Written by Mary Wood Over 20 years ago, leaders at First Baptist Church of Grandview recognized that their community had many residents who spoke languages other than English. But they didn’t know where it would lead when they started English as a Second Language classes. Friendships developed between the teachers and the Hispanic students who [...]
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 [...]
Ministering to Immigrants As most people know, in recent months we have received many immigrants from various countries in Latin America and around the world. Some arrive in Kansas City and have no family or anywhere to stay. For this reason, we have seen the need to prepare a dormitory and open the doors of [...]
By Luis M Mendoza On Thursday, February 23, under the sponsorship of BR-KC Baptist Association and The Multiethnic Church Planting Center, we held an Immigration Information Meeting at Iglesia Bautista Palabra Viva. The purpose of these gathering was threefold: First, understand the ways God wants us to treat the foreigner residing among us. Second, explaining [...]
