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Wife Barb looks on as Rev. Roy Allen learns to use an Evangelcube during a workshop held during the Booneville Baptist Evangelism Rally. The Evangelcube is an evangelism tool for everyone. Parents, Kids, Pastors, Youth Leaders, Sunday School Teachers, Missionaries and more can Simply Share Jesus.

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Rev. John Boley and Oscar Gayle House learn how to use an Evangelcube during a workshop held during the Booneville Baptist Evangelism Rally. The Evangelcube is an evangelism tool for everyone. Parents, Kids, Pastors, Youth Leaders, Sunday School Teachers, Missionaries and more can Simply Share Jesus.

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Campbellsville University Students Plan Christmas Break Mission Trip to Haiti with Ken Bolin
By Christina Miller, Office Assistant, Campbellsville University

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY -- Campbellsville University students are making plans to travel far and wide over Christmas break not only to go home, but to serve on mission trips to Haiti, Costa Rica, New York City, Texas, Missouri and possibly Florida.

A trip to Haiti is scheduled for Jan. 4-14, 2011. This trip, led by Baptist Campus Ministry intern Trent Creason, a 2008 graduate of Campbellsville University, and Angie Atwood, instructor in nursing at CU, serves as a medical mission trip for several students from the School of Nursing.

The nursing group plans to be in Haiti for six days and have four days of medical clinic where they will serve approximately 450 ill people per day, according to Atwood. The group will perform health assessments and providing treatment to adults and children with various ailments.

Atwood said, "Students and faculty are thrilled to have the opportunity to provide nursing services and minister God's word with those individuals suffering in Haiti. During this trip we will be working with orphans, providing medical services, and spreading the word of God through crusades. Our hearts go out to those children who walk around homeless, hungry, suffering from illness, and without much hope."

Creason said the group will work with minister Ken Bolin, who is from Manchester, Ky. Bolin has traveled to Haiti 36 times and has a well established ministry in Haiti.

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Messengers Approve Resolution for "Bud" Underwood
by Dannah Prather, KBC Communications



FLORENCE – Messengers at the 174th annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention approved resolutions of appreciation for W.F. "Bud" Underwood, retiring president of Oneida Baptist Institute. Tim Harris, pastor of Woodburn Baptist Church, submitted the committee on resolutions’ report during the morning session.

November 15 marked the final KBC Annual Meeting that Bud Underwood attended as president of Oneida Baptist Institute, a Clay County boarding- and day school founded in 1899 and supported by generations of Kentucky Baptists.

Underwood will retire March 31, 2012 after 28 years of service, 18 as OBI president. With an enrollment of more than 300 students, Oneida serves middle- and high schoolers from Kentucky, elsewhere in North America and the world.

The resolution commended Underwood for facility improvements and "a remarkable reduction in the turnover rate of students, faculty and staff" during his tenure. Also of note was the improved financial footing of the school under his watch, increasing OBI’s endowment from $1.5 million to $28 million.

Underwood also is credited for creating a welcoming atmosphere for students not from Christian backgrounds, while maintaining OBI’s identity as a Christian school. The resolution stated that "Oneida is a ministry that welcomes students regardless of income … (and) their knowledge or faith in Jesus Christ at the time they arrive."

Through another resolution, messengers thanked Tim Alexander, pastor of Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion, the church staff and members, and churches of the Northern Kentucky Baptist Association for hosting this year’s annual meeting.

The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2.400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more. For more, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

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BBA recognizes Underwood's service to OBI



Roy Allen, Director of Mission for the Booneville Baptist Association (left) presents an award of recognition to Kay and Bud Underwood during the Booneville Baptist Association Executive Board Banquet at Oneida Baptist Institute Friday night. Bud Underwood is retiring as OBI President at the end of the school year.

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Rev. Roy D Allen

Visitation: 6 PM to 9 PM Friday at the Britton Funeral Home Chapel

Funeral: 1 PM Saturday at the Britton Funeral Home Chapel

Interment: The Woods Cemetary at Sacker

Rev. Roy D Allen, age 68 of Sacker passed away Tuesday February 7, 2012 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was the Director of Missions for the Booneville Baptist Association, a retired Pastor, retired teacher and a farmer. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church and Oneida Lodge# 736. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force.

