Public Affairs Ministry

Ways to Get Involved

Make Your Voice Count:

• Ways to Make Your Voice Count General Action Sheet

Attend Events on Cultural Issues:

• Ethnics and Public Affairs Calendar of Events

How to Contact Your Representatives:

• Governor Nathan Deal – Office of the Governor
• Georgia House of Representitives Members List
• Georgia State Senate Members List

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• Voter Registration Online
• Voter Guides (will post as they are available)

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• Governor’s Office Intern Program
• Georgia Legislative Internship Program

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2016 GBC Resolutions

Resolutions Approved at the 2016 Georgia Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (Downloadable PDFs):

• Resolution on a Christian Response to Illegal Immigration
• Resolution on Pastors, Culture, and Christian Citizenship

2015 GBC Resolutions

Resolutions Approved at the 2015 Georgia Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (Downloadable PDFs):

• Resolution Supporting A State-level First Amendment Defense Act
• Resolution On Human Fetal Tissue Trafficking
• Resolution On Affirming God’s Design for Male and Female Persons
• Resolution On Casino Gambling and Pari-mutuel Wagering On Horse Racing
• Resolution On the Dangers of Marijuana

Dangers of Marijuana Resources

Georgia Baptist Convention Position Statement on Marijuana
The Georgia Baptist Convention has not taken an official position for or against the use of medical marijuana for certain medical conditions. However, the Georgia Baptist Convention does oppose both the cultivation of marijuana and the legalization of recreational marijuana in the State of Georgia.

• Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division – The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research (2017)
• Mike Griffin: Testimony before the Georgia Commission on Medical Cannabis
• Christian Index Article: Incremental steps toward recreational marijuana
• ERLC Article: The Church must respond to marijuana’s destructive march
• Pew Research Center Article: 6 facts about marijuana

2014 GBC Resolutions

Resolutions Approved at the 2014 Georgia Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (Downloadable PDFs):

• Resolution On Defending Traditional Marriage
• Resolution Concerning Common Core Education Standards
• Resolution On Gambling
• Resolution On Personhood and the Sanctity of Human Life
• Resolution On Protecting Religious Liberty

2014 Georgia Baptist Legislative Highlights
 (Click to download PDF)
By Mike Griffin, GBC Public Affair Representative

Committee on Public Affairs

The Committee on Public Affairs, composing of fifteen members, is responsible to give voice on behalf of the Georgia Baptist Convention to its thought and position on public policy and social issues as approved in reports or resolutions by the Georgia Baptist Convention.

Responsibilities of the Committee

1. Act in the field of Public affairs wherever the interest go Georgia Baptists requires conferences or negotiation with the government of the United States, the State of Georgia, or other government bodies or agencies, with particular attention to religious liberty and church-state matters.
2. To give voice on behalf of the Georgia Baptist Convention to its thought and position on public issues as approved in reports or resolutions by the Georgia Baptist Convention. The Committee on Public Affairs shall also articulate the thinking of the Convention on subjects of public policy and social issues upon which the Convention has declared itself.