Friend and former colleague, J.D. Payne, has made available his book, Leading Your Church in Church Planting: Taking the First Steps, as a FREE(!) download. As you have seen from my past blog posts, the need for established churches to invest in church planting is tremendous. If you are ready, here is the resource to […]
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Attending some association annual meetings over the past few days has given me a renewed sense of the value of partnership at the local level. Churches of the Nelson Baptist Association gathered to celebrate God’s work among them on the evening of Sept. 11. My children attended a youth event with hundreds of other teens
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I had a great visit this week with John Fergusson, Executive Director of Jefferson Street Baptist Center. In their own words, Jefferson Street Baptist Center is a ministry of Southern Baptists extending gospel-centered mercy to the homeless and hurting of the greater Louisville area. Officials estimate that each year roughly 9,000 people in the Louisville
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We are short on volunteers for the Louisville mission project. Would you join me and other Kentucky Baptist Mission Board staff members as we help renovate homes in underserved neighborhoods Sept 28-Oct 1, 2011? Get info here: http://www.kybaptist.org/kychangers.
Have a couple of days to serve on a mission project in the Louisville area? Join me and other Kentucky Baptist Mission Board staff members as we help renovate homes in underserved neighborhoods Sept 28-Oct 1, 2011. Get info here: http://www.kybaptist.org/kychangers.
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Have an interest in learning more about church planting with the KBC? Whether you are a church planter searching for training and partnership opportunities or you want to lead your church to get involved in planting, this short video will inform you about an upcoming opportunity: http://youtu.be/f3qh_PWzkUw
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As I have mentioned in previous articles, there are five “opportunity areas” I want to focus upon as I serve Kentucky Baptists. The final area regards our existing relationships with KBC institutions and agencies. I have been very encouraged by the many ways Campbellsville University, University of the Cumberlands, and Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
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Among the key areas I plan to focus upon now that I have begun to serve Kentucky Baptists in my new role are embracing the Great Commission Task Force report, strengthening the relationship between the Kentucky Baptist Convention and local churches and their pastors, and starting new churches. While many other important roles for the
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I recently had the privilege of attending the celebration service for the 1:8 Leadership Experience. The 1:8 Leadership Experience is the Kentucky Baptist Convention Collegiate and Young Adult Ministry’s summer missions program. Following the Acts 1:8 model, this ministry is a way for students from our university and college campuses in Kentucky to spend their
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E-mails. A necessary means of communication and an incredibly time-consuming task for most ministers. Maybe even drudgery. Buried in the inbox this morning, without bells, whistles, or even that annoying little red exclamation point marking an “urgent message,” was the following report from David Melber, president of Crossings Ministries: 2010 2011 Total Campers 8,699
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