Roy is Survived by his Wife of 44 Years, Barbara. ]He is survived by three children, Sharon K. Allen Gay and husband Darren, Sandra Michelle Allen and Jeffrey D. Allen and wife Tracy all of Sacker. He is survived by three grandchildren, Jarrod Matthew Hooker, Kennedy Grace Allen, and Layla Rose Allen, and one great grandchild, Briley Cole Hooker. He is survived by one brother, James Lewis Allen of Sacker.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Easy Bill and Bettie Allen, brothers Pearl Allen, Frankie Allen, and Stanley Allen, and Sister Edith Collins, and grandson Enoch Stanton Allen.

The Funeral Service will be officiated by Kenneth Felty.

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Roy Allen and wife Barb at his first Booneville Baptist Association Executive Board Banquet as Director of Missions. The Banquet was held at OBI in December of 2007. Roy passed away Tuesday morning.

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Kentucky Baptist Convention disaster relief team helps provide food, love to tornado victims
By Mary Meehan



WEST LIBERTY — It was just pinto beans and plain, white bread, but the meal nearly brought Sarah Prader to tears. Her power had been out for four days, curtains were still blowing through her windows where glass used to be, and milk, butter and soda were sitting on the front porch rimmed by snow to keep cool.

Prader was grateful to receive a hot meal, grateful also to give what she could.

J.C. Stamper, a volunteer with the Kentucky Baptist Convention disaster relief team delivered Prader's meal and promptly engulfed her in a one-armed hug.

Read more here:
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Kentucky Baptist Convention
Stories from the Storms



By Dr. Paul Chitwood, Executive Director

Tornado victims are finding help from Kentucky Baptist Convention churches, churches like First Baptist Church East Bernstadt. I talked with Rev. Tommy Tapscott. Brother Tommy is the Associate Pastor of FBC East Bernstadt.

Brother Tommy shared with me about a woman who came to the church yesterday and began to look through the mounds of donated clothing for an outfit for her husband. She was obviously a victim of the storm. Cuts and bruises were visible on her face, she had a broken collarbone, as well as broken ribs. When church members began to assist her, they learned that her husband was also a victim of the storm. She needed an outfit for him because the next day, today, was his funeral.

Hearing that shocking news, the ministers and members began to comfort her. They also led her away from the stacks of used, donated clothing, to a place where they were able to provide an appropriate outfit for her husband’s funeral.

In 2Corinthians 1:3-5, the Apostle Paul declares, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”

In a fallen world that bears the curse of sin, life is filled with brokenness, pain, and death. Yet, even under the curse, God’s love and comfort can be found.

In fact, when brokenness, pain, and death are most plentiful, God’s love and comfort are most discernable. And, as God has ordained it, His touch is felt most tangibly in the touch of His people. Those who have experienced the eternal comforts of the Master in their own suffering have a unique ability to comfort others in their time of suffering.

The tornado outbreak of March 2012 is serving as a reminder of many things. We are being reminded of the relentless and indiscriminate consequences of the fall. We are being reminded of the frailty and fragility of human life. We are being reminded of the incomprehensible display of God’s power in the natural order. And we are being reminded that faith, hope, and love still remain. And the greatest of these is love.

This entry was posted in Disaster Relief, Personal Reflections.

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KBC on YouTube
Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief Responds to Tornadoes



When a series of tornadoes struck Kentucky on March 2, 2012, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief responded quickly to offer hope and healing to the affected communities. In this video, one of the residents of West Liberty, Ky. shares her experience with the storm and with Kentucky Baptist volunteers who came to help.

To find out more about Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief or to donate to disaster relief efforts, visit:

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Disaster Response Shifting to Long-Term Assistance
by Dannah Prather, KBC Communications



LOUISVILLE – To help survivors of the March 2 tornadoes, Baptists across Kentucky, including those serving through Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief, are shifting their focus from emergency response to long-term assistance. Cindy Henderson, ministry assistant with the Kentucky Baptist Convention Baptist Men on Mission Department, said much work remains to be done in the hardest hit areas of the commonwealth, but many immediate needs have been met.

