The following is a guest post from Stan Albright, the national director for associations for the North American Mission Board. Is Associationalism Dead? Recently, I read an eye-opening and challenging article written by Matthew Spandler-Davison. Matthew is a young Southern Baptist pastor from central Kentucky. The article was entitled, “Don’t Pull the Plug on Your […]
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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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KBC Executive Director Paul Chitwood spoke Feb. 27 at the Kentucky Baptist Evangelism Conference held at Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington. His sermon, “Hope for Hell,” was based on Mark 1:23-28. Click on the embedded player above to hear the sermon. Click here if your device does not display the player to download the
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Kentucky Baptist pastors, church staff members and their spouses who are new to their churches are invited to attend “Get Acquainted Day” at the Kentucky Baptist Building on Tuesday, March 20. Get Acquainted Day is designed to help build relationships and welcome new church staff members—especially those who have not served in Kentucky before—to ministry
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Thank you, messengers to the annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, for your sweet spirit! My wife, Michelle, and I were blessed to spend time with you and watch you conduct your business with grace and dignity. We were encouraged by your warm greetings, kind words, and assurances that you remember us often in
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The following is my written report for the Book of Reports that will be shared with messengers attending next week’s Kentucky Baptist Convention annual meeting to be held at Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion on Nov. 15. Executive Director’s Report A few months into my tenure as your executive director, I am astounded at
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The Kentucky Baptist Convention has recently released the second in a series of videos to help people understand and get excited about the More for Christ spiritual renewal emphasis. This is a great piece to download and show to your church. You can download it from either the KBC website or the More for Christ
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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 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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