1. R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Highview Baptist Church, Louisville KY
“Moved; That the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting June 23-24, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky, authorize the President of the Southern Baptist Convention to appoint a Great Commission Task Force charged to bring a report and any recommendations to the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in Orlando, Florida, June 15-16, 2010, concerning how Southern Baptists can work more faithfully and effectively together in serving Christ through the Great Commission.”

Approved

2. Kent Cochran
Calvary Baptist Church, Republic MO
“Motion: That this Convention requests that, during the next fiscal year, all SBC entities should monitor and report the expenditure of budgeted funds for any activities related to or cooperative efforts with Mark Driscoll and/or the Acts 29 organization, and that each agency head should submit a report of its expenditures to the SBC 2010, to appear in the Book of Reports.”

Referred to all SBC entities

3. Dr. Stephen Nelson
Trinity Baptist Church, Hendersonville TN
“I move that the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention request the Executive Committee to change the division of Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund Donations to be consistent with Cooperative Program funds distribution thereby giving 66 2/3% to the International Mission Board and 33 1/3% to the North American Mission Board. The current division of 80% to the IMB and 20% for the NAMB was established in 1981. For many years, the hunger funds available for NAMB initiatives have been depleted while a substantial balance has been maintained at the IMB. In 2008, all NAMB state requests were cut by 10%. With the 1997 reorganization, the NAMB took responsibility for Canada and U.S. territories with no change being made in the division of hunger fund donations. Some ministries must reduce services to hungry children due to the limited availability of funds from the NAMB. This revision will strengthen the Hunger Fund partnership between state conventions and Convention entities, maximize the Kingdom impact of WHF donations, and thereby exhibit greater stewardship of World Hunger Fund contributions.”

Referred to the Executive Committee

4. Paul Kim
Berkland Baptist Church, Cambridge/Watertown MA
“I move that the executive committee of the SBC form a study group to examine, and report back by our next convention meeting in Orlando, Florida, how ethnic churches and ethnic church leaders can be more actively involved In serving the needs of the SBC through cooperative partnership on the national level.

Referred to the Executive Committee

5. Beauford Smith
Colfax Baptist Church, Colfax NC
“I move that the Southern Baptist Convention post the American flag after the president calls the convention to order, by an honor guard consisting of the five armed forces – army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard.”

Referred to the Executive Committee

6. Andrew Higginbotham
South Kansas City Baptist Church, Kansas City MO
“I move that the Organization Manual of the Southern Baptist Convention be amended as follows:
 
To the Southern Baptist Convention Entity Relationship Guidelines, add point #9 to read:
Entities are to submit any action which acts to interpret the Baptist Faith and Message, as approved by the Convention, or any governing policy set by the Convention, following its approval by the trustees of the entity, to the subsequent Convention so that the action may be approved by a majority of the messengers in attendance therein. This process of policy review is applicable only to those actions or positions to which the Southern Baptist Convention, as a religious body, would normally address. Internal business affairs that do not take an interpretive stance will not be subject to this review.”

Referred to the Executive Committee

7. Moses Riner
Christ is King Church, Louisville KY
“I move that since on June 20 2009, the murder of 27 year old Neda Soltani by agents of the Iranian government while peacefully protesting the corruption of Iran’s 2009 presidential election has shown the world the consequences of government leaders placing their own lust for power above the God-given rights of their people to be treated with truth, justice, and mercy; and
Since Almighty God, not the state, is the ultimate source for all human rights, including such universally recognized rights as the right to life and the right of virtuous citizens to be free from government-sponsored oppression and persecution for their opposition to the mistreatment and injustice associated with dictatorial rule; and
Since no government on earth possesses the moral authority to destroy or persecute innocent citizens or to suppress the voice of those calling on the state to recognize and respect the God-given liberties of all people to freely worship God, communicate with one another, elect their own leaders, and to lead virtuous lives while directing their own affairs and participating in the civil affairs of their nation without being harassed and punished by oppressive or tyrannical regimes;
Be it therefore resolved, that the messengers of the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Louisville, June 20-24, 2009 are requested to pray for the safety and welfare of Iranian citizens who at this very hour are being persecuted for protesting the dictatorial rule of the government of Iran that has suppressed truth, justice, and mercy in order to retain power.”

