What Is Catalyst?

Your financial gifts to Second Baptist support our Catalyst Ministry Plan, a strategic map that helps us serve as catalysts for God’s dreams to come true in our church, throughout the KC metro region, and around the world.

We see throughout the Bible that God’s mission is a sending mission. The priorities in our Catalyst Ministry Plan are more than line items on a budget. They represent the many ways your giving supports our “sending out.”

Sent Out from Second Baptist

• Quality and varied worship opportunities

• Discipleship for all ages

• Opportunities for service

• Specialized training and education opportunities

• Chapel renovations to welcome more people into our family of faith

• On-staff coordinators covering missions, engagement, senior adults, and pastoral care

• Technology updates to enhance worship and adapt to our congregation’s needs

Sent Out to Our Community

• Ministries like Vacation Bible School, Masterpiece Art Camp, Serve Days, Trunk or Treat, and the Christmas Store

• Social events for all ages

• Partnerships with organizations like Love INC, In As Much Ministry, Rebuilding Together Kansas City, Meals on Wheels, and Hillcrest Hope

• Service to faculty, staff, families, and students at Schumacher Elementary School

• A Pastoral Residency equipping an associate pastor for a full-time position in another church

• Basic-needs ministries like English as a Second Language and Second Hope, providing low-interest loans to help people escape the trap of payday lending

Sent Out to Our World

• Support of the Upland Holistic Development Project in Southeast Asia

• Partnerships in Slovakia and Ukraine

• Building a new Haiti Medical Center near Grand Goave

• Partnership with the Cheyenne River Reservation in Bridger, South Dakota

• CBF Together for Hope partnerships, serving the twenty poorest counties in the U.S.

• Funding CBF field personnel

• Sponsoring SEND initiative trips

• The Many Hands Fair Trade Shop