Reverend Robert L. Milan, Jr.

About

Robert L. Milan, Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas to Robert L. Milan, Sr. and Ruth Lorene Stewart-Milan. He is a 1970 graduate of Southeast High School, Kansas City, MO, where he participated in numerous school activities. He also attended Douglass Elementary and Northeast Junior High School, Kansas City, KS. After high school, he became involved in organized children’s and adult community sports. For his athletic ability, he was recognized by the City Coaches Association as an All-City Football Player in 1970.

A member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, he attended Emporia State University majoring in Economics and later joined the United States Army and graduated from the U. S. School of Finance. Upon returning home from the Army, he coached Little League Football at Douglass Elementary School in Kansas City, KS for fifth and sixth grade students from 1975 to 1979.

Some accomplishments include:

• Kansas State High School Official in football and basketball

• First African American to host a local radio program in Emporia, KS (Station 1380 KVOE)

• Recognized in the Bowlers Hall of Fame, St. Louis, MO (three perfect bowling scores of 300)

He is married to Minnie Mitchell-Milan of 45 years, and they have five children. After 30 years of employment from 1976 to 2006, he retired from the federal government (Social Security Administration).

He accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of ten. Early in his Christian life, he attended Mason Memorial United Methodist Church, Kansas City, KS. He was a member of the Young Adult Choir, Usher Board and President of the Pastor Parrish Committee.

In November of 1993, he accepted his calling to preach and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He received his preaching license from the Southern Baptist Association in 1995 and was an Associate Minister at New Horizons Baptist Church from 1995 to 1998. Ordained in May 2000, the Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Kansas City, KS unanimously voted to accept Reverend Milan as Pastor in October of 2000. He received theological education from Carver Baptist Bible Institute, Kansas City, MO.; Certification in Christian Counseling; Outreach in Pastoral Studies and Leadership from the Urban Alternative, Dallas, TX, 2023–2024.  He received a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Andersonville Theological Seminary, Camilla, GA in 2005 and is currently seeking a master’s degree.

Ministry and Civic Involvement

• 2026 – Present: Board Member, Economic Redevelopment Advisory Committee
• 2023 – Present: Treasurer — Kansas City, KS Baptist Ministers Union
• 2018 – Present: Member of the Executive Board — Shepherd’s Center (Services for Senior Citizens)
• 2016 – Present: Certified Instructor — National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.
• 2022 – 2023: President — Minister’s Council Missionary Baptist State Convention of Kansas
• 2017 – 2022: First Vice President — Missionary Baptist State Convention of Kansas
• 2012 – 2014: President of Baptist Ministers Union of Kansas City, Kansas
• 2011 – 2013: Executive Board NAACP Wyandotte County Branch
• 2010 – 2011: Chairman of Civil Rights/Political Action Committee & Missionary Baptist State Convention of Kansas
• 2010 – 2011: Treasurer — Kaw Valley District Association

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