Caring for children in the foster system is a calling filled with both deep joy and real challenges. Foster parents pour themselves out daily—emotionally, physically, and spiritually—as they provide stability, love, and healing for children who have experienced trauma. Because of this, opportunities for encouragement, rest, and renewal are not just helpful—they are essential. This spring, foster families across Central Kentucky have a meaningful opportunity to experience exactly that. A Space...

By CKNB News A growing crisis is unfolding in Central Kentucky—one that calls for urgent attention, compassion, and collaboration across the community, especially within the Church. Reuben Watson knows this reality firsthand. Having grown up in foster care through Sunrise Children’s Services, Watson has lived the very system he now seeks to strengthen. After spending seven years working with Sunrise, he now serves with the Lexington Leadership Foundation, where he focuses on bridging gaps...

Louisville, Ky.  — Three new church plants connected with the Central Kentucky Network of Baptists (CKNB) were recognized and celebrated during the 2026 Kentucky Baptist Convention REACH Evangelism & Missions Conference, highlighting the growing international church planting movement across central Kentucky. The annual REACH Conference gathers pastors, ministry leaders, and church members from across the Commonwealth to focus on evangelism, missions, and church multiplication. The event...