April 25, 2011
Restore Community Church
Restore Community Church began with a 2007 NACC vision and grew through outreach, small groups, leadership apprenticeships, multisite ministry, and generosity.
Articles for tag: Troy McMahon
October 9, 2010
Shut Up
Janet McMahon encourages Christ followers to build authentic relationships by listening first, asking good questions, and showing genuine interest in people who are far from God.
Enrolling Our Kids in the Jesus Mission
Janet McMahon shares how responsibility, relationship, repetition, and results helped her children process a family move to Kansas City for the planting of Restore Community Church.
August 26, 2009
Interview with Todd Wilson
Todd Wilson discusses multisite churches, leadership strain, church planting, and why the next movement may depend on churches learning to release and send disciples.
August 9, 2009
Loving Our Neighbors, Building Relationships in Kansas City, Missouri
Restore Community Church’s “Reachout” strategy mobilized people for neighborhood service, community partnerships, and global mission, helping the Kansas City church live out the gospel through relationships.
August 5, 2009
More Than Technology, and Not Boring at All
Mark A. Taylor explores how church leaders used Facebook and social networking to extend ministry, build relationships, and practice digital discipleship beyond Sunday morning.
October 12, 2008
Helping People Find Their Way Back to God in Kansas City
Troy McMahon reflects on leaving engineering for ministry, planting Restore Community Church in Kansas City, and living a life shaped by risk, calling, partnership, and no regrets.
September 19, 2007
Interview with Troy McMahon
Troy McMahon’s Route to Church Planting Troy McMahon has taken the nontraditional route to becoming a church planter. After years of leadership in the Navy and at General Mills, he joined the staff of Community Christian Church outside of Chicago and is now moving his family to Kansas City to launch a new church. McMahon describes how his background in engineering, the Navy, and manufacturing shaped his call to vocational ministry. He shares the turning points that moved him from multisite ministry into church planting. He outlines the Kansas City vision, timeline, and early steps toward a March 2, 2008
NACC: Blessings and Disappointments
A reflection from the North American Christian Convention in Kansas City—where connection mattered, church planting took center stage, and leaders announced a future schedule change away from the Fourth of July week.
February 18, 2007
The NACC: Planting a Church in KC!
Dave Ferguson explains why planting new churches reaches people far from God, sharing Uni’s story of recovery and baptism through a new church community—and inviting readers to pray, give, and join a Kansas City launch team connected to the 2007 NACC.
