LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Campus minister Rhonda Abbott was hired by the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship Jan. 21 to the newly created position of associate coordinator for missions.
Abbott, who began work Feb. 1, will coordinate missions efforts on a statewide basis, with a focus on Partners in Hope, the Fellowship's rural poverty initiative, in Eastern Kentucky.
A native of Maryville, Tenn., Abbott served as Baptist campus minister at the University of Georgia for seven years.
Formed in 1991, the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship is one of 18 state and regional affiliates of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.