It’s extremely exciting to see the strong start that Kentucky Baptists have gotten off to with the Find it Here door-t0-door evangelism initiative. Many churches have already begun placing the bags and brochures on door knobs in their assigned areas and are being received well by homeowners across the state.

Baptist Campus Ministry students from campuses across the state are also helping with the Find it Here Gospel distribution. If the platform you’re reading this post on does not allow you to see the embedded video at the top of the post, click here to go to the video and hear the comments of a number of our students about what they are doing and why.

We’re asking individuals and churches to share some of their stories and pictures through the KBC’s Facebook Fan page at http://www.facebook.com/kybaptist.

I know we’ve already received a couple hundred cards back at the Baptist building from individuals who are responding to the Gospel message on the brochure and visiting the FinditHere.com Web site. A quick scan of these show individuals asking for more information, asking for someone from a local church to contact them, expressing a desire to renew their relationship with Christ and even seeking to make a profession of faith. We are responding to each of these individuals and quickly getting the information back to the local association and church that delivered the piece.

Find it Here is also getting strong news media coverage from secular newspapers and TV stations. K-LOVE, a major Christian radio chain, picked up the story of the work in Kentucky this weekend and gave it excellent play nationally as well.

The paid advertising campaign kicks off March 15 with the 30-second TV spot developed by the North American Mission Board set to run for the next three weeks on broadcast stations across the state. We have a small amount of radio running as well and the spot will also be running on cable channels in some areas.

The spots are also running on the Spanish-language radio station that serves Lexington, Louisville and Southern Indiana and 14 Spanish-language billboards are already up.

Some associations and churches have also purchased additional advertising — using billboards, TV, radio, newspapers, yard signs and banners. Other churches are incorporating the Find it Here spot into their regular TV or radio programming.

There are many things that make this an exciting time but I can’t help but rejoice in the fact that at a time when many Baptist leaders are talking about the importance of the Great Commission, we’re getting to see here Baptists at work in a literal way to see the Great Commission fulfilled in our state.

Find it Here also presents a great picture of Baptist cooperation and synergy at its very best. This initiative has really been driven by the churches and, especially, by the associations, with what seems to be the right mix of support from the state convention and the North American Mission Board. This kind of cooperation goes on day in and day out so this is not something new but Find it Here is definitely one of those projects through which it is easy to see how everyone is working together.