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| For complete coverage of Kentucky Baptists Connect -- from announcement of the formation of the study committee to the latest updates -- check out the articles listed below. |
 Partners in the Mission:
It’s Not Too Late
| Have you ever had something you wanted to do but then discovered you were just too late? Maybe the tickets were all sold out because you waited too long. Or, maybe you missed a deadline for getting in a registration form. | Partners In The Mission:
Growth At Valley View
| Valley View Church in Louisville has shown exceptional growth during the past year under the leadership of Pastor Joel Carwile. | Partners in the Mission:
Father’s Day, South Jefferson
| Father’s Day was a special celebration at South Jefferson Baptist Church in Louisville. The music, children’s sermon, special recognitions and the message all gave attention to the important role of fathers. | Partners In The Mission:
Comeback Churches
| When Paul wrote to the saints in Philippi he reminded them that they were a people in process. He stated in Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” | Partners In The Mission:
The Year of Urgency
| The year of 2008 will be a year of urgency and opportunity for Kentucky Baptists. We need God's help if the baptism goal of Kentucky Baptists Connect is to be achieved. | KBC Urges Churches to Start Community Outreach Ministries
| RICHMOND – In just two days, members of Eastside Baptist Church in Richmond built a Habitat for Humanity house, held three block parties, delivered flowers to residents of a local nursing home, and distributed water and doughnuts to spectators at soccer games.
They also planted trees and flowers in subdivisions and on city property, gave away free doughnuts to Wal-Mart shoppers, put a roof on a house, fixed holes in a ceiling, weather-sealed windows and put up gutters.
The outreach efforts were all part of Eastside’s Compassion Weekend, an event that stemmed from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s emphasis on churches starting community outreach programs. | Partners In The Mission:
Inspirational Annual Convention
| This year’s Kentucky Baptist Convention, held last week in Elizabethtown, was one of the most inspirational and informative annual meetings that I have attended. | Partners In The Mission:
Connecting All People to Jesus Christ
| Connecting all people to Jesus Christ is the mission of the Kentucky Baptist Convention and Kentucky Baptists Connect was initiated three years ago to help us put feet to this mission. | Report Shines Light On KBC Churches, Convention Staff
| LOUISVILLE – Kentucky Baptist pastors and lay people value the state convention as an excellent resource for cooperating together to support missions efforts worldwide but there is uneven awareness of the Cooperative Program, a recent survey revealed. | KBC Mission Advisory Committee Report
| This is the entire text of the report from the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Mission Advisory Committee. The report will be presented to the KBC Mission Board for approval on May 8, 2006. | Churches Sign First Partnering Covenant
| LOUISVILLE – The pastors of two Kentucky Baptist churches signed a special covenant today, pledging to offer each other support and encouragement as both seek to become stronger, healthier, growing congregations.
Ronny Raines, pastor of Northside Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, and Phil Ellis, pastor of First Baptist Church, Jamestown, signed a Partnering Church Covenant in the chapel of the Kentucky Baptist Building on Tuesday, Feb. 7. | ‘Partnering’ Churches Being Identified
| LOUISVILLE – Just a few months into the Kentucky Baptists Connect initiative, more than 70 Kentucky Baptist churches have already been identified as willing to partner with other churches to help strengthen the overall body of Christ.
Kentucky Baptists Connect is a five-year initiative to increase baptisms; disciple Christians more effectively; start new Bible study units, ministries and churches; and develop leaders.
One of its goals is to see 100 “partnering” churches – churches willing to assist another church in an area in which they have a particular strength -- in place by Jan. 10, 2010. | KBC Unveils Strategy For Increasing Baptisms
| LOUISVILLE – The new Kentucky Baptists Connect goal of 25,000 baptisms annually appears challenging. However, comparing it to the best efforts of KBC churches in the past decade reveals that churches can reach the goal simply by “doing their best.”
Dan Garland, KBC Church Development/Evangelism Team leader, reviewed baptism statistics for the past 10 years and discovered that by taking the highest number of baptisms in a single year for each KBC church and adding them all up, the total exceeded 40,000 baptisms, well above the target set at last November’s annual meeting.
“I was shocked it was that much,” says Garland, noting that last year’s total was just under 18,000. “I had them run the numbers three times to make sure it was accurate. In 2005-06 we’re challenging churches to commit to do as good, or better, as they’ve done in the past 10 years.” | Kentucky Baptists Set To ‘Pray the Perimeter’
| LOUISVILLE – Kentucky Baptist leaders will hit the road this fall on a week-long tour that will take them around the perimeter of the commonwealth, praying with and encouraging Kentucky Baptists along the way.
The tour, dubbed “Pray the Perimeter,” is scheduled for Sept. 11–16.
Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, and Dan Garland, KBC Church Development/Evangelism Team leader, along with several other KBC leaders, will begin their tour in Eastern Kentucky, traveling the perimeter of the state on a tour that will include stops for worship services, meetings with pastors and associational leaders, and prayer. | Mission Board Wraps Up May Meeting
| BAGDAD, KY. – Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board members wrapped up their May meeting at Cedarmore Baptist Conference Center after exploring financing options for the purchase and finish of the new Kentucky Baptist Building, reviewing progress toward Kentucky Baptists Connect goals, appointing a new committee to study giving trends, approving a budget for 2005-2006 and hearing reports on various Kentucky Baptist work. | Kentucky Baptists Connect Resources Mailed
| LOUISVILLE – Packets highlighting Kentucky Baptists Connect resources have been mailed to pastors and directors of missions.
