by KNCSB Admin | Jan 25, 2018 | News
By Doug Lee Ogallala Community Church, Ogallala, Neb., closed its doors Sunday night, Jan. 28, with a celebration service with 23 people present. Why we closed is that four families are moving. The two families remaining felt it was time to close and start a new...
by KNCSB Admin | Jan 15, 2018 | News
By Doug Lee God is slowly but faithfully revealing Himself to Native American families in Alliance, Neb. Solid Rock Baptist Fellowship in Alliance is comprised mostly of Native American families from the Lakota Sioux tribe. It meets once a month. What excites me is...
by KNCSB Admin | Jan 14, 2018 | News
The Morris Baptist Center on the northwest corner of Haskell Indians Nations University, Lawrence, Kan., is a hub for Acts 1:8 outreach. Indian Avenue Baptist Church meets in the center which is named for the late Sam Morris, a Home Mission Board missionary who served...
by KNCSB Admin | Dec 18, 2017 | Starting, Strengthening
By Sue Sprenkle Bivocational pastors could be the key for filling vacant pastorates in rural Kansas-Nebraska churches. David Manner, KNCSB associate executive director, thinks it could be a “game changer” for rural communities. Having a two-career pastor can be...
by KNCSB Admin | Dec 15, 2017 | News
By Sue Sprenkle AUGUSTA, Kan.—Each workstation is a flurry of activity. Plastic bottles stream down the conveyer belts. Hands reach out to adjust the bottle to face the same direction before it goes to plastic wrap packaging. Across the floor, someone shouts above the...
by KNCSB Admin | Dec 1, 2017 | News
“My mom and dad said to be sure to tell you ‘Hi,’” a Super Summer camper would say to Terry McIlvain. McIlvain will retire on Dec. 31 after serving 35 years with the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists. He led the convention’s youth ministry and served as...
by KNCSB Admin | Nov 1, 2017 | News
Kansas City families who lost a loved one to murder in 2017 will hear a message of hope during The Longest Night service. The annual event will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Leawood Baptist Church, 82nd and State Line Road in Leawood, Kan. “Because of our...
by KNCSB Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | News
The memorial service for retired Kansas pastor Wayne Hett will be Sunday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. at New Life Baptist Church, Independence, Kan., where he pastored for many years. Hett died on Friday, Oct. 13, after being in ill health for about a year. Among Hett’s other...
by KNCSB Admin | Oct 10, 2017 | News
Editor’s note: Robbie Nutter is director of Christian Challenge at Kansas State University, Manhattan. By Robbie Nutter My wife, Gail, and I, along with a team from our staff here at Kansas State University, were recently in Germany where I had the chance to teach at...
by KNCSB Admin | Oct 8, 2017 | News
The Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists will increase its giving to the national Cooperative Program by 1.5 percent in 2018. This action came when messengers approved the 2018 KNCSB budget during the convention’s annual meeting. The meeting was held Oct....
by KNCSB Admin | Sep 25, 2017 | News
by Sue Sprenkle Voices sing out—first in English and then Spanish. The transition is smooth as the congregation naturally goes back and forth between the languages. “The precious blood of Jesus Christ; Ve ane su trono El Padre te recibirá.” The worship leader,...
by KNCSB Admin | Sep 20, 2017 | News
A new prayer gazebo in memory of Kyle Pelton was recently erected between the chapel and the swimming pool at Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kan. Kyle grew up attending children’s camp and Super Summer. He also served on the Super Summer collegiate staff. He was a...
