KANSAS EAST ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS
Pastor Aaron H. Henson, Sr.
President
Bishop L.F. Thuston
Jurisdiction Prelate
The Kansas East Jurisdiction Home and Foreign Missions Department has a rich history in our church as a branch of this great jurisdiction that has assisted those in need for over thirty years. Since the first president of the Kansas East Jurisdiction Home and Foreign Missions Department, Pastor Robert F. Johnson Sr., to his predecessor, Pastor Terry Bradshaw Sr, till now, this department strives for continued excellence in serving and reaching out to the communities in which the Kansas East Jurisdiction makes up. Rather inside or outside of the Kansas East community of churches the clarion call that was given to us by Jesus Christ has been and continues to be the model for the Home and Foreign Missions Department of Kansas East. For he said in Matthew 25:35-36, “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
Donating not only items and goods to those communities through out the brotherhood, the Home and Foreign Missions Department has also volunteered time and other resources to fuel this department to be seen as a tool to help make a positive difference in the lives of those who Jesus loves most –2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
As we move forward into 21st century ministry we realize that methods are ever changing in an effort to stay effective in the battle of winning lost souls. We in the Department of Missions also realize however, that some things yet must remain the same. The physical needs of GOD’s people are great, and there has to be a resource to address those basic needs in life. The Kansas East Department of Missions is committed to being that resource for we know that, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”—Matthew 25:40