
TUESDAY MORNING

Tim Cox
TUESDAY EVENING

Jamie Dew
WEDNESDAY MORNING

Jeff Meyers
Program-Order of Business
Pianist | Frank Jones | |
Worship Leader | Daniel Lloyd | |
8:30 | Pre-Session Music | Alabama Singing Men/Women |
8:35 | Prayer | Kevin Moore |
8:40 | Call to Order | Tim Cox |
Greetings | ||
Madison Baptist Association | Charlie Howell | |
Whitesburg Baptist Church | Darryl Craft | |
Congregational Music | Daniel Lloyd | |
8:50 | Enrollment of Messengers | Billie Davis |
8:55 | Committee on Order of Business | Chip Starnes |
9:00 | Committee Appointments | Tim Cox |
9:05 | Memorial Service | Larry Cummings |
9:15 | Alabama Baptist Minister Benefit Society | Mark Smith |
9:20 | Introduction of Resolutions | Melissa Bowen |
9:25 | Special Music | Alabama Singing Men/Women |
9:30 | Christ Centered Testimony | Joshua del Risco |
9:55 | Committee on Committees | Ben Stubblefield |
10:05 | Committee on Boards and Commissions | Ben Bowden |
10:15 | Recognition of Former Convention Presidents | Rick Lance |
10:25 | Recogition of New Pastors & Church Staff Members | Mike Jackson |
10:30 | Cooperative Program Recognitions | Rick Lance |
10:40 | Christ Centered Ministries | Various Speakers |
11:10 | Miscellaneous Business, Part 1 | |
11:15 | Presentation of Convention President | Rick Lance |
11:20 | Special Music | Mike & Lori May, Bryan Alderman |
11:25 | President’s Address | Tim Cox |
11:55 | Benediction | Jarman Leatherwood |
Pianist | Frank Jones | |
Worship Leader | Rick Stone | |
1:30 | Congregational Music | Rick Stone |
1:40 | Prayer | Andy John King |
Christ Centered | ||
Report of the State Board of Missions | ||
1:45 | Report of Executive Director | Rick Lance |
2:05 | State Board of Missions Recommendations and Convention Recognitions | |
2:45 | Christ Centered Testimony | Dewayne Rembert |
3:10 | Christ Centered Ministries | Various Speakers |
3:40 | Miscellaneous Business, Part 2 | |
3:45 | Resolutions Committee | Melissa Bowen |
4:00 | Committee on Time, Place and Preacher | Earl Mitchell |
4:05 | Audit and Insurance | Mike Jackson |
4:10 | Benediction | Noah Hicks |
6:30 | Presession Music | Frank Jones |
6:40 | Missions Recognitions | Rick Lance |
6:45 | Church Planting Recognitions | Rick Barnhart |
6:50 7:20 | Music Worship Prayer and Introduction of Speaker | Christy Nockels Rick Lance |
Message | Jamie Dew |
Pianist | Frank Jones | |
Worship Leader | Daniel Lloyd | |
8:30 | Congregational Music | Chelsea Felder |
8:35 | Prayer | Mike Meadows |
8:40 | Christ Centered Testimony | Zachary Beasley |
9:05 | Election of Officers – Part 1 | |
9:15 | Previously Scheduled Business | |
9:45 | Resolutions Committee Report | Melisa Bowen |
10:00 | Christ Centered Ministries | Various Speakers |
10:30 | Election of Officers – Part 2 | |
10:40 | Congregational Music | Andrew Nunnelley |
10:45 | Introduction of Convention Preacher & Alternate Preacher | Tim Cox |
Special Music | Karen Gosselin Annel Robayna | |
Scripture | Joel Carwile | |
10:55 | Convention Sermon | Jeff Meyers |
11:25 | Introduction of Convention Officers | Rick Lance |
11:30 | Benediction and Adjournment | Brandon Turner |
Hotels
The following hotels have offered special rates to those attending the State Convention Annual Meeting. Rates listed do not include taxes. This information is provided as a service and not intended to be a recommendation of any kind. If you have problems making a reservation or securing the posted rate at any of these hotels, please contact Amy Nelson at 1-800-264-1225, ext. 2231, or anelson@alsbom.org. Please note the deadlines on each hotel. No rates are guaranteed after the deadline date for booking and those rates are based on limited availability. Make your reservations early to get the best rate.

