God's Mission, Your Passion

Through the CBF website and Facebook, field personnel, churches and other interested individuals are able to share insights, encouragement, and fellowship. These "Mission Communities" are a great way for people, groups, or churches with specific skills, training or interests to join God's mission in the world through the work of the Fellowship. The eight mission communities are:

• Poverty/Transformation Ministries
• Disaster Response Ministries
• Internationals Ministries
• Church Planting/Faith Sharing Ministries
• Healthcare Ministries
• Education/Training Ministries
• Justice and Peacemaking Ministries
• Economic Development Ministries

Be sure to visit all eight of the sites on CBF and like them on Facebook.

Philosophy

In his gospel, Matthew records Jesus' mandate to all His followers: GO... MAKE DISCIPLES...TEACH...  The same Gospel writer also records Jesus' admonition to us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and imprisoned, befriend the stranger - for to care for our brothers and sisters is to show our love for God. Thus, we have a twofold basis for being missional people: to introduce the world to Jesus Christ and to alleviate suffering and injustice wherever we see it.

Traditionally, Baptists have organized into larger groups for the primary purpose of doing missions.  It is through missions that the potential for energizing God's people is realized.

Missions is our number one priority.  This is echoed in our mission statement, our vision statement, and our value statement.

We believe that there are many Fellowship Baptists in Kentucky who would like to be more involved in hands-on mission projects.  We hope to help churches and individuals connect with missions opportunities, making it possible for any church or individual in Kentucky to find a way to be involved in missions in a way commensurate with their interests, talents, abilities, and calling.

We further desire to connect with the Missions Work Group already in place, assisting with current projects and providing direction for the future.

Our Goals Include

• Increasing hands-on relational missions involvement by KBF members and churches
• Providing churches and individuals with access to information about missions and connect churches and individuals with mission opportunities
• Providing a KBF staff person in the area of missions and provide missions support teams
• Start new churches

Our Approach

Acts 1:8 has been the guiding principle as we have established viable mission involvement in three arenas:

• global involvement,
• state-wide involvement, and
• local involvement.

Global involvement has taken place through the Morocco partnership.
State-wide involvement has taken the form of Mountain Hope.
KBF assists local congregations in making real and lasting impact in their own communities.





Missional Church

What does it mean to be missional?  To be a church on mission used to mean that a church participated in mission offerings, sent youth on mission trips in the summer and perhaps had a Sunday School class organize a ministry project.  Missions was just one part of the church experience, not central to the entire existence.

The Missional Church is about seeing that God has a plan, a plan for the whole church to be on mission for God.  This plan would take into consideration who God had called to be a part of that church; their abilities, experiences and especially their spiritual gifts. This plan would be understood by the congregation. Just as God calls individuals to a certain job or to a mission trip, God calls the church into specific ministries.

As a Missional Church, we see what unique gifts and skills we can have that we can use to impact the world for Jesus.  We are called to look for where God is already at work and seek to join God there. 

Resources

• Being Missional - A Statement from CBF
• CBF Missional Church