| Properties Study Committee Named |
| Release Date: 09/05/2003 |
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.
Mike Melloan, a member of Yellow Creek Baptist Church, Owensboro, was selected to chair the committee that will look at the best way to make use of the aging Kentucky Baptist Building East building, located at 10701 Shelbyville Road.
Committee members are: Skip Alexander, pastor of Campbellsville Baptist Church, Campbellsville; Charles Barnes, a member of Hurstbourne Baptist Church, Louisville; Tom Biddle, director of missions, Enterprise Baptist Association, Prestonsburg; Arnold Cadell, a member of Erlanger Baptist Church, Burlington; Cathy Chinn, president of Kentucky Woman’s Missionary Union and a resident of Stanton; Jerry Dooley, a member of Broadway Baptist Church, Louisville; and Mark Galloway, pastor, Zion Baptist Church, Henderson.
Also serving are Harold Greenfield, retired director of missions, Princeton; Steve Hussung, pastor, Rich Pond Baptist Church, Bowling Green; Craig Loscalzo, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington; Dan Russell, pastor of Central Baptist Church, Paris; Irene Smith, a member of Smithfield Baptist Church, Smithfield; Carol Taylor, church secretary for Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville; and Tommy Tucker, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Paducah.
The Properties Study Committee was appointed by KBC President Paul Badgett in response to a recommendation made in a May report to the Kentucky Baptist Mission Board by its Mission Study Committee. The report established goals and objectives for the 2,400-church organization to bring a sharper focus on evangelism, missions, leadership training, church growth, networking and the organization's relationships with its agencies and institutions.
Among the recommendations was that a properties study committee be appointed to study the condition and usage of Kentucky Baptist Building East. The committee will also review the work of previous property study committees and report back with recommendations to the KBC Mission Board by Dec. 31, 2004.
The property review is necessary because parts of the building are 46 years old and require major repairs or maintenance. The KBC Mission Board staff will also be restructuring to meet new goals adopted by the Mission Board, which makes a review of office space configurations timely.
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Release prepared by Brenda Rick Smith, KBC news/web specialist |
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