2025 KCK Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration

Monday, January 20, 2025, will mark 45 years of celebrating and bringing awareness to the attributes of Dr. King. This annual event is hosted by the Baptist Ministerial Alliance with the partnership of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS and Wyandotte County District Attorney.

The 2025 celebration will be at the Memorial Hall at 600 N 7th Street Trafficway, Kansas City, KS 66101., Monday January 20TH. Our theme: Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice and Democracy: Celebrating 45 years. Pre-service begins at 10:30am and main service begins at 11:00am.

Our Theme: Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice and Democracy: Celebrating 45 years.

A third-generation warrior for civil and human rights, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, has built his ministry on community advancement and racial and social justice activism. As Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Ill., since 2008, Dr. Moss routinely preaches and practices a Black theology that unapologetically calls attention to the problems of mass incarceration, environmental justice, and economic inequality. Dr. Moss is part of a generation of ministers committed to preaching a prophetic message of love and justice, which he believes are inseparable companions that form the foundation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Moss is an honors graduate of Morehouse College who earned a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Chicago Theological Seminary. In 2022, Dr. Moss was named a professor of homiletics at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology, where he continues to teach the next generation of preachers.

He is married to his college sweetheart, the former Monica Brown of Orlando, FL., a Spelman College and Columbia University graduate. They are the proud parents of two creative and humorous young adults, Elijah Wynton and Makayla Elon.

Partnering with the WyCo District Attorney Office and the KCK Northeast Optimist Club a highlight of this event will be the awarding of scholarships to deserving students from Wyandotte County, Kansas. Over the past 44 years over 1 million dollars have been raised and distributed. Special offering will be taken at Service. Individuals and Business Sponsors are needed & appreciated.

Pre-Service will feature the KCK Orchestra, the Kaw Valley Baptist Youth Choir and other guest.