By Gregg Boll Southern Baptists Take Strong Actions to Stop Sexual Abuse in Our Churches Most of you are aware that the Southern Baptist Convention has been addressing the problem of sexual abuse and assault in recent years. After an investigative report by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express revealed that over a 20-year [...]
Associate Director’s Report By Gregg Boll Pastors Retiring and the SBC’s Leadership Crisis I want to congratulate and express my deepest appreciation for several of our BR-KC pastors who have retired in the last few years after long, faithful pastorates. Forgive me if I leave anyone out, but here is the list of retiring pastors [...]
By Luis M Mendoza On Thursday, February 23, under the sponsorship of BR-KC Baptist Association and The Multiethnic Church Planting Center, we held an Immigration Information Meeting at Iglesia Bautista Palabra Viva. The purpose of these gathering was threefold: First, understand the ways God wants us to treat the foreigner residing among us. Second, explaining [...]
Around 75 of our BR-KC pastors and their wives shared an evening of fun, food and entertainment last Friday evening (2/3). David Smart, professional guitarist, was the entertainment. He shared several musical numbers including some he had written. David is a Christian Music Instrumentalist of the Year recipient three times and has performed with Larnel [...]
By Angelica Carpenter, MWMU, Reprinted with permission by The Pathway At the April 2022 Missouri Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) Missions Celebration, Baptist Homes and Healthcare Ministries sponsored a meal for attending conference leaders, board members and guests. As Ron Mackey, Vice President for Community Engagement, shared about the plans for expansion and ministries happening at [...]
By Michael R. Smith, Reprinted with permission by The Pathway As 2022 draws to a close Rodney Hammer, executive director of the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association (BRKC), prepares to leave that work to move full time in 2023 into leading an organization he founded at the association - Restoration House. Restoration House, rebranded this [...]
Ministering to Newcomers Thousands of people coming from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Colombia have come to the United States in the last ten months. Some of those people have come to the Kansas City area. They have left their country for distinct reasons; some were being persecuted for the dictators of their own countries, others [...]
Question number one. “How and when did your ministry begin? “ During the crippling recession of 1981-82, I found myself out of employment. This long season of struggle to provide for my family became a great tool in Gods hand. It forced my wife, Paula, and I into a season of intense soul searching. We [...]
Written by Tharran Gaines, reprinted with permission by The Pathway. Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) is known for its slogan of "Bringing Help, Hope and Healing." However, it's not always in that order. It's been said that following a disaster like Hurricane Ian, it takes two or three days for the shock and adrenaline experienced [...]
Written by Brian Koonce, reprinted with permission by The Pathway. During their 188th annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 24-25, messengers of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) elected four new MBC officers. Coming from 470 Missouri Baptist churches across the state, 1,035 messengers and 226 guests attended the two-day meeting. The [...]
