Brandon Park has a heart for making disciples and believes every follower of Christ should do this. Park, who serves as pastor of First Baptist, Raytown, led his church to develop a disciple-making app called LifeCoach. Not only did the church create the app, but they offer it to anyone without cost. “I’ve always had [...]
Should the US resettle Syrian refugees? That’s a complicated question, but I’m sure you have an opinion. Whatever you think, it is very possible that God will ignore your opinion and bring whomever He wants to Kansas City. If you think he should bring ten times more Syrians than President Obama wants, maybe He will [...]
It was a good semester for Impact. While there is plenty to share, here were a few key happenings: The Kaleo Community held our yard sale at the beginning of November and collected over $300 to give to Restoration House of Greater Kansas City. Thank you everyone who donated items, helped us organize the event, [...]
Dear Partners in Missions, Don’t go through 2016 without being encouraged, blessed and challenged to grow! You hopefully have or will receive shortly an invitation to our Restoration House 2nd Annual Gala Fundraiser. Please don’t feel pressured. We just want you to know about it if you are inclined to participate, or want your church [...]
The Bajuni Islands and the Barawa region are located in South-East Somalia. Their people speak their own dialect of the Somali language. Their culture has Arab influence and was colonized by the Italians. They tend to be more welcoming to outsiders and more laid back. One might call them the "Hawaiians of Somalia." Nevertheless, they [...]
Please join us for our Annual Appreciation Banquet featuring David Ferrell. For over 20 years, comedian and motivational speaker David Ferrell has shown audiences that comedy can be clean and funny. In addition to his uproarious tales about everyday life, David delights audiences with hilarious impressions of famous celebrities, cartoon characters, farm animals and many [...]
I’ve been very encouraged this semester by how the Lord is at work in the lives of college students. Since the semester began, I’ve been able to connect with dozens of students. The most encouraging connection has been with 7 students from Blue River Community College. I met most of these students at the beginning [...]
2015 has been a tremendous year for Restoration House of Greater Kansas City. Since October of 2014, we have hired our staff, held our first annual Hope NOW Freedom Gala, started our volunteer program, and opened our doors! Christine McDonald, Program Manager for Restoration House was featured in a Wall Street Journal article September [...]
In September we launched Impact Intensives, our yearlong intense discipleship process for students who want to learn what it looks like to follow Jesus in every area of life. Each Sunday evening we begin the week with a teaching about a component of discipleship, and then the participants receive some supplemental reading. Throughout the week [...]
Over the last few years we have chosen to provide training opportunities for our churches and pastors based on feedback from surveys and personal conversations with them in order to be truly helpful and good stewards of the resources you give us. I want to personally thank Jerry Tharp, pastor of Lone Jack Baptist and [...]
