Category Archives: Kentucky Baptist Convention

Kentucky Baptists celebrate victories

By wpengine | Published: May 19, 2015

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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Giving credit where credit is due

By wpengine | Published: March 10, 2015

We have just completed the compilation of the Annual Church Profiles submitted by Kentucky Baptist Convention churches for the most recent reporting year, and we have good news to share! Baptisms, church membership, and church financial receipts all increased over the prior reporting year. Churches reported a total of 14,223 baptisms. That’s up from 13,975 […]

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Part 1 of the Executive Director’s Annual Report

By wpengine | Published: November 18, 2014

One of the highlights of our annual meeting this year was hearing the testimonies of God’s saving work in the lives of those who lead Kentucky Baptists and our agencies and institutions. I pray that hearing those stories will motivate each of us to share the glorious story of what God has done in our […]

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KBC President Chip Hutcheson’s Report on Campbellsville University

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: November 14, 2014

During the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s 2014 Annual Meeting, convention messengers voted to hear a report on Campbellsville University from KBC president Chip Hutcheson instead of viewing a promotional video forwarded by Campbellsville. CU president Mike Carter had been invited to present a report in person but declined the invitation and sent no one to represent […]

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A People Called Kentucky Baptists

By wpengine | Published: November 10, 2014

Four decades ago, in his foreword to a book titled, Baptists in Kentucky, Franklin Owen wrote, “We believe that the moral fiber of a nation is even more important than her fiscal and military, or any other strength. We further believe that … the moral strength of a nation is rooted in her religious convictions—that […]

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