Dear Pastors, It is always great to see how God is working on all levels through BR-KC. I am writing you today about opportunities for your church to partner with the work BR-KC is doing in the Horn of Africa. As you know, five years ago Dr. Hammer had a vision to engage the unreached [...]
by JoAnne Ruble This summer I had the privilege of traveling to Guatemala with eight other members of Manna Fellowship Church in support of MANNA Worldwide, which is a Christian non-profit organization that focuses on rescuing children from the grip of poverty in 41 countries around the world. There are over 350,000 orphans in Guatemala [...]
Send Relief for Hurrican Matthew (NAMB) Send Relief and the North American Mission Board are coordinating planning for the expected response in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. The potential for hundreds of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers to respond is great. Plans call for as many as eight mass feeding sites in Florida alone, with [...]
Sam Anderson Our mission was to establish Bible study groups and cowboy churches. We met with several Cattlemen’s Associations and found a great reception. So much so that I’ll be going back this coming January to preach from horse back at a rodeo. There will be approximately 4,000 people packed into the stadium. The Association [...]
How are you supposed to feel about that? As a follower of Jesus, what does God want you to do? There are no simple solutions to the brokenness in our world caused by sin, but you know that God’s plan for His people involves more than looking the other way. But the answer is neither: [...]
This fall, instead of our Fall Festival, in partnership between these two ministries (Eleos and Refuge KC), we would like to bless our neighborhood families with Thanksgiving Gift Baskets. The basket would contain a turkey or chicken (for certain immigrant families) and then appropriate fixin's for the two kinds of baskets. The Turkey baskets would [...]
Several BR-KC churches and members have on-going mission work around the globe. This is truly our Mission Statement in action...”We envision a network of healthy Baptist churches partnering together to transform lives and communities through the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ at home, in North America, and around the world”. This month, we [...]
Several BR-KC churches and members have on-going mission work around the globe. This is truly our Mission Statement in action...”We envision a network of healthy Baptist churches partnering together to transform lives and communities through the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ at home, in North America, and around the world”. This month, we [...]
Several BR-KC churches and members have on-going mission work around the globe. This is truly our Mission Statement in action...”We envision a network of healthy Baptist churches partnering together to transform lives and communities through the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ at home, in North America, and around the world”. This month, we [...]
INDEPENDENCE – The congregation of Maywood Baptist Church here understands forgiveness and members have made it the center of their ministry. “Maywood’s leaders chose to relate to our changing community on its own terms,” Bob Spradling, pastor, said. “We asked our community how we could partner with them in what was their own ‘felt’ needs.” New programs were initiated to reach the changing needs. According to Spradling, the residential neighborhoods saw [...]
