Ray
and Carol Meyer began their ministry in June 1969, shortly after they graduated from
Ambassador College and were married.
Their first assignment was in Akron, Ohio, where they assisted in pastoring the Akron, Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio, churches and also assisted in the district church office there.
Since then they have served in Covington and Louisville, Kentucky; again in Akron; the sabbatical program in Pasadena; Houston, Texas, East; again in Louisville; Dayton, Ohio; Milwaukee Central and West Bend, Wisconsin; and Kansas City North and St. Joseph, Missouri.
During the time of doctrinal changes, the Meyers also served as interim pastor of the Kansas City, Missouri, East, and the Topeka and Kansas City South, Kansas, congregations. Mr. Meyer was appointed superintendent of the Kansas City district in 1995. The Meyers now pastor the Kansas City Northland congregation and oversee the Kansas City Southland congregation.
Mrs. Meyer works part-time in sales at a department store, directs women's ministry and is active in prison ministry. Mr. Meyer is also enrolled in a master's program at Liberty University. The Meyers have two grown children, Janna and Randall.
The Meyers supervise 24 congregations in six states, pastored by 10 vocational pastors and four bi-vocational pastors.
The following pastors, wives and congregations are in the Kansas City district:
Alton, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri, North: Phil and Mimi Perkins
Cedar Rapids and Davenport, Iowa: John and Karen Bailey
Chariton and Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska: Karl and Carla Reinagel
Columbia, Jefferson City and Kirksville, Missouri: Al and Suzanne Kersha
Harrison, Arkansas, and Springfield, Missouri: James and Kaye Kissee
Independence, Kansas, and Joplin, Missouri: Dan and Jackie King
Kansas City, Missouri, Northland: Ray and Carol Meyer
Kansas City, Kansas, Southland: Ray and Carol Meyer; assistant pastor, Dick Mann
Lake St. Louis and St. Louis South, Missouri: James and Linda Lee
Macomb, Illinois: Bob and Betty Druien
Peoria, Illinois: Cliff and Cheryl Parks
Rolla, Missouri: Joseph and Mary Counsil
Springfield, Illinois: Charles and Barbra Sanders
St. Joseph, Missouri, and Topeka, Kansas: Randy and Roberta Hall
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