VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/14/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces American Baptist clergy and lay leaders who will receive awards for significant faith-based work. Recipients were selected by the ABHMS board of directors from nominations submitted by clergy and laypersons across the United States and Puerto Rico. While some awards will be presented at […]
NEW YORK, NY (ABNS 2/13/13)—MMBB Financial Services (the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board) recognized Gardena Valley Baptist Church (GVBC), Gardena, CA, for its steadfast commitment to promoting the Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering (RMMO). The Rev. Dr. Perry J. Hopper presented the Widow’s Mite Award noting that GVBC raised $89,793 over the past 10 years. “The Widow’s […]
A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), headed a delegation of twelve American Baptists and Baptist World Alliance (BWA) representatives on Friday, February 8, in a visit to engage US State Department officials around concerns raised by the continuing religious and human rights violations in Burma. During the meeting with 6 representatives from various […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/13/13)—Dating to Adoniram Judson’s 1813 mission to Burma (now known as Myanmar), American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has maintained strong ties to the peoples of that region. Since an influx began in 2006, ABHMS has been working vigorously with the thousands of refugees of Karen, Chin, Kachin, Karenni, Mon, Shan, […]
Each Wednesday throughout the season of Lent in 2013, a reflection including bible verses, prayer suggestions and a prayer will be available on the ABCUSA website. The following reading is the first reflection, posted for Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 (NRSV) 1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/12/13)—The New Year is bringing an expanded role for International Ministries (IM) medical missionary, Kristy Engel. After serving for 12 years as a pediatric health practitioner and coordinator of medical and volunteer teams at the Good Samaritan Hospital in La Romana, Dominican Republic, Engel will be employing her medical skills and […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/8/13)—Sam Duncan, director of the American Baptist Computer Center (ABCC) and former International Ministries missionary to the Congo/Zaire and the Philippines, will retire effective March 31, 2013. The ABCC Board has appointed David Cushman as Acting Director of the ABCC. Cushman currently serves as Research & Information Services Officer with the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/8/13)—MMBB Financial Services (The Ministers and Missionairies Benefit Board) announced that Mr. Louis P. Barbarin will assume the role of executive director on March 1, 2013, following Rev. Dr. Sumner Grant’s retirement. The MMBB Board of Managers met in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to make its unanimous decision to appoint Mr. Barbarin, MMBB’s current […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/7/13)—Staff leadership from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) met together in Atlanta on Feb. 5 to share ideas for mission and ministries and discuss present and future partnerships. “CBF and ABC have great affinities,” said Pat Anderson, the Fellowship’s executive coordinator. “We share a Baptist history […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/7/13)—The Rev. Dr. Nick Carter, President of Andover Newton Theological School since 2004, has announced his intention to retire from the leadership of the nation’s oldest graduate theological school in June of 2014. “Dr. Carter has helped Andover Newton develop one of the finest emphases on interfaith studies and relationships during […]
