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WELCOME TO ST MATTHEW
LOVING GOD. LOVING PEOPLE.

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OUR VISION

We are making disciples of every individual in our communities and abroad nurturing them to maturity in Jesus Christ and equipping them for mission and ministry.

OUR MISSION

We exist to advance the kingdom of God, proclaiming the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and unconditional love of God to the world.

OUR THEME

"My Brother's Keeper"

#WeAreBetterTogether#

Genesis 4:9 & Luke 15:32

Worship With Us!

Sunday Service - 11am

Sunday School - Online at 9am

Conference Line: 848.220.3300

Passcode:  3254055
(in-person at 9:30am on 4th Sundays)

Children’s Service - Sundays at 11:30am
(2nd & 4th Sundays)

Children's Sunday School on 1st Sundays at 9:30am

Wednesdays Prayer & Bible Study at 6pm via  

(In person on the 2nd Wednesday of each month)

Men's only prayer on Thursdays at 12pm.

(425) 436-6200 Code 349401

OUR PASTOR

William Marcell Brown was born in Kansas City, MO. He attended Hickman Mills High School, graduating in 1997. In the fall of ’97, he attended LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee, graduating in 2003 with a degree in Business Administration. He has been gainfully employed with FedEx since October 9, 2003.

Rev. Brown accepted his call to the Gospel ministry on July 27, 2013, preaching his trial sermon on September 25, 2013. He was ordained as a Deacon in the AME Zion Church on July 15, 2017, under the episcopal leadership of the Bishop Darryl Starnes; the following year on June 30, 2018, Rev. Brown was ordained as an Elder by Bishop Darryl Starnes.

Rev. Brown was assigned his first pastorate in July of 2018 and was blessed to  pastor Speaks Temple AME Zion Church in Omaha, Nebraska for nearly seven years, ending November 10, 2024. On November 9, 2024, Rev. Brown was assigned to his second pastorate under the episcopal guidance of Bishop Daran H. Mitchell to shepherd Saint Matthew AME Zion Church in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rev. Brown is excited about the opportunity to become a better servant leader during his tenure at Saint Matthew AME Zion Church and is looking forward and upward in a collaborative effort with the people of God to go to ‘Higher Ground’.

‘My heart has no desire to stay where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound, My prayer, my aim, is higher ground. Lord, lift me up, and let me stand By faith, on heaven’s tableland; A higher plane than I have found, Lord, plant my feet on higher ground’.

Rev. Brown’s favorite Scriptures are Psalm 112 and Psalm 119. He enjoys reading God’s Word & spending time with his family.

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OUR HISTORY

In the gospel of St. Mathew 18:20, these words of Jesus are recorded:  “For where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them.”

His word was fulfilled in 1908 when a few black Christian women of different persuasions started an Interdenominational Church and named it Union Church.  They held worship services in a house at or near 3816 E 28th Terrace, in their community called Roundtop.

A few years later, three God-fearing pioneers, Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mrs. Alice Quarles and Mrs. Ellen Watson, felt the need for a Methodist Church in the community and began worship services in a tent on a vacant lot at 2801 Mersington.

These three women enlisted the services of two Methodist ministers, Rev. Bennet and Rev. Black to hold a revival and to lead them in purchasing the lot.  The lot was later purchased by Bishop L.W. Kyles.  (Records are not available as to when the building was erected.)

In 1912 Bishop G.L. Blackwell reported to the General Conference that two churches had been received in the Kansas City District.  One of those churches was St. Mathew; the other was St. James, currently known as Metropolitan.  Thus our cornerstone reads, “St. Matthew A.M.E. Zion Church, June 19, 1912, Rev. Chapple, Pastor.”

Episcopal leaders having jurisdiction over the Missouri Conference, of which we are a part, were Bishops George L. Blackwell, A.J. Warner, J.W. Wood, J.W. Martin, W.C. Brown, Joseph D. Cauthen, W.A. Hilliard, George J. Leake, John H. Miller, Ruben L. Speaks, Enoch B. Rochester, Kenneth Monroe, Darryl B. Starnes, Dr. Michael A. Frencher and presently Daran Mitchell.

