Church History

1905 The church was organized under the name of 'Northern Boulevard Baptist Church' on November 27, 1905. There were 31 charter members. Church was meeting at Bristol Hall on the corner of 15th Street and Hardy.

1905-1906 Rev. George F. Reichel, pastor.

1906-1910 Rev. Fred B. Kinnel, pastor. Site at 15th and Northern was purchased and the first frame building was built. Church grows to 94 members.

1910-1911 Rev. Thomsas F. Harvey, pastor. Church starts Mission Sunday School in Mount Washington. This would later become Mt. Washington Baptist Church.

1912-1915 Rev. Samuel C. Williamson. Church changes its name to 'Maywood Baptist Church'.

1915-1917 Rev. Blount F. Davidson, pastor.

1917 Rev. Blount F. Davidson, pastor. Resigns to return to his native land of Great Britain and enter World War I.

1918 Rev. Alvin G Hause accepts the call to be pastor. Under his leadership, membership grows to 670. Bible School grows to over 1000, becoming the second largest Sunday School in the Kansas City area.

1925 On May 6th, the church voted to affiliate with the Southern Baptist Convention.

1928 On May 9th, the church established and sponsored the first Boy Scout Troop in Independence... and has been a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts ever since.

1933 Rev. W. E. King, pastor. Serves until he is called to active duty as a chaplain in the Army, in December of 1940.

1941 Rev. H.L. Alley, interim pastor.

1942-1948 Rev. W. H Allision, pastor. During this period the church added to the building and started Rockwood Mission, which later reorganized into Rockwood Baptist Church. The church purchased the site of the present building.... and Beverly Hills Baptist Chapel, which later became nearby Beverly Hills Baptist Church, was founded.

1948 Rev. R. Fuller Jaudon and Dr. J. Rufus Hale served as interim pastors.

1948-1950 Rev. T. Paul Whitlatch served as pastor from November 1948 until his untimely death in April 1950.

1950 Rev. C.P. Jones, interim pastor.

1950 Rev. David Hause, pastor. Ground is broken at the new site at Winner Road and Ralston. New building is begun.

1953 Church moves into its new home on the first Sunday in October. The new building inclued an educational building and a chapel. (The present auditorium was not completed at that time. Only the steel framework for the auditorium was erected.)

1956-1959 Rev. W. E. King is called again to serve as pastor.

1960 Dr. Joseph T. McClain, interim pastor... and then pastor. During his leadership 411 joined the church, 253 by baptism, and the church had a Sunday School enrollment of 1494. Dr. McClain also led in the building program for a four- story adult education building.

1965 Dr. John C. Howell, interim pastor.

1965-1967 Dr. Hugh R. Horne, pastor. The Missouri Baptist Convention met at Maywood in November 1965 for their annual meeting.

1967 Dr. John C. Howell returns to serve as interim pastor.

1967-1968 Rev. J.E. Rains, interim pastor.

1968-1978 Rev. Larry Maddox, pastor. First midweek prayer service held at Maywood. Under Rev. Maddox's leadership, more than 1400 new members joinged the church, 600 by baptism. Maywood starts furnishing homes for furloughing missionaries. Several new ministries established, including the bus ministry, children's worship, activities ministry, intercessory day of prayer, and a television ministry. Rev. Maddox used various media to present the gospel message, including sermon-in-art, dramatic monologue, magic, and drama.

1978-1979 Dr. John C. Howell returns to serve as interim pastor. Maywood voted to start a new work in Blue Springs... purchasing property on Duncan Road and calling Rev. Jim Hill from Iberia, MO to be the mission pastor.

1979 Rev. Harvey Neal, pastor. Duncan Road Baptist Church began holding regular services in the pastor's home on-site.

1980 Duncan Road Baptist Church dedicates their new building and hires a full ministerial staff.

1983 Rev. Dr. Jerry Cain serves as Interim Pastor.

1984 The church calls Robert Spradling (who is pastoring First Baptist Church in Charleston, Missouri at the time) as pastor.

1986 The church decides to redecorate the auditorium. Changes include new paint, wall-to-wall carpeting, choir chairs, pew covers, drapes and lighting... plus a new sound system.

1996 Gary Driskell becomes full-time Minister of Music.