Ken Blue Ministries

  By Ken Blue Hey Pastor! Sunday, August 29th, Open Door Baptist had 2 professions of faith, 21 people joined the church, 14 baptisms, 27 visitors, 540 in attendance and 51 people to take the 101-401 disciple class! God continues to bless in an unusual way under the leadership of Pastor Murphy. This growth continued [...]

By Ken Blue “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Regardless of the choice one makes, we cannot argue with the fact that God wants His church to witness to the lost. If [...]

By Ken Blue There are several reasons pastors will not use their people in church ministry. One, they don’t know how. They might like to use them, but they aren’t sure themselves what really needs to be done. Another problem is a lack of skill in recruiting men and women for service. There is a [...]

By Ken Blue “There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.” Proverbs 21:20. “He that gathereth in summer is a wise son…” Proverbs 10:5. “The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;” Proverbs 30:25. Pastor [...]

By Ken Blue Of course there are different definitions of what the word great means. Every man has his own idea, and he is somewhat confident he fits its definition. We are confident we know what a great church or ministry is and what it is not. But what is it? I am not positive [...]

Open Door Baptist Church Easter Drama 2010 Note: The following report is from Pastor Jason Murphy. Pastor Murphy and the church membership proved once again that with prayer, hard work, and vision you can get visitors to church and many can be won to Christ. I challenge pastors to ignore those who preach that sinners [...]

By Ken Blue I was born on the Bible belt in northern Arkansas. Our little town could not afford a church or pastor, so we had Sunday school and revival meetings in the one room school house. I managed to get through those early years without getting saved. Our little church belonged to the Southern [...]

Ken Blue Recently I saw a sign in a church, and I ask a lady what I meant. She paused for some time, and then said, “I don’t have a clue.” I find this to be the norm in most churches. When I was sent to Virginia Mason Hospital to determine my disease, I saw [...]

By Ken Blue Churches should be adding new families on a regular base. I am aware that location has some bearing on ones effectiveness. However, the truth is that the only additions to some churches are transfer members. If this is the case, we are failing in our outreach to the lost. We should welcome [...]

By Ken Blue Some churches have little trouble gaining members. They are diligently spreading the gospel, and people are obedient to the Lord. However, most churches have trouble keeping members. They lose them about as fast as they get them. It is a fact that many churches cannot break the “75 barrier” or the “200 [...]