporated in a
manner consistent with Baptist Polity and without changing the manner
in which it has traditionally operated:
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Executive Board of the Louisiana Baptist
Convention does hereby recommend that the Messengers to the Louisiana
Baptist Convention adopt the following resolution:
“BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Louisiana Baptist Convention hereby directs
and authorizes the officers of the Louisiana Baptist Convention in
office at the November 2006 convention to execute the Articles of
Incorporation of the Louisiana Baptist Convention attached hereto, add
to Article VII, §3 of said Articles of Incorporation the names of the
newly elected officers whose terms begin after the close of the 2006
convention and take all steps and execute all documents necessary to
incorporate the Louisiana Baptist Convention as a nonprofit Louisiana
corporation.”