The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Orlando (Orange County Convention Center) in 2020; Nashville (Music City Center) in 2021, FL (2020); TN (2021) · Tennessee
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16
Operative words
'We are a people committed to keeping the gospel above all, and our sole purpose in coming together is to support one another in that mission, catalyzing our collective mission efforts. This year, our unusual circumstances mean we can best meet that goal by not meeting together.' (SBC President J.D. Greear, as quoted)
The organizer's notice
Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting
Notes
2020: Cancelled and not rescheduled; the Executive Committee's decision of March 2020 (The Alabama Baptist of Mar. 24, 2020, recited in The Baptist Paper). 'The SBC decided in March 2020 to not only cancel the meeting but also not to reschedule.' First cancellation since 1945. 2021: Held in person June 15-16, 2021 at Nashville's Music City Center, chosen 'to accommodate the attendance levels and provide adequate social distancing' (Christianity Today, May 26, 2021). Usual dates: June 9-10, 2020; June 15-16, 2021 (annual, June). Scale: 8,200 messengers at the 2019 Birmingham meeting; 'more than 12,600 Southern Baptists plan to attend this year's in Nashville, the convention's biggest turnout since 1997' (Christianity Today, May 26, 2021). Venue orders 2020: FL-022, FL-027, FL-034, FL-035, MET-ORL-006, MET-ORL-012, MET-ORL-030. Venue orders 2021: TN-032, TN-033, TN-065, MET-BNA-022, FED-020.