Are you interested in submitting a resolution for this year’s annual meeting?

Resolutions can be submitted to the Committee for review and consideration as early as June 1 but no later than 30 days prior to the next KBC Annual Meeting. They must be addressed to the Committee on Resolutions (electronic copies are preferred); be typewritten, titled, and dated; be accompanied by a letter or e-mail from a church qualified to send a messenger to the annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention certifying that the person submitting the resolution is in good standing, and; include complete contact information for both the person submitting it, and his or her church.

No person may submit more than three resolutions per year. The Committee on Resolutions shall prepare and submit to each annual meeting of the Convention only such resolutions the Committee recommends for adoption. Such resolutions may be based on proposals received by the Convention, except the Convention may, by a simple majority, consider any other resolution properly submitted to the Committee.

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Resolution writing generally follows conventional lines. A resolution is usually couched in almost legal phrasing, consisting of two parts: (a) the reasons for the resolution, preceded by WHEREAS, and (b) the resolution itself preceded by be it RESOLVED; in case of more than one “RESOLVED,” be it further RESOLVED.

For examples of this, please see previously passed resolutions and use their formatting as a guide.