LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Baptist Convention’s (KBC) administrative committee has unanimously approved a recommendation to withdraw from the convention’s ministry relationship with Georgetown College.
The committee’s Sept. 11 recommendation will go to the KBC Mission Board, which could place it before messengers to the convention’s Nov. 13 annual meeting.
“The Kentucky Baptist Convention and Georgetown College have had a long and fruitful relationship for many, many years,” committee chairman Floyd Paris, pastor of Unity Baptist Church, Ashland, Ky., told the Western Recorder, Kentucky Baptists’ newsjournal.
The time has now come to allow both organizations the freedom to pursue the direction of the Lord’s leadership, Paris said.
“In recent years Georgetown has sought to expand their ecumenical appeal by increasing the number and influence of non-Baptist board members,” Paris added.
Members of the KBC Mission Board will take up the matter when they meet prior to the KBC’s annual meeting. If approved, the recommendation will proceed to convention messengers for consideration during the Nov. 13 convention. With messengers’ approval a written notice of termination would follow, fulfilling a requirement of a one-year notification.
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