Winter may have brought some brief interruptions to life in Kentucky, but with the exception of a few days of unusual snowfall, the work of your KBC staff was not hindered. I want to give you an update on that as we look back over the past year. As we embraced our new mission statement […]
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This guest post is by Coy Webb, Disaster Relief director for the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Webb and other members of the KBC Missions Mobilization Team blog at http://www.kyandbeyond.com. I typically take a list when I shop for groceries. I do it for this reason. In the midst of Oreos, the Breyers Ice Cream and the
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The reach of the Cooperative Program never ceases to amaze me. Recently, members of the Kentucky Baptist Convention staff shared stories about how CP made an eternal difference to people in need of a Savior. “Jim,” a resident of Paducah, watched a team of student volunteers doing roof work on his neighbor’s house during the
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Working together, Kentucky Baptists continue to minister to the hurting and share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief (KBDR) is a great example. Storms that knocked out power from Ohio to Maryland in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave created a potentially life-threatening situation for hundreds of thousands
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Kentucky Baptist Men on Mission Director Coy Webb recently shared these powerful thoughts on greatcommissionkentucky.com: I spent some time today thinking about new opportunities for engagement and ministry through Disaster Relief, and I am excited about new possibilities for Kingdom work as we contemplate restructuring the Kentucky Baptist Convention for this new day. Setting a
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Tornado victims are finding help from Kentucky Baptist Convention churches, churches like First Baptist Church East Bernstadt. I talked today with Rev. Tommy Tapscott. Brother Tommy is the Associate Pastor of FBC East Bernstadt. Brother Tommy shared with me about a woman who came to the church yesterday and began to look through the mounds
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When a series of tornadoes struck Kentucky on March 2, 2012, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief responded quickly to offer hope and healing to the effected communities. In this video, one of the residents of West Liberty, Ky. shares her experience with the storm and with Kentucky Baptist volunteers who came to help. To find out
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Seeing scenes of the devastation left behind by last week’s tornadoes left most of us who were spared from the disaster asking the same question: “What can I do to help?” If you are part of a church in the Kentucky Baptist Convention, let me give you a quick update on what you are already
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It’s been a very busy year for our disaster relief ministry. September finds Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers heading out to serve in New York, Maryland and North Carolina, as well as serving on the other side of the world in Japan. The northern coast of Japan was stuck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami
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Please be in prayer for all of those affected by Hurricane Irene. Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief‘s status has been upgraded to “standby” by the American Red Cross and North American Mission Board. Two kitchen units are on standby for possible deployment to New England (most likely Connecticut, Massachusetts or Rhode Island) in response to Hurricane
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