Category Archives: Kentucky Baptist Convention

Strong first year for Kentucky Today

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: May 1, 2017

The changing landscape of journalism in the United States and, more specifically, Kentucky has created a great need for new ways to disseminate news. With traditional newspapers shrinking in both size and circulation and television news growing more sensational by the day, Kentuckians have had to navigate a maze of often biased, lopsided, and decidedly […]

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Reaching our Judea

By wpengine | Published: February 21, 2017

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8) I was recently asked, “What does the Kentucky Baptist Convention do with its part of the Cooperative Program and […]

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Great Commission Math

By wpengine | Published: February 7, 2017

If your church is like the average Southern Baptist church, more than 90 percent of its resources are invested in reaching your community and less than 10 percent goes to reach the rest of the world.  How much should we send to be obedient to the Great Commission? In Acts 1:8, Jesus declares to His […]

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Celebrating Kentucky Baptists’ cooperative mission work

By wpengine | Published: November 15, 2016

As Kentucky Baptists gather this week in Florence for the annual meeting, we celebrate all God is doing in our churches and in our cooperative mission work. The Kentucky Baptist Convention has a rich heritage and gospel legacy dating back to 1837, but I am convinced we have a greater opportunity today to reach Kentucky […]

Also posted in Annual Meeting, Cooperative Program, Evangelism, Great Commission, Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Missions, Sunrise Children's Services | Comments closed

Kentucky Baptists have much to celebrate at this year’s annual meeting

By wpengine | Published: September 6, 2016

The Kentucky Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, coming up Nov. 15, is only two months away. I hope you are making plans to attend. The annual “KBC family reunion” 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 […]

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