Lead Pastor - Jay Wilson

Pastor Jay Wilson has been partnering with this congregation since May 2014. He and his wife, Kelly, are graduates of Eastern Nazarene College. Jay completed his Masters of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary in May 2011, and was ordained as an elder in the Church of the Nazarene in August 2013. Kelly teaches high school science in Belton, and they have three children, Quinn, Everleigh, and Philippa.

Associate Pastor - Angela Burr

Pastor Angela Burr joined Belton New Horizons in August 2021. She was born and raised at Kansas City First Church of the Nazarene. She had been working with the youth group there for over 10 years. She received her district license on the Kansas City district in July 2021, and is working towards ordination. Angela also works at Mid-America Nazarene University. Michael, their nephew, graduated from Olivet Nazarene University in May 2022. Madeline and Mary, their oldest daughters, attend Mid-America Nazarene University and their youngest, Luci, is a junior at Belton High School.

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Associate Pastor - Annie Neely

Annie Neely was ordained as an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene in 2016. She is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University (BA, 2013) and Nazarene Theological Seminary (MDiv, 2016; DMin, 2023). She works in the General Secretary’s Office for the Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center in Lenexa, Kansas. She has had the privilege to have served as a youth pastor, interim pastor, and chaplain in both hospital and long-term care settings. She was fortunate to meet her husband, Brent, while in seminary, and they have been married since 2019.

Associate Pastor - Brent D. Neely

Brent D. Neely was ordained as an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene in 2018. He graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in 2014 with a BA in Christian Ministry. He then went on to receive his M.Div from Nazarene Theological Seminary in 2017. He has had to honor to help pastor churches in Maine, Kansas, Minnesota and Missouri. Brent is currently working on his doctorate which looks at ways Churches of the Nazarene could benefit from a monastic spirituality. He is also a monastic in the House of Initia Nova - a dispersed Benedictine Community. When not studying he enjoys watching Survivor and attempting to be creative. He is married to Annie, who has been the biggest blessing in life.