Result of impromptu disaster relief trip ‘had 11 grown men crying’
EUBANKS, Ky. – Last Saturday (Feb. 22), a combined men’s study group from Pilot Baptist and Liberty Baptist decided they needed to go to eastern Kentucky and serve in an area hit by devastating flooding earlier this month.
Kentucky DR meeting needs with laundry and shower units
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – If the old expression “cleanliness is next to godliness” is true, then Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are offering lots of godliness to Kentuckians hard hit by recent flooding.
Kentucky revival’s redemption stories have not stopped
PADUCAH, Ky. – The Hope for West Kentucky crusade may have ended two weeks ago but the Gospel message proclaimed throughout the week has no end.
More than 100 generators donated; Kentucky DR director ‘stands in awe’ of how God provides
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief Director Ron Crow said it was not a surprise to him that the request for 100 generators to aid those in North Carolina was answered so quickly.
Helene flooding has left NC farmland devastated, former DR volunteer says
YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. (BP) – The devastation from flooding during Hurricane Helene in North Carolina will have long-lasting effect on farms and homes, said a former Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer who is now a county extension agent in the Tar Heel state.
Kentucky governor’s executive order contradicts the Bible, theologian says
FRANKFORT, Ky. (BP) – Hershael York was one of the invited speakers to a news conference organized by Kentucky’s Commonwealth Policy Center Friday (Sept. 20) as a rebuttal to Gov. Andy Beshear’s recent executive order banning so-called conversion therapy.
Kentucky pastor completes revision of Spurgeon’s ‘Eccentric Preachers’
GREENVILLE, Ky. (BP) – Like many Kentucky Baptist pastors and others from a variety of denominations, Ron Metheny has long admired the writings of Charles H. Spurgeon and consider them to be educational, inspiring and encouraging.
Student gets diploma after it was held for his commencement speech about God
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. (BP) - A Kentucky high school student who was denied his diploma last week for mentioning God in his commencement speech received it on Wednesday after meeting with school officials, according to a report on WKRC in Cincinnati.
Churchill Downs chaplain says backside is mission field
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – Racetrack workers on the backside of Churchill Downs number around 1,000. Pavel Urruchi, who has been the track chaplain since last November, sees it as his mission field. He wants to make sure each one of them has an opportunity to hear the gospel.
Ky. Baptist worship pastor thankful family was safe after tornado hit home
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Jezimar “Nuno” Norberto, the worship pastor at Porter Memorial Baptist Church, is thanking God for keeping his wife and two boys safe after a tornado took out the sunroom in his home in Nicholasville. The storm split his roof in half and blew it across the street into a neighbor’s yard. The back wall of the garage was also destroyed.