Here’s a “SNEAK PREVIEW” of the brand new missions promotional video soon available from the KBC Partnership Missions Department. You can view the video here and if you’d like to receive a DVD hard copy to show in your church, missions organization or Sunday School, just contact us and we’ll be glad to send you one free of charge [...]
In order to carry out partnership efforts thousands of miles away it is always essential to have a key leader in the area receiving assistance. Most of the time this person is an IMB missionary. However, as we attempt to expand the influence of Kentucky Baptists throughout the world, it becomes increasingly necessary to rely on nationals [...]
Many have talked with Mary Livingston, the Ministry Assistant of the Partnership Missions Department when contacting our office, but few have actually met her. As Mary marks fifteen years with KBC, I thought it would be a good idea for each of you to get to know her a little better. Mary(r) with Panamanian pastor’s [...]
At the heart of ALL THE WORLD, the new Partnership Missions structure, are the four levels of involvement. I’d like to take a moment to explain the reason for the different levels and what they mean. We understand that churches and associations are at different levels of development and commitment when it comes to overseas [...]
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There is an on-going debate about the use of volunteers in missions settings. Those who look unfavorably on this strategy usually point to factors such as the lay volunteer’s lack of language skills or knowledge of the culture. Some say that the money spent to send a team would be better used sent directly to [...]
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Freeing up of the flow of volunteers into the mission field, that’s the underlying purpose of the new KBC Partnership Missions Department (PMD) structure, ALL THE WORLD. Simply put, the original model of state sponsored partnerships served us well for many years, but was beginning to limit the flow of volunteers. Here are a few of the ways ALL [...]
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This weblog bears the name of the Partnership Missions Department (PMD) theme, ALL THE WORLD, inspired by Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” Jesus’ directions are simple and easy to understand: Go! Go where? Into all the world! Do what? Preach the good news to all [...]
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