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Some Things You Need To Know About in BR-KC Baptist Association

By Gregg Boll, Director of Missions Rather than focus on one event or subject and ask you to read a lengthy article, I’m doing something differently this month.  I’m going to share several newsworthy items, and you can inquire with us further if they have value to you and your church's mission. Worship Leader’s Workshop [...]

By |2025-07-10T15:10:57-05:00July 10th, 2025|BRKC News, Equipping Leaders, Newsletter, Online News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Some Things You Need To Know About in BR-KC Baptist Association

Kansas City-Wide Prayer Focus for a Broken City

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 [...]

By |2025-06-09T09:10:40-05:00June 6th, 2025|Assisting Community Transformation, BRKC News, Church Ministry Updates, Multi-Ethnic Church Planting Center, Newsletter, Online News, Upcoming Events|Comments Off on Kansas City-Wide Prayer Focus for a Broken City

Revitalize and Replant KC

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 |2025-06-09T09:05:58-05:00June 5th, 2025|BRKC News, Equipping Leaders, Newsletter, Online News, Past Events, Resourcing Churches|Comments Off on Revitalize and Replant KC

Raytown Church Finds New Chance for Life

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 |2025-05-05T15:08:16-05:00May 1st, 2025|BRKC News, Church Spotlight, News from the Churches, Newsletter, Online News, Resourcing Churches|Comments Off on Raytown Church Finds New Chance for Life

M. Lane Harrison and the Work of Advancement for MBTS

I want to begin by thanking Gregg Boll, BR-KC Director of Missions, for the opportunity to share an introduction with you. My name is Lane Harrison, and I serve as the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to coming on staff at Midwestern, I served as a Trustee for the [...]

By |2025-05-05T15:02:38-05:00April 10th, 2025|BRKC News, Education, Newsletter, Online News|Comments Off on M. Lane Harrison and the Work of Advancement for MBTS

ReHope enters 2025 with gala, new community of ‘tiny’ homes

By Brian Koonce, reprinted with permission by The Pathway Ministry involved glitz and glamor for one night, on Jan. 25, as ReHope hosted its 11th annual fundraising gala to support its services to survivors of human trafficking. ReHope, a faith-based ministry formerly known as Restoration House, was originally an effort of Blue River-Kansas City Baptist [...]

By |2025-03-10T13:16:25-05:00March 10th, 2025|Assisting Community Transformation, BRKC News, Newsletter, Online News|Comments Off on ReHope enters 2025 with gala, new community of ‘tiny’ homes

Shepherd’s Retreat

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. Mark 6:31-32 The heart behind Shepherd’s [...]

By |2025-02-17T11:28:56-06:00February 17th, 2025|BRKC News, Newsletter, Online News|Comments Off on Shepherd’s Retreat

Help Us Bless UMKC Students!

My name is Kaitlynn King, and I serve as a ministry apprentice for Collegiate Impact at the UMKC campus. Every Thursday at 6pm we invite UMKC students, Christian and non-Christian students, to a house near campus to enjoy fellowship and a free dinner. This serves the campus with both spiritual and physical needs while creating [...]

By |2025-02-12T09:42:24-06:00February 12th, 2025|BRKC News, College Ministry, Gospel Outreach, Newsletter, Online News|Comments Off on Help Us Bless UMKC Students!

George Liele: America’s First Missionary

As I write this article it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  I believe from several years of lived experience that, as believers and the church, we live wiser, more meaningful lives when we have a firm grasp of history and a proper interpretation of the people and events that came before us.  Whether we [...]

By |2025-01-21T09:22:18-06:00January 21st, 2025|DOM Report, Newsletter, Online News|Comments Off on George Liele: America’s First Missionary

Better Together

Twelve years ago, God called us to serve at Beverly Hills Baptist Church (now The Church at Three Trails) in Independence, a church in our association that was near death. I will be honest, when God called us, it was an obvious call and yet there was hesitancy and worry about our future. After all, [...]

By |2025-01-21T08:54:38-06:00January 20th, 2025|BRKC News, DOM Report, Newsletter, Online News|Comments Off on Better Together
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