We invite lots of people to do many things. In 2025, both of my daughters were married, and they sent many invitations to friends and family members inviting them to join their special day. Invitations are sent for baby showers, groundbreaking ceremonies, anniversaries, birthday parties and more. Sometimes folks spontaneously invite neighbors to join them for snacks at their home. An invitation is made and a response isContinue reading “Giving a Gospel Invitation”
Category Archives: Evangelism
Together for The Mission: Reaching College Students
One of the greatest missional opportunities available to Kentucky Baptists can be found on the more than 100 college campuses that dot the landscape of our Commonwealth. More than 260,000 students descend on those grounds every semester with the vast majority, possibly as high as 95%, not being connected to a local church duringContinue reading “Together for The Mission: Reaching College Students”
What is your evangelism strategy?
How you would you respond as a pastor, elder or ministry leader if someone asked, “What is your evangelism strategy?” Some leaders would have a ready answer, but many would not. Many pastors, elders and ministry leaders are busy with other important matters and have not given time to think through an intentional plan toContinue reading “What is your evangelism strategy?”
Partners in the Gospel
The Apostle Paul expressed in clear terms his appreciation to the Philippian believers because of their gospel partnership. Paul wrote Philippians 1:3-5, “I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” The Philippians were financial supporters of Paul’s gospel work, and heContinue reading “Partners in the Gospel”
Consider Going to Them
Knocking on doors in hopes of sharing the gospel has been part of my life for 35 years of ministry leadership. I learned to share the gospel at age 25 and have been involved in door-to-door evangelism since age 26. Front door evangelism is not the only way to share the gospel, but it remains one way to access many people with the hope of Christ. There are plenty ofContinue reading “Consider Going to Them”
Helpful and Respectful Feedback
I recently wrote an article summarizing my time at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting. The link to that article is here. One of our faithful Kentucky Baptist pastors reached out sharing why he was unable to attend the SBC, and his reason for not going to the annual gathering of Southern Baptists highlights some of the challenges being faced by many of our Kentucky Baptists families. I found his feedback helpful and thoughtContinue reading “Helpful and Respectful Feedback”
Praying Blessings on Churches
Some of us pray for Kentucky Baptist churches daily, or at least occasionally, the following prayer: That every KBC church will be a thriving church and that every leader will be a cared for leader. The heart behind that prayer is the conviction that churches were meant to thrive – to do well – impacting their communities with the gospel. The secondContinue reading “Praying Blessings on Churches”
2026-2027 Ministry Priorities
The Kentucky Baptist Convention has a long and rich history of establishing ministry and mission priorities. The KBC began in 1837 with four priorities — to distribute Bibles in Kentucky, to advocate for the education of ministers and the laity, to advocate for pastors’ pay and to fund foreign mission work together. Following that tradition, each year the Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board staff identifies a list of ministry priorities that we will highlightContinue reading ” 2026-2027 Ministry Priorities”
Evangelistic Preaching
I have preached lots of evangelistic sermons and many revival services. I have a natural God-given bent toward evangelistic preaching, but I am by no means an expert. Famous nineteenth century evangelist D.L. Moody is credited with saying, “Many a man can preach the gospel better than me, but no man can preach a betterContinue reading “Evangelistic Preaching”
A Time to Speak
The wise preacher reminds us in Ecclesiastes 3:7b that there is “a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.” But if you are a pastor, elder or ministry leader then you may feel the tension of discerning which one you need to do at any given moment. Adding to the tension of speaking or remaining silent is the awareness that we are not equippedContinue reading “A Time to Speak”
Dr. Todd Gray 