2023 BCNM Annual Meeting
Messengers and guests from all BCNM churches are invited to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico.
Online registration, when opened, will allow churches to pre-register their messengers using a button on this page.
The annual meeting will include fellowship, preaching, worship, reports and business sessions, as well as a ministry exhibit area and other activities. The WMU Missions Celebration and Pastors and Laymen’s Conference will both take place just before the Annual Meeting on the morning of October 24th at Del Norte Baptist Church, Albuquerque.
Jeremy Freeman, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Newcastle Oklahoma will be our guest speaker. Reed Redus, pastor of First Baptist Church, Santa Fe, will preach the Annual Sermon.
BCNM President Lamar Morin and First Vice President Stephen Baum will preside over the meeting. Morin pastors Hoffmantown Baptist Church, Albuquerque. Baum pastors First Baptist Church of West Albuquerque.
Convention Schedule
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SESSION 1 – Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Lamar Morin, Presiding
Music Worship – New Mexico Singing Churchmen
Call to Order – Lamar Morin
Welcome/Invocation – Andy Donalson
Greetings from SBC Entities – Lamar Morin
Annual Sermon – Reed Redus
Music Worship – New Mexico Singing Churchmen
BCNM Team Video
Business Session – Lamar Morin
– Seating of Messengers – Stephen Baum
– Appointment of Committees – Lamar Morin
– Adoption of Program – Brian Nystrom
– State Mission Board Report – Mike Napier
– Introduction of New Business
BCNM Team Video
Music Worship – New Mexico Singing Churchmen
Theme Presentation – Jeremy and Caleb Freeman
Question and Answer Time – Lamar Morin
4:00 Benediction – Al Carroll
SESSION 2 – Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
Stephen Baum, Presiding
Music Worship – Worship4Life Camp Praise Team
Scripture and Invocation – Ira Pinkston
BCNM Team Video
Introduction of New Staff/Presentations – Steve Ballew
Message – Jeremy Freeman
Music Worship – Worship4Life Camp Praise Team
Lead Missionary’s Message – Steve Ballew
8:00 Benediction – Andrew Grabowski
SESSION 3 – Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 8:30 a.m.
Lamar Morin, Presiding
Music Worship – Sandia Baptist Church Praise Team
Scripture and Invocation – Stephen Martone
BCNM Team Video
Message – Noe Garcia
Children’s Home Report – Serenity Richard
Foundation Report – Rick Breeden
Music Worship – Sandia Baptist Church Praise Team
President’s Message – Lamar Morin
BCNM Team Video
Business Session – Lamar Morin
– Committee on Committees Report – Howell Scott
– State Mission Board Report – Mike Napier
– Nominating Committee Report – Craig Sundheimer
– Resolutions Committee Report – David Prell
– Christian Life Committee Report – Skip Hemperley
– Miscellaneous Business
– New Business
– Election of Officers
Message – Noe Garcia
Passing of the Gavel/Closing Comments – Lamar Morin
11:15 Benediction – Karen Cortese
Attendees at the 2021 BCNM Annual Meeting, Roswell, participate in a prayer service as part of the Annual Meeting agenda.
Why do we have an Annual Meeting?
Southern Baptists are congregational, meaning that any authority given to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and its entities ultimately comes from the local churches that choose to cooperate with the Convention. This is different from most denominations where an outside organization has authority over local churches.
The Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico is a time for messengers who represent local churches to approve the budget and board members for the Convention and its entities. Messengers will also hear reports of what the convention and its entities have accomplished in the last year, thus providing accountability for the Convention.
It’s not all business at the Convention, though. Messengers also worship together through music and the preaching of God’s Word, helping us focus on the ultimate reason why BCNM exists: to advance God’s Kingdom in the Land of Enchantment. The Annual Meeting is also a time for churches to network with one another, helping each other fulfill the Great Commission throughout New Mexico.