Spring Valley Baptist Church is sponsoring the following workshops on Sunday, June 25th. They are free and open to the public. Registration is required so adequate materials are available. Lunch is provided with the 1st workshop. If you wish to attend both workshops, please register for them individually. The links are below: SAFE Online [...]
Partnership Spotlight: The Point Church in Vancouver
By Victor Thomas The annual Vancouver Project held March 13-17, 2017, had over 100 students join us for a week helping us serve and do evangelism in Vancouver. We did outreach projects around several of The Point’s congregations (Burnaby Mtn, Evergreen, NextGen) during the day, then we came together for worship each evening to hear [...]
How Arabs are Encountering Jesus in Kansas City
By Dr. Asefaw Indrias In Revelation 5:9 the word of God says “and they sang a new song, saying: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation”. The Arab [...]
Fruit from Vancouver: Executive Director’s Report
Over six years ago BR-KC began a partnership with the WestCoast Baptist Association of Greater Vancouver, Canada. We serve on the North American Mission Board’s SEND Vancouver Coalition, and support church planting as the international advocate for the Tri-Cities area of Vancouver (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody). Your mission giving and participation through BR-KC [...]
Spinning Wheels and Raising Funds for Restoration House
By Britney Lyn Hamm Tuesday, May 2. Another cloudy day. Will it rain or not rain? After days of Noah-like rain, the sun finally broke through the clouds around 4pm. Just in time. For the epic, logic-defying, wildly entertaining CEO Tricycle Race fundraiser for Restoration House of Greater Kansas City. The afternoon sun shone brightly, [...]
Campus Ministry Update
March 10-17 is spring break for MCC Community Colleges. We’ve spent the week in Ferguson, MO reaching out to the campus of the University of Missouri St. Louis. I took 5 MCC students with me and we joined approximately 20 other students from SEMO and MO West Universities. Together, we had over 200 conversations with [...]
Church Planter Spotlight: The Church in Waldo
By Peter Assad Pastor Peter Assad and his family - wife Grace, children Annie and Wesley, and dog Finley The Church in Waldo was launched in January, 2016 with the support of Heart of Life Church and others. We’ve had a lot of help in building what we have, so we are indebted [...]
Rehope Market April Update
The mission of Rehope Market is to sell donated goods to fund the ongoing work of Restoration House, to provide a public platform to increase awareness of the work of Restoration House and of the dangers of human trafficking, and to demonstrate God’s love in our community. We have had a busy March as we [...]
Heading Back to the Horn
In mid May, a team will return to Ethiopia to continue work in the refugee camps as well as with the local community. It is our hope and prayer to begin construction on a much needed soccer field for the unaccompanied minors. We will also be delivering uniforms that have been donated from local schools [...]
Finding a Smile Again: Night to Shine Blesses 300 Special Needs Persons in KC
By Britney Hamm She was 69 years old, but most days she felt like she was 99. Some days it seemed death already had her in its grips, as evidenced by the confines of her wheelchair and the grey pallor her skin held. Life had lost its luster long ago – if it had ever [...]