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Entries Tagged as 'Cooperative Program'

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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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 [...]

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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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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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Catch the Vision of More for Christ!

October 24th, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Great Commission, More for Christ

The second in a series of videos about Kentucky Baptists’ More for Christ spiritual renewal emphasis has now been released. This one is more general in nature as it seeks to cast the vision for what More for Christ is all about. This video would be a great one to show in church to help [...]

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Without CP, There Would Be a Lot of Empty Hands

July 27th, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Great Commission

Baptists don’t always understand the value and importance of the Cooperative Program in enabling a wide host of missions endeavors across the nation and around the world. The video embedded here seeks to demonstrate what would be missing in Kingdom work without this powerful missions-funding tool. The video is also available for download from the [...]

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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 [...]

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CP Goes Around and Comes Around

March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Disaster Relief

Check out this Kentucky Baptist Convention podcast featuring Ian Sterling, a disaster relief volunteer, who came to Christ through the ministry of a KBC disaster relief team seven years ago. Sterling, of Las Vegas, Nev., was working with the American Red Cross during its response to Hurricane Ivan in Bay Minette, Ala., when he came [...]

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