Churches in Wichita

Active churches in Wichita

11135 W Kellogg Dr, Wichita
11 sermons · 6 days ago
1545 S. 135th St. West, Wichita
4 sermons
15200 E. Central Ave, Wichita
3 sermons
888 S. Webb Rd., Wichita
1 sermon

Types of churches in Wichita

Contemporary Churches in Wichita

Many Wichita congregations feature live bands, casual dress, and sermon series aimed at everyday life. You’ll find these especially around fast-growing West and Northeast Wichita, with campuses near Old Town and Delano that draw young professionals and WSU students.

Historic & Liturgical

Older neighborhoods like College Hill, Midtown, and Riverside host churches with stained-glass sanctuaries, pipe organs, and weekly liturgy. These congregations emphasize reverence, choral music, and historic architecture tied to the city’s early 20th-century growth along Douglas Avenue.

Spanish-Language & Bilingual

Wichita’s Hispanic communities in the North End/El Pueblo and South Wichita support congregations offering Spanish services or bilingual worship. Many provide ESL classes, family ministries, and cultural celebrations that connect newcomers with long-time residents.

Military-Friendly Churches in Wichita

With McConnell Air Force Base on the southeast side, many congregations tailor ministries for airmen and families, from flexible service times to deployment support groups. These churches often sit along the corridor toward Derby and Haysville and prioritize childcare, practical teaching, and strong volunteer networks.

