Engage 2023! is the reimagined “Orientation to American Baptist Life” program. Participants will be attending Biennial sessions to connect, equip and belong within American Baptist Churches USA! There will be opportunities to learn about the American Baptist family, meet with leaders and mentors, create a network of ABC colleagues, and attend the American Baptist Churches […]

The Board of General Ministries Election Slate which will come to the Biennial Delegates for vote during the Business Meeting of the 2023 American Baptist Churches Biennial Mission Summit, June 23-25, 2023 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Business Meeting will be held at 2:30pm Atlantic Time on Sunday, […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/13/22)—The Rev. Kathryn Choy-Wong has been named the 2023 recipient of the Cora and John Sparrowk President’s Award. The award will be presented on Sunday evening, June 25 during the 2023 American Baptist Churches Biennial Mission Summit on behalf of the American Baptist Churches USA Board of General Ministries. The 2023 […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (8/24/22)—We are excited to announce the keynote speakers for the 2023 Biennial Mission Summit, to be held June 23-25, 2023 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico! These engaging, dynamic American Baptist speakers will share a message during the four worship services scheduled: Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes […]

Welcome. We hope that you will be able to use these resources in your promotion of the 2023 Biennial Mission Summit event, coming June 23-25, 2023 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Biennial Mission Summit Communication Standards Biennial Mission Summit logo (.jpg) Biennial Mission Summit logo – Spanish (.jpg) Flyer […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/12/22)—American Baptists and friends are invited to enjoy the worship sessions from the American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit 2021 — An Online Experience, which met June 24-26, 2021. The Worship sessions from each evening during the event, centered around the conference theme Imagine and three event subthemes – Imagine Unity, […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/16/22)—The American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 23-25, 2023. The 2023 Planning Team welcomes your feedback as they make plans for this upcoming event. The theme for the 2023 Biennial Mission Summit is, “For Such a Time as This.” Respondents are asked […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (6/30/21)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) launched its Center for Continuous Learning (CCL) last Wednesday during the “2021 American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit – An Online Experience.” Participants met CCL’s director, the Rev. Rebecca Irwin-Diehl, who said CCL is a work-in-progress.   “The foundational vision for this [CCL] is that […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/30/21)—The American Baptist Churches USA 2021 Biennial Mission Summit—An Online Experience met virtually June 24-26, 2021, with several pre-event activities. Inspired by the event’s theme, Imagine, speakers and leaders fostered spaces and invited participants to work toward unity, experience healing, and have hope while envisioning new possibilities for ministry and communities. […]

The American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit 2021 — An Online Experience wraps up today, June 26, with another full day of connecting, learning, reflecting, and worshiping with the American Baptist family. The second day of the online denominational gathering included an MMBB Member Address, a selection of afternoon workshops, the Business Session, and […]

The first day of the online American Baptist 2021 Biennial Mission Summit, Thursday, June 24, kicked off with a live Welcome Session, which served as an orientation to the online platform so that participants could anticipate what to expect, navigate the events with ease, and interact with the American Baptist family in real time. All […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/24/21)—The American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit 2021 — An Online Experience officially begins today, June 24, with the conference theme Imagine. Today is full of online experiences and opportunities for attendees to connect, learn, reflect, and worship with the American Baptist family. The Welcome Session at 4 p.m. EDT […]