Around 75 of our BR-KC pastors and their wives shared an evening of fun, food and entertainment last Friday evening (2/3). David Smart, professional guitarist, was the entertainment. He shared several musical numbers including some he had written. David is a Christian Music Instrumentalist of the Year recipient three times and has performed with Larnel [...]
By Michael R. Smith, Reprinted with permission by The Pathway As 2022 draws to a close Rodney Hammer, executive director of the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association (BRKC), prepares to leave that work to move full time in 2023 into leading an organization he founded at the association - Restoration House. Restoration House, rebranded this [...]
Ministering to Newcomers Thousands of people coming from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Colombia have come to the United States in the last ten months. Some of those people have come to the Kansas City area. They have left their country for distinct reasons; some were being persecuted for the dictators of their own countries, others [...]
Question number one. “How and when did your ministry begin? “ During the crippling recession of 1981-82, I found myself out of employment. This long season of struggle to provide for my family became a great tool in Gods hand. It forced my wife, Paula, and I into a season of intense soul searching. We [...]
Written by Brian Koonce, reprinted with permission by The Pathway. During their 188th annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 24-25, messengers of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) elected four new MBC officers. Coming from 470 Missouri Baptist churches across the state, 1,035 messengers and 226 guests attended the two-day meeting. The [...]
My starting point for ministry began at Travis Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was there that I found Jesus to be my Lord and Savior, being baptized in May of 1973. As a maturing teenager, I found the church facility to be my ‘2nd home’ and the church family to be an encouraging [...]
As we close out another year of ministry at BR-KC my first impression is that the last year has seen more change than any year in my nearly 10 years of service. The world emerged from Covid. Jennifer left BR-KC to work for Restoration House (REHOPE). Amy Cox became our new administrative assistant. She has [...]
Lindy Reed, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Blue Springs, is excited to see what is happening among his congregation. "We are having baptisms every week," he said, "and in addition to new people, four other pastors are members of the church." Reed reported that retired pastors John Holt, Bob McCutcheon, and Dan Griffin [...]
Ministering to Pastors and Leaders—Monthly Meetings At the end of last year, and beginning of this year, we have been investing significant time ministering to pastors and leaders residing in the Kansas City area and sometimes even beyond. We have been having monthly meetings in which we try to achieve five fundamental objectives: sharing a [...]
By Gregg Boll, Associate Director of Missions Over 8100 messengers gathered in Anaheim, California in June for our annual Southern Baptist Convention. As one who attended most sessions of business, I was pleased with the level of civility which was demonstrated by the messengers towards one another, with just a rare exception. If there was [...]
