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The 2013 Louisiana Baptist Convention Annual is available online. One printed copy of the Louisiana Baptist Convention Annual is mailed to each church. The Annual is posted for review and/or download at www.LouisianaBaptists.org/Annual. Annual of the Louisiana Baptist Convention 166th Annual Meeting November 11-12, 2013 Riverfront Convention Center Alexandria, Louisiana President ................................ Waylon Bailey ......................Covington First Vice President................ Richard Blue.............................. Walker Second Vice President ........... Dwayne Monk ......................Choudrant Secretary/Treasurer ................ David Hankins .....................Alexandria Preacher ................................. Bill Dye .................................... Monroe Alternate ................................ Stewart Holloway ....................Pineville Music Director ....................... Benjamin Harlan .................Alexandria November 10-11, 2014 First Baptist Church, Lafayette President ................................ Stephen Horn ..........................Lafayette First Vice President................ David Denton ......................New Iberia Second Vice President ........... Bob Heustess .............................. Slidell Secretary/Treasurer ................ David Hankins .....................Alexandria Preacher ................................. Leland Crawford ...................... Minden Alternate ................................ Marcus Rosa ...........................Bogalusa Music Director ....................... Benjamin Harlan .................Alexandria 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Articles of Incorporation of Louisiana Baptist Convention ................................... 4 Bylaws of Louisiana Baptist Convention .............................................................. 10 Business and Financial Plan of Louisiana Baptist Convention ............................. 15 Articles of Incorporation of the Executive Board .................................................. 18 Bylaws of Executive Board of Louisiana Baptist Convention .............................. 21 Louisiana Baptist Convention Church Site Plan .................................................... 25 Baptist Faith & Message ........................................................................................ 29 Church-State Relations .......................................................................................... 38 PROCEEDINGS .......................................................................................................... 40 THE REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT’S 2020 COMMISSION ............................. 53 DIRECTORIES AND COMMITTEES Convention Officers ............................................................................................... 63 Convention Committees ......................................................................................... 63 Trustees of Institutions and Agencies .................................................................... 65 Executive Board Members ..................................................................................... 67 Executive Board Committees ................................................................................ 69 State Missions Services ......................................................................................... 71 Collegiate Ministry Directors ................................................................................ 73 Associational Directors of Missions ...................................................................... 74 LBC Institutions and Agencies .............................................................................. 76 Louisiana Baptist Convention Related Ministries ................................................. 76 Lifeway Christian Stores ........................................................................................ 76 SBC Ministries & Auxiliary................................................................................... 77 SBC Seminaries ..................................................................................................... 77 Baptist Camps in Louisiana ................................................................................... 78 Related Ministries .................................................................................................. 79 LOUISIANA BAPTIST CHURCHES, MISSIONS & MINISTERS Churches and Missions .......................................................................................... 80 Vocational Evangelists ........................................................................................... 102 Church Websites .................................................................................................... 104 EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Executive Board ..................................................................................................... 113 Administrative Committee .................................................................................... 119 Business & Finance Committee ............................................................................. 119 Executive Committee ............................................................................................. 119 Missions Support Committee ................................................................................. 119 Nominating Committee .......................................................................................... 119 Properties Committee ............................................................................................. 119 Executive Board Recommendations ...................................................................... 120 Executive Board Statement of Financial Position ................................................. 122 State Mission Services for Churches & Associations ............................................ 123 Cooperative Program Budget ................................................................................. 129 2 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Baptist Message ................................................................................................... 131 Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home & Family Ministries ..................................... 133 Louisiana Baptist Foundation ................................................................................ 135 Louisiana College .................................................................................................. 137 CONVENTION COMMITTEES REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Louisiana Baptist History Committee .................................................................... 142 Committee on Moral & Social Concerns ............................................................... 143 Convention Committee on Resolutions ................................................................. 144 ASSOCIATIONS Louisiana Associational Officers and Meetings ..................................................... 151 Associations Statistical Reports ............................................................................. 157 Summary of Associational Statistics ...................................................................... 209 HISTORICAL TABLE Historical Table, LBC ............................................................................................ 212 INDEX ......................................................................................................................... 216 3 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of the LOUISIANA BAPTIST CONVENTION ARTICLE I. NAME The name of this body is the Louisiana Baptist Convention, hereinafter referred to as “Convention.” ARTICLE II. DURATION The duration of this Convention shall be in perpetuity. ARTICLE III. NON-PROFIT CORPORATION The Convention is a nonprofit corporation organized under the Louisiana Non-Profit Corporation Act, LSA-R.S. 12:201 et seq. and shall have all of the powers, duties, authorizations and responsibilities as provided therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Convention shall neither have nor exercise any power, nor engage directly or indirectly in any activity that would invalidate its status as an organization exempt from federal income tax and described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provision or provisions of any subsequent United States Internal Revenue law or laws. ARTICLE IV. PURPOSE Section 1. The purpose of this Convention is to provide means through which Louisiana Baptist churches and members can cooperate in bringing persons to God throughout the world. Section 2. The Convention will assist churches and associations in the Christ-appointed tasks: to worship God, to proclaim the Gospel, to teach, to nurture Christians, to establish and strengthen churches, and to minister in Christ’s name. Section 3. This Convention desires to carry its programs forward in fraternal concert with other Baptist groups. This Convention will never exercise authority of any type over such groups. Section 4. This Convention recognizes the Southern Baptist Convention as the primary instrument used by Baptists to further the cause of Christ on a worldwide basis. The Convention pledges its loyalty and support to the purposes served by the Southern Baptist Convention. Section 5. This Convention will do all its work in accord with the principle that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God, and is sufficient