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 [...]
by Geoffrey Arbuckle, President First, greetings to all of you, my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. It is a privilege to be able to write this note of thanks and gratitude for all that you have done, continue to do, and will do moving forward, in support of our faith-based mission to heal and [...]
Travis Hamm and Carson Conover are ministering to the students on area college campuses. They recently shared updates about the exciting things God is doing in the area of collegiate ministry. Travis Hamm - UMKC/Rockhurst Great Commission Conference On February 21-24, ministry leaders and students from all around Missouri attended the Great Commission Conference. It [...]
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 [...]
By Ray Gurney, pastor of Cross Creek Baptist Church 8th Annual Event Organizing and pulling off an event is not easy, especially for a small church with an aging congregation. Despite that, Cross Creek held our 8th Annual Car Show on Saturday, September 23rd. God gave us the perfect day; the blue sky and mild [...]
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 Carson Conover, Campus Ministries at Longview and Blue River Community College ([email protected]) It’s difficult to adequately share about the work of God in the lives of students over the past ten years at MCC-Blue River and MCC-Longview. While it would be impossible to share every detail and story of what God has been doing [...]