"We're transitioning from removing trees from houses and cooking meals to basic debris removal," Henderson said.

Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief staging areas in Debord and London have closed. The team from First Baptist Church of Louisa has also completed its work. The staging area in Crittenden closed last week but Henderson said Northern Kentucky Baptist Association Disaster Relief continues to serve through clean-up and chaplaincy in the devastated Piner community in Kenton County.

North Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers left Haven of Rest in Debord, joining another North Carolina group already serving in Salyersville. Their mobile kitchen will continue to provide meals to displaced residents through Sunday.

The Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief mobile kitchen and shower unit will leave West Liberty tomorrow, in addition to the Ohio Baptist Disaster Relief childcare unit that took over when the Kentucky unit stood down after several days of ministry.

It was the first deployment of the new childcare unit spearheaded by Christian County Baptist Association. Kentucky Baptists cared for 34 children, allowing parents time to secure temporary housing and take other steps on the road to recovery.

"Serving those children and families was the most wonderful thing," said Greta Wilson of London. She and her husband, Ron, were among the volunteers with the unit in West Liberty.

Wilson said that God used compassionate care and gospel-centered activities to speak to the heart of a seven-year-old girl who accepted Christ as her Savior.

Kentucky Baptist volunteers know of 18 other people who accepted Christ as Savior through the work of disaster relief since the March 2 storms that killed 23 in the commonwealth.

So far, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief has prepared more than 18,000 hot meals and provided showers for nearly 300 people and laundry service for about 100.

Through various teams spread across London, Louisa, Salyersville, West Liberty and in the counties of Grant, Johnson, Laurel, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and Pendleton, teams completed 223 chainsaw jobs and 134 clean-up jobs.

Work continues. The clean-up and recovery unit from Long Run Baptist Association has left West Liberty headed to Morehead to assist residents in that area.

Sixty students from Morehead State University Baptist Campus Ministry will devote their spring break to helping residents in West Liberty and elsewhere in the Morgan County area.

Long Run Baptist Association's clean-up and recovery unit is moving its headquarters from West Liberty to Morehead to provide chainsaw services and other assistance for the student team.

Also helping students, she said, are the Wilsons, Bob Perkins of Simpsonville, and six Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief leaders.

"This isn't an official Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief response, but we are so pleased that Morehead BCM has reached out for assistance from trained disaster relief leaders," Henderson noted.

Through Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief, more than 7,000 individuals have been trained to respond to natural and man-made crises with an array of services. Kentucky Baptists are part of a larger network of Southern Baptist volunteers that comprise the third largest relief organization in the United States.

On March 10, more than 400 people attended training at Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington. It was the largest single day of training ever for Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief.

The final training opportunity this spring is April 14 at First Baptist Church of London. Register at:

www.kybaptist.org/drtraining

Kentucky Baptists' gifts through the Cooperative Program, and direct support from individuals and churches, make possible the work of Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief.

Legacy giving opportunities are available to ensure that Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief can provide Christ-centered help to coming generations. For details, contact the Kentucky Baptist Foundation at [phone] or [phone] (toll-free in Kentucky).

For more information on Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief, visit www.kybaptist.org/dr or become a fan of Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief on Facebook.

The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2.400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more. For more, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

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Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president Frank Page will be the speaker during the 2012 Booneville Baptist Association Bible Jubilee which will be held at Horse Creek Baptist Church August 13-15.

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Page "Cautiously Optimistic" about Cooperative Program
by Benjamin Hawkins

The Cooperative Program has a bright future if Southern Baptists learn about its astonishing impact for missions and ministry around the world, SBC Executive Committee president Frank S. Page said during a question and answer session with students and faculty at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary March 23. The Fort Worth, Texas, seminary welcomed Page to this session immediately after he spoke in a chapel service.

Cautious Optimism

"I am cautiously optimistic," said Page, a graduate of Southwestern Seminary. "There is caution because in the twenty-first-century world, most every movement is toward societal giving, back to where we were before the Convention started the Cooperative Program in 1925." He explained that societal giving involves "each entity, each organization, seeks its own donors for its own causes."

