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 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 [...]
By Jason Allen, Pastor of LifeConnection What if your church had too many leaders? I know it’s not a reality many of us face. The busy pastor is trying to meet needs, care for people effectively, prepare for Christmas Eve services, and so much more. But what if we had individuals co-laboring with us in [...]
Associate Director, Gregg Boll, recently explained some changes that BR-KC will make to further encourage and equip our pastors. Through conversations with our churches and pastors and because of recent opportunities which have presented themselves, BR-KC will be reshaping our ministry to churches and pastors this fall. In the past we have offered a quarterly [...]
On February 26th, 50 pastors and lay leaders came together at Connection Point Church in Raytown because they had one thing in common. They were all concerned about property taxes! Over the past few years, Jackson County has begun to change its exemption process, resulting in some of our churches being caught unaware. As a [...]
To My Fellow Pastors, I’m writing to invite you and your ministerial staff to join me for a free seminar luncheon on Tuesday, January 15, here at Emmanuel Baptist Church. The title of the seminar is Domestic Abuse: What Every Church Leader Should Know. The presenter, Mary Avis Pendleton, MDiv, MAC. Mary is a Licensed [...]
By Gregg Boll, Associate Director of Missions ([email protected]) Fulfilling Kingdom Ministry It has been an honor to serve alongside Dr. Hammer and the other BR-KC staff for five of the ten years we are celebrating at our Fall Semi-Annual Meeting. I never could have imagined when I left a pastorate in 2012 how meaningful and [...]
by Gregg Boll I’m excited to share information on a brand new pilot program. BR-KC is going to sponsor 5 churches for a year in RightNow Media which will provide access to an extensive, new video library. RightNow Media has been called the "Netflix of Video Bible Studies" and has a HUGE library of faith-based videos that [...]
