Hopkins County—Toby DeHay, pastor of Concord Missionary Baptist Church, along with several pastors and churches of Little Bethel Baptist Association in Hopkins County are strategically engaged in delivering the good news in the form of a Bible study, “Good News for You,” to the entire population of their county.

“It seems that these pastors and churches have found one way to be intentional with the gospel in the community where God has called them to serve,” said Todd Gray, the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s regional consultant for west Kentucky.

The Bible study comes in the form of a workbook developed and distributed by Charles Brock. “The studies are intentionally simple, easy to use, and gospel-centered,” Gray added.

Concord Missionary Baptist purchased 5,000 of the 8� x 11 inches, large print workbooks to distribute to the nearly 47,000 residents of Hopkins County, 38,000 of which, according to Glenmary research, do not attend any church on Sunday mornings.

Since beginning the effort, several area pastors and churches have joined in the campaign, includ-ing, Madisonville Second Baptist, Dawson Springs First Baptist, Slaughters Baptist, Nortonville Baptist and the association’s director of missions.

“Going into Nortonville as a pastor, I wanted to help the church become outward focused on evangelism,” Lee Davis, pastor of Nortonville Baptist, said. “One lady that is visiting the church wants to join because she values a church that is intentional with the gospel.”

Jonathan Lail, of Madisonville Second Baptist, continued, “It is low risk, very easy. We go to a door, knock on the door, and say I have some good news for you, and give them a workbook.”

They view this project as a simple, affordable and potentially impactful way of saturating their county with the gospel of Jesus Christ, Gray said. So far the group has distributed 2,500 of the initial 5,000 workbooks, and they have plans to order 5,000 more.

“While practicing door to door evangelism recently in one of our mid-sized towns, I met a man who is a leader for a large non-Christian religion. He did not want to hear the good news that I was sharing,” Gray recounted, sharing of one of his own experiences.

However, the man did share with Gray a disturbing reality. He said that his group shared their message intentionally by knocking on every door in their county twice a year, Gray said.

“It is very encouraging to see these Kentucky Baptist pastors and churches intentionally engage their community with the gospel, “Gray concluded. “May the Lord bless and mul-tiply their efforts to the reality of many people receiving Christ as Savior and Lord and becoming His disciples.” (WR)