Messengers gather for the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
Greeters stand by the entrance to the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
Disaster Relief volunteers prepare to serve as greeters at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
A mass choir of high school and college students sings at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
A woman worships while recording the performance of the choir at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
The choir performs at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
The choir performs at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
Ken Gabrielse, chair of the music school at Truett McConnell University, leads a choir at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
Senior Pastor Brian Boyles opens the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting in prayer at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
W. Thomas Hammond, executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, speaks at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
A man photographs the choir as it performs at the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
Clay Smith, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, speaks on the opening night of the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at the Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
Clay Smith, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, speaks on the opening night of the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at the Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
Clay Smith, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, leads the crowd in a chorus of "Great is Thy Faithfulness" on the opening night of the Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting at the Church on Main in Snellville, Ga., Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Index/Henry Durand)
