About Us
At Commission Church, we commission and mobilize passionate followers of Jesus to ENCOUNTER God, CONNECT with others, and IMPACT our world.
How do we ENCOUNTER God?
We encounter God corporately and collectively at our Sunday Worship Service.
Each week, we expect to encounter God here in Kansas City at Commission Church. We believe that gathering together is a powerful experience. When we gather to worship God and take time to hear from him, we believe God joyfully seeks to meet up.
We encounter God through prayer.
We frequently pray together corporately on Wednesdays during our weekly Prayer Service. We also pray for personally. Regardless of where you are physically located, we believe our prayers are heard by God, and that he actively moves in our lives.
We encounter God through community.Whether is our pastors or fellow brother or sister in Christ, we believe God uses others in our life to help us encounter and hear from him. At our church, we know that others are able to speak into our lives with wisdom. God uses us to do his work. We live a a mobilized community, seeking to help those around us encounter God.
How do we CONNECT with others?
We connect with others by attending events.
Whether that is Sunday Worship or our annual Labor Day Celebration, we connect with our church by being present and active in our church community.
We connect with others by joining a Life Group.
We know that it is easy to think of Church as a Sunday event. Life Groups help us get to know others on a deep and personal level. Joining a life group helps you live and know the people in our church.
We connect with others by becoming the family of God.
When you are part of Jesus, you become part of his family. Here at Commission, we truly believe that we have become family to each other. We connect with others, by making them our family. We attend celebrations together (high school graduations, birthday parties, baby showers...). We mourn with each other. We help watch and care for out kids together. We are connected because we are a family.
How do we IMPACT our world?
We impact our world through serving.
We ask that if you are active in our church that you would be mobilized and commissioned to serve. Learn more about serving here.
We impact our world through caring for Kansas City.
Whether that is helping our local school with supplying coats or cleaning the trash in our local neighborhood, we are mobilized to help make a difference in Kansas City.
We impact our world through preaching the Gospel.
Through partners like First Priority of America and Global Missions Teams, we preach the Gospel from our local schools, like Raytown South, to Indonesia.
We impact the world by giving.
Anytime someone new comes to Commission Church, we partner with them to give a gift to one of our top five ministries. At the very foundation of our church, giving empowers our mission. From helping mothers in need find transitional housing here in KC or helping children in India get medical treatment and education, our giving goes to help impact our world.
Values for 2025
Churches and communities change and evolve over time. Right now, there are a few values we are really focusing on in our church for this season. While there are so many things that are important in our lives and church, these values below are what we are currently focused on instilling into our spiritual lives.
Discipleship
In every part of our church, we are taking intentional steps to holistically disciple our community to look like Jesus. This means we daily are being formed and reformed to look more like Jesus in both action and belief.
Missional living
The good news of Jesus needs to be spread—both locally and across the globe. As a church, we are focusing on how we can live missional lives, seeking to share the gospel in our homes, workplaces, neighborhoods, and as we can around the world!
Holy Spirit empowered
Following Jesus in both action and belief is simple, but it is not easy! We need the power and boldness of the Holy Spirit. His power is what enables us to live a commissioned and missional life.
Our beliefs shape everything.
It's the way we think, act, speak, and love one another. It's in the way we raise our families, love our community, and seek the good of others before ourselves. At Commission Church, we believe in a deep, living, and active faith. Our Christian faith is difficult to articulate both quickly and holistically.
However, the Creeds listed are widely affirmed and accepted summaries of the Christian faith. Below, we have also listed some short summaries of other topical areas of our Christian faith.
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic* church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
*that is, the true Christian church of all times and all places
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic* and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
*that is, the true Christian church of all times and all places
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is at the center of everything. Jesus is the King of all things, and as his people we seek to build and grow his Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven. We believe that Jesus is the only one who can reconcile us to God.
The Trinity
We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This miraculous communion is difficult to grasp, but the Athanasian Creed is a helpful aid for engaging the Trinity.
The Bible
We believe that the Bible is God’s word for us. It is accurate in its aim, authoritative over our actions, and applicable to our everyday lives. When read and interpreted with honor, the Bible cannot fail to guide us in our faith.
The Separation
We believe that sin has separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives. Sin is the root of all evil and the reason we need Jesus.
The Reconciliation
We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and reconciliation with God, we must repent of our sins, believe in Jesus, and commit to His will for our lives. As King, Jesus demands our actions align with him. Those who seek to be restored to God follow and obey his commands.
The Church
The Church of Jesus functions as his hands and feet in the world today. We build and further his Kingdom as we await his return. We believe in the power and significance of the Church and the necessity of believers to meet regularly together.
The Blessed Hope
Jesus teaches that he will come to earth again. His physical return marks the pinnacle of his reign. His return will be in power and glory. All who have suffered with Christ and become like him—through belief and fruit—will receive their glory as heirs with Christ, the one and true King!
Ministry Partners and Fellowships
There are lots of ministries we partner with at Commission Church. This list highlights some of our most strategic and frequent partnerships, organizations we regularly work with to make a greater impact in our community and beyond. By connecting with others, we impact our world in a greater way!
The Assemblies of God
Our church is a member of the Assemblies of God USA, a cooperative fellowship of churches united in the core Christian doctrine and Pentecostal practice.
