By Linda Graham, Associational WMU Director ([email protected]) We held our annual Equip training on August 9th at Linden Baptist Church in the Clay-Platte association. We had over 50 attendees. We heard Omar Segovia tell about his work with Hispanics in this state. We also had a bookstore available and age level breakouts. Our watchword is [...]
By Travis and Britney Hamm, Directors of Collegiate Impact ([email protected]) The semester is off to a fruitful start for Collegiate Impact as we seek to bring the hope and peace of Jesus to college students in Kansas City. On August 16, we launched the semester with an all-day Core Team Training. For the first time [...]
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions I will add my voice and words to the vast array of commentary you’ve probably already seen and heard concerning Charlie Kirk’s assassination and martyrdom on a college campus in Utah. Charlie was only 31 years old and leaves behind his beautiful wife of four years and two young [...]
By Brian Grout, Associate Director of Missions Every church goes through different seasons. Some seasons bring growth, energy, and fresh vision; others bring challenges such as plateau, decline, or fatigue in ministry. In those times, church leaders often ask: How do we renew our congregation’s health and vitality? We recently relaunched our Pastor’s Huddles, and [...]
By Gregg Boll, Executive Director of Missions Early in my ministry, I attended the annual Missouri Baptist Evangelism Conference. One of the featured speakers was a pastor from South County, St. Louis named Phillip Hunter. Phillip’s church had experienced more than 200 baptisms in the prior year, and the majority of those baptisms were new [...]
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions Rather than focus on one event or subject and ask you to read a lengthy article, I’m doing something differently this month. I’m going to share several newsworthy items, and you can inquire with us further if they have value to you and your church's mission. The Worship Target [...]
By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions We would like to have your church join us in prayer for our city and the entire metro area. The Scriptures admonish us to pray for our nation, our city, and our governing leaders. (II Chronicles 7:13-14, Jeremiah 29:7, I Timothy 2:1-3; See the bottom of the article for [...]
By Brian Grout, Associate Director of Missions We recently hosted Colin Pugh, Pastor of Clinton Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Colin has led the church through revitalization in the inner city. The principles communicated apply to every pastor and church whether inner city, suburban, or rural, and here’s the reason [...]
By Brianna Boes, Reprinted with permission by The Pathway Dying churches are loved churches. For 25 years, John Still and his family poured into Spring Valley Baptist Church. It was their home, a congregation dedicated to the truth of the gospel. Still was faithful in the roles God gave him within Spring Valley, even as [...]
I want to begin by thanking Gregg Boll, BR-KC Director of Missions, for the opportunity to share an introduction with you. My name is Lane Harrison, and I serve as the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to coming on staff at Midwestern, I served as a Trustee for the [...]
