About Us
Welcome to Evangelistic Center International Ministries!
Our password is Love and our motto is "Lord make us one!" Come worship and fellowship with us. Experience the love of the Master...He's waiting for you. Our arms are extended to all in need of feeling the heart of God through His Word and His love. We look forward to helping you enter into a closer relationship with God for we believe that "Iron truly does sharpen iron" (Proverbs 27:17). In the famous words of our founder, the late Willie (Dad) Vaughn, "And may the manifested presence of God in your life increase daily!" We look forward to fellowshipping with you soon. God bless.
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Bishop Jack C. Vaughn is the Senior Pastor of Evangelistic Center International Ministries, Kansas City, Kansas. He has worked in ministry from the age of 11 and accepted the call to ministry at the age of 17. In the early 1980s, God released him from secular service as an employee of IBM Corporation into full-time ministry. He served as Co-Pastor to the late Supt. Willie C. “Dad” Vaughn, Jr., Bishop Vaughn’s father and founder along with Mother Legusta Vaughn of Evangelistic Center. In January, 1999 the "Torch Was Passed" from father to son and Bishop Vaughn was installed as Senior Pastor. Under Bishop Vaughn’s leadership, the Church is consistently propelling forward as it receives the anointed Word of God.
Bishop Vaughn Studied Education at Kansas City Kansas Community College and Park University. He also acquired pastoral training at The Jack Hayford School of Pastoral Nurture. He is a motivational speaker conducting seminars and workshops on a national and international level. Through publications, television and radio Bishop Vaughn is able to witness to thousands beyond his Church each week.
He founded and was elected Presiding Bishop of Hope International Ministries (H.I.M.). This organization was established to cover, mentor and train pastors and their church leaders. Under his guidance, H.I.M. has grown into a worldwide organization with member churches from many different countries and denominations. Through his ministry and community involvement, many doors have opened in the United States, Portugal, Nigeria and St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands.
God has given Bishop Vaughn an anointing to empower the body of Christ to become holistically successful in all areas of their lives with a specific emphasis on their spiritual walk. He is a compassionate, and a devoted leader; not only in the church, but also in the community and beyond.
Bishop Vaughn's personal mission is to help the Body of Christ:- Discern God's timing and plan for their lives;
- Live victoriously in the Word of God;
- Embracing kingdom principles as they embrace kingdom assignments
- Develop sensitivity to the needs of others.
Bishop Vaughn has a passion for youth and works very diligently to enhance their self-esteem and help them develop life skills, work ethic, and spiritual insight that will help them become productive citizens in the Kingdom of GOD.
Bishop Vaughn's vision is to build the Cathedral of Hope Sanctuary and a complex of facilities, programs and services to meet the needs of the church and community. In addition to the Cathedral, the campus will include a Christian school, senior citizen housing, a youth center complete with coffee shop and a gymnasium, a conference center, banquet halls, and a state-of-the-art training facility.
While his goal is to reach the masses, Bishop Vaughn continually endeavors to reach and impact one soul at a time by ushering them into the Kingdom of God, helping them to bear their burdens, and showing them the pathway to eternal life through Christ Jesus. Bishop Vaughn is an awesome Man of God who has tremendous vision, loves people and is truly a shepherd of the flock assigned to him.
Bishop Vaughn is the husband of Lady Carolyn J. McNeely-Vaughn and they are celebrating over thirty-five years of marriage. They have three sons; Apostle J. Cortez Vaughn II, who is the Senior Pastor of Faith City KC, Julian Vaughn and Justin Vaughn who both continue to work with their father in the ministry at Evangelistic Center.
1st Lady ~ Pastor Carolyn J. Vaughn
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Pastor Carolyn Vaughn is the wife of Bishop Jack C. Vaughn, Senior Pastor of Evangelistic Center Church and founder of Hope International Ministries. She has been married to Bishop Vaughn for over thirty years and is the mother of three adult sons and grandmother of three. She is committed to full-time ministry alongside her husband after many years of teaching in the public school system.
Pastor Carolyn obtained her Bachelors Degree from K-State University and Masters Degree from Emporia State University.
Pastor Carolyn currently serves as the Women's Ministries Director. This ministry is uniquely designed to fulfill the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of today's woman. She provides leadership in hosting yearly events which include Women Reaching Women Conferences, Women's Weekend Celebrations, Bagel & Bonding Women's Fellowships, Totally You Workshop and Ladies night out. She also serves as the Christian Education Director, providing leadership to the educational departments of the local church.
Pastor Carolyn operates in a spirit of excellence while demonstrating great leadership skills with a spirit of submission to the Word of God. She is a dynamic motivational speaker, ministering to women across the country. Guided by the wisdom of God, she leads by example and encourages women to freedom in the power of God's deliverance.
God has chosen and embraced Carolyn with His presence as she listens, corrects, strengthens, imparts God given wisdom, encourages; and shares the love of God to all believers and the lost.
Pastor Carolyn still answers "Yes" to the call of Ministry to the fullest capacity, without wavering, standing firm with confidence as she demonstrates the reflection of God.
The Evangelistic Center International Ministries exists as a local congregation to witness to our city, nation, and world of God's love as revealed through His Son Jesus Christ, our crucified, risen, exalted and soon coming King. We are committed to serve our community through God's love and power, believing and declaring that He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
We, Evangelistic Center International Ministries, seek to teach the infallible word of God and to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. We are compelled to shape and equip our church family in preparation of fulfilling their God-ordained and created purpose through Spirit-filled ministry. We believe that by ministry, nurturing their spiritual growth and maturity, and by promoting the spreading of The Gospel, this will be accomplished.
We will work diligently rendering Christian service to the glory of God through the continuous spreading of a living faith which proclaims Christ as Savior and Lord.
WE BELIEVE the bible to be the inspired and only infallible word of God. We believe that there is one God eternally existent in Three Persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
WE BELIEVE in the Blessed hope, which is the rapture of the Church of God which is in Christ at His return.
WE BELIEVE that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance faith in the precious Blood of Jesus Christ and being baptized in water. We believe that regeneration by the Holy Ghost is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
WE BELIEVE that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing for the human body in answer to believing prayer.
WE BELIEVE that the baptism ion the Holy Ghost, according to Acts 2:4 is given to believers who ask for it.
WE BELIEVE in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy and separated life in this present world. Amen.
