During its Sept. 22 board of trustee meeting in Nashville, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) addressed five motions referred from this year’s SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis to the EC.
The EC did the following:
4It asked the Task Force on Cooperation (representing the executive directors of the Baptists state conventions and the [SBC] Great Commission Council) to study the 50/50 division of Cooperative Program funds and forward their findings to the EC and other interested parties. The request was in response to a motion that called for a good faith estimate from the state conventions who are in cooperation with the SBC as to when they will reach the original goal of a 50/50 split of Cooperative Program funds between the SBC and the state conventions.
4It declined to make the SBC Book of Reports free of charge to all registered messengers, “preferring rather to continue the current policy to provide the Book of Reports on a cost recovery basis while continuing to supply the daily SBC Bulletin free to all messengers.”
4It declined to recommend an amendment to the EC bylaws calling for “Robert’s Rules of Orders” Newly Revised to be stipulated, replacing “Robert’s Rules of Order” (Latest Revised Edition). The Executive Committee noted that the current [bylaws] language, when taken together with the explanations in Roberts Rules of Order, is sufficient.
4It declined to undertake a proposed study on “how single adults are being evangelized and ministered to by SBC entities.”
The EC said it “encourages LifeWay Christian Resources and the North American Mission Board to continue their respective ministries to single adults and make appropriate reports to the Convention.”
It stated that it will continue a concentrated effort to plan for those attending the annual meeting who are handicapped, and that the staff of the EC will enlist the assistance of people who are handicapped to participate with the Local Arrangements Committee for the host city when feasible.
The statement was in response to a motion calling a 10-member committee to be appointed of people who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired, or physically disabled. This committee is designed to give input into “the location of their seating, or the placement of floor microphones, or other concerns that would make the annual meetings more accessible and more enjoyable for the impaired and their families.” (BP)
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