REGISTRATION INFORMATION

• Registration opens October 1 each year.
• To register, visit annualmeeting.scbaptist.org, then click on the "Messenger Registration" menu item under the "Messengers and Guests" header.
• Once redirected to the registration portal, enter your SBC ID number
• Each messenger will need a printout of his or her registration receipt to receive ballots
• The number of registered messengers per church is determined by the Convention Bylaws, Part I, Article II.

MESSENGER CREDENTIAL INFORMATION

CONTRIBUTING CHURCHES
Register the messengers online who have been elected to represent your church at the Annual Meeting. The number of eligible messengers for your church is calculated by a formula in the Convention Bylaws, Part I, Article II, based on contributions received by the Convention from January 1–December 31 of the previous year.

NEW CHURCHES
Register the messengers online who have been elected to represent your church at the Annual Meeting. The number of eligible messengers for your church is calculated by a formula in the Convention Bylaws, Part I, Article II, based on contributions received by the Convention by October 31 of the current year.

NON-CONTRIBUTING CHURCHES
Members of non-contributing churches are ineligible to be seated as messengers at the Annual Meeting. The number of eligible messengers for your church is calculated by a formula in the Convention Bylaws, Part I, Article II, based on contributions received by the Convention from January 1–December 31 of the previous year. Guests are welcome to attend by registering at the door.

MESSENGER QUALIFICATION INFORMATION

CHURCHES SHALL QUALIFY FOR THE SEATING OF MESSENGERS AS FOLLOWS:

A. One (1) messenger from each church which is in friendly cooperation with this Convention and sympathetic with its purposes and work and has, during the fiscal year preceding, been a bona fide contributor to the Conventionʼs work, which must include having made a monetary contribution to the Cooperative Program.
B. One additional messenger for each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) contributed to the work of the Convention through the Cooperative Program during the fiscal year preceding the annual meeting.
C. Newly organized and constituted churches will be eligible for messengers to the state convention meeting in the first year the church becomes a bona fide contributor to the work of the state convention. Contributions to the state convention must be received by October 31 of the first year.
D. The maximum number of messengers allowed to any church shall be twenty-five (25).
E. Messengers to the Convention shall be registered upon presentation of proper credentials. Credentials shall be presented by each messenger, in person, at the Convention Registration desk. Messengers registered in compliance with the provisions shall constitute the Convention in session.