Pastors and churches join for ‘amazing’ Salem associational revival
A revival in the Salem Association of Baptists has not only drawn large, enthusiastic crowds but has given evidence of a noticeable partnership in the gospel by pastors in that association.
Kentucky Baptists celebrating baptism resurgence with highest total since 2016
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky Baptists are celebrating a surge in baptisms with 12,654 reported during the past reporting year (ending March 15). It’s a significant increase over the previous year and the highest year in almost a decade.
Kentucky pastor’s family desperately fights with ‘broken system’
ASHLAND, Ky. – A Kentucky Baptist pastor and his family are fighting an intense battle to obtain access for their adopted daughter to mental health care that is desperately needed. In the process, the family is raising awareness of a drastic need in Kentucky regarding the care and love for children.
Investment in bivocational pastor pays dividends at Kentucky church
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Investing in young men in ministry carries great rewards – as evidenced by what has happened at Fairdale Baptist Church.
Man diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer surrenders to ministry: ‘I don’t worry about tomorrow’
LACENTER, Ky. — “This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.” That verse from Psalm 118:24 is one that John Plumley embraces every day.
FIRST-PERSON: Life’s 5 great lessons
Psalm 119 teaches us that the word of God is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. The message of the Bible is God’s amazing love for us, that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
IMB liaison at SBTS developing pipeline of missionaries
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jimmy Bledsoe has served as an International Mission Board missionary for 13 years, but his latest assignment has taken him to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He explained to Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board members Tuesday how his work there is to develop a pipeline to reach the nations with the Gospel. As […]
Couple has unusual route to foreign mission field
UTICA, Ky. — The path James Perkins has taken to become an International Mission Board missionary is not an obvious one.
Preaching class quickly fills a need in area churches
RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. — When Christian Naylor told his church that he was prepared to lead a class to train men about preaching, little did he realize how soon that class would pay kingdom dividends.
Haitian churches ‘not all that different’ from churches anywhere, Kentucky pastor says
PRINCETON, Ky. (BP) — It was more than a decade ago that Kyle Noffsinger began to have a “real heart for mission work.” That passion has led him a lot of places, and last week it led to the dangerous, poverty-ridden country of Haiti.
