Brian Burd had an oceanfront view from his dorm room when he attended Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. But he wanted to “get out of California and see a different part of the country.”
That desire led him to Kansas City for graduate school after attaining his bachelor’s degree from Point Loma, and then Sedalia, where he now serves as senior pastor for Sedalia Community Crossroads Church of the Nazarene, 518 W. 16th St.
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