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 [...]
By Martha Aligaz and Melete Ghile James 1:27 (NIV) “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” This is a story of six, which later became seven, children ranging in age from [...]
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions Creating a culture of evangelism in your church was the theme of this year’s spring semi-annual meeting. Dr. Gary Kendall shared an exciting evangelism tool for mobilizing your members to live missionally in their neighborhoods called Bless Every Home. An especially nice feature of this ministry is that there [...]
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions In last month’s newsletter, we started the conversation about pastors, or anyone for that matter, preparing for retirement. Since not all pastors plan to retire, we said the article could be titled, “Are You Living and Planning Today in Such a Way that is Preparing You Financially for the [...]
Christmas and the New Year are fast approaching. It’s that time of the year which gives us the opportunity to pause, take a deep breath, enjoy family, and watch some ball games. I pray you have a Merry Christmas! I am excited about beginning a new year as your Director of Missions and the many [...]
In January 2023, Bill Denman from Sterling Acres approached Pastor Travis Yeargans, Sr., from River’s Edge Fellowship about a potential merger. After much prayer and discussion with the River’s Edge elders, they decided to present the idea to the congregation. The congregation excitedly approved the idea and the discussion to merge began in earnest. Just [...]
