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Racially Diverse Churches are ‘Practice for Heaven’

February 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Kentucky Baptist Convention, Kentucky missions

If we are ever to reach our Commonwealth for Christ, we must learn to break through the racial barriers we continue to have as Baptists. Here’s a great story of a church doing just that. Pastors: Racially Diverse Churches are ‘Practice for Heaven’ WOODBURN – “Is that church down there supposed to be a black [...]

Trivial Problems?

February 1st, 2012 · 2 Comments · Great Commission, Kentucky Baptist entities, Kentucky ministries, Kentucky missions, North American missions

I read a quote today that caught my attention from a December incident: “It was a trivial problem that…occurs every year…No one was arrested because all those involved were men of God,” stated Palestinian Police Lt. Col. Khaled al-Tamimi about the December 28 Christmas fight that broke out among several dozen Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests [...]

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.

I Appeal to Kentucky Baptists for the Sake of Onesimus

January 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Cooperative Program, Great Commission, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Kentucky ministries, Kentucky missions, More for Christ

The apostle Paul made an impact on an escaped criminal’s life by the name of Onesimus. Paul then urged Philemon to accept Onesimus as a Brother in Christ and to come alongside him upon his return home. The apostle wrote: “I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kentucky GC Task Force Releases Report

August 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, International missions, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Kentucky Baptist entities, Kentucky missions, North American missions, Southern Baptist Convention

Kentucky Baptists will move to an even distribution of Cooperative Program receipts with the Southern Baptist Convention and set an ambitious goal of increasing missions giving under a plan being proposed by the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Task Force. The Task Force’s recommendations will be presented to messengers for approval at the Kentucky Baptist [...]

Leaders Discuss Great Commission Priorities

June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Great Commission Resurgence, Great Commission Task Force, International missions, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Kentucky missions, North American missions, Southern Baptist Convention, state conventions

Just ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Orlando last week, Bill Mackey, the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s executive director, participated in a panel discussion on Great Commission priorities with Jerry Rankin, the outgoing president of the International Mission Board, and Richard Harris, the interim president of the North American Mission Board. Click on the [...]