The Convention is "moving in that direction," he said, calling societal giving "the twenty-first-century mentality" and noting that some Southern Baptists believe they should decide how to distribute money for missions and ministry themselves rather than trusting the Convention to distribute it. He said the tendency toward societal giving is the reason for his caution regarding the future of CP.

"I am also optimistic because there are some seismic shifts going on," Page said. "There are some changes, not only among the younger demographic, but in leadership and in how we promote the Cooperative Program."

He encouraged faculty members and students to model faithfulness to CP, as well as encouraging them "to study and evaluate" the program for themselves. CP has had its flaws, according to Page, but by studying the program, Southern Baptists can see its overwhelming advantages and repair any defects it may have.

"I do believe the Cooperative Program is worth studying," Page said. "If you study it and don't like it, that is fine. But I believe it has worth, so I challenge people, 'Study it. Look at it.'

"I believe there are biblical reasons why the Cooperative Program is good," Page said. "I believe there are compelling logistical reasons why it works well. In fact, . . . if we were to go to a totally societal method, I don't believe it would even be another generation before people would come back and say, 'Give us that Cooperative Program back.' There is economy of scale in it. There are logistical reasons, and I think if people really study it, they will see that it has worth."

People, Not Programs

Noting some of the advantages to the Cooperative Program, Page said that Southwestern Seminary and its students benefit greatly from Southern Baptist cooperation.

"I believe that we need students who can leave here and not be ridden with school debt, so that they can be serving [in small churches] and be on the mission field without having to pay back tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars in school debt."

Page noted that many Southern Baptists "think they are giving to a program instead of giving to a [missions] project in Zimbabwe or in Beijing." They will appreciate the Cooperative Program if they see the students, church planters, missionaries, and lost around the world who are impacted by it.

"We have got to do a much better job of putting a face on missions," Page said.

Few people get excited about giving to a "program" they don't understand. "People in the pew give to a face," he said. "They give to a project."

According to Page, Southern Baptist cooperation is about much more than a program.

The Cooperative Program, he said, consists of "a strong home base with an aggressive global mission."

When a Southern Baptist tithes, a percentage of his gift goes to a state Baptist convention, which in turn forwards a percentage to the national convention, where it is deployed to undergird Southern Baptist efforts to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world.

The Executive Committee, which manages the business of the SBC throughout the year, distributes gifts through the Cooperative Program almost immediately to the work of Southern Baptists.

"We never hold it more than five days," Page said. "It goes straight to Southwestern Seminary, to the International Mission Board, to the North American Mission Board."

The Cooperative Program supports the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in its mission to uphold religious liberty, to preserve the sanctity of marriage, and to defend millions of the unborn put to death in abortion clinics. It supports students training to preach the Word and reach the world at the SBC's six seminaries. And it supports thousands of missionaries, whom Southern Baptists send throughout North America and to the ends of the earth to share a message of hope with lost men and women.

Page added that "the Cooperative Program... is the voluntary submission of ourselves to the needs of others. The Cooperative Program will only work in an atmosphere of Christlike selflessness."

Christlike Selflessness

Page urged believers to be characterized by such Christlike selflessness and humility in his earlier chapel sermon based on Christ's parable of the Pharisee and the publican in Luke 18:9-14.

Humility not only undergirds the Cooperative Program, but as Page said in his chapel sermon, it is required for Southern Baptists to experience revival.

"There is a blessedness in prayer and revival when one opens up with humility before the Lord," Page said. "There is a relationship necessary for revival, but there are requirements. And the first is humility. . . . If revival is going to fall in the Convention, in our churches, in our campuses, it has got to start with me. Revival has got to fall on me.... God, give us humility. God, grant us humility."

Benjamin Hawkins is senior news writer for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president Frank Page will be the speaker during the 2012 Booneville Baptist Association Bible Jubilee which will be held at Horse Creek Baptist Church August 13-15.

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Baptist Press News
Page joins first meeting of the African American Advisory Council

Encouraging stronger churches to partner with declining churches and developing effective mentoring strategies to groom future missionaries, state convention leaders and denominational employees were among the topics discussed during the first meeting of the African American Advisory Council May 29–30 at the SBC Building in Nashville.

