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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Great Commission Task Force'
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
Tags:Annual Meeting·Baptist Campus Ministry·Bill Mackey·Cooperative Program·GCR·Great Commission·Great Commission Resurgence·Great Commission Task Force·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Great Commission Task Force·Southern Baptist Convention
KBC President Challenges Kentucky Baptists
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention
New Kentucky Baptist Convention President Floyd Paris, in speaking to the Kentucky Baptist Mission Board last week, encouraged Kentucky Baptists to embrace the “More for Christ” campaign laid out by the Great Commission Task Force report approved by messengers to the Nov. 16 annual meeting. The task force plan calls for the state convention to [...]
Tags:Cooperative Program·CP·Floyd Paris·Great Commission Task Force·KBC·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Kentucky Baptist Mission Board·missions·More for Christ
KBC Messengers Approve Task Force Report
December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Great Commission Resurgence, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Kentucky Baptist entities
Here’s a summary of the actions taken by the Kentucky Baptist Convention on Nov. 16 in adopting an amended Kentucky Great Commission Task Force report as reported by Baptist Press: Ky. Baptists adopt missions plan by Drew Nichter LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP)–Messengers to the 173rd annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention adopted a plan to [...]
Tags:Annual Meeting·Great Commission Task Force·Hershael York·Kentucky Baptist Convention
What Does GCR Mean Financially for Kentucky?
November 10th, 2010 · 7 Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, Great Commission Resurgence, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Southern Baptist Convention
Probably the most common questions I get asked these days as a Kentucky Baptist Mission Board staff member are something along the lines of “What is the Great Commission Resurgence?” and “What does it mean financially for Kentucky?” Although GCR has been discussed at great length in the blogosphere, written about extensively in the Baptist [...]
Tags:Annual Meeting·Cooperative Program·GCR·Great Commission Resurgence·Great Commission Task Force·Kentucky Baptist Convention
KBC Annual Meeting Most Important in a Lifetime
October 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, Cooperative Program, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Kentucky Baptist Convention churches are encouraged to send a full contingent of messengers to this year’s annual meeting at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington on Nov. 16. It’s not hyperbole to say that this year’s meeting may very well be the most important held in the lifetimes of almost all Kentucky Baptists. In addition to [...]
Tags:Annual Meeting·Cooperative Program·CP·GCR·Great Commission Task Force·Immanuel Baptist Church·KBC·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Lexington·SBC·Southern Baptist Convention
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 [...]
Tags:Bill Mackey·Cooperative Program·Great Commission Task Force·Hershael York·International Mission Board·Kentucky Baptist Convention·North American Mission Board·Southern Baptist Convention
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 [...]
Tags:Cooperative Program·Great Commission Task Force·Hershael York·Kentucky Baptist Convention·Southern Baptist Convention
Ky. Task Force Honing Report in Meeting Today
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Please be in prayer for Kentucky’s Great Commission Task Force as it meets today at Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. The meeting is a key one for the committee as it hones the report it will present to messengers at this year’s annual meeting. Dr. Hershael York, task force chairman, said following the [...]
Tags:Great Commission Task Force·Hershael York·Kentucky Baptist Convention
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 [...]
Tags:Bill Mackey·Cooperative Program·Great Commission·Great Commission Resurgence·Great Commission Task Force·Southern Baptist Convention
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 [...]
Tags:Bill Mackey·Cooperative Program·Great Commission·Great Commission Resurgence·Great Commission Task Force·International Mission Board·Jerry Rankin·Kentucky Baptist Convention·North American Mission Board·Richard Harris·Southern Baptist Convention