Kentucky Baptists Connect is a new five-year emphasis of the Convention to reach people for Christ, strengthen churches and develop leaders.
The packet is designed to provide more information about Kentucky Baptists Connect to pastors and directors of missions and encourage them to lead their churches to commit to becoming a "Kentucky Baptists Connect goals. | FIRST PERSON -- A DOM Responds to Connect, Barna Study
| WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. -- "Kentucky Connect" is now the official theme for Kentucky Baptists. We have voted to connect churches and individuals to reach the unchurched in Kentucky. The Barna Study introduced a new term to me - "de-churched." The de-churched are those who once attended church, but no longer attend. There are a large number of these in Kentucky. Because Baptists are the largest denomination in the state, a large number of the de-churched are Baptists. I like to play with numbers, and I was fascinated with the study. They identified de-churched as those who have not attended in the last six months except for Easter. The percentage, as you would guess, was huge. I had a variety of responses as I listened to those who where being interviewed. I was shocked. I was angry. I was concerned. I was sympathetic. I was moved almost to tears. | Dr. Mackey: Connect Launch Exceeded Expectations
| The launch of Kentucky Baptists Connect at the KBC Annual Meeting exceeded my expectations. The theme videos, prayer times, reports, commitment time, worship, Barna report, workshops, and closing message by Charles Lowery were excellent. | ‘Connect’ Set To Launch
| LOUISVILLE– A five-year-long effort aimed at reinvigorating baptisms, church starts, and other key growth indicators will launch at the annual convention of Kentucky Baptists Nov. 16-17 at St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville. | First ‘High Impact’ Church Set To Launch
| LEXINGTON —The first “high impact” church planned under this new Kentucky Baptists Connect emphasis is preparing for its public launch Oct. 3.
Located in northwest Lexington, The Master’s Church is the first of 25 such congregations planned by Jan. 1, 2010, with at least five of them in eastern Kentucky. They are among 75 new churches the Kentucky Baptist Convention hopes to start the next five years as part of the new Kentucky Baptists Connect emphasis. | Mackey: Kentucky Baptists Connect Partners
| With 2,400 churches strategically located across this great state, it is possible to share the Gospel with every unreached person in Kentucky -- if we work together! That’s the key message of the Kentucky Baptists Connect emphasis you’re beginning to hear about. | Mackey: Board Implements Mission Study
| The Mission Board of the Kentucky Baptist Convention took significant steps last week toward implementing the Mission Study Report it adopted last May. Steps to implement the emphasis – to be called Kentucky Baptists Connect -- included the election of church development strategists and other key staff leaders. | Mission Board Begins Implementing ‘Kentucky Baptists Connect’ Plan
| LOUISVILLE—The Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board took several actions at their December 2003 meeting towards implementing the Mission Study Committee recommendations adopted earlier this year.
During their Dec. 8-9 meeting at the Kentucky Baptist Building in Louisville, board members approved the addition of several new staff members and promoted several staff members to new positions, restructured board committees to reflect the new organization, and approved funds to aid in the implementation of the Mission Study Committee Report. | Mackey: Connecting All People to Jesus
| Connection, defined in the dictionary as "to join together" and "unite" is a vital concept for Kentucky Baptists today. John 15 references connection when it describes how we as Christians should be as united to Jesus as the branch is united to the vine. | Mission Board Approves Staff Reorganization
| LEXINGTON—The Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board has approved a plan to reorganize the Mission Board staff to help churches achieve the baptism, membership, leadership development and other objectives of a recent Mission Study Committee report. | Mission Board Staff Reorganization Proposed
| LOUISVILLE—A proposed reorganization plan for the Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board staff reduces the numbers of teams from six to five and places four regionally based church development strategists in the field to serve churches.
KBC Executive Director Bill Mackey unveiled the proposed plan to the Mission Board staff in a meeting today. The proposal will be acted upon by the full Mission Board in its meeting on Nov. 10. If it is approved, the new staff structure will go into effect Jan. 1. | KBC Staff Adjustments
| Kentucky Baptist Mission Board staff members are making a lot of adjustments these days for several different reasons. Let me tell you about these: | Properties Study Committee Named
| LOUISVILLE—Fifteen Kentucky Baptists have agreed to serve on a newly-formed committee tasked with studying the condition and usage of the Kentucky Baptist Building here.
| Mission Advisory Committee Appointed
| LOUISVILLE—Nine Kentucky Baptist leaders have been appointed to serve on an advisory committee that will help the Kentucky Baptist Convention implement recommendations from a Mission Study Committee report adopted earlier this year. | Mackey: Connecting All People To Jesus Christ
| The new Kentucky Baptist Convention mission statement approved by the Mission Board earlier this month is: "The mission of the Kentucky Baptist Convention is to assist Kentucky Baptist Convention churches and ministries, and associations, in connecting all people to Jesus Christ." |
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