Led by chairman K. Marshall Williams, members began the meeting with an extended season of prayer. The group then discussed with Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, ways that the SBC benefits from participation of its 3,400 cooperating African American churches, and how these churches can more fully participate in convention processes.

Page, drawing from Judges 2:1-7 in his opening devotional, noted three kinds of tears when the angel of the Lord shows up -- tears of regret, tears of repentance and tears of rejoicing. Page expressed gratitude for the "tears of regret" and "tears of repentance" that led to the SBC's 1995 Resolution on Racial Reconciliation. "That was good," he said. "But we have to go far beyond that."

Page envisioned a time when "tears of rejoicing" will abound. "We are committed to a convention that is a Kingdom convention, that includes all ethnicities at every level," he said.

Page was joined by EC staffers Roger S. Oldham, vice president for convention communications and relations, and Thomas Hammond, vice president for convention advancement, during the meeting.

Some of the top needs identified by council members in the African American communities where they serve include reaching men, leadership development in the churches, pastoral health ("keeping him strong in all areas -- spiritually, mentally, physically"), missions training, church planting, evangelism and discipleship. Members also discussed the need to encourage pastors and church workers by "connecting leaders with other leaders with whom they can more closely identify."

James Dixon initiated a conversation on the "value of being valued." He urged Page to share with other convention leaders the urgency of making Koreans, Hispanics and other Asians as well as African Americans "feel like they belong" in the SBC. A.B. Vines added it is hard to feel valued when one does not feel "respected at the table." The most visible place this can occur, Vines added, is if the faces on the platform of the SBC annual meeting truly reflect the broader face of the convention's churches.

Council members agreed that the number of African Americans serving on staff at SBC entities has declined over the past decade. In response, Mark Croston and Terry Turner reminded the group of the many victories they have experienced over the past half-century. Croston, agreeing that he would like to see greater intentionality among SBC entity heads to hire qualified African American candidates for denominational positions, urged the council not to forget the progress that has been made since the early 1960s. Currently, four states have African American convention presidents elected by the messengers in their respective annual meetings.

Frank Williams called on the council to keep prayer as the priority that overshadows its work and the work of the convention. "Lucifer will not sit back," Williams said. "We must pray while we do these other things." He enjoined the members to see themselves as missionaries to the SBC, to present themselves in such a way that "we are valued not just as equal partners, but as equal persons," cooperating for the ultimate purpose of reaching the nation for Christ.

Concerned that racism continues to be a problem in American church life, Marvin Parker suggested that developing a curriculum on racism would reap spiritual benefits. Other members suggested holding classes in churches on racism and they discussed the value of the SBC hosting a nationwide conference to address the wounds racism has inflicted on the conscience of America's Christian communities.

Roscoe Belton urged the council to encourage fellow African American pastors to participate in events sponsored by the state conventions. Leroy Fountain of the North American Mission Board and Mark Hammond, director of missions in Los Angeles, one of the largest associations in the nation, both added that one of the most significant ways individuals can impact churches with a Kingdom perspective is through denominational employment at the state convention or associational level. Kevin Smith added that "the closest brother-to-brother, sister-to-sister relationships" take place through the state convention and in the local association.

Keith Jefferson of the International Mission Board encouraged churches to provide scholarships for high schoolers and collegians to participate in missions projects. He observed that, "When young people serve two weeks, it becomes easier for them to serve two months in the summer, then two years [as a Journeyman], than as career missionaries."

During the advisory council's final session, Ken Weathersby, joined by Kim Hardy, Dennis Mitchell and Chandra Bennett, led out in discussing a number of strategies for communicating the stories and accomplishments of African American churches and church leaders. These included setting aside one day each month to communicate with one another through social media, linking up websites more effectively, having a stronger presence in Baptist Press and carrying stories through LifeWay's magazines that highlight the contributions of African American churches. Mitchell suggested "a big, red Easy button" on the SBC.net homepage that would point to resources for ethnic churches and church leaders.

The council closed its meeting with gathered prayer around Page, asking God's wisdom, protection and guidance over him in these strategic days of convention advancement.

