Tag Archives: International Mission Board

CP Decline May Have ‘Dramatic Impact’ on KBC

In this video, Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Director Paul Chitwood delivers the Mission Board staff report to messengers attending the KBC’s annual meeting. The meeting was held Nov. 15, 2011, at Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion in Florence, Ky. “Our mission field is growing,” Chitwood said, noting that Kentucky’s population has grown from 3.2 […]

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More Kentucky Dollars Now Reaching the World

With a new fiscal year beginning for the Kentucky Baptist Convention in September, the tangible impact of the Great Commission Task Force recommendations is now visible. The first big step in transitioning the division of Cooperative Program funds toward a 50-50 split (less 4 percent shared expenses) between the KBC and Southern Baptist Convention is […]

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Annual Meeting Lets You Have Your Say

As the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s annual meeting draws near, I want to encourage you to be in attendance. In addition to inspiring messages from a host of preachers, this year’s convention will give you the opportunity to see how your Cooperative Program dollars are being spent. You will be able to find out about the […]

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Meeting About More than SBC Name Change

While discussion of a possible name change for the Southern Baptist Convention overshadowed the SBC Executive Committee meeting last week, the meeting entailed much more. Other pertinent issues dealt less with debate over the relevance of our brand and more with the relevancy of the gospel for a lost world. Tom Elliff, the new president […]

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Partnership works!

I visited a mission project this morning that is a partnership effort of Watson Memorial Baptist Church of Louisville, Beacon Hill Baptist Church of Somerset, and First Baptist Church, Mt. Washington. With the help of a 20 person mission team from Beacon Hill Baptist Church, Watson Memorial is converting their old parsonage into a home […]

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