

| Any church desiring affiliation with this Association shall have already shown good faith by having supported both the Associational program and the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Convention with their attendance and financial contributions, for a period of six (6) months. If said church has not been constituted for a long enough period of time to allow for this, it shall be placed on probation for a period of time to prove their good intentions. They shall also present to the Credentials Committee, at least 30 days prior to the date of the Annual Associational Meeting, a petitionary letter stating forth the facts of its organization, articles of faith, and the names of the duly elected messengers. If favorably recommended by the Credentials Committee and upon a two-thirds majority vote of messengers present, the church’s messengers shall be given the hand of fellowship by the moderator and seated as accredited messengers, unless they are placed on probation. |