This article first appeared in SBC LIFE, journal of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee.

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An Interview with Dr. Frank S. Page
President and CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention

SBC Today: What do you think are the greatest challenges facing the SBC?

Frank Page: I think the challenges confronting the SBC today are different than they have been in decades past. I think one of the issues which is a tremendous challenge for us is the theological divide of Calvinism and non-Calvinism. Everyone is aware of this, but few want to talk about this in public. The reason is obvious. It is deeply divisive in many situations and is disconcerting in others. At some point we are going to see the challenges which are ensuing from this divide become even more problematic for us. I regularly receive communications from churches who are struggling over this issue.

I believe we face serious methodological challenges. There is an increasing divide between those who are more traditional, more contemporary in mindset, programming, and funding methodologies. Sometimes this division is between age groups, but more often between people of various philosophical positions. This is leading to deep questions about what we should do, what we should not do, and how we should do what we decide we should do. I believe this is the area of greatest challenge concerning the SBC at this present time.

There are also cultural challenges which are facing us. Demographics are shifting dramatically in many ways. Culture is affecting our churches far more than it should as far as mindset, understanding, and acceptance of certain lifestyles. Instead of us dramatically affecting our culture, I am afraid it is having an opposite influence.

SBC Today: What do you think are the greatest opportunities opening to the SBC?

Frank Page: I believe there is a great opportunity opening to the SBC right now. Having gone through the GCR Task Force, I can assure you that for the first time in a long time, people are seriously evaluating all that we do as Southern Baptists. Personally, I think this is good. I think we have an opportunity to do better than what we are now doing. I believe we have an opportunity to effect Kingdom change for Kingdom issues. I believe for the first time in a long time, we are seeing a change in how people perceive the Cooperative Program. I believe there is a window of opportunity for the building of relationships, the rebuilding of trust that will allow us a great ministry future together. While I may sound like a denominational servant expressing hope for a program, I have hope for the Kingdom!

SBC Today: What is your vision for the SBC?

Frank Page: I believe my vision for the SBC is expressed in some of the answers already given. However, let me also say that I do have a vision of a body of believers who may not always agree methodologically or even theologically, but who are joining together for a common cause of winning a lost world to Christ. I am cautiously optimistic that this can happen. We are in difficult days. The difficulty of the days ought to pull us together to support what we can support together and that ought to be missions, evangelism, church-strengthening, and planting.

SBC Today: What is the toughest lesson you have learned in ministry?

Frank Page: The toughest lesson I have learned in ministry is that sometimes we are called to leave people we love the most. This has been very difficult, as I have had to move from time to time. Some avoid this lesson by not getting close to people, but I have never been able to do that.

SBC Today: What is one of the key mistakes you see pastors and other staff members making in their ministries which causes them problems in their churches?

Frank Page: Obviously there are many mistakes that pastors or staff members make that cause problems in churches. However, the one I see more often than any other now is the lack of relationship building on the part of pastors and staff members. There is less pastoral work going on now than ever before. There is less relationship building with church members and lost people than I have ever seen before. While we all deeply want and need relationships, I see more of a corporate model and pastors believing that as long as they preach great messages, that is all they need to do to build up their church. I can point to many gospel preaching pastors over the years whose churches have been dying rapidly. I believe this is the number one mistake I see in our day and time.

SBC Today: What is the key to being a faithful/effective/successful pastor?

Frank Page: The key to being an effective, faithful, and successful pastor is in an ongoing closeness to the Lord Jesus. Depending upon Him, being close to Him, and seeking to be like Him is that which helps make one fateful, or effective, or successful. Let me also add one other key. A key to true success in the pastorate is not to believe what your small group of inner circle people tell you about how good you are. Unfortunately, I have known many seemingly successful pastors who could “strut sitting down.” Unfortunately, they have begun to believe what their inner circle of followers are telling them. I am not talking about good advice from trusted counselors. I am talking about believing the flattery of those who are enamored with a seemingly successful minister. It is best to stay close to the Lord and listen to what He says and His advice will always be appropriate and balanced.

SBC Today: How do you balance ministry and family responsibilities?

