Kansas Expressway Church of Christ

Elders

Jerry R. Sullins became an elder at K.E. in 2006 and is currently the director of the Bible Institute of Missouri in Springfield, MO. He enjoys fishing and spending time with family.

His wife, Edith is the librarian at the Bible Institute. They have three daughters and one son: Tara Sullins; Rachel Sullins; Laurie Macy, and Ray Sullins and wife, Cindy, all of Springfield. Their son, Ray is the minister for the Kansas Expressway Church of Christ. Jerry Edith spent several years in Africa where Jerry was the director of the Botswana Zambia School of Biblical Studies.

Jerry also, is the Supervisor of two Preacher Training Schools in Africa located in Zambia and Uganda. He has been a preacher for five congregations in the U.S. for a period of 20 years. The Sullins lived in Africa for a period of almost 20 years in three African countries to plant churches and establish full-time preacher training schools.

Jerry and his wife Edith have been married since 1962 and have been blessed with 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

David Fielder David has been a member of the Lord’s church since 1971 and became an elder in 2019. David started attending the Johnston and Dale Church of Christ, the predecessor of the Kansas Expressway congregation, with his parents in 1963. David has preached and taught high school, college and adult classes, as well as presenting Wednesday night devotionals. He has taught at marriage seminars and the Bible Institute of Missouri Tuesday evening classes. He enjoys bringing alive stories and lessons from the Bible to the young people each year at Happy Hollow Bible Camp.

He graduated from Drury University and the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. He served as Editor in Chief of the Missouri Law Review. David has practiced law in Springfield since 1987 and is a Member of Lowther-Johnson Attorneys at Law, LLC. He has also served as a commissioned deputy of the Greene County Sheriff’s Office since 1993, presently assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division.

David and his wife, Julie, married in 1992 and have two children, and two grandchildren: Hannah and her husband Robbie Kirkland of Republic and their children, Carter and Kennedy; and John Fielder of Springfield.

Julie is a homemaker and has worked part-time since 2012 as the secretary for the church and teaches the Sunday morning 3rd and 4th grade bible class.

David enjoys all things outdoors – especially hunting, shooting, and hiking. Most of all, he treasures spending time with his family.

John Sanders dedicated his life to the Lord and was added to the Lord’s church in 1989. He became an elder in 2023.

He has taught Bible classes for the middle school, high school, and college classes. He has preached and taught classes in the mission field of Fort Leonard Wood for several years, before moving away from that area. John’s career has afforded him the opportunity to be a member of congregations of the Lord’s church in other localities, getting to know, work, and worship with many good brethren. He has been blessed with the opportunity to fill in and preach God’s Word at the various congregations that he has been a member of throughout his Christian life.

He graduated from the University of Missouri at Rolla with a degree in Civil Engineering. He has practiced engineering since 2000 and is employed by the Missouri Department of Transportation, in which he serves the State of Missouri, and the users of our transportation system.

He and his wife, Tiffany, married in 1999 and have two daughters, Ellie and Audrianna, and one son, Owen.

Tiffany is a homemaker and has labored in the schooling of their children since 2012. She has taught multiple age groups of children in Bible classes on both Sunday and Wednesday.

He takes pleasure in outdoor activities, such as hiking, biking, and camping. John’s favorite hobby is running, and he especially enjoys the similarities between running and the running of our Christian race.

Deacons

Mark McCarty and his wife, Pam, have been a part of the congregation dating back to the Johnson and Dale congregation. They live in the Fair Grove area where they raise beef cattle and enjoy time with their grandchildren.

Mark enjoys all things outdoors, reading books from various genres including paperback westerns. He as well enjoys watching John Wayne movies.

He serves the congregation in the area of personal evangelism with a focus on the Bible Correspondence work. On various occasions he has conducted personal evangelism training in the high school and also the college age group classroom. Mark enjoys studying the bible, teaching bible classes, and filling in at the pulpit when needed.

Seth Hass works at John Deere Co. as an IT integrator. He enjoys hunting, taking walks through the woods, playing instruments, and spending time with family.

Seth teaches the 5th and 6th grade class.

Seth and his wife, Jennifer have eight children: Eraweh, T-Roy, Easton, Rheleigh, Naelith, Laodhan, Stowan, and Ackarley. Jennifer is a homemaker and homeschools their children, and is also involved in the nursery. They live in Elkland, Missouri.

Steve Pool Steve has been a member of Kansas Expressway church of Christ with his wife Becky since 2021. Steve was a past deacon at Cape Fear church of Christ in Fayetteville, North Carolina for two years with his main duty being over benevolence. Steve and Becky have two adult boys, Kyle, and Dustin. Kyle is a wireman for EPS in Raleigh, NC and Dustin is a graduate student at the Memphis School of Preaching. Steve works for Buske Logistics in the Springfield underground as a forklift operator. Becky is a homemaker and self-employed.

Steve likes being outdoors, fishing, traveling, walking, NASCAR and football. Steve’s main duty as deacon is over benevolence.

Ministers

Ray Sullins has been the evangelist at Kansas Expressway Church of Christ since October 1998. His wife is Cindy works at Bass Pro corporate offices in the legal department in Springfield. Ray and Cindy have three children: Nikki, Trey and Chase.

Ray and Cindy have previously done mission work and lived in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia where Ray taught at the Botswana and Zambia Schools of Biblical Studies. He continues to make several mission trips a year to supervise and assist with our preacher training schools in Zambia, Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya.    

Besides being the minister for the Kansas Expressway Church of Christ, Ray is also the Executive Director of the Global Schools of Biblical Studies and Director of the Bible Institute of Missouri here in Springfield. He also host a weekly television program called “The Living Word.” He as well participates in several lectureships and gospel meetings and since 2000 has directed a camp session each year at Happy Hollow Bible Camp. 

Brent Green Brent Green graduated from Southwest Missouri State (2004) with a Bachelor of Science in Education, the Bible Institute of Missouri (2007), and the International College of the Bible (2023) with a Bachelor of Arts in Bible.

Since his graduation from the Bible Institute of Missouri (BIM), he has preached for two congregations in Missouri and worked with the BIM in various capacities, serving as a full-time instructor since 2011. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he is active in the development of both the BIM and the Global Schools of Biblical Studies, having made multiple trips to Zambia, Uganda, and Ghana.

He is presently an associate minister with the Kansas Expressway church of Christ in Springfield, MO. He is supported in his life and work by his wife Dedra and their two children, Cayden and Veyda. He enjoys fishing and spending time outdoors.

Trey Sullins Trey graduated from the Bible institute of Missouri in 2016, and from the International College of the Bible with a Master's Degree in Bible in 2023. He was a full-time preacher for the Omaha church of Christ for almost six years, but in 2022, he joined the Bible Institute of Missouri and the Global Schools of Biblical Studies. He has been involved in several lectureships and gospel meetings in the United States and in Africa. He has done mission work in Mexico, Zambia, Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya.

He is active in preaching at the Kansas Expressway Church of Christ, teaching at the Bible Institute of Missouri, and working with the administrative and IT needs of the Global Schools of Biblical Studies. He is involved in the continued progress and success of all schools of GSOBS. He also manages most of the IT work at Kansas Expressway Church of Christ.

He is married to Ruth Sullins who is a homemaker and works hard to raise their children. They live in Springfield.