Tag Archives: CP

Investing in Missions through Clear Creek

On May 4th, I will have the privilege of being the commencement speaker during graduation activities at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College. Clear Creek is one of our Kentucky Baptist Convention institutions, receiving more than $550,000 of Cooperative Program funds each year. Is Clear Creek a good investment of the missions dollars of Kentucky Baptists? […]

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The Cooperative Program is Worth Celebrating!

Why is Cooperative Program Sunday, on April 22, worth celebrating? Because through the CP, Kentucky Baptists are helping make possible the work of nearly 5,000 International Mission Board missionaries sharing Christ with more than 900 people groups around the globe. Through the CP, we also support more than 5,000 North American Mission Board missionaries. When […]

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It’s Time to Re-envision the Work of the KBC

After six months as your executive director, I am more excited than ever about the churches and ministries of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Through the work of our churches and the mission partnerships we have formed, each day the cause of the Kingdom is advancing on earth and the rolls are expanding in Heaven. While […]

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New Year’s Resolutions for Kentucky Baptists

With this first 2012 post, I’m hoping a New Year’s resolution list for Kentucky Baptists will be well received. I offer no earth-shattering new insights. I simply challenge us to be faithful to the basic call of Christ upon our lives and obedient to the fundamental teachings in God’s word. If every Kentucky Baptist would […]

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End the Missionary Drawdown, Start the Surge!

The ongoing debate over withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan seems to revolve around at least four basic issues: the cost of troop deployment, the purpose/success/failure of the mission, the desire of families to get their loved ones back home, and, of course, the politics. As the U.S. economy struggles and the wars wear on, […]

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