The LORD is active among many people groups in Kansas City as He sends out laborers and draws people to Himself from all tribes and tongues. Because of the LORD's leading and investment of BR-KC, MBC, and NAMB, the People Teams ministry has been able to challenge the Greater Church in Kansas City to pray [...]
The children of Spring Valley Baptist and their teachers have designed bookmarks that have been laminated to sell for a dollar each to make money to buy goats through World Vision to end hunger and human trafficking. We will offer a World Vision magazine to each person who buys a bookmark. TIME April 28, 10:00am [...]
BR-KC Approves 4 Diverse Churches for Membership April 8th was a record-breaking night for BR-KC. The Credentials Committee of BR-KC recommended a record number of churches for membership at the Spring Semi-Annual Meeting hosted by The Church at Three Trails in Independence. The motion, presented by Pastor Welby Jones, Chairman of the Credentials Committee, unanimously approved [...]
Since 2011, BR-KC has partnered with an NGO and local Ethiopian churches to train up church leaders, empower refugees, and bring hope of a better life to Eritreans and Ethiopians in Northern Ethiopia. BR-KC takes two trips each year in January and July. If you are interested in learning more about why we partner with Ethiopia and what [...]
By Britney Lyn Hamm KANSAS CITY, MO-- The 4th Annual Hope Now Freedom Gala, benefiting the Restoration House of Greater Kansas City, was held for the second year in a row at the Intercontinental on the Plaza on January 20. Over 615 gathered for the event, which featured a VIP social on the rooftop with [...]
HARRISONVILLE, MO--When Ernie Cecil became pastor of Antioch Southern Baptist Church, a gallon of gasoline sold for $1.05. At Antioch, Pastor Ernie (as he is known by his congregation) has performed 251 baptisms and 158 funerals. Furthermore, he has joined 94 couples in matrimony, including the oldest couple to be married in Missouri history. On [...]
by Carson Conover Longview/Blue River Community Colleges. Originally published in the February 2018 edition of our Missions & Ministry Newsletter. New Semester The spring semester is underway! We spent time this week with student leaders hosting a table event on campus to recruit new people. We had students fill out 30 second surveys to gauge [...]
by Alan Shelby, Lead Pastor; edited by Britney Hamm. Originally published in the February 2018 edition of our Missions & Ministry Newsletter. They had an $11,000 monthly mortgage on the building they had renovated three years before and a $5000 payment on the old property across I-70. Yet less than 100 active members filled their [...]
Pastors and staff; Here is an International Mission trip opportunity for you and your church. Kansas City Kansas Baptist Association (KCKBA) works with International Commission and with pastor Scott Mayse who coordinates these mission trip opportunities. This one is July 11-20 to Brazil. These are great evangelistic trips. Scott does all the training/planning and coordinating [...]
by Travis Hamm, Kansas City Collegiate Impact and MBC Collegiate Strategist For the last 10 years Impact has been sharing the gospel and making disciples at UMKC. God has worked to bring students to faith in Jesus and be sent out as His ambassadors. Meanwhile there are over 39,000 college students on 8 campuses in the [...]