Ruled not in order because it resembles a resolution

8. Eric Williams
Long Prairie Missionary Baptist Church, Belle Rive IL
“ I move that we the messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention, Louisville, Kentucky, this June 23rd and 24th, 2009, who hold to the belief that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, according to the BFAM 2000, strenuously request that the SBC Planning Committee pleas direct any entity or persons involved in the planning of the Annual SBC Meeting, over which they hold sway or authority, the following:  that the Holman Christian Standard Bible and any translation that questions the validity of any Scripture Passage or Verse, not be used in any of our SBC official convention literature; beginning next year and enduring until such time that the publishers of stated translations recant their assertion that the Scripture may contain error. “

Ruled not in order because it contains personal attacks on particular individuals

9. Larry Reagan
Adams Chapel Baptist Church, Presden TN
 “In consideration of the SBC’s 2008 resolution On Regenerate Church Membership, and in consideration of the SBC’s 2007 resolution On Alcohol Use, I move that the messengers to the 2009 SBC annual meeting encourage all national entities to refrain from inviting event speakers who are known for publically exhibiting unregenerate behavior, including but not limited to speech such as cursing and sexual vulgarity, or who publicly state their support for the consumption or production of alcohol.”

Ruled not in order because it resembles a resolution

10. Joe Samples
Salem Baptist Church, Sneads Ferry NC
“I move that we as people of the Southern Baptist Convention love out loud by requesting that the Executive Board and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission join our brothers and sisters in the American Family Association in calling on the Pepsi-Cola Company to remain neutral in the culture war in our country by refraining from promoting the gay/lesbian lifestyle and agenda in  this country through their advertising campaign, with the recommendation that the Southern Baptist Convention follow-up with a boycott of the Pepsi-Cola company if it refuses to halt its current direction.”

Referred to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

11. Dennis Conner
Crosspointe, The Church at Tartesso, Buckeye AL
“I move that the SBC President appoint a task force to examine the present state of cooperate Program giving and designated giving to Convention causes and report to the SBC 2010 on the possibility of allowing portions of the CP dollars to from each church to be designated to particular convention causes.”

Referred to the Executive Committee

12. Andrew Higginbotham
South Kansas City Baptist Church, Kansas City MO
“I move that the seminaries be cordially invited to collect data on the state conventions or affiliated national conventions from which their ministerial or Master’s level students originate. This information is then cordially requested to be published annually in the seminary’s report to the convention for the purpose of tracking the regional and international diversity of the seminary. For the purpose of this data collection, “convention of origination” is defined as the state or national convention or religious body with which the student, through the church that recommends them, was affiliated upon applying for acceptance to the seminary.”

Referred to all seminaries

13. Joseph N. Giles Jr.
James Square Baptist Church, Lawrenceville VA
“I move the Southern Baptist Convention recognize a ‘Sanctity of Life’ Year in the near future, and if the motion passes, to allow the Executive Team to establish which year it would take place.”

Referred to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

14. Gerald Stutzman
Fellowship Baptist Church, Hardinsburg IN
“With the advanced medical technology of 2009, there is no excuse that we are letting America perform abortions, therefore we move that the SBC start a petition to end abortion in America and the funding of Planned Parenthood along with all other abortion providing entity.

Referred to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

15. Jim Wilson
FBC, Seneca MO
“We as messengers of SBC convention instruct Lifeway to remove Mark Driscoll’s books from our book store. Because of his abusive ungodly language, allegations of promotion of use of alcohol and promoting sex toys on websites.”

Ruled not in order because it contains personal attacks on particular individuals

16. Ben Brazal
King of Kings Christian Fellowship, Middletown NY
“Mr. President, I move that a special committee be formed to address the issues related to claims of some Bible teachers that the world will come to an end on May 21, 2011. Secondly, the church age is now over, therefore all the he churches are now irrelevant and being ruled by Satan. Corollary to this, the finding/report/response to these issues be given at the Orlando convention next year.”