Frank Page: Balancing ministry and family has always been a challenge. However, I have often balanced that by blocking off time well in advance for date nights, family time, and certainly vacation time. My family has always been very understanding when emergencies come up, but I have tried to be sensitive to their needs. Also, I rarely took work home when my children were small. When I got home, I wanted to be there for them in every way.

SBC Today: You have had to work through a heart-wrenching grief experience in the untimely death of your daughter. How did you find your way through this painful experience?

Frank Page: This question is obviously difficult. The question you have asked is how did I find my way through this painful experience? Honestly, I have not yet found my way through this experience. It is an ongoing journey that I believe I will be on the rest of my life. My daughter and I had a deep and special relationship. Because of that, I miss her terribly and have not come to the point where the waves of grief are in the past. Someone said that grief does come like waves on the seashore, but a decrease in frequency and intensity over time. I have not yet found that to be true. That being said, let me also be honest in saying that even though the grief remains, God’s grace has been truly sufficient. He has ministered to me, and my wife and my other girls in powerful ways and I know He will be faithful in the days ahead.

SBC Today: Who are some of your heroes in ministry?

Frank Page: Some of my great heroes in ministry are Dr. Charles Page, First Baptist Church of Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Jim Henry, First Baptist Church of Orlando, Florida, and Dr. Jimmy Draper, former president of LifeWay.

SBC Today: What are your two or three favorite TV shows? Movies?

Frank Page: I rarely watch television and almost never go to movies. I think the last movie I saw was True Grit, which I did enjoy. My wife and I do watch NCIS on occasion. I do not even have time to watch my Andy Griffith Shows anymore.

SBC Today: What do you do for fun?

Frank Page: This is a difficult question for me. I have little time for fun. Is that good? Absolutely not! I do like to read novels and spend time with family. Other than that, I do not fish nor golf or anything else fun. My wife and I are hoping to start playing tennis once again. Truly, free time is usually spent traveling to see grandchildren or daughters.

SBC Today: Thank you, Frank, for your transparency and the leadership you are bringing to Southern Baptist life.

Frank Page: I truly want to say thank you to Southern Baptists for their love, support, and prayers. I never sought after this job, but believe God put me in this place to encourage, to challenge, and to lead. I wish to thank God’s people for praying for me.

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Booneville Baptist Association
Executive Board Meeting



Thursday October 4, 2012
7 PM

Lilly Grove Baptist Church

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Cooperative Program Emphasis Month
October 1 to 31

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World Hunger Sunday
Sunday October 14

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The Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to.....

Booneville Baptist Association

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[Church News]

Booneville Baptist Association
Executive Board Meeting



Thursday November 1, 2012
7 PM

Lyttleton Baptist Church

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The Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to.....

Booneville Baptist Association

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[Church News]

Children’s Missions Celebrations Day
Sunday November 4

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The Booneville Baptist Association consists of 25 churches in Clay and Owsley counties which are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more news and information go to.....

Booneville Baptist Association

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[Church News]

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Lyttleton Baptist Church "SOLES FOR SOULS" ministry

Lyttleton Baptist Church "SOLES FOR SOULS" ministry is open the 1st & 2nd Thursday each month from 3:30-5:30 PM, in the basement of the church. The ministry provides a pair of shoes every 3 months per person according to need. If a need arises (other than regular hours) the church can be contacted to set up an appointment.

"SOLES FOR SOULS" also helps out in disasters and crisis with many opportunities to witness and minister. Each one that helps in this ministry has received far more blessings.

The ministry is in constant need of GOOD used and new everyday shoes especially men's sizes and all size adult tennis shoes. Shoes that are in bad shape are not given out. Socks are always in need, especially kids, and each child is given a pair of socks when available. As of now the ministry has no reserve shoes and the shelves are half empty.

If any church or organization would like to set up a donation box for lightly used or new shoes & socks they will be picked up or they can be left at Lyttleton Baptist Church's Fellowship Hall on Wednesday's under the awning so they won't be bothered by the weather.

For more information contact the church at 598-2502 or on facebook at:

www.facebook.com/pages/Lyttleton-Baptist-Church/254390367196

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