Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting

2026 Committee on Nominations

The 2026 Committee on Nominations (approved by the members of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board acting on behalf of the Convention) will soon begin reviewing the trustee/board member positions on the boards and commissions of the Mississippi Baptist Convention (MBC) to serve in 2027. According to Jonathan Guerry, Senior Pastor, Heucks Retreat Baptist Church, Brookhaven, there are a limited number of vacancies to be filled on the following boards and commissions:

• Baptist Children’s Village and Family Ministries
• Baptist Memorial Health Care System, Inc.
• Board of Ministerial Education
• Education Commission
• Historical Commission
• Blue Mountain Christian University
• Mississippi College
• William Carey University
• Mississippi Baptist Christian Action Commission, Inc.
• Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
• Mississippi Baptist Foundation

The Committee on Nominations will work with the heads of the institutions and agencies to bring a list of nominees to be approved by the messengers of the 190th annual meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention on October 27-28, 2026, at Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison.

For nomination forms, contact Executive Administration at (601) 292-3201. Forms can also be found here. Completed forms should be mailed to the Committee on Nominations, Dr. Shawn Parker, P.O. Box 530, Jackson, MS 39205-0530 and be received no later than May 1.

Messenger Registration:

All messengers and guests to the 189th Mississippi Baptist Convention on October 27-28, 2025, will pre-register online.  A letter with specific instructions will be mailed to each church qualifying for messengers by mid-August.  The instructions will guide you through the process of pre-registering using your church’s SBC Workspace account.  Your SBC Workspace account will show the number of messengers your church is eligible to send according to the guidelines of the Constitution.  The Mississippi Baptist Convention’s Constitution states:

Each church in friendly cooperation with the Mississippi Baptist Convention and having contributed to world missions through the Cooperative Program during the preceding convention year shall be entitled to two messengers for the first one hundred members of its membership or fraction thereof.

One additional messenger from each church shall be allowed for each additional one hundred members, or major fraction thereof, but no church shall be entitled to more than ten messengers.

Membership information is based on the 2025 Annual-Church Profile.  If you have questions, please call Executive Administration at 601-292-3201.

Register for Childcare at Convention

Childcare will be available for children, ages 6 weeks – completed K5, at Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison, during the Pastors’ Conference and the Mississippi Baptist Convention, October 26, noon – October 28, 2025.  When you pre-register as a messenger or guest online, please answer the childcare question.  Further instructions will be sent to you.

If you have questions, please contact MBCB Executive Administration at 601-292-3201 or mteel@mbcb.org.