Eden Life Church (Kansas City, Missouri, USA)

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The Eden Life Church in Kansas City, Missouri, began when the South Central Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA, in July 2016 invited Omot and Hanna Aganya and their children to move from Minnesota to help start a multiethnic congregation. They began a congregation featuring three Sunday services. Each is conducted in a different language: Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia; Anyuwaa, the language of the Anuak people of Ethiopia and South Sudan; and English.

In 2019, Eden Life Church received $30,000 towards the cost of its meetinghouse, purchased in September 2017 from an Assembly of God congregation. By then, a fourth language—Swahili—had been added for persons from Congo.

In 2023, the South Central Mennonite Conference withdrew from Mennonite Church USA and, in 2024, chose to become a district of LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches. Eden Life Church thus became part of LMC.

Bibliography

Duerksen, Travis. "Planting in Faith." Mennonite Mission Network. 16 August 2018. Web. 22 January 2025. https://www.mennonitemission.net/news/planting-in-faith/.

"JoinHands blesses Eden Life Church." 28 April 2019. Web. 22 January 2025. https://www.mennonitemen.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Stories/Eden%20Life%20Church%20grant%20presentation%20story.pdf.

Additional Information

Address: 4233 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO 64124

Telephone: 612-703-1637

Website: https://www.facebook.com/p/Eden-Life-Church-100075760874965/

Denominational Affiliations:

LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches

Pastoral Leaders at Eden Life Church

Name Years
of Service
Omot Aganya 2016-
Hanna Aganya 2016-


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published January 2025

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Eden Life Church (Kansas City, Missouri, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2025. Web. 19 Jan 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eden_Life_Church_(Kansas_City,_Missouri,_USA)&oldid=180138.

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Steiner, Samuel J. (January 2025). Eden Life Church (Kansas City, Missouri, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 January 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eden_Life_Church_(Kansas_City,_Missouri,_USA)&oldid=180138.



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