As an autonomous church, we are locally run and governed by our lead pastor and church board, giving us the freedom to shape our ministry according to the needs and culture of our community.
While we benefit from the covering, accountability, and resources of the Assemblies of God, we retain full responsibility for our church’s unique vision, worship style, and outreach.
This partnership allows us to connect with other churches in a shared mission while remaining rooted in our own local expression of the Christian faith.
The Southern Missouri Ministry Network
The Southern Missouri Ministry Network (SMMN) connects us with other Assemblies of God churches across southern Missouri, from Kansas City to St. Louis. Through this network, we participate in youth events, kids events, and conferences, joining with other churches to grow in faith and community. Our partnership with SMMN also allows us to support church planting efforts throughout the region, empowering new churches and expanding the reach of the gospel across our network.
Calcutta Mercy
Calcutta Mercy, founded by the late Huldah Buntain—a beloved hero to many of us at Commission Church—has been serving the people of India with compassion and dedication for decades. We are honored to partner with this impactful ministry that provides essential services, from healthcare to education and nutrition, for those in need in Kolkata and beyond. Our connection to Calcutta Mercy goes beyond a partnership; it’s rooted in a personal relationship with Huldah and her legacy of selfless love. Through this partnership, we’re able to support life-changing programs that bring hope, healing, and the love of Christ to some of the most vulnerable in India.
Convoy of Hope
Our partnership with Convoy of Hope, headquartered here in Southern Missouri in Springfield, is a vital part of our mission to “impact our world.” Convoy of Hope is a global humanitarian organization that works to alleviate poverty, hunger, and suffering through disaster relief, community empowerment, and feeding programs. Being locally connected to this incredible organization allows us to directly support their life-changing efforts, extending our reach beyond our community to bring hope and practical help to those facing crisis and hardship around the world.
📖 The Story of Commission Church
“ONE MORE for Jesus”
Following decades of pastoring in Kansas City, Pastor Fel Bagunu was working to finish his Doctor in Ministry (DMin) when God called him to plant a church instead of leaving the city.
At a evening service at a conference he was attending, God spoke to Dr. Fel to plant a church in Lees Summit, MO in order to reach “ONE MORE” person for Jesus. Dr. Fel spent the next hour praying and responding the Lord. The only person he told, was his wife—Dianna.
Later that very night, only several hours later, Dr. Fel got a text from a local KC businessman pledging money to help plant this new church.
In 2009 and early 2010, Dr. Fel and several families gathered for months on Sunday nights to begin praying for their city and the new church that God was leading them to start.On October 10th, 2010 (10/10/10), GracePointe Community Church hosted its public launch as a new church plant in Lees Summit, MO. Over that first year, GracePointe worshiped early in the morning at 8:30am meeting in another church’s building.
During those early years, Dr. Fel’s hope was to help the people of Lees Summit “Live Fully Alive.”
GracePointe Community Church
Following our time sharing a building with Praise Chapel, we became a mobile church and relocated to the Gamber Community Center in the heart of Lees Summit.
For the next eight years, “The Gamber” was the home of GracePointe Community Church.
Our volunteers spent hours driving our trailer to the Gamber, unloading all our equipment, and setting up our church. We would then worship together, only to tear it all down, load it up, and drive it away to our storage facility.
As we have reflected and looked back on these years, have often felt connected to the wandering of the Israelites in the book of Exodus. We grew together as a family and made many life-long relationships. Inevitably, many people come and go throughout their journey of faith, but GracePointe functioned as a true connecting point for those who called it home. To this day, many people found lasting friends and family at GracePointe.
Looking back, the 2010s tested our church's faithfulness and trust. Without a building, our church often relied on the Lord for provision and wisdom.
By 2018, Dr. Fel and the pastors of our church realized it was time for our church to refocus our church behind an intentional mission. We drafted our current mission statement to “Mobilize passionate followers of Jesus to ENCOUNTER God, CONNECT with others, and IMPACT our world.”
Unknowingly, this was the first step in a large shift and evolution happening in our church.
Commission Church
In 2020, COVID-19 changed our world.
After reflecting on our natural response and practice of church during COVID, our pastors and leaders felt it was need to embody our missional values in a more concise way.
In the summer of 2020, we finalized a deal to buy a 10 acre plot of land on the boarder between Kansas City and north Lees Summit. In conjunction with purchase, we announced at our Groundbreaking Service that we were rebranding and renaming our evolving church from GracePointe Community Church to COMMISSION CHURCH.This rebrand embodied several changes throughout our church community. This growth as leaders prompted us to be intentional about building our local faith community regardless of the trends or normal success metrics within the church world.
Instead of focusing on our Sunday Worship Service as the apex or central aim of our church, our pastors committed to begin a multi-year journey of prioritizing mobilizing our church to take next steps in their faith and daily live out the life of a commissioned follower of Jesus.From 2020 to 2023, our leaders worked diligently to remodel the existing building on our new property into the place we currently worship. In the May of 2023, we were finally moved to 111801 E Bannister Road Kansas City, MO the first home for Commission Church.
We now are in the middle of our journey of becoming a community that lives out our mission statement of being commissioned followers of Jesus.
Questions?
Have a question about Commission Church?
Email us at hello@commissionchurchkc.com or call at (816) 347-1801 to speak with one of our pastors.
