Travis Hamm, UMKC and Rockhurst The school year has begun on colleges in Kansas City, and that means we are busy connecting with new students. I often share with others that there is a real need for ministries to college students on college campuses. My interactions with three students this past week only reinforced this [...]
It’s always amazing to watch the Lord work. The Credentials Committee had that privilege recently when they met to interview two churches desiring membership into the Association. We watched the Lord bring people together that ordinarily would never have met. Pastor Anthony Mondaine from Restoration Life Church met with the committee and brought his wife, [...]
The fall Semi-Annual Meeting met for the 38th Year of the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association. The meeting was held at Abundant Life Baptist Church in Lee’s Summit. Dr. Rodney Hammer interviewed Pastor Luis Sanchez from Primera Iglesia Bautista de Independence, asking how he was called to the ministry and got into church planting as [...]
In September of 2018, we found ourselves at a crossroads at Immanuel Baptist Church. Even though our building sits on a busy major thoroughfare in Independence, MO, we had continued to see numbers dwindle on Sundays and our connection to our community grow ever more distant. The leadership team found themselves in the unenviable role [...]
After several years of not having a dedicated Disaster Relief Team, BR-KC is now back in the DR ministry. The unified efforts of all the State Baptist Disaster Relief teams makes Southern Baptists the third largest Disaster Relief provider in the world. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams show up at nearly every major disaster in [...]
About a year ago Norfleet Baptist Church received a call from a young mother from a nearby neighborhood... She was looking for a place that could host her youngest daughter’s first birthday party. It was going to be a grand party since the little girl was a testament to the power of prayer. There was [...]
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 [...]
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. -Matthew 5:14 What an amazing picture of truth that Jesus paints for his disciples found in this passage of Matthew. This is a truth that energizes the people of New City-Loma Vista, once known as Loma Vista [...]
How does your church welcome a guest or first-time visitor? According to a study done by LifeWay, the majority of churches look for multiple ways to connect with visitors which can sometimes be challenging. Some visitors want to remain anonymous while others are happy to leave a record of their visit. In recent years, a [...]
Manna Fellowship's Pantry Introduces Bread of Life to Pleasant Hill Community by Mitch Shiffer reprinted with permission from The Pathway and edited for length In Exodus 16, God fed the Israelites with bread from heaven. He fed them with manna. In Northwestern Cass County, Manna Fellowship Church feeds the needy with the love of Christ—and [...]
