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Annual of the 2013 Southern Baptist Convention One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Session One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Year Houston, Texas June 11–12, 2013 FUTURE SBC ANNUAL MEETING SITES Baltimore, Maryland – June 10–11, 2014 Columbus, Ohio – June 16–17, 2015 St. Louis, Missouri – June 14–15, 2016 Phoenix, Arizona – June 13–14, 2017 Dallas, Texas – June 12–13, 2018 Prepared and distributed by EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION FRANK S. PAGE, President and Chief Executive Officer 901 Commerce Street Nashville, TN 37203 Reviewed by JOHN L. YEATS, Recording Secretary, Southern Baptist Convention Copyright 2013 by the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. All rights reserved. The contents of this book may not be reproduced in any form in whole or in part without the consent of the copyright holder except for uses which are permitted under federal copyright law. Table of Contents PART 1–LEGAL AUTHORITIES, BUSINESS PROCEDURES, AND STATEMENT OF FAITH Charter, Southern Baptist Convention............................................................................6 Constitution...................................................................................................................6 Part 1 Bylaws........................................................................................................................10 Business and Financial Plan...........................................................................................23 Organization Manual.......................................................................................................31 Legal Names and Current Addresses of Corporations Related to the SBC................42 The Baptist Faith and Message.......................................................................................43 PART 2–PROCEEDINGS, 156th Session, 168th Year Proceedings of the Convention........................................................................................52 Part 2 Registration of Messengers by State.............................................................................100 President Fred Luter, Jr.’s Address...............................................................................102 Daniel Akin’s Convention Message...............................................................................108 PART 3–MINISTRY REPORTS to the SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION Executive Committee...........................................................................................................116 Southern Baptist Foundation.............................................................................................148 General Boards: Part 3 GuideStone Financial Resources...............................................................................149 International Mission Board.....................................................................................154 LifeWay Christian Resources....................................................................................158 North American Mission Board..............................................................................177 Institutions: Seminary Comparative Data.....................................................................................186 Part 4 Golden Gate Seminary................................................................................................190 Midwestern Seminary.................................................................................................195 New Orleans Seminary...............................................................................................199 Southeastern Seminary...............................................................................................207 Southern Seminary......................................................................................................210 Southwestern Seminary..............................................................................................215 Seminary Extension (supplement to report of seminaries)...................................220 Part 5 Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives................................................221 Commission: The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.......................................................224 Auxiliary Organization: Woman’s Missionary Union......................................................................................231 PART 4–FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of ENTITIES RELATED to the SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.....................................................................239 Part 6 PART 5–ELECTED OFFICERS, DIRECTORS and TRUSTEES, and COMMITTEES Convention Officers.............................................................................................................422 Directors and Trustees of Convention Entities...............................................................423 Standing Committee............................................................................................................440 Committee on Nominations................................................................................................441 PART 6–DIRECTORIES of CORPORATIONS RELATED to the Part 7 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.......................................................................443 PART 7–DIRECTORIES of STATE CONVENTIONS..........................................................489 PART 8–HISTORICAL TABLE...............................................................................................517 INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS, 2013 CONVENTION............................................................522 Part 8 Part 1 Part 1 Legal Authorities, Business Procedures, and Statement of Faith Charter page 6 Constitution page 6 Bylaws page 10 Business and Financial Plan page 23 Organization Manual page 31 Legal Names and Addresses page 42 The Baptist Faith and Message page 43 6 2013 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Charter An Act To Incorporate ... the Southern Baptist Convention Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this act ... that William B. Johnson, Wilson Lumpkin, James B. Taylor, A. Docrey, R. B. C. Howell and others their associates and successors be and they are hereby Incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Southern Baptist Convention with authority to receive hold possess retain and dispose of property either real or personal to sue and be sued and to make all bye-laws, rules and regulations necessary to the transaction of their business not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States, said corporation being created for the purpose of eliciting combining and directing the energies of the Baptist denomination of Christians for the propagation of the gospel any law usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. [Signed:] Charles J. Jenkins Speaker of The House of Representatives Absalom H. Chappell President of the Senate Approved December 27th 1845 Geo. W. Crawford Governor (Act 203, Georgia Archives RG 37-01-15 Enrolled Acts & Resolutions, Georgia Laws - 1845, Vol. 2-9838 Acts 98-228 pp. 428-431.) Constitution The messengers from missionary societies, churches, and other religious bodies of the Baptist denomination in various parts of the United States met in Augusta, Georgia, May 8, 1845, for the purpose of carrying into effect the benevolent intention of our constituents by organizing a plan for eliciting, combining, and directing the energies of the denomination for the propagation of the gospel and adopted rules and fundamental principles which, as amended from time to time, are as follows: Article I. The Name: The name of this body is the “Southern Baptist Convention.” Article II. Purpose: It is the purpose of the Convention to provide a general organization for Baptists in the United States and its territories for the promotion of Christian missions at home and abroad and any other objects such as Christian education, benevolent enterprises, and social services which it may deem proper and advisable for the furtherance of the Kingdom of God. Article III. Membership: The Convention shall consist of messengers who are members of missionary Baptist churches cooperating with the Convention as follows: 1. One (1) messenger from each church which: (1) Is in friendly cooperation with the Convention and sympathetic with its purposes and work. Among churches not in cooperation with the Convention are churches which act to affirm, approve, or Constitution 7 endorse homosexual behavior. And, (2) Has been a bona fide contributor to the Convention’s work during the fiscal year preceding. 2. One (1) additional messenger from each such church for every two hundred and fifty (250) members; or for each $250.00 paid to the work of the Convention during the fiscal year preceding the annual meeting. Part 1 3. The messengers shall be appointed and certified by the churches to the Convention, but no church may appoint more than ten (10). 4. Each messenger shall be a member of the church by which he is appointed. Article IV. Authority: While independent and sovereign in its own sphere, the Convention does not claim and will never attempt to exercise any authority over any other Baptist body, whether church, auxiliary organizations, associations, or convention. Article V. Officers: 1. The officers of the Convention shall be a president, a first and a second vice president, a recording secretary, a registration

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