Sermon clips from Wichita churches

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#ServeThroughTheHeat
“Though they slay me, I'll still serve the Lord. Though it's not like I expected, I'll still serve the Lord. Leaves impress people, but roots sustain people. We need a sustained root. Blessed people don't fear the heat. You know what? The heat's gonna come. No matter what you do, the heat's gonna come. The heat's coming. You can say, I don't want the heat to come. I don't want the heat to come. The heat's coming. You you can you can pray the heat don't come, I'm telling you the heat's coming and it's gonna come. And, you know, it's gonna someone says, no. Don't worry. The heat's gonna come. It's gonna come. And then sometimes you think, I don't want the heat to come, and then God says, the heat's coming, and it's gonna come. You can feel that, can't you? The heat's coming. But see, I'm not afraid of the heat like I used to be. Because now when the heat comes, it might burn my leaf, but it can't touch my roots.”
35s
“The groaning of creation and the groaning of the saints and the groaning of the spirit must be understood not as death groans. Right? Paul Paul is not talking about we're all just groaning because everything is going to hell in a handbasket. We're not groaning because things keep getting worse and worse and worse. We're not groaning because the end is near and everything will be destroyed. These are not death groans. These are birth pains for the new creation.”
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#UnshakableHope
“And if any of you are facing circumstances that seem so terrible that you're despairing of hope, listen to the word of the Lord. If you would but look for him, look to him. There you find hope. We don't know the timing of the lord's deliverance. We don't know if in the end, the world might take our very life, But we know that if we're trusting in the living God, there's one thing they cannot take from us, our hope, eternal security who is kept by him.”
68s
#LetGodCarryTheLoad
“And some people that I know, you say, oh, it's just money. No. I'm talking about people that's put fifty, sixty years in working their tail off and putting their money in four zero one k and have hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they watch 10 or 20% leave in one day. That takes trust to give that to god. That's discouraging to think that is a load. But how much more of a load is it when you're sitting in a hospital bed? Some people that are listening to us today are sitting in a hospital bed or they're sitting in a nursing facility, and and they don't know if they're gonna be mobile again. And some of us were sitting in the hospital last week, but bless god, they're in church today in Jesus' name. But there is a trust that you have to throw your entire weight upon him. And some of us well, I'm getting ahead of myself, but some of us are having too much anxiety because we're trying to handle everything ourself. But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord. Faith isn't pretending that your load is light, but faith is knowing that God is strong enough to carry the load. I don't have to carry the load. He carries the load, but but faith is what trust is. And then by and by the way, number two, blessed people are planted.”
52s
#RootsOverLeaves
“Because if I'm tapped into the stream of the living God, it can't burn what's underneath the soil. It can't burn what's God's beginning me. I've been through too much now for the heat to scare me. I've I've seen the days when I laid in bed and thought, what's my god gonna do? I've laid in bed and thought, am I ever gonna get sleep again? I've laid in bed long enough for three or four days and wondered, what if I show up and no one sits in the church, but I've served God long enough to say that I'll sustain you in the midst of the fire. I'll sustain you wherever you are. I'll be a God to you when the heat comes. I'll be a God to you in the mountaintop. I'll be a God to you in the valley. I'll be a God to you in whatsoever state that I am. Paul said, I've learned how to be abased, and I've learned how to be abound. So heat let the heat come because my roots are not so my leaves are not what sustains me, but it is the roots that sustain me.”
50s
#AbundanceNotFear
“So to have an abundance mindset is what I've been working on all of my Christian life. I can hardly stand when someone starts complaining and fearing the heat because the heat's gonna come. It's gonna come. And sometimes it comes in small amounts, and sometimes it comes in big amount. But you know what? The Bible says that he reigns on the just and the unjust alike. The worst thing you can do under the sound of my voice is when the heat comes, think that you've done something wrong. No. When the heat comes, it can reveal your roots. But God never sent any heat that we couldn't sustain. He never intended for us to sustain sustain it on our own. My goodness. Notice God never promised there wouldn't be heat or drought. He promised his people could flourish in the middle of it. That's what the scripture says.”
40s
#TrustGodsIdentity
“And I might fall, but I'm gonna rise in Jesus' name. And there's some people under the sound of my voice, you need to quit listening to them at work. You need to quit listening to the executive. You need to quit listening to what's on the inside of you, what your mama said, and what your daddy said. You need to start trusting in God and planting roots in what his identity says you are. He says greater is he that's in me than me, that's he that's in the world. And you need to trust God for something better, something bigger. You don't need to be under the curse because we serve a God that reverses a curse and puts us back in the family of God. And he gives me status not because I earned it, but because of his unmerited favor. You know what grace is? Grace is his unmerited favor.”
40s
#PlantedInTheKingdom
“This word planted is Shital. It means to intentionally transplant by a gardener. He he wants to take you out of the world and plant you into the kingdom of god. But see, you can't be of the world and of the kingdom at the same time. You gotta choose to let god uproot you. Some of us go through droughts and we don't understand why but the truth is we need to be planted to the kingdom of god. We'll never experience anything because a planter was never intended to stay in. The planter was a we was intended to be transplanted in Jesus' name. Amen.”
46s
#ThrowYourWeightOnGod
“So when we look at this scripture, number one, blessed people trust the Lord. Boy, I'm gonna find a place to put this. Blessed people trust the Lord. What does trust look like? Well, trust, first of all, when you think about trusting, we are all he compares us to trees. Do you know you ought to grow as a Christian? There's a lot of symbolisms when it comes to it. But when he says, blessed is a man who trusts in the Lord, bar barak, this word blessed. Now the the this word means that he's a covenant favor or that it is to throw your whole weight on him. So blessed is covenant favor, Trust is to throw your whole weight on him.”
44s
#RootedAndBuiltUp
“But we're to be rooted and built up in him so when I decide not to, my roots begin to grow. When I decide to keep my flesh in subjection instead of giving them a piece of my mind, my roots begin to grow. When I decide to not to respond because I'm freaking out, because life seems to crumble come on. I'm talking to somebody today that wants to send out some roots in Jesus' name. I'm talking to somebody today that's tired of the status quo, that doesn't just wanna go through the motions, that wants to be able to stand in the presence of God and watch his roots go out and to tap into something supernatural. The kind of sending out roots that changes who you are and changes your stability. Though they slay me, I will still serve the Lord in Jesus' name.”

Why Wichita churches are unique

As the Air Capital of the World, Wichita’s aviation shifts and nearby McConnell Air Force Base shape daily life, and churches in Wichita respond with practical care and flexible rhythms. Many congregations build robust family support, counseling, and deployment care into their calendars, offering shift-worker friendly service times, support for military families, and strong kids programs for young families.
With a growing Hispanic community and active resettlement of newcomers from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Wichita churches often worship and serve in more than one language while celebrating diverse cultures. It’s common to see neighborhood ministries that combine faith with practical helps like classes and meals, including bilingual Spanish-English services, refugee and immigrant outreach, and ESL and citizenship classes.
Geography also shapes worship styles, from historic urban neighborhoods along the Arkansas River to fast-growing suburbs on the east and northwest sides, and the presence of Wichita State University brings an energetic student pulse. This creates a range from liturgical to contemporary gatherings, community service hubs, and student-focused discipleship across the city’s congregations, with many offering college student ministries, modern worship with contemporary band, and neighborhood-based community service.