Christ followers, under the power of the Holy Spirit, will tell everyone about Him. (Acts 1:8)
Matthew 9:36 challenges us to reach compassionately the harassed and helpless. No demographic is more helpless than children. Here in Kentucky, 26% of our children live in poverty, that’s one out of every four children. For the 985,000 children in Kentucky who live in poverty, Christmas doesn’t always come with the promise of gifts—or even... Continue Reading →
Many of the missionaries featured in our KYandBeyond blog each month are Kentucky Mission Service Corps Missionaries (or KY-MSC as we like to call them). You may have heard the term but also may have asked, “What is a Kentucky Missions Service Corps Missionary and how does one become a Kentucky Missionary Service Corps Missionary?”... Continue Reading →
As the eleven apostles wait on the Mountain in Galilee for Jesus, they are filled with mixed emotions. No doubt they wonder, “What will Jesus say and what will we do next?” When Jesus appears to the them, the heart of His message is “make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28:19). Short-term missions is for... Continue Reading →
HOW SHOULD THE CHURCH RESPOND TO THOSE ENSLAVED TODAY? “Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil. Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Rebuke the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause” (Isaiah 1:16-19). The church cannot ignore the issue of human trafficking. The... Continue Reading →
After you've planned, prepared, implemented and returned from your mission trip, it's time to unpack. Not just your suitcase, but the mission experience itself. Follow-up is an important part of going on mission because it helps the participant to understand what they learned and how God can use it in their everyday life. There are... Continue Reading →
The Kentucky Baptist Convention’s Mission Mobilization Team is blessed to have 7 "self-funded" mobilization consultants across the state that stand ready to help a church, association or individual connect with in-state missions. Their primary duties are to: Establish and maintain good relations with Directors of Missions, pastors, and churches in their regions. Recruit and enlist... Continue Reading →
While in a hotel overlooking a European city, our vision team recapped the experiences we had over the previous days as we met with various missionaries and visited several European countries. Our goal was to find ways that we could connect our local churches from the state conventions we represented to mission partnerships in Europe. ... Continue Reading →
“Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own” (1 Corinthians 6:19). I have served in active ministry for the sake of my Lord for forty years, and in my role as Disaster Relief Director for the... Continue Reading →
I recently had the privilege of attending a lollapalooza put on by Dexter Baptist Church in western Kentucky. Pastor David Little led his church to plan and implement the lollapalooza event as an effort to reach out to their community. I had never attended a lollapalooza and wasn’t quite sure what to expect. In fact,... Continue Reading →
For nearly 18 years men, women, boys, and girls have heard and seen the gospel message lived out through the efforts of the Kathy J. Strange Answer Center in Henderson, KY. In the year 2000 a couple of churches in the Green Valley Baptist Association saw the need for a social ministry in their... Continue Reading →
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