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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Listening Sessions Audio Now Available

June 10th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, Cooperative Program, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention

The Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Task Force held two listening sessions this week to hear from Kentucky Baptists regarding its task to study ways the Convention can “work more faithfully and effectively together in serving Christ through the Great Commission.” The session on Monday, June 7, was held at Severns Valley Baptist Church in [...]

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 [...]

Kentucky GC Task Force Plans Listening Sessions

May 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · All Posts, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention

Kentucky Baptists will get a chance to share their ideas about how our Convention can most effectively fulfill the Great Commission through two upcoming listening sessions being planned by the KBC’s Great Commission Task Force. Here’s the KBC release about plans for the listening sessions: LOUISVILLE – Kentucky Baptists will have two opportunities to provide [...]

Kentucky Task Force Meeting in Princeton Today

May 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 in Princeton, Ky. The committee was appointed at the KBC’s annual meeting in November after messengers approved a recommendation to form a committee to study “how Kentucky Baptists can work more faithfully and effectively together in serving Christ through the Great [...]

Kentucky GC Task Force Chairman Provides Update

January 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · All Posts, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention

Dr. Hershael York, chairman of the Great Commission Task Force for the Kentucky Baptist Convention, has provided this update for Kentucky Baptists from the committee’s first organizational meeting held on Tuesday: On Tuesday, Jan. 5, the Great Commission Task Force of the Kentucky Baptist Convention met for the first time. Our goal is to examine [...]

Kentucky Task Force Holds First Meeting

January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · All Posts, KBC Great Commission Task Force, Kentucky Baptist Convention

Kentucky’s Great Commission Task Force held its first organizational meeting at the Kentucky Baptist Building on Tuesday. Please be in prayer for this special committee as it proceeds with its work during the coming year. The committee was appointed at the KBC’s annual meeting in November after messengers approved a recommendation to form a committee [...]