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Former IMB Board Chair May Head KBC

May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Kentucky Baptist Convention, state conventions

Kentucky pastor and former International Misson Board Trustees Chairman Paul Chitwood has been nominated to become executive director-treasurer of the Kentucky Baptist Convention to succeed Bill Mackey who is retiring at the end of May. A special meeting of the Mission Board has been called for June 2 in Louisville to consider the recommendation from [...]

CP Allocations Shift Leading to Kentucky Cuts

January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Baptist Campus Ministry, Cooperative Program, Great Commission Resurgence, Great Commission Task Force, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Uncategorized

The Kentucky Baptist Convention announced position cuts among its Mission Board staff today as it shifts funds to national and international missions as part of the Great Commission Task Force plan approved by messengers to the annual meeting in November. Here’s the Convention’s official release: KBC Announces Staff Reductions for FY 11-12 LOUISVILLE – The [...]

Will You Do More for Christ in 2011?

January 1st, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention

2010 was a year of big decisions for Southern Baptists. In June, Southern Baptist Convention messengers voted to approve a report calling for a Great Commission Resurgence in the convention. That was followed by just a day a decision from the SBC Executive Committee to hire former SBC President Frank Page as its new leader [...]

GCTF Report Brings Challenges and Opportunites

November 9th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention

Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Director Bill Mackey used his column in this week’s Western Recorder to address some of the apprehensions being expressed regarding the Kentucky Great Commission Task Force report to be presented at the KBC annual meeting next week. Here’s his column: Challenges and Opportunities As we approach the upcoming vote on the [...]

KBC Executive Director Announces Retirement

October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Kentucky Baptist Convention

Dr. Bill Mackey, who has served as the executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention since 1998, announced plans today to retire at the end of May next year. Here’s the news release from the convention: KBC Executive Announces Retirement Plans LOUISVILLE – Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Director Bill Mackey announced today plans to retire [...]

Thoughts on Kentucky’s GC Task Force Report

August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, KBC Great Commission Task Force

Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director for the Kentucky Baptist Convention, has shared his thoughts on the recent release of the Kentucky Great Commission Task Force report on his blog and in a column for the Western Recorder newspaper. Here’s what he had to say: I want to express gratitude to the members of Kentucky Great [...]

KBC Executive Shares Thoughts About SBC Orlando

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Great Commission Resurgence, Great Commission Task Force, Southern Baptist Convention

Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Director Bill Mackey recently shared his thoughts on last week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention on his blog, Partners in the Mission, and in the Western Recorder newspaper. Here’s a reprint of that piece: Report from Orlando I want to share some words of encouragement from Orlando, especially for [...]

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 [...]

The Challenges of Great Commission Resurgence

June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Great Commission Resurgence, Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention, North American missions, Southern Baptist Convention, state conventions

Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, released a column today in the Western Recorder newspaper as well as on his own blog, Partners in the Mission, regarding the upcoming report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force to be received by messengers to Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, June 15-16. Here’s [...]

Mackey Comments on Great Commission Studies

May 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Great Commission Resurgence, Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention

Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, has recently written on the work of both the Southern Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Resurgence Task Force as well as the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s own Great Commission Task Force. Here’s a re-post of his comments made in his column in the Western Recorder newspaper as [...]