Convention Hotel
Embassy Suites
2960 John Hawkins Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35244
(205)769-3841
Courtyard by Marriot
500 Shades Creek Parkway
Homewood, AL 35209
205-879-0400
Rate: $129
Free parking, Wi-Fi, Breakfast for 4
Group Name: Alabama Baptist Convention
Deadline: Saturday, October 15, 2022
Hampton Inn & Suites
4520 Galleria Blvd.
Hoover, AL 35244
205-380-3300
Rates: $119
Group Name: Alabama Baptist Convention
Deadline: October 21, 2022
Hilton Garden Inn – Liberty Park
2090 Urban Center Drive
Birmingham, AL 35242
205-503-5220
Rates: $124
Group Name: Alabama Baptist Convention
Deadline: October 22, 2022
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
320 Commons Drive
Birmingham, AL 35209
205-848-7911
Rate: $159
Group Name: Alabama Baptist Convention
Home2Suites By Hilton
3920 Colonnade Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35243
205-969-7631
Rates: $129
Complimentary Wifi, breakfast, and parking
Group Name: 2022 AL Baptist Convention
Deadline: Monday, October 24, 2022
Hyatt Regency Birmingham – The Wynfrey Hotel
1000 Riverchase Galleria
Birmingham, AL 35244
205-705-1234
Rates: $149
Group Name: Alabama Baptist Convention
Deadline: October 24, 2022
Marriott Birmingham
3590 Grandview Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35243
205-968-3775
Rate: $134
Deadline: October 21, 2022
Sonesta ES Suites
50 State Farm Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35209
205-943-0044
Rate: $135 – One Bedroom Suite; $183 – Two Bedroom Suite
Group Name: Alabama Baptist Convention
Deadline: Saturday, October 15, 2022
About
The Alabama Baptist State Convention was founded on October 28, 1823, as the third permanent state convention organized in the South. … The Baptists, though the largest religious group in the state, were weak and widely scattered. They numbered about 5,000 and had about 125 churches and 75 ministers.” (Baptists in Alabama: Their Organization and Witness, by A. Hamilton Reid. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1967).
Today, the State Convention has grown to more than 3,200 churches with approximately one million members. Each November, the Alabama Baptist State Convention convenes as a two-day meeting of messengers elected by affiliated churches. Messengers and invited guests hear reports about Great Commission ministries.
Between annual meetings, Convention bylaws provide that the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions will be the “executive, administrative, fiduciary, and promotional agency of the Convention.”
Both the State Convention and State Board of Missions support the missional efforts of a family of Alabama Baptist entities and auxiliary, including:
- Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries
- Alabama Baptist Historical Commission
- Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers
- Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union (auxiliary)
- Board of Aid to Students in Church Related Vocations
- Christian Life Commission
- Education Commission
- Judson College
- Samford University
- Shocco Springs Conference Center
- The Alabama Baptist newspaper
- The Baptist Foundation of Alabama
- University of Mobile
The Convention also provides primary support for ALCAP (Alabama Citizens Actions Program), “Alabama’s moral compass” regarding biblical and moral concerns.
Future Sessions
November 14-15, 2023 | First Baptist, Montgomery
Messengers
Alabama Baptist congregations are asked to watch for information from the State Board of Missions regarding registration of messengers to this year’s State Convention meeting. Information will be sent by U.S. mail and by email in mid-October to each local church with instructions on how to pre-register messengers through an online process.
What does it mean to be a messenger?
The Alabama Baptist Convention consists of members known also as messengers. Messengers are members of Southern Baptist churches cooperating with the Convention. Messengers are elected annually by the church where they are members and sent to the annual convention as their churches representative.
How many can a church send?
There are actually two formulas to determine this:
Numerical Basis: Every church is allowed one messenger. One additional messenger is allowed for every two hundred, or fraction thereof, members in excess of two hundred.
Financial Basis: One messenger is allowed from each church for any part of the first one thousand dollars contributed to the Alabama Baptist State Convention during the Convention’s preceding fiscal year. One additional messenger is allowed for the next one thousand dollars above the first one thousand dollars contributed to the work of the Convention, and one additional messenger for each two thousand dollars contributed to the work of the Convention above the first two thousand dollars.
No church will have more than twenty‑five messengers though.
How do you become one?
Contact your Southern Baptist church and ask to be sent as a messenger to the Alabama Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. Every church is autonomous and decides how their messenger allotment will be filled. Many will hold a business meeting before the convention for the church to vote on those wishing to be considered as messengers.
2021 Annual Meeting Archive
Video
Session Three
Audio
Session One
Session Two
Session Three
Session Four
Resolutions
Convention Officers

Buddy Champion
President

Morgan Bailey
First Vice President
