Rev. Cedric L. Rowan is a native of Kansas City, Mo and the son of the late Robert L. Rowan and the late Ella Mae (Ross) Rowan.  Rev. Rowan was educated in the Kansas City School system graduating from Southeast High School in 1976.  Rev Rowan continued is his education receiving a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Kansas in 1981, 1986 graduate of Webster University, Kansas City, MO Master of Arts in Business Administration and a 2005 graduate of Central Baptist Theological Seminary Kansas City, Kansas with a Master of Divinity degree. Rev. Rowan has served as a guest instructor for a class in church administration at Central Seminary and a guest lecturer in the African American Studies Department for the University of Kansas teaching a class in the Black Church.  Rev. Rowan was licensed by the Friendship Baptist in December of 1996 and ordained in August of 2005. 

Rev. Rowan has preached for congregations in our local community, district and state convention functions, and churches across the country.

Rev. Rowan was elected Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Kansas City, Kansas in September of 2009 and assumed those pastoral duties the first Sunday of October of 2009. Rev. Rowan currently is serving as the Auditor-Statistician for the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Kansas.

God has blessed him to have a beautiful Christian wife (Dorri) of 40 years and two sons.  The eldest son (Ryan) and daughter-in-law (Katie) are attorneys in Crown Point, Indiana and have two sons, Aiden & Liam; and the youngest son (Austin) is a sourcing executive for Vizient, Inc. Dallas, Texas.    

Luke Bobo has served in churches in Kansas City, MO, St. Louis, MO, and Kansas City, KS in various roles including Associate Minister, Adult Education Teacher, and Minister of Christian Education. He co-owns Pursuing the Greater Good, a consulting firm through which he teaches, speaks, and writes. Previously, Luke worked as the Director of Bioethics at Kansas City University (Kansas City, MO), Chief Program Officer for Arrabon (Richmond, VA); and he held several key positions at Made to Flourish. Luke worked for fifteen years in the marketplace as an engineer before pursuing an Master of Divinity (MDiv) and PhD and eventually serving as the executive director of the Francis Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary (St Louis, MO). Luke has served as an associate professor of Christian ministry studies at Lindenwood University (St. Charles, MO) and wrote a curriculum for a workplace ministry.

Luke is a former visiting instructor of contemporary culture at Covenant Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Living Salty and Light Filled Lives in the Workplace and A Layperson’s Guide to Biblical Interpretation: A Means to Know the Personal God. He co-authored Discipleship with Monday in Mind: How Churches Across the Country Are Helping Their People Connect Faith and Work, and Stories, Statistics, Solutions: Toward Understanding and Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities. He speaks and/or has written on faith and work, Sabbath rest and play, cultural hermeneutics, biblical justice, ethics, bioethics, apologetics, contextualization, and film and theology. Besides his MDiv and PhD, Luke also holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

He is married to Dr. Rita S. Holmes-Bobo; and they have two adult children, Briana and Caleb (Sabrina).