The Executive Director Search Committee is pleased to announce that on October 1 at our regularly scheduled BRKC associational meeting the delegates from our BRKC churches unanimously voted to call Gregg Boll as our new Executive Director. Your search committee was made up of the following individuals: Alan Shelby, Carson Conover, Gary Jones, Luiz Mendoza, [...]
We hope you’ll mark your calendars right now for our BR-KC Semi-Annual Meeting at The Road Church (4108 S Buckner-Tarsney Rd, Grain Valley MO) on October 1, 5pm-8 pm as it promises to be an especially crucial and engaging evening. I have invited pastor Jeremy Conrad to share the Calvary Family of Churches story. It [...]
Pastor Chane Hutton, BR-KC pastor, recently retired from South Kansas City Baptist Church (now Testimony Church) after 54 years in ministry. In his usual self-deprecating fashion, Chane often said that no one knew him, except for his wife, Jennifer, who was Administrative Assistant for BR-KC for 14 years. We hope Chane doesn’t really believe that [...]
By Gregg Boll Southern Baptists Take Strong Actions to Stop Sexual Abuse in Our Churches Most of you are aware that the Southern Baptist Convention has been addressing the problem of sexual abuse and assault in recent years. After an investigative report by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express revealed that over a 20-year [...]
Associate Director’s Report By Gregg Boll Pastors Retiring and the SBC’s Leadership Crisis I want to congratulate and express my deepest appreciation for several of our BR-KC pastors who have retired in the last few years after long, faithful pastorates. Forgive me if I leave anyone out, but here is the list of retiring pastors [...]
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 [...]
On April 3rd the Blue River – Kansas City Baptist Association held our Spring Semi-Annual Meeting. The First Baptist Church of Peculiar welcomed us Sunday evening and were so accommodating to all our needs. Attendees enjoyed a time of fellowship and a potluck before the meeting began. Not only was this event a time for [...]
July 11, 2021 will be a day forever noted in the history of a small island country just 90 miles from the Southern tip of Florida. Cuba - so near, yet so closed off. Mysterious and often unthought of by most Americans. This day, the people, with nothing to lose but their life, made their [...]
Grace Church, pastored by Joey Candillo, is one of our BR-KC churches in Independence. Joey grew up in Independence and used to sell drugs there as a young adult. He went to prison at age 22 and received Christ while in Booneville Correctional Center. In 2014, God called Joey back to the community where he [...]
My friend from high school is dying from cancer.” A student I have been discipling this semester recently shared this with me. It is one of several hard conversations I've had with students these last few weeks. One student I have connected with this year is dealing with mental health issues that concern his family [...]
