John Barnett serves as a Missions Strategist with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and is also the Send Relief ambassador for refugees and displaced people. John has a passion to serve local churches, as they seek to share the gospel, develop their missions strategy, and make disciples among unreached, unengaged, and least reached people across Kentucky and beyond! John and his wife, Rebekah, served as Team Strategy Leaders for over 13 years with the IMB, where they lead urban church planting teams in Uganda, North Africa, and Europe. John graduated from Southern Seminary with an MDiv in International Church planting, and he has over 24 years of experience working with internationals, immigrants, and refugees in Africa, Europe, and the States. John and his wife Rebekah have been married for 24 years, and they live in Louisville with their two daughters, Rachel and Sarah.
How John helps churches:
As a Missions Strategist, John helps KBC churches develop strategies through an Acts 1:8 paradigm that not only reflects the gifts of their church, but also helps them fulfill the Great Commission both locally and globally. Also, he helps churches discover new opportunities, build a strategy, and share Christ with unreached and displaced people in their communities and around the State. With over 13 years experience serving as Strategy leader for the IMB, John helps churches to prepare and equip international mission teams, and to develop missional pipelines to identify, equip, and send out laborers into the harvest. John is eager to help your church or association think biblically and strategically about reaching your neighbors and the nations for the glory of God. You can reach him by email at john.barnett@kybaptist.org or call 502-654-3385.