Another Find It Here Update
Excitement is building across the state for the “Find it Here” sowing process. Each month as I receive reports from DOMs and read Associational Newsletters, I have learned about the promotion and plans being conducted in the vast majority of Associations across Kentucky in preparation for the “Find it Here” campaign.
Several of our KBC staff have had the privilege and will have the privilege of sharing with associations, pastors and laymen across Kentucky with an overview or a specific conference related to “Find it Here”.
A few examples: Eric Allen conducted overviews, conferences on prayer walking and compassionate ministries in the following Associations: Bracken, Long Run (churches), Taylor County, Casey and Blood River. He is scheduled to share at Logan/Todd, Liberty, Warren, Daviess—McLean, Lincoln, West Kentucky, Severns Valley, Blackford, Breckinridge and Little Bethel in the next couple of months.
I have had the privilege of sharing in Severns Valley, Green Valley, Bracken, Tates Creek, Booneville, Knox, Shelby (church), Laurel River, Owen, Ten Mile and Salem. I am scheduled to share in Ohio Valley, Logan/Todd, Irvine, Muhlenberg and Lynn.
In addition, Randy Jones is scheduled to share at Shelby Association and Ross Bauscher has shared in Lincoln, Freedom and Wayne and has 8-10 meetings scheduled in associations this fall. Our KBC Regional Church Development Strategists have had numerous opportunities to share about “Find it Here”.
In every location that we have been, excitement has been exhibited by pastors, DOMs, and lay people about “Find it Here”. In many cases, leadership has shared that they had already been looking to do something like this before discovering the “Find it Here” process. That is a strong affirmation that we are on the right track and that God is in the process.
Reports are coming in that churches are being strategic about preparing for “Find it Here” planning and conducting witnessing training, prayer walking training, intentional and intense praying for lost people by name, and examining assimilation, follow-up and small group usage in their churches. Significant plans are being made by associations and churches to participate in local media coverage for the “Find it Here” sowing process. As of today, 54 Associations have been approved for financial grants from the KBC for local publicity of “Find it Here”. In addition, NAMB will be unveiling their national campaign to key state leadership at a late August meeting and the KBC is working to supplement coverage in Kentucky.
May God bless all we do with “Find it Here”. And may many people far from God be brought into His Kingdom through this process and many believers grow in their discipleship as a by-product of this activity.
If you need more information about “Find it Here” go to the KBC website www.kybaptist.org and click on “Find it Here”.
Next week, I will continue my series on the Cooperative Program with Part I of an interview with Dr. Billy Compton, Executive Associate for Cooperative Program and Resources of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.3 Comments posted by: Larry Baker on July 3rd, 2009
