CHURCH HIGHLIGHT
Emmaus Church LOCATION: KANSAS CITY, MO
Midwestern Seminary is blessed to be located in Kansas City, a city continuing to grow in its number of gospel-centered, healthy churches. One of these churches is Emmaus Church. Emmaus exists to declare and display the gospel of Jesus. Since Emmaus began in 2015, the church has sent dozens of members to plant churches and pastor congregations around the world. Tyler Greene, Emmaus’ pastor for preaching and leadership, joined us for this edition’s church highlight to discuss training church planters and developing church planting churches.
MBTS Since Emmaus first began as a church plant, it has sent many leaders to plant churches throughout the world. Can you tell us a little more about the history of Emmaus and how your conviction for church planting has developed throughout the years? TYLER GREENE Since the very beginning of Emmaus, our mission has been to declare and display the gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the key aspects of this mission has always been and will continue to be multiplying churches. In the past, our emphasis has been on equipping men to be pastors and church planters in whatever context God has called them to serve. There has always been a recognition that our
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proximity to Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College has provided us with a unique opportunity to equip men who are training for ministry. We get to be part of their development in a way that complements their seminary training. In 2023, however, Emmaus had the privilege to plant a new church here in Kansas City. We sent about 30 of our covenant members to start Trinity Church, which gathered to worship God for the first time on Easter Sunday. In light of Emmaus’ vision to see churches multiplied, this was a pivotal moment of development for us and an absolute thrill. Sending Trinity is only the beginning, though. We want to be directly involved in seeing more churches planted and