Presiding Elders who have served the Kansas City District are the Reverends Frank Alstork, S.D. Martin, F.Z. Flack, James F. Gray, George W. Whisonant, Samuel L. Hopkins, Joseph H. Jones Sr., Harvest T. Wilkins, Kenneth Monroe, Michael L. Murray, and presently, Seth M. Moulton.

Pastors appointed to St. Matthew were Reverends Chappel, Canty, S.S. Ingram, Broomfield, J.C. Webb, W.A. Hilliard (later became a Bishop), Ben Blanks, George W. Whisonant, G.M. Howell, Annie M. Webb, Milford S. Vaughn, Jesse L. Williams, Dr. Osofo L.H. McDonald, Terry L. Jones Sr., Herolin Aiken, Vince L. Monden, Lloyd W. McKenzie Jr., D’Andre W. James-Daniels, Kelsey M. Hopson, Dr. Charles W. Thurman Jr., and William Marcell Brown.

The question may be asked as to why and how did this congregation decide to relocate to Linwood and Kensington?

During the administration of Rev. Jesse L. Williams at 2801 Mersington, additional ground was purchased and plans were drawn to build a new edifice east of the existing building facing Myrtle.  This plan failed to materialize.  In July of 1977, Dr. Osofo McDonald was appointed pastor of St. Matthew.

On Mother’s Day, May 14, 1978, the old church building collapsed due to its age.  We then began to hold our worship services in the nearby Seventh Day Adventist Church located at Linwood and Spruce.  Later we held combined services with the congregation of the Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, 2828 Prospect, while seeking a place to build a new church.

The lots at 4400 Linwood Blvd. were for sale and an agreement was made with the Oakwood Baptist Church.  The ground was purchased in 1978 and plans were made to construct a new edifice.  The persons responsible for the acquisition of this property and building were Dr. McDonald, Presiding Elder Dr. Joseph H. Jones, and Bishop George J. Leake.

Groundbreaking services were held at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church at 11:00 am, March 24, 1979.  Immediately following the service, we proceeded to the new building site at 4400 Linwood for the ground to be broken with construction beginning shortly thereafter.  The first official meeting held in this new building was the first Check-Up Meeting of the Missouri-Colorado Conference on November 14, 1981.  Dr. McDonald presided, and the first sermon was delivered by Bishop John H. Miller.

We are grateful for the vision and the tenacity of these three saints, Sisters Mary Stewart, Alice Quarles and Ellen Watson, who gave life to the St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

During our history, St. Matthew has come from a canvass tent with dirt floors and kerosene lamps to a pre-cast concrete stone building with wall-to-wall carpeting, padded pews, paved parking lot, gas, water, electricity and central air.  For all these things, we are thankful.

To God be the glory for the great things He has done in the life of St. Matthew.  We are abundantly blessed.

 

MINISTRIES

Outreach Team

The Outreach Team strives to assess the needs of the individuals who reside in the 64128 area.   

Men's Choir

The Choir facilitates worship through music that glorifies God.

Usher Board

Ushers make members and visitors feel comfortable and offer the love of Christ as all enter to worship.

CHILDREN'S ZONE

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The Joy of Generosity

St. Matthew AME Zion Church is a generous body of believers.  Please give as much as you are able to help us with our mission of transforming lives in our community and beyond. You can easily donate by clicking on the Givelify icon on this website, via your mobile device using the Givelify app or contribute during each of our services. “You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure.  For God loves a person who gives cheerfully” (2 Corinthians 9:7). Thank you for your faithful support.

Where's Your Offering

Genesis 22:1-12 NIV

Rev. W. Marcell Brown

May 4, 2025

22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” 3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together. 9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

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Call To Worship

Call to Worship 1 st Corinthians 11:23-26,NIV Leader: For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,  and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”  People: In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” Altogether:   For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

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Please join us on Wednesdays for Prayer at 5:30pm via        

and in person every 2nd Wednesday. 

 

We also have Men's only prayer on Thursdays at 12pm. Dial phone # (425) 436-6200 Code 349401

You're invited to submit your prayer requests or praise reports below.

Your requests will be forwarded and we will contact you if necessary.

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