Christmas and the New Year are fast approaching. It’s that time of the year which gives us the opportunity to pause, take a deep breath, enjoy family, and watch some ball games. I pray you have a Merry Christmas! I am excited about beginning a new year as your Director of Missions and the many [...]
In January 2023, Bill Denman from Sterling Acres approached Pastor Travis Yeargans, Sr., from River’s Edge Fellowship about a potential merger. After much prayer and discussion with the River’s Edge elders, they decided to present the idea to the congregation. The congregation excitedly approved the idea and the discussion to merge began in earnest. Just [...]
Other than it being a Chief’s game night, everything else was perfect for our fall Semi-Annual Meeting on October 1. The Road Church members and Elders Dale Smith and Charles Ackman were gracious hosts in their newly constructed church. It really is a beautiful facility, and we appreciate them being so hospitable. Several ministries were [...]
The Executive Director Search Committee is pleased to announce that on October 1 at our regularly scheduled BRKC associational meeting the delegates from our BRKC churches unanimously voted to call Gregg Boll as our new Executive Director. Your search committee was made up of the following individuals: Alan Shelby, Carson Conover, Gary Jones, Luiz Mendoza, [...]
I have good news to share, BRKC! By God’s grace: In August, we added 2 new Ministry Apprentices to our staff team: Kaitlynn King (UMKC) and Caleb Fain (Maple Woods). We have a gospel ministry presence on 8 Kansas City area campuses this year. In the first weeks of the fall semester, our staff and [...]
We hope you’ll mark your calendars right now for our BR-KC Semi-Annual Meeting at The Road Church (4108 S Buckner-Tarsney Rd, Grain Valley MO) on October 1, 5pm-8 pm as it promises to be an especially crucial and engaging evening. I have invited pastor Jeremy Conrad to share the Calvary Family of Churches story. It [...]
By Gregg Boll, Associate Director of Missions The 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting Highlights (Part 2) I encourage you to read part 1 in last month’s newsletter about the value of Cooperation in the SBC, if you haven’t already. In this article I want to zero in on the action of the messengers that [...]
By Alan Findley, Lead Pastor Saturating Our Community One of the first things you see when you step inside the building for Overflow Church (other than the smiling faces excited to greet you) is our Saturation Map. This is a visual of where our people have been placed by God all across the area… where [...]
By Chris Williams, Senior Pastor at Fellowship Church Fellowship Church’s story can be summed up in three words. ”Beauty from Ashes.” In 2011 we began as a legacy church plant in a donated facility with a few amazing folks. It was in those early days the Lord began to build the desire within our church [...]
By Gregg Boll In this first article I want to address cooperation and unity around the gospel. In the next newsletter (Part 2) I plan to share some of the decisions made during this year’s SBC Annual Meeting and the impact upon faith and practice in our churches. Every year in June, representatives we call [...]
