Strengthening
Their Efforts To Be Healthy In Membership And Leadership- Consultation Weekend – An intensive evaluation of church health with prescriptions for renewed wellness.
- ReFocus – A process of congregational self-discovery to move toward greater church health.
- Coaching – Pastoral, leadership, and congregational coaching offered by trained life and leadership coaches.
2018 Church Leadership Conference Videos
Emil Turner: “The Leader and Failure” Message #1 from the Topeka KS Conference
Emil Turner:“ Servants Lead” Message #2 from the Independence KS Conference
Emil Turner: “Leaders and Change” Message #3 from the Topeka KS Conference
David Manner: “Leading Worship in the Small Church” from the Independence KS Conference
Alden Schoeneberg: “Leading Worship in the Small Church” from the Topeka KS Conference
Steve Reed & Bill Burrows: “Play, Story, Eat: An Outreach Tool” from the Topeka KS Conference
Charlie Robinson: “Planting Churches in Rural Communities” from the North Platte NE Conference
David Martinez: “Identifying and Equipping Leaders in Your Church” from the North Platte NE Conference
Mark Elliott: “Using Volunteers and Volunteer Partnerships in Your Church” from the North Platte NE Conference
Ken Beckner: “Training for Deacon Ministry” from the North Platte NE Conference
Nikki Riley: “WMU in Your Church” from the Independence KS Conference
Mari Parker: “Women’s Ministry in Your Church” from the Independence KS Conference
Jim Lewis: “Church Security: Balancing Mission w/ Security in the Church” from the Dodge City KS Conference
Greg Savage: “Training Lay Preachers” from the Dodge City KS Conference
News and Resources
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....
Simple story of Jesus’ birth resonates with rural community
By Sue Sprenkle The setting was simple — a stable, some hay bales, and a few animals — but the story hundreds gathered in rural Cullison, Kan., to hear was powerful: Jesus was born to be your Savior. Surrounded by animals softly lowing, Steve Taylor opened his Bible...
CrossPoint Church, Concordia, Kan., rejoices over new facility
After meeting in rented facilities, CrossPoint Church, Concordia, Kan., is rejoicing over having its own meeting place. Matthew Carder, campus pastor, wrote this report in the Smoky Hill Baptist Association newsletter: “For the past six-and-a-half years CrossPoint...
Fall semester sees great response at FHSU
“We have been praying for quite some time for God to raise up leaders and to bring us into relationships with the lost,” says Carin Cochran, director of Christian Challenge at Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kan. “We have definitely seen this happen this semester....
Volunteers help with outreach in North Platte, Neb.
A team of four adults from Alabama helped with outreach during Rail Days in North Platte, Neb. The team from Hunter Street Baptist Church in Birmingham worked with Two Rivers Fellowship pastored by Doug Lee. Rail Days was held in three locations in North Platte – Cody...