Monthly Archives: September 2014

Sunrise revival

Michelle and I are nearing the halfway mark in our training to become foster parents through Sunrise Children’s Services, a Kentucky Baptist Convention agency. We are also encouraging other families to join us in this journey as a part of the “Be the One” campaign. At any given time, approximately 300 children who are victims […]

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There will be plenty to celebrate at the KBC Annual Meeting

The Kentucky Baptist Convention annual meeting, coming up on Nov. 11, is a time of celebration when the people known as Kentucky Baptists will offer praise and thanksgiving for the ways God has chosen to use us this year—and we have plenty to celebrate! This year we will celebrate record salvation decisions through Baptists Campus […]

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‘The Offering’ recounts remarkable life of OBI’s Barkley Moore

Several months ago, Judy Powell, a graduate of Oneida Baptist Institute, contacted me requesting that I offer edits to her forthcoming book on the life of Barkley Moore. When I agreed to do so and later shared my delight over The Offering, she invited me to write an endorsement for the book cover. I am […]

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This is the Week of Prayer for the Eliza Broadus Offering

The partnership between the Kentucky Baptist Convention and Kentucky Woman’s Missionary Union is a wonderful example of impacting lostness through cooperation. In addition to mission camps, missions education, and hands-on mission work, the WMU labors intensely to promote and ensure the success of the Eliza Broadus Offering for State Missions that now totals more than […]

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ACP: An essential measuring tool

By now, every Kentucky Baptist Convention church should have received a blank Annual Church Profile report in the mail. The ACP report collects data in a variety of areas, including baptisms, church membership, and attendance, all of which are important measures of our overall strength. Strong data lets the watching world know that God is […]

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