Ruled not in order because it contains personal attacks on particular individuals

17. Dr. James T. Egan
FBC, Post TX
“I move that, in light of the ‘Viewpoint: A Publication of the Missouri Baptist layman’s Association’ dated June 2009, handed out at the SBC Annual Meeting held in Louisville KY on June 23-24, that the messengers of the SBC ask the trustees of Lifeway to investigate the allegations made against Ed Stetzer and the trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary investigate the allegations against Dr. Danny Aiken, president of said seminary, and Dr. Alvin Reed, professor of evangelism, of the same afore mentioned seminary. The trustees will bring their report to the 2010 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida as part of entities annual report.”

Referred to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and LifeWay Christian Resources

18. Roger Moran
FBC, Troy MO
“In light of Dr. Morris Chapman’s recent call for a significant increase in the SBC’s commitment to K-12 Christian Education, I move that Lifeway research the various and more affordable educational alternatives to traditional Christian Schools; and report back to the convention what those alternatives might be; how they would work; and what the cost might be, in order to assist SBC churches that would like to participate in the expansion of K-12 Christian Education.”

Referred to LifeWay Christian Resources

19. Channing Kilgore
South Whitwell Baptist Church, Whitwell TN
“In light of some of the books at Lifeway that are contrary to the Gospel and the BFM 2000, I make a motion that Lifeway  remove any and all books by T.D. Jakes and John Hagee,  along with  any Catholic Bibles, ’90 Minutes in Heaven’ by Don Piper, and ‘The Shack’ by William P. Young.

Ruled not in order because it would have asked the Convention to act like trustees

20. Andrew Higginbotham
South Kansas City Baptist Church, Kansas City MO
“I move that in the interest of fully supporting our seminaries as they become less centralized at a main campus and progressively more regional through their system of extension sites, the seminary allocation formula be amended to include ea partial enumeration of full time equivalents from the various extension sites, weighted in proportion to their rank relative to the main campus. I propose that the Executive Committee adopt a policy that one half of the FTE’s of the highest attended extension sire be included in the seminary’s total FTE count, with the second highest attended extension site be counted for its FTE’s and so on, but graciously yield to the wisdom of the Executive Committee in deciding the best way to allocate additional funds based on extension site attendance.”

Referred to the Executive Committee

21. Harold M. Phillips
Pleasant View Baptist, Port Deposit, MD
“I move that the messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, June 23-24, 2009 adopt the United states Christian Flag AKA Beauty and Band, created as a tangible symbol to unify the American Believers under one flag to fulfill the Great Commission, as our banner flag of encouragement and our constant friend to remind us of our Great Commission calling as individual Christians and Churches to go into all the world from our prospective posts to carry the cross and to challenge all the powers of Hell for the souls of mankind. In light of the challenge of Dr. Danny Aiken to renew our Great Commission insurgence and our Lord’s true call to do so, no army is expected to march into enemy territory and be united without a banner flag to encourage us. It is no accident that God has moved the hearts of His servants at the same time, ‘as such a time as this.’
Therefore I urge the messengers of this great warring body to block and challenge the gates of Hell as soldiers with Truth as our girdle, Faith as our shield, and the Gospel of Peace as our preparation, Righteousness as our breastplate, The Word of His Spirit as our Sword, Prayer as our constant friend, with the fountain of the blood of Jesus as our supply line, and our testimony as our introduction tool and this flag as our constant reminder, encourager, and tool of unity.
This flag is American, this flag is Biblically based, this flag is soul winning focused, and this flag is needed!
I urge the adoption of this banner as our constant reminder! And may we Americans bless our God again!"

Referred to the Executive Committee

22. Anthony Craig Thomas
Whitwell First Baptist, Whitwell TN
“In light of the current discussions, former motions, and resolutions regarding the prohibitive use of any and all alcoholic beverages for any reason, I make a motion that the SBC clarify the its language in regards to the use of alcohol to Biblically distinguish between the consumption of alcohol, which is an issue of individual conscience before God , and the act of being drunk, which is categorically a sin.”

Ruled not in order because it attempts to amend a previous Convention resolution.

