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Vol. 60 No. 9
www.baptistdigest.com
September 2016
Special pull-out section about Associational and State Missions in this issue This year 100% of offerings from Nebraska churches will be used in Nebraska.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you,
and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8
Two veteran pastors in Kansas and Nebraska recently went to be with the Lord after decades of
faithful service.
Henry
long-time
pastor
South Centralfrom
Baptist Association, died Tuesday, July 19. He
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year
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also pastored churches in Oklahoma and Arizona.
He
served a number
of times as clerk
South
Central Association. He also served on KNCSB
Nebraska
churches
willforbe
used
committee which secured the property for Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kan.
in Nebraska.
Dunsford
Funeral Home, Augusta, Kan., was in charge of arrangements. Read the complete
obituary at http://bit.ly/2biRVky
Leo Porter, founding pastor of Frenchman Valley Baptist Church, Wauneta, Neb., died Sunday, Aug. 14.
Porter was born and raised in southwest Nebraska. He was an Air Force veteran who served in
Vietnam.
He and his wife, Onita, served small churches in Colorado, Utah and Idaho before returning
home to southwest Nebraska in the mid-1990s. They started Frenchman Valley Baptist Church in
1996, and Leo served as pastor until his death.
Porter was bivocational and worked at the Chevrolet dealer in Wauneta for 19 years. He retired
in February 2015.
Liewer Funeral Home in Wauneta was in charge of arrangements. Read the complete obituary
at http://bit.ly/2bsgv2R
WWW.KNCSB.ORG
national strategy. Ive found most state convention leaders to be Kingdom-focused and team players within our
denomination. They care deeply about our denomination as a whole and not just their part. And do note that
our state conventions have been on a slow but steady
increase in the percentage of Cooperative Program
receipts they send on to the national entities.
2. They connect us.
State conventions have been helpful in connecting me
with other pastors and church leaders. Whether through
training events or special activities or just personal contact, they can help churches and ministers connect. A
state convention staffer just connected me with a church
planter in my state. I will benefit from learning from this
church planter and perhaps he will benefit from me.
They also connect us with our national entities.
Pastors often dont know the leaders of the SBCs entities. We know about them but may not know them
personally. Our sheer numbers prohibit that. But pastors
can easily know their state convention staff. And they
will certainly get a return phone call. Ministers can discover how to connect with NAMB and the IMB and our
seminaries and other entities through the assistance of
their state convention.
Our state convention just partnered with LifeWay
Christian Resources for a special event for pastors and
By Andy Addis
SEPTEMBER 2016
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Vol. 60 No. 9
Leadership Newsjournal for KansasNebraska Southern Baptists is published
monthly (except for January and July)
10 times a year.
5410 SW 7th Street
Topeka, KS 66606-2398
Phone: (785) 228-6800
Toll Free: 800-984-9092
Fax: (785) 273-4992
E-mail: tboyd@kncsb.org
Web site: baptistdigest.com
POSTMASTER:
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
INFORM -- Regularly share information about ongoing
training, curriculum, events, support and personnel.
RESOURCE -- Serve as a resource pool for practical
ideas about what is working in KS-NE congregations
and how it relates to all sizes of churches.
GENERATIONAL -- Cast .the widest net, providing stories and information that will appeal to all generations
of Southern Baptists in NE-KS.
FAMILY-FRIENDLY -- Be family-friendly with stories,
regular columns and helps for families and leaders who
work with families.
AGE DIVERSE -- Publish s. tories that address the
diversity of age, ethnicity, and geographical regions of
KS-NE.
MISSION-ORIENTED -- Publish stories about people
and congregations involved in missions and regularly
publicize ministry opportunities.
PART OF WIDER MISSION - Help congregations
discover that they are part of the larger work of the
Kingdom of God through their ministries.
Local church and associational news may be submitted by mail, phone, fax or e-mail.
Advertising:
STAFF
KNCSB ON MISSION
SEPTEMBER T2016
Camper William Hill (left) prays for Jeffrey Dean, camp pastor, during Super Summer Week 4. (Below, left) The theme for Super Summer 2016 was First based on Matthew 6:33. It was held June
27-Aug. 5 at Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kan., and 131 salvation decisions were recorded.
we just have to look for them.
Mike Keahbone was the featured speaker for weeks
5-6. He is a youth speaker and senior pastor of Cherokee Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.
Keahbone shared his testimony of how God worked
in his life despite the substance abuse issues that
plagued his Native American family. Read more on his
website at https://keahbone.tv/bio/
Seeking God first starts with the gospel and accepting Jesus as Savior, he told campers.
You go from walking in death to walking in life.
He also urged youth to learn how to think critically
to examine what they are being told to see if it is
true. Among the lies youth
hear are:
n Youre not good
enough.
n Youre not pretty
enough.
Speaking from John
10, Keahbone told how
believers are held securely
in Gods hands.
People are going to let
you down, but God never
will.
