Give thanks for all God has done for you including providing such a great cloud of witnesses around you (both pastors and others; locally and beyond) to point you to Jesus and help you grow as a disciple.

(Hebrews 12:1; Psalm 95; Col. 1:3-14; 1 Tim. 2:1-4, 5:17-18; 1 Th. 3:6-10)

Pray For: 

Eagle Heights, Shelby Pruitt

Eastside, Arnold Brown

Grace Fellowship, Tim Sizemore

FBC Lebanon Junction, Jason McCray

FBC Mt. Washington, Interim

Pray for the Church Equipping Team: Leader – Chad Morrow, River View; Assistant Team Leader – Jason McCray, FBC Lebanon Jct. 

Pray for the various ministries supported and carried out by this team: Training/Equipping Conferences (Sunday School; Conflict Resolution Seminar; etc); Strengthening Pastors/Strengthening Churches Workshops; Consulting; Coaching. 

Yield to God as the Lord over all and join Him as He works in our world today. He is doing new things – Isaiah 43:19, making new creatures – 2 Cor. 5:17, maintaining a new and living way – Heb. 10:20, establishing a new birth – 1 Pet. 1:3, giving new hearts – Ezek. 36:26, etc. Let’s serve Him as He calls and equips us!

(Hebrews 12:1; 1 Corinthians 9:24-26)

Pray For: 

Bullitt Lick, Josh Landrum

Cedar Grove, Larry Sowders

Chaplin, Mike Thompson

Clermont, Jimmy Shepherd

Cox’s Creek, James Bratcher

Crossing Church, Interim

Pray for the NBA Executive Board and the NBA officers: Moderator – Larry Sowders, Cedar Grove; Moderator-Elect – Josh Landrum, Bullitt Lick; Clerk – Jonathan Gann, New Salem; Treasurer – Scott Slater, Mercy Hill; Assistant Treasurer – Gary Muncie, Little Union. 

May we seek the Lord in humbleness and repentance. May we yield to Him wholeheartedly, honoring and worshipping Him in Spirit and Truth, falling before Almighty God who loves us and gave Himself for us.

(2 Chronicles 7:14; Malachi 3:7)

Pray for :

Bardstown, Randal Pollock

Bardstown Junction, Mark Harrison

Beech Grove, Wayne Brown

Belmont, Bob Tipton

Bethany, Neal Gish

Bloomfield, Richard Carwile

Pray for the Church and Community Ministry Team: Leader – Greg Crenshaw, Vine Hill; Assistant Team Leader – Bonnie Cecil, Bardstown. 

Pray for various ministries supported and carried out by this team: Disaster Relief Teams and Trailers; Block Party Trailer; Pregnancy Resource Centers (New Life – Bardstown; New Hope – Shepherdsville); Room in the Inn (Homeless Ministry), Scarlet Hope. 

Partnering with Struggling Churches video is led by Barry Fields. This training is part of the Strengthening Churches Strengthening Pastors events that the NBA Church Equipping Team and KBC work together on providing. We understand that attending training during the day is difficult for many of you so we recorded it through Facebook live.

Welcome to the 2018 Nelson Baptist Association Missions Emphasis homepage for Week of Prayer. Below you will find a letter from our Director of Missions, Stan Lowery. 

Dear Pastor and/or Church Leader,

            Thank you for your partnership in the gospel of Jesus Christ! I am thankful for your support and for the work you do in His ministry!

             Attached you will find material that can be used during the Week of Prayer for Associational Missions. It is scheduled nationally for May 20 – 27 but can be done anytime that is best for you and your church – The materials are undated for this very reason. Please use them as you feel appropriate for you and your church.

            Remember we are asking each church to consider doing three things:

• Join us in prayer as we pray for each church and the ministry we do together in and through our association (please see Prayer Card and Prayer Guide).
• Take this opportunity to educate the congregation of the work and role of a Baptist association. If you would be interested in having a speaker from the association please let me know. We will do our best to line up someone to share with your church or small group.
• Receive a love offering for the support of the many partnerships (Scotland, Nepal, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, etc.) we are engaged in our association! It is important that we do not forget to be faithful in our support of these partnerships and the many other ministries that God is encouraging us to support and do together. Please pray and allow the Lord to lead you in this regard. If God leads you to take a love offering to support a different ministry that we support and participate in together just let us know so that it can get to the right place.

Thank you again for your ministry and your support. May God bless!

 Stan Lowery, Director of Missions

Please download and distribute the following resources to assist your church in praying with us (click the title to download):

Prayer Card – NBA 2018

Prayer Guide – NBA 2018

2018 AME Bulletin Cover

2018 AME Bookmark

You may appreciate these articles from the website of Dr. Paul Chitwood, Executive Director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention:

Is Associationalism Dead? 

Nelson Association Has Strong Kingdom Focus 

Other Resources that may be helpful: 

History of the Baptist Associations In America

Do State Conventions and Associations have a future in the Southern Baptist Convention? 

How Southern Baptists Cooperate

How to Calculate the Cooperative Program Percentage in your Church