23. Rick Reeder
Southside Baptist Church, Princeton KY
“A motion that president appoint or work through the appropriate entity to study the best way to highlight the translating and subsequent impact of the KJV in preparation of the 400th Anniversary of the 1611 version of the scriptures in 2011.”

Referred to LifeWay Christian Resources

24. Barrett Lampp
Thomasville Baptist Church, Tallahassee FL
“ Article VI  The Board, Institutions, and Commissions – Their Constitution and Powers;
2. The trustees of institutions and directors shall be composed as follows:
     (1) The trustees or directors shall be elected in keeping with the requirements     of the character of the entity as printed in the 1948 Book of Reports or subsequently amended with the prior approval of the convention.
     (2) If the composition of the trustees or directors is not determined by charter requirements, the body of trustees or directors shall be composed of one (1) member chosen from each cooperating state and eight (8) local members from the city or vicinity in which the entity is located, but not more than one (1) local member shall be chosen from the same church.
     (3) Unless it is contrary to the charter requirements of the entity, the trustees or directors shall be divided into seven (7) groups as nearly equal as possible and one (1) group shall be elected each year to serve seven (7) years. Members having served one (1) full term of seven (7) years shall not be eligible for re-election.
     (4) Regardless of charter provisions, not trustee or director shall be eligible for re-election after the trustee or director a full term of seven (7) years.
3. Terms of service: No trustee of a board, institution or commission or a member of the Executive Committee shall be eligible to serve for more than one term. A trustee or member of the Executive Committee who has served more than half a term shall be considered to have served a full term.”

Referred to the Executive Committee

25. Jeff Moats
Logan Elm Baptist Church, Circleville OH
“Mr. President, in an effort to represent the holiness of our God more completely; and in the spirit of the Biblical principle to be in the world and not of it; and In order to not be a stumbling stone of offense; I move that the Southern Baptist Convention and her entities refrain from using secular music in their promotional materials.”

Ruled not in order because it would have asked the Convention to act like trustees

26. Virgil Ridings
Millville Baptist Church, Frankfort KY
“Be it moved that: the messengers to the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention respectfully implore the Congress and President of the United States to seek Biblical direction with respect to blessing, and not cursing the nation of Israel, so our nation may avoid God’s wrath and remain eligible for God’s blessing.”

Ruled not in order because it resembles a resolution

27. Patrick Fuller
Southside Baptist Church, Greensboro NC
“I would like to submit a motion requesting that Lifeway Christian Resources commit to develop and use resources that are American made for their VBS curriculum each year.”

Referred to LifeWay Christian Resources

28. Brian LeStourgeoun
First Southern Baptist Church, Camp Verde AZ
“In the spirit of the entirety of Matthew 18, inasmuch as it may apply to the Southern Baptist Convention, which is not a church, but is a cooperation of churches who are committed to the inerrancy of Scripture and the authoritative words of Jesus it contains; and in recognition that the SBC though it may be the best, is not the only group of cooperating churches through which the Holy Spirit has been sent to work; I move that a recommendation be made to the Executive Committee to cordially invite Mark Driscoll to address the concerns of his accusers and all other    interested parties at the 2010 Southern Baptist Convention or a separate meeting to be held conterminously in Orlando, Fl.”

Declined

29. Greg Taylor
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Mt. Eden KY
“I move that in light of Jesus’ Instructions to His disciples that whoever is not against you is for you and to remove the plank from your own eye before seeking to remove a speck from your brother’s eye, the we willingly, joyfully, and of necessity admonish our institutions, agencies , and churches to support and partner whenever possible with other Christian agencies of like-minded primary theological convictions for the sake of the Great Commission and the glory of God. “

Ruled not in order because it resembles a resolution

30. John Rushing
Northside Baptist, Columbia TN
“I move the messengers of the 2009 SBC send a strong message of disapproval to the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, for his presidential proclamation on June 1, 2009 that proclaims Junes 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month.
I further move that the SBC messengers remind President Obama that his proclamation is against God, the Bible, Christianity, and the majority of the citizens of the United States of America.”

Ruled not in order because it resembles a resolution

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