The Kansas Region is in the heartland of our nation: Kansas is so much the heartland that the geographic center of the contiguous United States is located in north central Kansas. The topography is varied with wide-open spaces in western Kansas, rolling hills in the northeast and a mix of forest and grassland in the southeast.

The 100 congregations in Kansas [97 established and 3 in-formation] rank in the top ten regions in 2006 in Disciples Mission Fund giving and operate with an annual budget of $1,509,751 (2006). The average worship attendance for all reporting Kansas congregations is 8,933 with 15,975 participating members (2006). There are currently 191 ministers with Standing in the Kansas Region.

The current ministerial leadership for the Kansas Region comes from a regional minister, an associate regional minister and two interim associate regional ministers. The side bar on this page takes you to their individual bio pages. The professional staff operates out of three offices. The regional minister and one associate regional minister are located in Topeka. An associate regional minister each is in the Wichita area office and the Great Bend office for western Kansas..

There is a Regional Assembly in the fall of even-numbered years. Attendance approaches 600 church members from around the region, including youth. The region maintains one camp ground: Disciples Center-Tawakoni (Augusta). There is a Youth Convention in odd-numbered years and an emphasis upon integrating youth into the Regional Assembly in the even-numbered years. Over 375 youth attended the 2005 Youth Convention in Salina.

The Region directly relates with Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK, Tennyson Center for Children in Denver, CO, and Kansas Christian Home in Newton, KS. Disciples have responded to the devastating Greensburg tornado with Disciples Volunteering mission stations.

In the summer of 2007 Week of Compassion (WOC) responded to the flooding in SE Kansas with more than $22,000 distributed through seven Disciples churches.  Church World Service (CWS) has provided health kits, cleanup kits and school kits, as well. In December of 2007 WOC responded to massive and extended power outages after a huge ice storm by sending seven electric generators to Holton, Kansas. These generators are now the property of the Christian Church in Kansas to be used wherever emergency power in needed around the region.

Watch for WOC updates at www.weekofcompassion.org

Meanwhile funding is always needed.  Send checks to WOC, with or without a designated emergency noted.