In other activity, high
school juniors, seniors
KNCSB ON MISSION
The Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering provide financial
support for Southern Baptist international missionaries. Week of Prayer for International
Missions will be observed Dec. 4-11. Look for resources to promote the Lottie Moon
Offering on the International Mission Board Web site at http://www.imb.org/main/lottiemoon/default.asp
SEPTEMBER 2016
SEPTEMBER 2016
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SHINE is so much more than an event. Its a time when hundreds of teen
girls come together to grow, learn, serve and worship! The weekend will be
focused on honoring our King. Let the King be enthralled by your beauty;
honor him, for he is your Lord. Psalm 45:11 Annie Downs will be this
years speaker and Lori Morrison will be leading us in worship. Not only will
we have breakout sessions for both leaders and teens but new this year will
be the Friday Night Gala! Registration Packets with all information needed
will be arriving at churches soon!
Rewaken Cooperation
1 Thessalonians 2:8 HCSB
PLEASE JOIN US
IN A
CELEBRATION
OF
MISSIONS!
SPEAKER
JOHN BRADY,
IMB REGIONAL
VICE PRESIDENT, Annual Missions Celebration of the Kansas Nebraska wMu
WILL JOIN US!
Monday, October 10, 2016
4:15pm-6:15pm
LifeSpring Church
13904 S 36th St
Bellevue, NE 68123
Cost is $5 per person and includes dinner, so pre-registration is required by October 1. To register, mail names and
contact information along with payment to: KNCSB, Womens Leadership Department, 5410 SW 7th St, Topeka,
KS 66606. For more information call Jessica at 785-228-6828 or 800-984-9092 or email jruhnke@kncsb.org.
Kansas Nebraska Womans Missionary Union will conduct a short business session during this meeting.
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Webster
Update
Where is Your
Church on this Life
Cycle Chart?
SEPTEMBER 2016
If your church
has reached the
top or is on the
downslope, you
might want to talk
to the Strengthening Team about
scheduling a ReFocus or Transformational Church Experience. Contact
Tim Boyd (tboyd@
kncsb.org)
FBC Ulysses, Ks. seeks F/T Senior Pastor, married, 1-10 yrs. experience.
Mixed age congregation with deep 20 year roots. Ideal candidate emphasizes faith, leadership, shepherding; also committed to discipleship, Biblical
scholarship & focused presentations. Email your resume and statement of
doctrinal beliefs to our pastor search committee chairman, Ronnie Young, at
godswelder@yahoo.com. PLEASE DO NOT MAIL TO THE CHURCH WEBSITE.
WICHITA CHURCH is looking for part-time Director of Worship to plan and
lead a blended worship service working with a praise team. Please send
resumes to Tyler Road Baptist Church, 571 S. Tyler Road, Wichita, KS 67209
or to staff@tylerroad.org.
1. The summer camping season was excellent and lives were transformed each
week. Below are the totals from 3 associational childrens camps, the Latino youth
soccer camp and Super Summer:
a. 258 Professions of Faith
b. 171 Rededications
c. 3 Vocational Service
d. 15 Candidates for Baptism
e. 150 Other Decisions
2. Continue to pray for those who are now home and attempting to live out these
decisions.
3. The dining hall has received a temporary occupancy permit and the temporary will be removed when final paperwork is approved.
4. The Matching Challenge Grant to pave the entry road has been met. Thank you
to each person and church who gave to meet this goal.
5. We are still in need of about $60,000 before we can begin this paving project, but
the company has given us until October to raise these funds without changing the
bid price.
6. Volunteers are still needed to assist with finishing the detail work on the Dining
Hall. Could you give a day or two to help? Call Bill Cooke for more information:
1-785-827-6565.
Sign up for the free monthly WCC E-Newsletters by going to the WCC website
www.webstercc.org and click on the newsletter link to begin receiving the newsletter.
VanBebber to Speak
at Apologetics Conference
David VanBebber Sr., pastor at Crossroads Baptist Church, Riley, and Fostoria
Baptist Church, Fostoria, is scheduled to speak along side Dr. Ted Cabal of Southern
Seminary. Cabal, general editor of The Apologetics Study Bible, is the keynote speaker
at the Shield of Faith Apologetics Conference Oct. 7-9 at First Baptist Church of
Buffalo, MO.
Pastor VanBebber, who is a contributor to the Shield of Faith Apologetics blog,
will be presenting a lecture titled: Speaking the Truth in Love. VanBebber engages
in applied apologetic encounters on a daily basis. His apologetic approach focuses
on communicating the message of Christ in a manner that recogonizes the imprint
and image of God in humanity. This has motivated many of his discussions with
those hostile to the Christian faith.
Cabal, with whom VanBebber is partnering, has collaborated with such
renowned apologists as Norman Geisler, Ravi Zacharias, and Lee Strobel. He has
engaged in numerous campus talks and debates with atheist philosophy professors,
and currently he is completing a book on the age-of-the-earth controversy.
Having both pastored and taught, Cabal and VanBebber understand the challenges pastors and lay leaders face in addressing objections to the gospel in a naturalistic, materialistic society, said Dave VanBebber Jr., pastor of FBC Buffalo, who
organized the event for the Dallas County Association of Southern Baptists and
serves as a member of the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network. The two men
both teach with humility and are motivated to empower church members in the
discipline of defending the faith.
Pastor VanBebber Sr. is a bi-vocational pastor in the Smoky Hill Baptist
Association. We live in a time when defending the faith is incredibly important,
said Dave Van Bebber Jr.. Those speaking at this conference are dedicated to
empowering individuals to speak the truth in love.
There is no cost for attending the conference. FBC Buffalo requests that those
planning to attend register at shieldoffaithapologetics.com or call the church office
at 417-345-7210.