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Developing and Planting Healthy Churches

From the D.O.M.: Glenn Davis
Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Heart of Kansas Southern Baptist Association is an association of churches with many resources and opportunities. In my first few months as your Director of Missions I have come to appreciate the pastors and churches. I look forward to this next year with excitement and expectation.

Jesus calls us to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and throughout the world. As we take that calling seriously, we must realize that the task is too great for any one church. It is a task that will require that we work together, under His Headship. That cooperation among believers in the local church, and among like-minded churches, is the means by which God intends that His work be done.

God could do this without us at all. But in His divine and perfect plan, He calls us to serve in His Kingdom work. This is a great opportunity given to us. We have the privilege of serving our King.

As we consider what that looks like in HOKSBA, our strategy involves developing healthy churches, and planting new ones.

  • As an association we want to work with our existing churches to develop healthy churches who are actively sharing the gospel of Christ and moving people toward spiritual maturity. Jesus called it "making disciples". Healthy churches have an inherent desire to join with other churches in cooperation and fellowship for the purposes of Christ.
  • As an association we want to assist churches in planting new churches. We want to provide resources and encouragement to existing churches and church plants that will assist them in their mission of reaching people with the gospel.

Our goals in 2009 are to either begin or continue to support two Anglo church plants, two Hispanic church plants, and work with a new African American church. We anticipate Abraham Arevalo serving full time with HOKSBA as a Hispanic Church Planting Strategist. And we will continue to see International Students coming to faith in Christ and being discipled to return to their homes on mission for the extending of His Kingdom. Thank you for your assistance in these ministries.