About Junction City Church of the Nazarene
Church Measurables: We currently average between 500-550 in our 2 weekend worship services and growing! We have averaged over 400 first time guests over the each of the last 5 years. We have seen over 500 public decisions for Christ since 2017. We have had the joy of baptizing more than 200 people since 2017, and 65 already in the last 5 months! Our children's ministry averages 100+ children on a typical Sunday. Our youth group is experiencing great growth and currently averages between 50-60 students during the Sunday evening student worship gathering.
Our church staff also includes: Lead Pastor, Executive Pastor, Connections Pastor, Worship Pastor, Director of Children’s Ministry, and two part-time employees.
Our community: We are very much a regional church with people attending from surrounding communities such as Manhattan, Grandview, Chapman, White City, Herrington, Ogden and Fort Riley. We are a military community and the proud home of Fort Riley Army Installation (The Big Red One!). We have the blessing and privilege of ministering to, discipling and serving alongside the great men and women of the Army and their families. Due to the nature of military rotation, we welcome and get to meet so many wonderful people from all over the world, and we say good-byes often and send them out to serve Christ and build His Kingdom in their next assignment. The Junction City community has a population of approximately 25-30k. We are a very diverse community with people from literally all over the United States and even the world. Our school district is one of the best in the state of Kansas. USD 475 is ranked No. 23 overall amongst best school districts in the state. The No. 23 ranking is out of 275 districts. We have an Early Childhood Center, 8 city elementary schools, and 4 elementary schools on Ft. Riley. We have two middle schools (one in Junction City and one on Ft. Riley. We have a brand new state of the art high school (largest in the state of Kansas and third largest in the nation). Milford Lake (Kansas' largest lake) is an easy drive from Junction City. The nearby community of Manhattan, KS is full of great restaurants, shopping and entertainment. Salina is 45 minutes west. Topeka is 1 hour east. We are also 2 hours from larger cities such as Wichita and Kansas City.
