NASHVILLE — An alternative to long registration lines at Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meetings is on the horizon. Beginning this March, churches will be able to register their messengers online at the convention’s Web site, www.sbc.net.
The traditional steps in years past — waiting at the counter as a registration volunteer types in various lines of information — is skipped with the online process. Now there will be “express counters” for those whose churches have registered online.
“This is another way to serve our Southern Baptist constituency,” said SBC Registration Secretary Jim Wells.
By registering online, the SBC Web site gives a church a “messenger reference number” form to be printed out and presented by each messenger at the SBC registration booth in exchange for a nametag and ballot.
The target date for online registration to begin is March 1. Online registration ends June 8 — after which registration must be done the traditional way. “I call it express registration,” said Jack Wilkerson, vice president for business and finance with the SBC Executive Committee. The appropriate church-authorized representative must complete all online registration.
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