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.

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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December 2025

Jacob & Autumn Shepherd

December 7

Jacob & Autumn are from Shelbyville where they graduated high school and attended Highland Baptist Church. Jacob graduated from UK and Autumn from EKU. After college, they spent 2 years in South America as Journeyman missionaries. After seminary, the Lord called them to serve as missionaries in the Middle East, where they have been for 6 years. They and their 5 children live in a very lost country where only 0.3% follow Jesus. They share the Good News, help plant churches, and equip local believers through teaching and discipleship.

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Nick Forsythe

December 14

Nick serves as director of Hope Unlimited Family Care Center in Paducah. He leads a team whose mission is to save the lives of unborn children through ministry to the family. He shares the gospel daily as he disciples fathers through their fatherhood programs. Nick is from Muhlenberg County and his wife Emily grew up in Paducah and Louisville. They have two daughters named Esther and Lottie. Nick is also pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Grand Rivers, where he has served since he was 18 years old.

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Erin Goodman

December 21

Erin is the CEO of The Papillion Center, a faith-based counseling center for kids and families, especially those who have been impacted by trauma and prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol. She is a licensed therapist who loves God and people, and Erin is on mission to bring hope and healing to kids and families through mental-health therapies. Erin is a graduate of Lone Oak High School in Paducah, Murray State University, and Campbellsville University. She is the Kentucky Affiliate with FASD United. Erin and her family attend Heartland Church.

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Ben & Lindsey Ward

December 28

The Wards work alongside Chilean Baptists, planting new churches in Santiago, a city of over 8 million. Ben serves as a professor at the seminary and helps train pastors in church planting and revitalization. Lindsey homeschools their 3 children (Judah, Ava, and Cora), serves as director of an English program, and leads Trauma Healing online groups with ladies around the world. Ben moved to Louisville, KY from TN in 2004 to attend Boyce College and they were married in 2010. He served as professor at the SBTS and they attended Highview, where Ben also served as missions pastor for before moving to the mission field in 2022.

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