Louisville—Teresa Parrett, who has served as a regional consultant for the Kentucky Baptist Convention since 1999, has been named Kentucky missions mobilization coordinator for the KBC.

Parrett was elected March 27 by the KBC Mission Board’s administrative committee.

In her new role, Parrett will be responsible for connecting long- and short-term volunteer missions teams with KBC churches, associations and other ministries in need throughout the state. In addition, she will direct the work of the state’s Mission Service Corps missionaries, as well individuals involved with Missionaries on Short Term.

Since 2005, Parrett has worked with Appalachian Regional Ministry and Director Bill Barker, who shifted from the KBC to the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board in January. In her role with ARM, Parrett helped ministry centers throughout Kentucky’s Appalachian region obtain food, clothing and other necessities.

She also mobilized volunteers for a number of short-term mission projects in Eastern Kentucky. According to KBC’s missions growth team leader Randy Jones, Parrett connected more than 20,000 short-term missions volunteers to churches, associations and other ministries in the region in 2007 alone.

Eric Allen, KBC’s mission service and ministries director, noted that by “broadening her responsibilities,” Parrett will continue the work she was doing in Eastern Kentucky “on a statewide basis.”

“I think we’ll see many additional volunteers coming into our state and helping us to reach our communities because of her work,” Allen added. “I’m fully confident that Teresa will take missions mobilization in Kentucky to the next level.”

Parrett, who also is a Mission Service Corps missionary, has helped coordinate the annual Mountain Missions Conference and served as editor of the Mountain News and Views publication.

Parrett also is discipleship training director for Rockcastle Baptist Association and serves on the association’s executive board. She is a member of Pine Hill Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, where she teaches Sunday school and directs vacation Bible school.

“Teresa has a broad understanding of the work being done by our KBC staff members, is known by the DOMs across the state, has a deep ongoing relationship with Christ and gives great attention to the needs of people,” Jones said.