Category Archives: Denominational Life

Guest Post: Thanks, Lincoln

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: August 1, 2012

Today’s post was written by Curtis Woods, newly-appointed Associate Executive Director for Convention Relations.  Curtis previously served as campus minister at Kentucky State University in Frankfort. Whenever I depart the executive suite of the Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC), I typically breathe a prayer of thanks to God’s grace and faithful men and women who fought [...]

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Measuring Ministry Success

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: June 21, 2012

The following is a guest post by T.J. Francis, second vice president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention and pastor of First Baptist Church of Walton. The pressure is immense and at times even unbearable. You want to make a good impression and appear to be making an impact in the Kingdom. You dream of being [...]

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Keep the KBC a ‘Big Tent Convention’

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: June 7, 2012

On May 29, I received an advance copy of “A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation” from David Hankins, executive director of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. Within a couple of days, that statement was released via the Internet with an invitation for people to sign indicating their approval of [...]

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Calvinism: Concerned? Curious? Confused?

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: May 2, 2012

I was fielding questions on Calvinism long before I became a state missionary. The topic was frequently discussed in classrooms where I taught, the churches where I served as pastor, and even around the dinner table in my own home. Some may think it strange that so many conversations are generated by the teachings of [...]

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Preparing for Strategic Reorganization of the KBC Mission Board

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: March 7, 2012

In a little more than a decade, the average percentage of undesignated offerings that Kentucky Baptist Convention churches are giving through the Cooperative Program has been reduced by one third. At the same time, our churches have expressed a growing burden to get the gospel to the unreached and unengaged people groups of the world, [...]

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Year end totals show a record breaking AAEO from @KentuckyBaptist churches for 2011-2012 of $2,234,942! #gettnthegospel2NorthAmerica!3 hours ago