Our Story

Get To Know Us

In 2018, Discover Church started with the hope of helping an increasingly de-churched and disconnected people discover that they can belong in church, there is something for their whole family, and that biblical teaching can matter for their Monday.

We have seen hundreds of lives transformed by Jesus, even as we held services in school gymnasiums or online during COVID. We believe the church is not a place but a people. We like to say we are real people with real problems and real hope found in Jesus.

Today, Discover Church is meeting in two locations across Kansas City, helping people discover life in Christ, belonging in community, and purpose in God’s calling, all so we can make a real difference.

Follow Jesus

We lay our YES on the table, hold nothing back, throw caution to the wind, because there is no plan B.

Love Well

We have an irrational pursuit of people, going above and beyond to extend the grace & truth of Jesus.

Keep  it Real

We won’t bow at the altar of image, hide our scars or live behind masks; we are willing to risk rejection for the sake of acceptance & healing.

Laugh Loud

We are fun-loving, big-celebrating people who do serious work but don’t take ourselves too seriously.

Reproduce Ourselves

We embrace the call to expand God's Kingdom by urgently investing in others.

Our Roots

Discover Church was launched out of Abundant Life Church in Lee's Summit, MO. Pastor Jernigan, who served as Student Pastor at Abundant Life for 12 years, felt called to bring the same life-giving church experience to the Northland.

Both Discover Church and Abundant Life are part of the Baptist community, and Pastor Jernigan received training and mentorship through the SEND Network and the Association of Related Churches (ARC).

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How It Started