HOW TO REGISTER AS A MESSENGER

Each elected messenger should bring to the Convention an official messenger certification card, signed by the pastor, church clerk or moderator.

At the registration desk, the messenger certification card is presented (with driver’s license or other identification) in exchange for ballots and other Convention materials.

For the benefit of early arrivals and local Baptists, early registration will be in the Waco Convention Center from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 10. Registration will open again at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 11 at Ferrell Special Events Center.

Convention messengers are elected by constituted, cooperating churches.

BGCT Constitution, Article III – Membership

Section 1.
This body in all its meetings shall be composed of messengers elected by
regular, missionary Baptist churches that shall voluntarily cooperate with other
churches of like faith in the work and purposes set forth in Article II of this
Constitution. All messengers must be members of the church by which they are
elected. A messenger must be enrolled at the Convention to be qualified to vote.

Section 2. Each church cooperating with this body shall be entitled to:

(a) Two messengers for the first one hundred (100) members or fractional part
thereof. Two additional messengers for the first two hundred fifty dollars ($250)
given during the previous fiscal year to the Texas budget as adopted by the
Baptist General Convention of Texas in annual session, and

(b) One additional messenger for each additional hundred members or major
fractional part thereof and each additional one thousand dollars ($1,000) given
during the previous fiscal year to the Texas budget as adopted by the Baptist
General Convention of Texas in annual session, provided however, that

(c) No church shall be entitled to more than twenty-five messengers.
No messenger cards are automatically mailed to the churches. Please use the enclosed
request card to indicate how many messenger cards your church will need.

Examples:

October 2002