An important deadline for the upcoming “Find it Here” door-to-door evangelism campaign being sponsored by the Kentucky Baptist Convention, North American Mission Board and Kentucky associations is coming up soon. “Find it Here” is a wonderful opportunity for Baptists to put the talk about fulfilling the Great Commission into action but in order to do so, churches need to let their local association know that they are participating.

Here are the details:

LOUISVILLE – Kentucky Baptist churches are being reminded to get their orders for brochures and bags for next spring’s “Find it Here” door-to-door evangelistic campaign in to their association offices as soon as possible.

Association offices will be placing bulk orders with the Kentucky Baptist Convention by Sept. 15. Participating in the bulk order will enable the church to receive the brochure and door hanger bag for 10 cents per unit. Churches are being asked to place their orders in increments of 500.

“Our ability to get the best price on printing is dependent on being able to order in a single large quantity,” said Robert Reeves, KBC communications director.

Reeves said the brochures and bags will be delivered back to the association offices by mid January.

The gospel brochure and bag are one part of an effort to reach every household in the state with a gospel message just ahead of Easter Sunday 2010. Kentucky Baptists will hand deliver the brochure to up to 1.5 million households March 6-21. At the same time, the Kentucky portion of a national media campaign will be blanketing the state.

“Find it Here,” is the tagline being used in media advertising geared to reach people who do not presently attend church. It is part of the GPS (God’s Plan for Sharing) initiative of the North American Mission Board aimed at fulfilling the Great Commission in North America by 2020.

KBC Evangelism Team Leader Ross Bauscher said there are three main components to the campaign: prayerwalking the state in the fall of 2009; the gospel sowing distribution to Kentucky households in March 2010; and the national media campaign.

He said convention officials are estimating that 50,000 volunteers will hand-deliver the “Find it Here” message. The brochure contains a simple gospel presentation using the acrostic “CROSS.” Churches are encouraged to add an additional brochure from the church to the bag as well.

Individuals receiving the brochure can respond by calling a toll-free number to the NAMB Evangelism Response Center, visiting the FinditHere.com Web site or returning a postage-paid card that is part of the brochure. Responders will be sent a free book and contact information will be provided to the association offices and churches for follow-up.

The brochure also contains a space that will enable churches to attach a label to the response card so that they will be notified about people who responded to the brochure they delivered.

“We are working very closely with our associations and churches to make this happen,” Bauscher noted. “In each participating association, either the director of missions or the moderator is working with each church that wishes to participate to divide up the geographic area for the prayerwalking and gospel distribution. Any church is able to work as large or as small of an area as it feels it can handle.”

Bauscher said churches in a non-participating association or churches not affiliated with an association can contact the Evangelism Growth Team office at 502-489-3576 or 866-489-3576 for assistance.

For the national media campaign, NAMB has produced high-quality TV and radio spots in English and Spanish. The ads feature the stories of people who found life unfulfilling until they found Christ.

Churches can also use the spots independently if they so choose. The GPS spots are available for viewing and download at www.onemission.tv.

A variety of Find it Here church preparation resources are also available to Kentucky churches on the KBC Web site at www.kybaptist.org/findithere.

The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of more than 2,400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, Ky. including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more. For more information, visit www.kybaptist.org.