Baptist Press has just released a report on yesterday’s meeting between the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force and executives from 22 state conventions. All parties have been describing the meeting as being one that was cordial, respectful and frank. It sounds like the meeting was helpful in sharing various perspectives which should prove valuable to [...]
Entries from October 28th, 2009
State Execs Offer Perspectives on GCR
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Great Commission Task Force, North American missions, Southern Baptist Convention
Tags:Cooperative Program·God's Plan for Sharing·Great Commission·Great Commission Resurgence·Great Commission Task Force·Ronnie Floyd·Southern Baptist Convention
Mackey Requests Prayer for GCR Meeting
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · All Posts, Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, is asking for special prayer for the Oct. 27 meeting of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force in Dallas. Mackey and some 21 other state convention executives will be meeting with the task force from 8-10 a.m. Dr. Mackey is serving as the president of [...]
Tags:David Hankins·Find it Here·God's Plan for Sharing (GPS)·Great Commission Task Force·John Mark Toby·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Louisiana Baptist Convention·North American Mission Board·Ronnie Floyd
Cooperative Program Definition is Important
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention
There has been some discussion in recent months about the possibility of changing or adjusting the definition of what constitutes a Cooperative Program gift. The official definitions were only nailed down precisely by the Southern Baptist Convention at the annual meeting in June 2007 and by the Kentucky Baptist Convention at its annual meeting in [...]
Tags:Cooperative Program·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Lottie Moon Christmas Offering·Southern Baptist Convention
State Leaders to Meet with GCR Task Force
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · All Posts, Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Executive directors from state Baptist conventions will be getting an opportunity to share with the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force at the group’s next meeting, Oct. 27, in Dallas. Task Force Chairman Ronnie Floyd extended the invitation to the meeting through Dr. Bill Mackey, the executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, who is leading [...]
Tags:Bill Mackey·Great Commission·Great Commission Resurgence·Great Commission Task Force·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Ronnie Floyd
Associations Are Vital Great Commission Partners
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · All Posts, International missions, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Kentucky missions, North American missions
As Southern Baptists have focused on fulfilling the Great Commission, the discussion has largely centered on the work of our two mission boards — the International Mission Board and North American Mission Board. I’ve also shared quite a bit about how the Kentucky Baptist Convention is engaging in missions both across the street and around [...]
Tags:associations·Find it Here·GPS·International Mission Board·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief·North American Mission Board·Oneida Baptist Institute
It’s Not Always Glamorous But CP Sure is Vital
October 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, International missions, Kentucky missions, North American missions, Southern Baptist Convention
Designated gifts are wonderful things. Just ask any pastor who has experienced the joy of having someone in his congregation share that they want to make a special donation to buy the new piano needed in the sanctuary, make the lead gift to get the church’s capital campaign off the ground or make up the [...]
Tags:Annie Armstrong Easter Offering·Cooperative Program·designated giving·Great Commission·International Mission Board·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Lottie Moon Christmas Offering·North American Mission Board·SBC Executive Committee·Southern Baptist Convention
Partnership Missions Goes to ‘All the World’
October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · All Posts, International missions, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Sometimes we have a tendency to think that state conventions minister only in their states or that the International Mission Board ministers only overseas in far away lands. The reality though is that both organizations minister both at home and around the world. A prime example of this shows up in partnership missions. The Kentucky [...]
Tags:International Mission Board·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Partnership Missions
