Please let us know how many people from your church will be attending this year’s Annual Meeting and how many messengers your church will be sending by filling out this form.

This is pivotal for two reasons: First, there are some proposed changes to the constitution and by-laws that will be voted upon during the Worship/Business Session at 6:30 p.m. There is also a church requesting membership into the Nelson Baptist Association that will be voted upon.  This is why each church needs to send messengers to the Annual Meeting.  Second, the association will be providing boxed lunches from Penn Station during the Dinner/Ministry Booth Session.  If we can get an estimate of how many will be attending then we will be able to get a more accurate count on how many boxed lunches we will need.

How to elect messengers to the Annual Meeting:

According to our constitution, messengers are elected from their membership as follows:

1) Each church shall be entitled to two (2) messengers for the first fifty (50) members.

2) For each additional twenty-five (25) members, or major portion thereof, each church may choose one (1) messenger up to twenty (20) messengers.

3) In addition to the number of messengers a church is allowed by its membership, it is to be noted that all pastors of member churches and team leaders, assistant team leaders, members at large of the Administrative Team, and officers of association are considered messengers.
We hope to have a large turnout as our churches come together for a time of equipping, fellowship, business, and worship!

We are excited to once again offer Breakout Sessions at this year’s Annual Meeting.  The time slot for our Breakout Sessions will be from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. You have several different options to choose from:

1) Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament: Who is the Angel of the Lord? led by Nathan Young, pastor of Mercy Hill Church – Jesus claims on a few occasions that He is the primary character presented in the Old Testament scriptures. In this breakout we will look specifically at the Angel of the Lord and discuss how this Old Testament Character is the pre-incarnate Jesus who appears more often than you realize. Our hope is that through this study you will start a new and exciting journey of seeing Jesus in all the Bible.

2) Using Sunday School to Improve Biblical Literacy led by Darryl Wilson, Sunday School & Discipleship Consultant for the Kentucky Baptist Convention – Pastors say 50% of those in their pews do not open their Bibles between Sundays. In this breakout you’ll learn to implement 10 simple actions to lead your attenders to use and understand the Bible in class and at home.

3) Holding the Line lead by Blake Herron, Youth and Worship minister at FBC Shepherdsville – When we live our faith, we enter daily into hostile territory. There are some steps we can take to be prepared when attacks arise. Come prepared with the tough questions you’ve had used against your faith, and we can look at how to be prepared when the insults come.

4) How to Have Pro-Life Conversations led by Addis Wuchner, Executive Director for Kentucky Right to Life – In this breakout session you will hear about the current state of the right to life movement in Frankfort and how to have pro-life conversations. What can the church do to protect the unborn.

5) When a Knock Comes at Your Door led by Dr. Travis Kerns, Associational Mission Strategist at Three Rivers Baptist Association – We have all had them. Knocks at our door from people of other religions. In this breakout we learn how to engage these people with the truth of God’s Word and help prepare you to defend your faith against their claims.

Register for the breakout session of your choice at this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckh9lkE1S0pvxJnnzPO09hkS6DQ1MAi_XlpKYRieBbqdsHaw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Childcare will be available during the Breakout Sessions but you must pre-register your children.  You can do so at this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfG_EndQo45WnHJtwD6VAmR2VR_8mI75AwGBUF8qOwIqp7MKg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Several weeks ago we sent out an email to all of our association churches and pastors regarding the proposed changes to the constitution and by-laws of the Nelson Baptist Association that will be discussed and voted upon at this year’s annual meeting.  We wanted to provide several opportunities to allow discussion, questions, and concerns about the proposed changes that anyone might have.  Therefore, we will be hosting meetings at the following dates and locations:

1) Tuesday, August 2nd at 11:00 a.m. located at Wickland Baptist Church.  The address is 510 Bloomfield Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004

2) Saturday, August 13th at 10:00 a.m. located at Vine Hill Baptist Church.  The address is 2078 Clermont Rd, Coxs Creek, KY 40013 (Near Bernheim Forest)

3) Tuesday, August 16th at 6:00 p.m. located at First Baptist Church Shepherdsville.  The address is 254 S Buckman St, Shepherdsville, KY 40165

We invite all of our pastors, along with their staff, to join us in conversation regarding these proposed changes.  If you have any questions beforehand please contact us at the association office.

Tuesday, July 26

Look Before You Leap: The Move from Text to Application

The goal of preaching is to bring divine guidelines for life from the ancient biblical text to bear upon the situations of the modern congregation, thereby aligning the community of God to the will of God for the glory of God. But how are preachers supposed to do this in a valid fashion?

We will discuss these and other questions with SBTS’s Dr. Abraham Kuruvilla.

Led by:
Abraham Kuruvilla
Professor of Christian Preaching
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Location:
Parkway Baptist Church
2580 Springfield Road
Bardstown, KY 40004

Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Lunch provided

Cost: There is no cost but registration is requested due to the need to order meals.

Register here.

May 24, 2022 – Encouragement During Discouraging Times – Mark Dance will lead a time of encouragement for pastors and ministry leaders of the church. The pandemic has had several effects on the world and on leaders in the church. Mark serves as the Director of Pastoral Wellness for Guidestone Financial Resources (SBC). Dance was a lead pastor for 27 years before becoming an associate vice president at LifeWay, and director of pastoral development for Oklahoma Baptists. He is the co-founding leader of the Care4Pastors Network.

July 26, 2022 – A Vision for Preaching – Dr Abrham Kuruvilla will lead preachers to develop an integrated biblical and theological vision of preaching that addresses the essentials of this most important activity in the church. Dr. Kuruvilla is a Professor of Christian Preaching in the School of Theology at Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY and has served as the president of the Evangelical Homiletics Society.

October 17, 2022 – Pastor and Wife Banquet – time and location will be announced at a later date.

October 18, 2022 – Rural Church Ministry – Dr Jeff Clark will share on the uniqueness of rural context and how it shapes ministry. Jeff is the Director of Rural Matters Institute. He also serves on the International Mission Board as the Global Research Leader and has been involved in leadership roles for the Southern Baptist Convention representing Montana and West Virginia as well as planting three churches in Michigan, Florida, and most recently Tennessee.

You can register for the first event in May here.