By Jason Allen, Pastor of LifeConnection What if your church had too many leaders? I know it’s not a reality many of us face. The busy pastor is trying to meet needs, care for people effectively, prepare for Christmas Eve services, and so much more. But what if we had individuals co-laboring with us in [...]
By Gregg Boll, Executive Director of Missions One of the characteristics of our Association that I derive the greatest joy from is how diverse we are. We partner and serve alongside churches from every continent on the globe. The beautiful truth about Christmas that rings out each year is that Jesus was born as a [...]
By Gregg Boll, Executive Director of Missions I am writing this for those of you who couldn’t make it to the BR-KC Semi-Annual meeting held on October 6. Please see the link to the book of reports which includes the reports from our ministry partners and Associational Committees, the approved 2025 budget and the business [...]
Dear Pastors and BR-KC Church Members, I received a call from an old friend in ministry recently who shared a compelling invitation to overseas mission I wanted to pass on to you. After retiring from Lifeway in Nashville several years ago, Bob Hartman formed Bob Hartman International Ministries. Since then, he has taken 100’s of [...]
I have good news to share, BRKC! In the first six weeks of the fall semester, our staff and student leaders were able to connect with over 300 students, have 208 spiritual conversations, share the gospel 160 times, and lead 90 one-on-one discipleship meetings. We are grateful for the opportunities God has given us [...]
We are fast approaching a presidential election. Yet, it is far more than that. We will vote on federal and state representatives and senators. We will decide on important issues through various amendments that have a huge impact on the life of our nation both nationally and locally. Elections are important. They determine the laws [...]
By Vicki Stamps, Printed with permission by The Pathway Trafficked women need support to survive and to be restored. ReHope, a faith-based ministry formerly called Restoration House and founded out of the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association (BRKC), provides that support and encouragement. “We have two facilities,” Jason Alvis, ReHope Chief Executive Officer, said. “We [...]
When a green youth pastor named Mark Hallock accepted the pastorate of Calvary Baptist Church in Littleton, Colorado several years back, he never envisioned that he would now be the pastor who started a gospel movement of planting and replanting over 30 churches in just 10 years. He just knew that the dying declining Calvary [...]
If you needed a victory for the Kingdom for your own encouragement or to report to your church, here it is. As you know, about 13 years ago the BR-KC Churches, in partnership with the North American Mission Board and the Missouri Baptist Convention purchased a Presbyterian Church building in the Historic Northeast on Benton [...]
By Shawn Gibbs, Heart of Life Church “The work is ours. The results are the Lord’s!” This is the battle cry of a movement that is sweeping the streets of Harrisonville, Missouri. What is being called the “Adopt a Street” initiative is an act of church unity. The purpose is to fulfill the Great [...]
