Our TEAM
Pastor Elder
Alvin Colston
Alvin has served in pastoral ministry in various capacities since 2009.
Both Alvin and his wife Jenny have bachelors degrees in Christian Ministry from The Master’s University. Jenny has a certification as a Biblical Counselor with ACBC. Alvin has done graduate work at The Master’s Seminary and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City and is currently working on a Masters degree in Biblical Counseling. He and Jenny have been married since 1998, they have 3 adult children and two grandchild.
Alvin has a love for discipleship, evangelism, and leading short-term mission trips. His passion for preaching and church leadership led him to answer the call to shepherd North Lake Church in May of 2021. Alvin began leading NLC in revitalization. In 2023 NLC began partnering with the members of Emmanuel Bible church to minister to our community in Smithville.
In January of 2024, the Lord led our two congregations to merge into one new congregation called Smithville Bible Church. We're committed to reaching our community here in Smithville and the Northland and are grateful for being brighter together for the advancement of the Kingdom and the glory of Christ.
You can contact Alvin at alvinc@smithvillebiblechurch.org
Pastoral Intern
Daniel Nixon
Daniel has been serving in music ministry since 2018. In the fall of 2022, God called him to Kansas City to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary so that he could be better equipped to lead in church ministry. After Daniel heard the strong expository preaching at North Lake Church, he decided to become a member, and began serving with the North Lake Church worship team. During this time, NLC began partnering with Emmanuel Bible Church for ministry events. This led to Emmanuel Bible Church and NLC merging to become one congregation (Smithville Bible Church). Since then, Daniel has been serving Smithville Bible Church in both music, and youth ministry.
After meeting his wife at Spurgeon College, Daniel and Kennedy were married on December 30th of 2022. They have one daughter named Olive who was born on February 23 of 2024. Daniel and Kennedy are both working on their bachelor degrees in music ministry. They both have a passion for leading God’s people in worship with music that is theologically sound, and music that encourages congregational participation. Daniel desires to encourage the church to have a culture of worship that goes beyond our corporate gatherings.
You can contact Daniel at danieln@smithvillebiblechurch.org
Administrative Manager
Veronika Boos
Veronika has worked as an Operations Director and Program Manager since 2001, helping organizations with implementation and management of new systems that improve efficiency, reliability and user-friendliness. She loves being able to help provide peace of mind to organizational leaders and their teams, and bridge the gap in resources and business knowledge that often exists in startups and small non-profits.
Veronika and her husband Michael have been living in Kansas City since 2017 and Smithville since 2023. Veronika homeschools their three kids -13, 12 and 10 years old.
You can contact Veronika at info@smithvillebiblechurch.org
Women's Ministry Coordinator
Jenny Colston
Jenny has served in various ministry capacities for over 20 years and has a passion for discipling and encouraging women in their walk with the Lord. She graduated from The Master’s University in 2008 with a degree in Christian Ministries. She is also a certified counselor through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).
Jenny is deeply committed to personal discipleship, offering individual counsel and soul care with wisdom, compassion, and biblical clarity.
She is married to Alvin Colston, the founding pastor of Smithville Bible Church, and together they have been blessed with three grown children and two grandchildren. Jenny considers it a joy and privilege to serve alongside her husband in ministry and to invest her life in the spiritual growth of those entrusted to her care.
You can contact Jenny at info@smithvillebiblechurch.org
Elder in-training program
Pray for our Elders-in-training, as they are in a season of study seeking to ensure that all current and future elders meet the Biblical qualifications laid out in the Scriptures. This will be a challenging time for the men to have their lives and gifting evaluated to ensure we are within the Lord's revealed will for leadership. The Bible presents, "elder" and "pastor" as synonymous terms. We want to benefit from pastoral-shepherding-elders who are, teaching, counseling and providing spiritual oversight and discipleship to our congregation.
In addition to the Bible, we will be using resources from biblicaleldership.com as well as Alexander Strauch's classic work on Biblical Eldership.