Holsey Chapel

About Us

Our Statement Of Faith

We believe that God eternally exists in three Persons—God the Father, God the Son and God  the Holy Spirit-and that these three are one God, having the same nature, attributes, and perfections, and worthy of the same worship, reverence and obedience.

We believe in the verbal inspiration of the scriptures and the authority of both the Old and New Testaments.

We believe man was created in the image of God, through disobedience sinned and fell, and that the entire human race shares in man's lost and depraved nature.

We believe Jesus, the eternal Son of God, took upon Himself the form of a man by means of the virgin birth. Atonement for sin was made by the sacrificial and substitutional death of Jesus Christ.

We believe salvation is the gift of God by grace alone and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that this faith is manifested in works pleasing to God.

We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and His priestly intercession.

We believe the Holy Spirit is the Promise of the Father, our Comforter sent to convict the world of sin, which places the believer in the Body of Christ, indwells the believer, and bestows spiritual gifts to the Church.

We believe the baptism of the Holy Spirit is for all believers as a definite endowment of power for service and is subsequent to, and separate from, conversion.

We believe that the ordinances of the church, by the command of Christ, are Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

We believe in the eternal salvation of the believers and in the eternal damnation and punishment of the nonbelievers.

We believe that the consummation of all things includes the visible, personal, and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the "Blessed Hope" of the Church.

Rev. Mary E. McDonald

Senior Pastor

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Rev. McDonald received Jesus Christ as her savior when she was 12 years old. She began to feel the Lords deeper call upon her life in 1988 and began formal bible study at Mo-Kan Regional Bible College under the directorship of Dr. Daryl L. Groves of Christ Rainbow Church of St. Joseph, Mo. 

She accepted the call into the preaching ministry in 1992 and was ordained in 1994 under the pastorate of Rev. Charles Johnson.  She served as the youth pastor at Holsey Chapel Independent Christian Methodist Church in St. Joseph, MO until June 28, 2001 at which time she became the interim pastor.  Rev. McDonald accepted the call to the pastorate of Holsey Chapel on April 3, 2002, where she continues to serve as Senior Pastor.  

She is also a commissioned minister for Grace Covenant Ministries International, where she preaches and teaches at national and international events.  Rev. McDonald serves on the executive board of directors for Grace Covenant Ministries International.   

She married the love of her life, Charles A. McDonald in 1982.  She is the mother of two adult children, Charles and Erin.   

She is a 1984 graduate of Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a minor in Political Science. 

Her Personal Mission:

To preach, teach, and demonstrate, the living, life-changing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.

Associate Ministers

Rev. Candy Embray

2

Rev. Dr. Terri Deayon

1

Rev. Shawn Matson

3

Sunday

Worship Service: 10:45 AM

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816-280-2558

Wednesday

Bible Study:  6:00 PM

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816-280-2558

Thursday

Prayer Meeting: 10:00 AM