Kentucky Sent Ones is a weekly focus that provides a connection with and prayer support for missionaries from Kentucky, serving through IMB, NAMB or MSC.

These missionaries have responded obediently to God’s call to go, but they need us to hold the rope. Without consistent reminders, disintegration between churches and missionaries will happen even among the most loving, well-intentioned senders. Lead your church to tighten their grip on the rope for Kentucky Sent missionaries. Multiple resources (slides, social media posts, bulletin inserts and prayer requests) are provided each week to help churches highlight prayer for mission workers in a variety of ministry contexts.

September 2025

The Webbs

September 21

Coy serves as Crisis Response Director at Send Relief, managing crisis responses both nationally and internationally, and represents Southern Baptists with disaster response partners. Last year Coy worked to support over 100 national and almost 200 international responses.

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The Tarnagdas

September 28

Daniel & Alice minister to refugees and immigrants through Refuge Bowling Green, a ministry they founded. Refugee BG works in partnership with local churches to provide ESL classes, driving school, job placement, transportation, youth mentorship, summer camps, after school programs, life skills, soccer leagues, and certified workforce training in healthcare, construction, industry, technologies and entrepreneurship.  

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October 2025

The Dudas

October 5

Daniel, Megan, and their 3 children were sent out from Northside Baptist Church, Elizabethtown to serve in Poland where they are learning a new language, custom and culture. They are involved through church planting, ESL, and ministry to displaced Ukrainians. They hope soon to begin an outreach to students on the university campus and an English conversation club in the city.

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The Embrys

October 12

Mike and Sarah were sent from Christ Community Church in Shelbyville, KY.  They are empty nesters who followed God’s call to serve as part of the International Orphan Care Team in Kenya. They equip churches in Kenya to restore families by empowering biological parents, extended families, or foster families to care for the children –while simultaneously sharing the love of Jesus. 

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M & L

October 19

M & L are Kentuckians through and through! They moved to Central Asia over two decades ago. They serve now in a member care role, providing pastoral care for families serving in Central Asia.  Their work involves in-person and online ministry throughout the region.

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Chuck White

October 26

Chuck and his wife Tina have been actively serving the Lord through the local church for over 35 years. They worked with young people in Sunday School, discipleship training, missions, and VBS.  But in 2021, Chuck retired and was sent by Pleasant View Baptist Church of Somerset to serve full-time as director of First Priority Lake Cumberland. First Priority works with local churches on school campuses using a student-led gospel focused strategy for reaching middle and high school students.

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November 2025

Andrew & Alexa

November 2

Andrew and Alexa were sent from Redemption Hill Baptist Church in Fisherville, Ky., and have been serving in Europe for 3 years. They have 2 daughters and another child on the way, due in December. Andrew is originally from East Tennessee and Alexa is from Ohio, but they lived in Louisville for 5 years before selling their home and moving to Europe. They work as support staff to coordinate medical care for families in the 1MB that live across Europe, North Africa and West Asia.

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Rob Allen

November 9

Rob and Mandi grew up in Ashland, Kentucky. He was an active lay leader at Highview in Louisville while serving on staff with Crossings Ministries, before returning to Ashland in 2017 to serve as Director of the Appalachia Ministry Center. Rob leads ministry engagement and equips churches to help rural communities end generational cycles of poverty, food insecurity, and prevalent struggles with addiction.

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J & J

November 16

J & J serve in a smaller metropolitan area of Central Asia where they focus on building up the one existing church in a city of 500,000 people. Their focus is on an unreached people group in the area that has very little access to the gospel due to their language differences and rural isolated living situation. They were both active members of the BCM’s where they graduated (Morehead State and Western).

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John & Shaughanessy Morris

November 23

John & Shaughanessy were sent from Big Creek Church in Hazard, where he was ordained.  They both grew up in Perry County. In 2001, they were appointed by the North American Mission Board. Since 2013 John has served as Executive Director, and Shaughanessy as Media Designer, at God’s Appalachian Partnership (GAP). As missionaries at GAP, their heart is to meet people at their point of need so they may know Jesus. They do that through a wide range of ministries such as food distribution, home repairs, educational classes, dental ministry, and Bible studies.

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J & A Mason

November 30

These west Kentuckians have connections to so many KBC churches. James & Abbey were both involved as youth at Northside Baptist in Princeton. After high school, James attended Boyce Bible College. They were married and involved with Grace Fellowship and Bashford Manor churches while living in Louisville. After 4 years in Central Asia, James & Abbey and their four children (ages 11, 10, 4, & 1) now serve outside of Glasgow, Scotland. They are part of a church planting and revitalization team. They hope to secure a building soon and launch Grace Church in late 2025 or early 2026.

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