March 19, 1961. Judson Baptist Church, KCKS, founded. Sixty-four years ago this week, 19 March 1961, the Judson Baptist Church of Kansas City, Kansas, held their first service in their newly constructed building with 73 in Sunday School and 101 in worship. Happy Anniversary!! Four pastors have served at Judson over the past 64 years with the longest tenure belonging to Rev. John Clark who assumed this role in 1975. Fifty years!!! Congratulations to John for a long a fruitful ministry and to his wife, Ruth, who served as president of American Baptist Churches 2012-2013. See entry 1961-Present, Judson Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kansas, KS.