About Mission Church in Lenexa

Discover Our Story, Our People, Our Mission and Our Love for Kansas City

Welcome to Mission. We’re a new faith community full of people from all over Kansas City who currently gather on Sundays at a co-working facility in Lenexa called Plexpod.

We believe in helping people find their place in a really big story, in being gracious with people from all walks of life and in serving others. If you have given up or never really considered being a part of a faith community, well, you’ll probably fit right in with us.

You can learn more through social media sites, blogs and bios, but the approach is fairly simple… we make friends, we pray continually and we always go for mission.

What We Believe at Mission Church

We believe that when the story of humanity began a long time ago, it was done so in love. Love is risky because love isn’t love unless the other person can walk away. Which is what humanity wound up doing… we walked away. God, unwilling to force His children to turn back, came up with the most unbelievable idea the world has ever seen: He wrote himself into the story. Yes, the author became a character. The Divine became human. God became Jesus.

He showed us not only how to live, but who God was. Jesus was, according to the Bible writers, the exact representation of God. Unfortunately, in our insistence to continue walking away, we couldn’t accept Him as God. So, we killed Him. But, at humanity’s lowest moment, God performed a miracle and resurrected Jesus. God started a new chapter at the intersection of this miracle, and it’s available to everyone. It’s a new way of living, of forgiveness and of hope for the future. It’s a new chapter of love. We believe in making friends, praying continually and always going for mission because we see them as three powerful ways to stay in God’s story of love.

Mission is a member of The Church of the Nazarene

The Mission Team

Jonathan Foster

Lead Follower

Jonathan is an author, the father of three and husband of one. You’ll most often find him reading, hiking, writing or hanging out with the football team at MidAmerica Nazarene University.

Carlos Portillo

Chief Youth Guy

Carlos will play ultimate frisbee anytime. He loves Kansas City, though he dreams often of his mom’s home cooking in Florida. He is passionate, bilingual, an initiator, someone who fiercely cares about kids.

Annie Huff

Lead Worshiper

Annie was raised in wonderful Kansas City, but is an avid Patriots fan. Strange. She is passionate about missions, singing and leading worship! She is pictured here in Haiti with her favorite human, DeLinda!

Shay Foster

Band Guy

Shay plays multiple instruments, coordinates missions trips around the globe and has a special passion for LQVE.org. He speaks Haitian Creole. Oh and he speaks English, too.

Trent & Kalyn Sullivan

The College People

Trent and Kalyn are an introverted couple who love people. They like to cook and read together. Going to Haiti to play soccer with the children is their favorite thing to do.