Occasionally I hear someone say, “I am proud to be part of the Kentucky Baptist Convention but not so much the Southern Baptist Convention.” The person essentially means that they love their state convention but are not as happy about our national network. I am always glad to hear that people love the KBC, butContinue reading “Why Join the SBC? “
Category Archives: Baptist Associations
Praise God for Sunrise!
In the same year that Ulysses S. Grant became president of the United States and the Cincinnati Reds were getting started, there was a lesser-known — but potentially more impactful event — happening in Louisville, Ky. The year was 1869 when three ladies from Walnut Street Baptist Church in Kentucky’s largest city saw a needContinue reading “Praise God for Sunrise!”
Why Associations?
Southern Baptists have formed lots of cooperating networks. Whether state conventions, national entities, state agencies and institutions, we have lots of them and God has honored our efforts at working together. One example of our networking prowess is the local Baptist association. Baptist associations started in America in the early 1700s with the firstContinue reading “Why Associations?”
Dr. Todd Gray 