About Us

Regional Minister and President
Kansas City and Overland Park
Rev. Bill Rose-Heim
​Email: billrh@kcdisciples.org

Originally from New York, Bill has served in the Midwest for nearly twenty-five of the past thirty-five years of ministry in three denominations.  He is married to Donna Rose-Heim and is the father of five children.  Bill is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and has served in emergency services as a first responder and planner and held office in city government.  He began serving as Regional Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Greater Kansas City on November 16, 2015. Focus areas of his ministry include:
  • Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation
  • Facilitating a process for revisiting Regional mission, vision, values and identity leading to adaptive changes in structure, staffing and resourcing
  • Serving and supporting Regional staff and volunteers and all Disciples clergy and lay leaders in congregations engaged in mission and ministry
  • Improving stewardship for all expressions of the Church in a changing economic and cultural season
  • Fortifying the unity and connectedness of faith communities throughout our Region
Strengthening the relationship between the Region, its congregations and the many ministries and missions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and its ecumenical and community partners