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 [...]
OAK GROVE – Pastor Randy Messer of First Baptist Church walked into a classroom in the Horn of Africa and heard voices, crying out and pleading to someone, but he saw no one. But as Messer stepped further into the room, he found the source of these cries. A group of young pastors had come [...]
Dear Partners in Missions, I want to update you on our 2015 end-of-year finances, Pastor/Staff/Spouse Appreciation Banquet, Horn of Africa Fundraiser, and ask for your prayers for the retreat we will lead and provide for church planter’s families in Vancouver, Canada. 2015 FINANCES - You can see our church giving report and total funds given [...]
Dear Partners in Missions, Don’t go through 2016 without being encouraged, blessed and challenged to grow! You hopefully have or will receive shortly an invitation to our Restoration House 2nd Annual Gala Fundraiser. Please don’t feel pressured. We just want you to know about it if you are inclined to participate, or want your church [...]
The new library for refugees in the Shimelba Camp Dr.’s Indrias and Hadaway teaching at the Shire Bible School Since last year we have seen the Lord do amazing things in and through our churches, individually and collectively. Three of those collective accomplishments are opening Restoration House of Greater Kansas City, [...]
Since 2011, BRKC has partnered with an NGO and local Ethiopian churches to train up church leaders, empower refugees, and bring hope of a better life to Eritreans and Ethiopians in Northern Ethiopia. Click here to learn more. In January we will be leading a trip to further serve these partners and those under their care. [...]
We can return for a planned visit with the following action items: Through Ethiopian contacts, we can purchase clothing and school supplies, and time our visit with their arrival. We can purchase soccer balls and other recreational items and demonstrate an organized recreation plan, perhaps enlisting the help of older Eritreans to organize and run. [...]
On July 1-12, a group of 13 people from the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association, in partnership with Noland Road Baptist Church, traveled to the Mai Ayni Refugee Camp in northern Ethiopia to work with unaccompanied minors. They partnered with an evangelical church that meets in a tent in the camp, and hosted VBS activities [...]
MAI-AINI REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia, May 4 (UNHCR) – They crossed the border at midnight, grief-stricken at the death of their daughter the previous day. Gebre’s two-year-old girl Arsama perished from the flu. The night after they buried her, Gebre, 28, and his wife Teka, 25, decided to make their way to Ethiopia. Arsama’s death was [...]
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