By Staff, Baptist Message
ALEXANDRIA, La. (LBM) — Louisiana Baptists are invited to recommend candidates to serve on state convention boards and committees, and are asked to submit resolutions for possible consideration by messengers during the 2023 Louisiana Baptist Convention.
COMMITTEES
The Louisiana Baptist Committee on Committees is beginning its work to fill 18 openings on five state convention committees: Credentials; Moral and Social Concerns; Nominations; Order of Business; and Resolutions. Nominations should be sent no later than Aug. 11 to Joel Williams, pastor, First Baptist Church, Francisville, who is the committee chair, via email, joel@fbcsfla.com, or the U.S. Mail, Dr. Joel Williams, P. O. Box 1339, St. Francisville, LA 70775.
BOARDS
The Louisiana Baptist Committee on Nominations also is beginning its work to fill 20 vacancies on the LBC Executive Board as well as the trustee bodies of the Louisiana Christian University, Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home and Family Ministries, Baptist Message, and Baptist Foundation.
Nominations should be sent no later than Aug. 11 to Leo Miller, pastor, First Baptist Church, Denham Springs, who is the committee chair, via email, leo.miller@firstdenham.com, or the U.S. Mail, Dr. Leo Miller, 27735 La. Highway 16, Denham Springs, LA 70726.
BOTH
Please submit the candidate’s name and identify the committee or board for which you are nominating him or her and include information about the nominee’s church membership and current employment.
No more than the pastor and two members from any church may serve on all boards and committees, combined, at any one time. Likewise, no more than one member of the same church may serve on the same board or committee at any one time.
RESOLUTIONS
The first Committee on Resolutions meeting is scheduled for Sept. 21 and submissions are requested to be sent as early as possible for consideration. Resolutions may be submitted for review and consideration no more than 90 days and no fewer than 15 days prior to the LBC annual meeting, Nov. 14, providing a window of opportunity from Aug. 16 through Oct. 30.
All statements should be typewritten, titled, and dated, and accompanied by a letter – from a church qualified to send a messenger to the annual meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention – certifying that the person submitting the resolution is a member in good standing. The letter should include complete contact information for both the person submitting it and his or her church.
No person may submit more than three resolutions per year.
Tom Harrison, executive pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, is the Committee on Resolutions chair. You may send proposed resolutions to the committee via fax, 318.449.4287, email, Hello@LouisianaBaptists.org, or U.S. Mail, ATTN: Resolutions Committee, c/o Communications Team, Louisiana Baptist Convention, P. O. Box 311, Alexandria, LA 71309.
If you desire assistance with wording or formatting, please contact LBC Public Policy Director Will Hall by phone, 318.448.3402, or email, Policy@LouisianaBaptists.org.
