Meet the Staff
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Not sure who to reach out to with your question? Below you'll find our Elders and Staff. Text, email, and phone are our friends — don't hesitate to reach out if you can't find us at The Big House.
Our Elders
Darryl Jones
Elder / Lead Pastor
Elders
Darryl is a full-time Elder of the church and serves as the primary teaching pastor and counselor. As ministry happens everywhere, he is not always in the office at The Big House but can be reached by text or phone. Darryl and Sharon live here in The Big House and try to be very accessible to the church family. However, they do try to protect Friday each week as a day of restorative rest and time together. Darryl tries to "unplug" electronically on Fridays but can be contacted through Sharon in case of emergency.
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Daniel Ballard
Elder
Elders
Daniel is a full-time Elder of the church and serves as our primary student pastor, worship leader, and administrator of most of our Ministry Teams. As ministry happens everywhere, Daniel is not always in the office at The Big House but can be reached by text or phone. Daniel also takes Friday off but is, of course, available in case of emergency.
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Chris Cunningham
Elder
Elders
Chris Cunningham is a lay Elder and serves as the primary pastor of Crossroads University. Chris also does not keep office hours here at The Big House but can be reached by text, phone, or email. He is a middle school teacher of science and technology in the Lee's Summit school district.
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Michael Hicks
Elder
Elders
Michael Hicks is a lay Elder and serves as the primary pastor to our discipleship groups. He does not keep office hours here at The Big House but can be reached by text, phone, or email. Michael is self-employed and owns his own growing company, East Side Electric, LLC.
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Alex Cunningham
Operations Manager
Staff
Alex Cunningham is our Operations Manager. He oversees day-to-day administrative systems, manages communication and logistics, and helps keep the church running smoothly behind the scenes. He is in the office from 8:30 am to 5pm, Monday through Thursday, and can be reached by text, phone, or email. Saturday and Sunday are not work days for Alex.
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Melissa Cunningham
KidzMin Director
Staff
Melissa Cunningham is our KidzMin Director, overseeing all of C2 KidzMin and helping implement the Elders' heart and vision for family ministry across every classroom. She does not keep office hours but can be reached by text, phone, or email. Melissa is the Head of the Math Department at Pleasant Lee Middle School, where she has taught for 19 years.
View profileEveryone else who serves our church does so on a volunteer basis — neither receiving compensation nor keeping office hours.
All of that to say — we are here to serve you, but "here" is always relative. Text, email, and phone are our friends. Don't hesitate to reach out if you can't find us at The Big House.