Latest Teaching:
Tim Suttle
Lead Pastor
Started on Staff — September 2002
tims@redemptionchurchkc.com
Tim Suttle is a pastor, writer, and musician. His is the author of several books including Shrink (Zondervan 2014), An Evangelical Social Gospel? (Cascade 2011), and Public Jesus (The House, 2012). Tim wrote for the Religion Section of The Huffington Post, and his work has been featured at Sojourners, On Faith, Crosswalk, The Other Journal, and many other magazines and journals. Tim is also the founder and frontman of the popular Christian band Satellite Soul, with whom he toured for nearly a decade. He holds degrees from Kansas State University, B.S., and Nazarene Theological Seminary M.Div., and D.min., writing his dissertation using Continental Philosophy and Psychoanalytic Theory (Lacan, Hegel, Zizek) to construct a theory of meaning and meaningfulness in life.
Tim has planted three successful churches including Redemption Church in Olathe, Kansas, where he is the senior pastor. Tim and his wife, Kristin, live in Kansas City with their two boys. Tim was a founding member of the Associated Ministerial Order (AMO), and is still actively involved in their work. In recent years, Tim helped found the Good Faith Network, an interfaith grassroots organization advocating for well-researched solutions to problems of injustice in Johnson County.
You can follow Tim on Twitter at: @Tim_Suttle and @PhilosophySpks. If you want to keep up with Tim’s most recent writing, he currently blogs for Patheos at Paperback Theology.
Loves: “I love spending time with Kristin and my boys. I’m an avid runner and still love to play and record music. I’ve recently gotten hooked on reading philosophy, and for the past few decades I have kept a growing collection of my favorite quotations (I think I’m at more than 250k words in a word doc.), from which I am constantly posting on Twitter.”
Websites: thegoodfaithnetwork.org, missionstclare.com, associatedministerialorder.org
Latest Teaching:
Mandy Hill
Compassion and Justice Ministry
Started on Staff — January 2008
mandy@redemptionchurchkc.com
Mandy Hill, our director of Compassion ministries, has been a long time member of Redemption Church. Mandy has served in many different areas of ministry, and has been instrumental in establishing Compassion and outreach ministries at Redemption Church.
She has helped to forge partnerships with local ministries such at Mission Adelante, Hope Center,and Via de Esperanza. She joins us now in an official capacity as the director of this vital and growing area of our ministry. When asked about her philosophy of ministry she responded : "my hope is to help people find a path to join in the redemptive work God is doing in our community and in the world." Mandy Lives in Overland Park with her husband Bill and two above average children, Lucas and Sophia.
Favorite websites: Epicurious.com • illdoctrine.com • sojo.net • explorefaith.com • bankofamerica.com.
Latest Teaching:
Lonnie Cole McGee
Youth Ministry
Started on staff - March 2014
cole@redemptionchurchkc.com
Cole McGee, our youth minister, graduated from Manhattan Christian College with a B.S. in Family Ministry in 2007, and from Nazarene Theological Seminary with an M.A. in Theological Studies.
Cole has a desire to see the youth of Redemption to experience belonging with the people of God. He prays for them to know and embody God's story, and for youth of all ages to begin narrating their life with that story. When asked about his philosophy of ministry he said, "I believe that youth have no special standing in the church. I believe they are an equal part of the church. Therefore I work to create space for the church to participate in what God is already doing in their lives and invite the church to actively work so that others may enter into that story."
Here are a few websites Cole frequents: theatlantic.com | 9to5google.com | boardgamegeek.com | fivethirtyeight.com
Beth Price
Administrative Assistant/Office Manager
Started on staff - May 2008
beth@redemptionchurchkc.com
Beth Price was our compassion ministry leader since 2008, but began the position of Administrative Assistant/Office Manager in March 2011. "I loved my time serving in our compassion ministry; not only to watch our church family draw closer to God through serving others, but for the change in my own heart towards the people of this world. Now God has presented an opportunity to serve in another capacity where I can use the administrative and organizational skills he’s given me."
Beth came to Redemption Church with her family in 2005, and has been involved in the church in many ways. She is currently serving on the Elder Board and leads a community group. Beth graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Hotel/Restaurant Administration. She lives in Olathe with her husband Marty and their three boys - Brad, Matthew and Sam. Her passions include sharing Jesus' love with people, watching tennis, and reading.
Her “favorites” folder includes the website for the most recent tennis match, foodnetwork.com, and brianregan.com.
Elders
Redemption church is led through the partnership of pastoral staff, church staff and the elders. These three groups work together to discern God’s leading for our church and then to plan and execute toward that leading. The elders have final say over staffing, financial, and spiritual leadership issues. We attempt to do everything by consensus and generally abide by the admonition from scripture: “be subject to one another.” We do everything out in the open and anyone can see our budget/financial records at any time.
Jo Overholt
Preschool Director
jo@redemptionchurchkc.com
Bio coming soon…
Colton Pittman
Media Director
colton@redemptionchurchkc.com
Bio coming soon…
Todd Way
Worship Director
todd@redemptionchurchkc.com
Bio coming soon…
Nancy Bartelt
Elementary Director
nancy@redemptionchurchkc.com
Bio coming soon…
Andrew thompson
Building and Grounds Director
andrew@redemptionchurchkc.com
Bio coming soon…