Category Archives: Covocational

Residencies and Internships: Brainstorming Toward Reproducing the Next Generation of Leaders

I see this sign everywhere I go and so do you! Every now and then I tease my wife and say, “I suppose each of us could go get a couple part-time jobs and help the economy out a little bit more!” To which she replies, “Let’s just keep the one’s we have and notContinue reading “Residencies and Internships: Brainstorming Toward Reproducing the Next Generation of Leaders”

A Church Plant Success Story: ‘The Lord’s hand is all over Boo’

Submitted to KentuckyToday.com 5-17-22 Tucked into the community of Manchester in Clay Co. is Cross Mountain Fellowship, a KBC assisted church plant led by Pastor John “Boo” Smith. Boo, as he is affectionately called, formerly pastored Gray Fork Baptist Church in Manchester. While he was pastoring, he began Impact Outdoors, a ministry designed to introduceContinue reading “A Church Plant Success Story: ‘The Lord’s hand is all over Boo’”

Gospel Tracts I Have Produced

Sometime around 2014, I was asked by Charles Brock to produce a tract version of his Good News for You! booklet. I began to pray, which led me to begin brainstorming, which led me to the first tract I produced. I added matt419.net to the mix as an evangelistic site and included the text toContinue reading “Gospel Tracts I Have Produced”

Church Planting Helps Us All Grow

4 Ways Planting a Church Helps Us All Grow I recently had a meeting with a few partnering church pastors who were enthusiastic about a new sister church being planted several miles from their location. One of the pastors said, “We are glad they are planting in our town! They will reach people in waysContinue reading “Church Planting Helps Us All Grow”

A Conversation with Pastor Jake Davidson: Covocational/Bivocational Church Planting

Covo and Bivocational Church Planting: 3 Lessons From Jake Davidson In the fall of 2021 I interviewed church planter Jake Davidson of New Beginnings Baptist Church in Pembroke. NBBC is a part of the Christian County Baptist Association and is partnering with the association, the KBC, and others to reach the lost with the gospel.Continue reading “A Conversation with Pastor Jake Davidson: Covocational/Bivocational Church Planting”