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College/seminary scholarships are available
The KNCSB Christian Higher Education Commission offers scholarships to students who are: Active members of KNCSB churches In their first year pursuing a bachelor’s degree at a Southern Baptist college/university (This includes freshman or transfer students). In a...
KNCSB Mission Board acts on annual meeting business
By Eva Wilson In 2021 the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists will raise its giving to the national Cooperative Program by one half of 1 percent to 30 percent. The 2020 KNCSB annual meeting was cancelled due to the coronavirus. So the KNCSB Mission Board...
David Manner elected as fifth KNCSB executive director
By Jonathan Howe SALINA, Kan. (BP) -- David Manner, a 20-year veteran of Southern Baptist work in Kansas-Nebraska was named the new state executive director for the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists on Friday, Oct. 16. He was elected to the post by the...
‘Leave room for the mystery of God’
By Robbie Nutter My mentor Bob Anderson used to always tell me that in ministry, “We have to leave room for the mystery of God.” Maybe in that regard 2020 has been a gift to us. I know it has brought on a lot of fear, heartache, and frustration. It has also brought a...
Pray for student leaders to reach fellow students
KNCSB collegiate ministries are experiencing new challenges as they minister during the coronavirus crisis. Ryan Stelk sent this report. He is director of Christian Challenge at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Our student leaders are giving effort to reach their...
Stories from KNCSB international workers are now available
The Christmas season is just around the corner. Many Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptist churches collect the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions® during this time. Week of Prayer for International Missions will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 6. KNCSB has...
New church launches in De Soto, Kan.
Reach Church De Soto in De Soto, Kan., on the western edge of the Kansas City area, held its official launch on Sunday, Aug. 2, with two services. It is a new campus of Lenexa Baptist Church in nearby Lenexa, Kan. Ryan McDaniel is campus pastor. The church meets in...
Pastor cluster groups help with retention in rural areas
Editor’s note: John Shields is one of the featured missionaries for the 2020-21 KNCSB Associational and State Missions Offering. The offering goal is $210,000. Half of all receipts will be returned to the association where the money was given. Find offering resources...
Annual missions offering benefits KNCSB and associations
“Celebrating 75 Years of Sharing the Gospel in Every Town, City and Campus” is theme of the 2020-21 KNCSB Viola Webb Associational and State Missions Offering. The offering goal is $210,000. Fifty percent of offering receipts go to the association where it was given....
David Martinez helps lead efforts to start Hispanic churches
Editor’s note: David Martinez is one of the featured missionaries in the 2020-21 Kansas-Nebraska Associational and State Missions Offering. Like other pastors, the coronavirus crisis changed the way he is doing ministry. Some of the ministries mentioned here were...
LifeWay announces 2021 VBS theme
By Aaron Wilson NASHVILLE (BP) -- Next summer, kids will roll up their sleeves and grab excavation gear as they head to archaeological sites in present-day Israel with "Destination Dig," the 2021 Vacation Bible School theme from LifeWay Christian Resources. In...
New City Church receives gift of another church facility
For this third time in nine years a church has given its property and facilities to New City Church, Shawnee, Kan. In February Matt Miller, campus pastor of New City Church Shawnee, was connected with Shawnee Boulevard Christian Church, Kansas City, Kan. “Over the...
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