Bylaw 2
Messengers
Each affiliated church may send two (2) Messengers to the Annual Meeting, plus the greater of: 1) one additional Messenger for every $6,000 contributed to the Cooperative Program (CP) and/or Missouri Baptist Missions and Ministries, and Southern Baptist missions, through the MBC in the prior calendar year (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31); or 2) one additional Messenger for each full percent of the affiliated church’s undesignated receipts contributed to the Cooperative Program and/or Missouri Baptist Missions and Ministries, and Southern Baptist missions, through the MBC. The second option is calculated as follows:
Church’s contributions to CP
and/or Missouri Baptist Missions and Ministries,
and Southern Baptist missions,
through the MBC for Jan. 1 – Dec. 31 of prior year
—— Divided by ——
Church’s undesignated receipts for prior year
as reported in the Annual Church Profile (ACP)
No affiliated church may send more than twelve (12) Messengers. All Messengers must be members of their sending affiliated church.