The Nelson Baptist Association’s Spring Gathering, scheduled for March 21st, will be postponed. An alternate date will be determined at a later time. Please pass along the message!

With the growing concerns of the coronavirus, we want to help equip all of our churches with some excellent resources on the subject. Below are several links which may be helpful:

1. To answer your most common questions about the disease. See: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/what-we-know-coronavirus/
2. To give you spiritual and historical perspective on this global pandemic. See: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/what-we-know-coronavirus/
3. To help your church adapt to new restrictions on social interaction and public meeting. See:https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/church-online-coronavirus-age/

As the coronavirus spreads in the U.S. and several state and local governments are asking large groups not to gather, congregations are facing a situation many have never considered.

In response, the LifeWay Leadership team has developed pandemic response resources that are being made available for free to assist pastors and church leaders. Check out this link for more details:https://factsandtrends.net/2020/03/11/free-coronavirus-response-training-and-resources-available-for-churches/

The SBC Great Commission Council is calling all Southern Baptists throughout more than 47,500 churches to commit to a dedicated time of prayer this Sunday, March 15, 2020 for God, in His mercy, to stop this pandemic and save lives, for our governmental leaders, and to protect our missionaries. You can find the details at this link: http://www.bpnews.net/54460/greear-floyd-entity-heads-issue-call-for-day-of-prayer?fbclid=IwAR0tgLuDxNLDUYgbCRCYxjZs18yY9MCtHEpJs3x4VWwv0DdFohf4yAggvTI

The CDC has also come out with some guidelines for churches gathering this week: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/guidance-community-faith-organizations.html?fbclid=IwAR1VvbE-TH8hA9qBK61nGSeYoCrvj30T-sAgXAa9XL3io5uvrcWlp9AOXlM

Ultimately, according to the latest information from the Kentucky Department of Health : “The current risk for COVID-19 to people in Kentucky is low. Evidence to date indicates those most at risk for becoming ill with COVID-19 are: Those in close contact with someone with a confirmed COVID-19 infection, including healthcare workers and those who have traveled in the past 14 days in countries with ongoing community spread of the virus.”

We pray that this information helps you in regards to ministering to your congregations during this unprecedented time.

Please mark your calendars for our annual Spring Gathering. We will be meeting at First Baptist Church Shepherdsville, located at 254 S Buckman St, Shepherdsville, KY 40165. We will be meeting on Saturday, March 21st, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. Our theme this year is “The Sufficiency of the Word.” There will be four breakout sessions (more information to come), one by each association team and one extra, followed by our main worship gathering. Our main speaker is Brother Billy Jenkins who has served as pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Shepherdsville, Kentucky for last 15 years! Since being at Mt. Zion Pastor Jenkins has put emphasis on ministering to God’s people through Evangelizing the unsaved for Christ, Equipping believers for Christian living and discipleship, Engaging in Christian fellowship and service and Exalting the Savior through prayer, praise practicing the truth and the proclamation of the Gospel. Pastor Jenkins has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Louisville and has been happily married to the former Angela L. Griffin since June 19, 1993 and they are parents of three children. We gladly welcome pastor Jenkins to come and share with us about the sufficiency of God’s Word! We pray that each of our association churches will be able to attend.

Dear Church Leader and Friend,
We would like to welcome Mike Nalley to our Associational Team. Mike is replacing Evan Knies who has moved back home to Louisiana. Mike will begin serving officially as our Ministry Assistant in January. He is currently on board and going through some training.

Mike is no stranger to most of you since he is already serving in our Association as Pastor of Mt Carmel Baptist Church and in various ministry roles in our Association. You can contact Mike at the following email address: (nelsonbaptistassociation@gmail.com), through the Association office (502-348-0146), or on his cell phone (502-296-6462). We know that he would love to hear from you and to serve in anyway he can.

We would also like to wish you a Merry Christmas and to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude for your support and faithful partnership in the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

May God be Glorified as we begin this new season in our Association!

The Administrative Team
Nelson Baptist Association

This session was led by Tim Beougher. This training is part of the Strengthening Pastors Strengthening Churches 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.