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KBC approves evangelism force

November 14, 2009

ELIZABETHTOWN – Messengers at the Kentucky Baptist Convention's annual meeting at Severns Valley Baptist Church on Nov. 10 approved the formation of a Great Commission Task Force, a 2010-11 fiscal year budget with an increased percentage of funds going to the Southern Baptist Convention, and a formal definition of a cooperating KBC church.

Presented by KBC President John Mark Toby during a report on the KBC Mission Board, the approved recommendation calls for the formation of a Great Commission Task Force that will study "how Kentucky Baptists can work more faithfully and effectively together in serving Christ through the Great Commission."

The task force will work throughout the coming year to study the work of the KBC's Mission Board, agencies and institutions, and will report any recommendations it might have to messengers attending the 2010 annual meeting at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington.

Toby is expected to announce his appointments to the task force during the evening session of the annual meeting.

Messengers also approved a $23.5 million Cooperative Program budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, as well as an increased percentage of dollars to be sent on to Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministry causes.

Evangelism Growth Team Leader Ross Bauscher provided an update on "Find it Here," Kentucky Baptists' major evangelistic campaign slated for the spring of 2010. According to Bauscher, Kentucky Baptists have already ordered more than 1.4 million bags that will include a gospel message and be shared with households across Kentucky.

During a report from the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, messengers approved a constitutional amendment to define a "cooperating" Kentucky Baptist church. Article III of the constitution will be expanded to include a definition of a cooperating Kentucky Baptist church as a congregation of baptized believers, and that the church would be in general agreement with any of the historic Baptist confessions of faith.

The revised Article III also includes language that communicates an expectation that a cooperating church will "voluntarily report its activities to the offices of the Kentucky Baptist Convention on a regular (usually annual) basis."

Earlier that morning, Kentucky Baptists voted to welcome 14 new churches into fellowship and four churches into watch care status.

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