The Johnsons

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Brian and Kristen Johnson have been serving in ministry together since before they graduated high school. From the streets of Philadelphia to the desert of Arizona, from the inner city to the rural context, being “on mission” has always been a part of their story. Church planting is another clear story line, whether it was leading worship for a small church plant in north Alabama, launching and leading a church plant in northwest Atlanta, or planting a church site in an Irish Bred Pub in west Alabama, they have always been a part of new endeavors. 

For nearly four years they served with the team of Westside Family Church in Kansas City where Brian led worship in a video venue, supported the training of short-term mission teams and helped develop and lead two missional learning communities: BLESS and Simple Church. The BLESS Learning Community is based on five incarnational rhythms that help everyday people live like missionaries where they live, work, learn and play. The Simple Church Learning Community then helps these missionaries develop micro-expressions of church in their neighborhoods and networks of relationships. More than just multiplying these learning communities, these missionary rhythms are a part of their everyday life as they develop and lead their own micro-church in their neighborhood. 

The Johnsons believe this call to plant The Kansas City Underground is something for which their story has always been preparing and leading them towards. This next step of faith will pull together and leverage the experiences and learning, the gifts and calling, the wounds and healing of their entire lives, leveraging it all for the deepest impact. They’ve never felt so sure of something to which Jesus has called them.

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