Blue River - Kansas City Baptist Association

Blue River - Kansas City Baptist Association The Association is made up of 125 churches and missions, primarily in Jackson and Cass counties.

The Association was started in 1981 with the merging of the Blue River and the Kansas City Baptist Associations. Both of these Associations had long histories in this part of Missouri, but the purpose of this page is to give a summary about the Association as it stands today. Our churches are rural, urban, suburban, large, small, blue collar, white collar, traditional, contemporary, blended and al

l Baptist. We have 24 predominantly African-American churches, 7 Hispanic congregations, and language missions and churches that worship in Russian, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese and Haitian. We have churches that target a specific segment of the population such as AZ-U-R, a church in Lee’s Summit that worships using rock music, and Paradise Outfitters, a church in Oak Grove that attracts outdoorsmen and their families. The Association builds its ministries around a strategic plan called VISION 2020. Dr. Rodney Hammer became the Executive Director of the Association in October of 2008 and led us in a visioning process that resulted in the identification of five ministry areas we call VISION 2020. Those five areas are:

Gospel Outreach
Resourcing Churches
Assisting Community Transformation
Church Planting
Equipping Leaders

The GRACE acrostic is used to remind us that all we do is through the grace and mercy of God, and without his blessing, our work is in vain.

BRKC e-newsletter -
06/10/2026

BRKC e-newsletter -

The joy and beauty of cooperating together to see healthy churches multiply and existing churches strengthened. Thank yo...
05/27/2026

The joy and beauty of cooperating together to see healthy churches multiply and existing churches strengthened. Thank you for your cooperation.

Remembering and Honoring those who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms we cherish.
05/25/2026

Remembering and Honoring those who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms we cherish.

The 2026 World Cup is coming to Kansas City!BRKC is partnering with the Missouri Baptist Convention to recruit volunteer...
05/21/2026

The 2026 World Cup is coming to Kansas City!
BRKC is partnering with the Missouri Baptist Convention to recruit volunteers for Game Day Evangelism (see page 8 under "Informational Slides"). Volunteers will be located in strategic areas around the stadium on game days, distributing Yellow Cards featuring a QR code that links to a gospel presentation video in multiple languages.

Tracts, soccer balls and more can be purchased through the Gospel Store. These items can also be used during Game Day Evangelism. BRKC has funds available if your church would like to participate but may not be able to afford the materials. Funds will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

If you would like to participate in Game Day Evangelism, registration must be completed through the Missouri Baptist Convention. Please scan the QR code above or click here to apply: https://mobaptist.servicereef.com/events/missouri-baptist-convention/word-cup-2026-evangelism-opportunity-kansas-city-mo

After registering through the MBC, you will be contacted by your area coordinator to schedule orientation and training.

We are grateful that God has provided this opportunity to reach the nations right here in Kansas City and we hope you will take advantage of this exciting outreach opportunity!

Informational Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11opxeO0p-96QaiD8TDin7KGkBUbD_9zi/view?usp=sharing

Yellow Card Gospel Presentation: https://yellowcardinitiative.com/en

Gospel Store: https://www.thegospelstore.org/store

We are Better Together! Look at all that happened this year through Collegiate Impact.
05/05/2026

We are Better Together! Look at all that happened this year through Collegiate Impact.

04/30/2026

Let's Celebrate how the Lord is working in our Churches. 909 Baptisms in 2025 up from 583 in 2024. Keep pressing on!!

04/23/2026

So much exciting ministry is happening across BRKC! If you weren’t able to attend our Spring Meeting, you can still check out all the updates in our Book of Reports:

Our Spring Semi-Annual Meeting is this Sunday! We hope you join will us!
04/13/2026

Our Spring Semi-Annual Meeting is this Sunday! We hope you join will us!

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Greenwood, MO
64034

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Tuesday 9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 3:30pm
Thursday 9am - 3:30pm

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