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BY THE
NUMBERS
29 Men have served as executive director-treasurer of the Kentucky
Baptist Convention in the past 183 years. The person who served the longest
term was John H. Warder (1880-1900).
59
The name of the General Association of
Baptists in Kentucky was changed to the years ago Kentucky Baptist Convention.
11,242
People baptized by KBC churches in 2019.
That is an increase of 288 over 2018 baptisms.
$1,919,518
Kentucky Baptist churches gave to the Cooperative Program in July.
That is down only $30,237
from July 2019. The July
2020 giving was more
than the July giving in
2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Answers to the Crossword Puzzle on Page 32
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God’s original design for this world was perfect in every way.
“Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.” Genesis 1:31a (NKJV)
But man rebelled against God; sin entered the world.
“...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” – Romans 3:23 (NKJV)
Jesus Christ came to stand in the place of fallen humanity.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoev- er believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16 (NKJV)
We can have peace with God when we confess our sin and ask for the forgive- ness offered by Jesus Christ.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 (NKJV)
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