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It’s All About Seeing People Come to Christ!

January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · All Posts, Great Commission, Kentucky ministries, Kentucky missions

It’s good to be reminded of what our work is really all about. Here’s the baptism testimony of a young man who came to Christ, in part through the ministry of Baptist Campus Ministry at Kentucky State University. The Point Community Church is a Kentucky Baptist Conventon church that is part of Franklin Baptist Association.

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Training, Tools for Africa Church Planting Offered

January 25th, 2012 · No Comments · All Posts, Church Planting, Great Commission, International missions

Is God is calling your church to serve in sub-Saharan Africa? Do you want to join other churches in learning how to be effective servants in this region? If so, you are invited to the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Go! Africa Base Camp event, March 9-10 at the Kentucky Baptist Building in Louisville. Base Camp is [...]

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Pastor’s Widow Starts Ministry to Internationals

January 24th, 2012 · No Comments · All Posts, Kentucky ministries, Kentucky missions

Here’s a great feature story about a Kentucky missionary. By the way, the story was written by another Kentucky missionary, Shirley Cox, a Mission Service Corps missionary. Pastor’s Widow Starts Ministry to Internationals GEORGETOWN –While some Kentuckians perhaps were viewing the influx of Hispanics with a wary eye in the 1990s, Garnett Jones placed a [...]

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I’m Not Trained, But I Did Stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last Night

January 19th, 2012 · 2 Comments · All Posts, Disaster Relief

Believers often ask in Disaster Relief, “Why do I have to go through training to serve as a disaster relief volunteer?  Why can’t I just go help people?” Preparation is important in any area of ministry as it enables us to be more effective as we seek to be used by God to reach or [...]

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Congregations Become Inspired Planters

January 13th, 2012 · No Comments · All Posts, Church Planting

Church planting is one of the most sacrificial things a church can do to fulfill the Great Commission. As congregations give up very tangible assets — budget, people, resources — in order to equip the establishment of a new church they send an important message about what is truly important. Here’s a great story about [...]

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Pregnancy Care Centers Save Lives, Change Lives

January 6th, 2012 · No Comments · All Posts, Kentucky ministries

Kentucky Baptists are reaching out in all kinds of ways to share God’s love. Check out this great story about how crisis pregnancy centers are reaching out to women and families to help them find hope and healing: Pregnancy Care Centers Save Lives, Change Lives PIKEVILLE – When Lisa Welch* began volunteering at the Appalachian [...]

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Use this Prayer Calendar for Kentucky Missionaries

January 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · All Posts, Kentucky missions

Make a resolution this year to pray regularly for Kentucky missionaries! Please download this interSEED calendar as a helpful tool to help you remember to pray for them on their birthdays. You can also watch this page or the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Facebook page and Twitter feed to find out when each month’s page is [...]

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Jefferson Street Center is Changing Lives

December 19th, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Kentucky missions

At Jefferson Street Baptist Center in Louisville, homeless men are getting more than a hot meal and a place to rest.  They have the opportunity to change their lives through Advance Louisville, a 12-week program created to help people facing homelessness and other challenges. In Advance Louisville, teachers and mentors discuss how to write a [...]

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Conference Reaches Out to International Students

November 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Baptist Campus Ministry, Cooperative Program, Great Commission, International missions

One way Kentucky Baptists are reaching out to the world right here in Kentucky is through the Engage conference which will be held this weekend in Cave City. Put together by the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Baptist Campus Ministries and Kentucky Woman’s Missionary Union, Engage reaches out to students from around the world who are studying [...]

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Missionaries Are Gems in Kentucky Coal Country

November 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Great Commission, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Kentucky missions, More for Christ

The Kentucky Baptist Convention has recently released a video about the ministry of missionaries Greg and Alice Whitetree at the Freeda Harris Baptist Center in Easter Kentucky. I had the opportunity to visit the center earlier this summer. Greg and Alice are truly examples of people who are giving more for Christ. Although they were [...]

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