Favorite Links for Your Convenience

• BibleGateway.com - The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online -- all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference. • Billy Graham Evangelistic Association - BGEA exists to support and extend the evangelistic calling and ministries of Billy and Franklin Graham by proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all we can by every effective means available and by equipping others to do the same. • Campbellsville University - Campbellsville University is an award winning Kentucky-based Christian university of more than 3,500 students • Dr. Constable's Bible Study Notes - These Bible Study Notes, written by Dr. Thomas L. Constable (click here to read Dr. Constable's Introduction to the Notes) over a 25-year period, provide commentary on all 66 books of the Bible, and hold about 7,000 pages of material. Dr. Constable's Notes, also known as expository notes to Dr. Constable's seminary students, are intended to help you to better understand the Bible. • Ham Days - The last full weekend in September celebrates the Marion County Country Ham Days, a "Kentucky Top-Ten Event", hosted by the Marion County Chamber of Commerce along with its business partners and volunteers. The festival welcomes over 50,000 visitors and acts as an agent for community empowerment. • International Mission Board (IMB) - IMB is an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention. The IMB's mission is to make disciples of all peoples in fulfillment of the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:18-20. • Josh Hunt's Family Bible Series - Josh Hunt is the world’s #1 Bible Study Lesson writer. He has written more Bible Study lessons than any human, living or dead. He has written 4 lessons a week for 20 years and counting. His lessons are not like other lessons. They consist of 20 ready-to-use questions that spark discussion, create controversy and get groups talking. Newer lessons (written after 2007) include answers from top biblical commentators—people like Max Lucado, Chuck Swindoll, David Jeremiah and Beth Moore. Check out the free samples. You are going to love these lessons! • Josh Hunt's Teacher Tips - Josh Hunt is the world’s #1 Bible Study Lesson writer. He has written more Bible Study lessons than any human, living or dead. He has written 4 lessons a week for 20 years and counting. His lessons are not like other lessons. They consist of 20 ready-to-use questions that spark discussion, create controversy and get groups talking. Newer lessons (written after 2007) include answers from top biblical commentators—people like Max Lucado, Chuck Swindoll, David Jeremiah and Beth Moore. Check out the free samples. You are going to love these lessons! • Kentucky Baptist Backpack Program - 17.3 million children in the United States live in poverty! Let’s exceed the goal of collecting 5,000 backpacks from Kentucky Baptist churches! One half of the backpacks collected here will be distributed directly to children living in poverty in Kentucky, while the other half will go to needy children in our partner Send City, Cincinnati. Check out the video below about the Christmas Backpack Program. • Kentucky Baptist Convention - The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2,400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. These churches have a total membership of more than 750,000. • Kentucky Baptist Convention “Tell Your Story” - Kentucky Baptist Convention has embarked on an initiative dubbed Tell Your Story. The goal is to get all Kentucky Baptists to tell the unchurched about how they met Jesus and how He brought changes to their lives. “Our prayer is that hearing these stories will motivate each of us to more readily share the glorious story of what God has done in our lives to bring us to Himself and, as we share that story with those who aren’t yet saved, God will use our story as one of His methods to convict them of their sin and convince them of their need for a savior,” KBC Executive Director Paul Chitwood said. Everyone has a Jesus story to tell. Now you can share that story by using your cell phone. Further details about this initiative in the video below: • Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief - When disaster strikes, some of the first to respond to help are Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers. Kentucky has an active disaster relief program which works in concert with similar programs in other states. Kentucky volunteers can staff feeding units designed to deliver thousands of hot meals on short notice, move in with chainsaws to help remove debris, do the dirty work of helping families remove mud from flooded homes and provide many other disaster relief services. • Kentucky Today - “Kentucky Today provides fair, balanced and accurate news coverage, plus editorials from a decidedly Christian worldview,” Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Director Paul Chitwood said. “When we read Kentucky Today, we know where to focus our prayers and how to engage our culture.” if you would like to receive Kentucky Today’s Morning Briefing of the top news articles of the day sent to your email inbox by emailing editor@kentuckytoday.com . Check out the video below. • Kids Ranch - "We've got tons of games and jokes, stories and music. But more than that, we've got tons of encouragement for you, too. And above all, here's the most important thing I want you to know: God is real, He's alive and He loves you very much. If you've been wondering about God but haven't found Him yet, keep looking! He promises us that if we seek Him, we will find Him. So have fun exploring! And keep your eyes open, you never know what might be around the next corner! • LifeWay - LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, established in Nashville, Tenn., in 1891, is one of the world's largest providers of Christian products and services, including Bibles, church literature, books, music, audio and video recordings, church supplies and Internet services through LifeWay.com. The company also owns and operates 165 LifeWay Christian Stores across the nation, as well as two of the largest Christian conference centers in the country. • Marion County Chamber of Commerce - We have a slogan at the Marion County Chamber of Commerce, it’s “We Work for You!” We take that to heart, and make it more than a slogan. We make it our mission! Our work is our passion, and we are passionate about creating a more efficient business environment in Lebanon and Marion County. As our membership continues to grow, we can harness the strength of their diversity and influence. This means that we can develop programs to enhance your business and your involvement with the Chamber. • North American Mission Board - The North American Mission Board exists to work with churches, associations and state conventions in mobilizing Southern Baptists as a mission force to impact North America with the gospel of Jesus Christ through evangelism and church planting. • OneNewsNow.com - Your Latest News from a Christian perspective : Whether it's a story about prayer in public schools, workplace restrictions on Christians, or battles for biblical truth within our denominations, the American Family News Network (AFN) is here to tell you what the newsmakers are saying. AFN is a Christian news service - with more than 1,200 broadcast, print, and online affiliates in 45 states and 11 foreign countries - that exists to present the day's stories from a biblical perspective. We not only feature the latest breaking stories from across the United States and around the world, but also news of the challenges facing Christians in today's society. At OneNewsNow.com, you will get your news from reporters you can trust to give the latest news without the liberal bias that characterizes so much of the "mainstream" media. • Samaritan's Purse - Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. "Go and do likewise"... Luke 10:37d • Southern Baptist Convention - Since its organization in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in more than 45,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists sponsor about 5,000 missionaries serving the United States and its territories, Canada, and the Caribbean, as well as sponsoring more than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world. • WMU Missions for Life - Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) wants to help your children learn about and do missions! The Children’s Resource Team at WMU provides missions resources for children, churches, and families. We focus on children in grades 1 through 6. Most of our resources feature Southern Baptist missionaries. WMU is an auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention. We produce two missions education curriculum lines: Children in Action (coed) and Girls in Action (for girls). We will also begin providing curriculum for Royal Ambassadors (for boys) in fall 2012. We also create missions books and resources used by many evangelical Christians. Browse our site to see what resources will help your kids change their world for Christ.