My name is Joe Ball. Actually it’s Joseph Robert Ball IV, but I only use that when I have to. I currently serve as the youth strategist for the Kentucky Baptist Convention. It’s my job to support, challenge and encourage youth ministers across the commonwealth of Kentucky to reach this generation with the Gospel.
The purpose of this blog — despising none — is to do just that: support, challenge and encourage youth ministers across Kentucky. The name “despising none” is based on 1 Timothy 4:12, which reads:
“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” (NKJV).
I been working with teenagers since I was one, started working with R.A.’s in my home church right out of high school. And became an assistant scoutmaster of Troop 20 when I turned 18. So I guess that adds up to 30+ years. WOW!
I grew up in Bullitt County Kentucky, and consider the small community of Zoneton as my hometown. My family has been in this area for over 100 years. It is amazing to me that when we came to work for the Kentucky Baptist Convention that we were able to move back to this neck of the woods.
Before joining the KBC staff, I spent 12 years as the Youth and Education Minister at Edgewood Baptist Church in Hopkinsville, KY. Before that I was a student, a pastor, an associate pastor and Project C.O.P.E. director for the Boy Scouts.
I have been married to Gina for 25 years. We have two children: a daughter (Karen) who is a graduate of the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, KY and a son (Jordan) who is a student at Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green.
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