Our History
In July 2002, God began a work in Kansas City that would require devotion and produce fruit for the Kingdom of God. Three of us gathered one evening at 11pm to pray through the night. Our motives were clear: seeking God together to simply know Him better and honor Him. What we thought was a simple prayer meeting was the inception of Carry The Cross Ministries, although at that time we had no inkling of what God was up to.
For the first year and a half following the initial prayer meeting our ministry continued with prayer and grew into bible studies, and street outreaches which consisted of physically carrying a cross to public places to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. As we walked down the streets or stood on street corners we prayed for the city we were in and asked for open doors to share the Gospel. We have traveled to many places to carry the cross including New York City for New Years, Mardi Gras, Washington DC, the Super Bowl, Guatemala, and many others.
However, for us this ministry is not something we must travel to serve in. For the past three years we have carried the cross regularly in our home cities, which are Kansas City, Lawrence, and Los Angeles. God has given us an incredible burden to reach the areas that we are in and we will continue to do weekly outreach in our hometowns. Until now, our outreach has consisted of carrying the cross, setting up tables that advertise “Free Prayer”, and spending time with the homeless on the streets of downtown Kansas City and in Hollywood, CA. Our ministry has now entered another area for outreach. We have purchased an apartment complex in the middle of Kansas City, KS that we call the Firehouse.
The Firehouse is right in the middle of several multi-housing facilities and our hope is to reach out to all who are in our community in whatever way possible. We use the building and the land to do neighborhood outreaches such as block-parties, concerts, bible studies, sports and VBS type activities. It will also be a place where we can provide low or no income housing for those whose path we might cross that we find to have housing needs.
We have been living at The Firehouse for over two years now and have seen God work in amazing ways through our lives and the lives of others. We have served many individuals and families over the past two years and pray that we will continue to be able to serve more.