VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/14/17)—Continuing its commitment to gun violence prevention, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has published an article in its November online edition of The Christian Citizen magazine and signed a letter to Congress written by Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence. Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence sent the letter to […]
BROOKFIELD, WI (ABNS 11/14/17)—At Ottawa University’s Brookfield campus on Thursday, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) convened its fourth aligned action network gathering in the nation. It was the first aligned action network meeting among leaders from a portion of the Midwest, comprised of ABHMS’ new and historic partners from churches, campus and community ministries […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/13/17)—The third national dialogue between Baptists and Muslims will be held April 16-19, 2018, at the Green Lake Conference Center/American Baptist Assembly in Green Lake, Wis. The target group for the third dialogue is Baptist and Muslim religious leaders fifty years of age and younger who, together with their congregations*, are […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/7/17)—Emerson and Ivy Wu, International Ministries (IM) missionaries, are preparing to embark on a new assignment as the directors of Global Chinese Mission for IM. This role will expand their service to Taiwan and Singapore, the Pacific Rim, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto and New York. Their mission is […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/6/17)—American Baptist Churches USA General Secretary Rev. Dr. Lee B. Spitzer published a pastoral letter today entitled, “Responding to Violence in Our Society – American Baptists Express Love and Not Fear.” Read the full letter below. A Pastoral Letter from Rev. Dr. Lee B. Spitzer, General Secretary, ABCUSA November 6, 2017 Dear American […]
Many people today take going to college for granted. For others who lack the means or who have never had family members attending college, the assumption too often is that college attendance is nothing more than a dream for others to pursue. First Baptist Church in Rockport, Mass., decided to set up a “college immersion trip” […]
A team working together around the challenge of stewardship in the 21st century has worked hard over the past eighteen months to put together “The Generosity Project,” a pilot program running from Sept. 2017 – Dec. 2018 which will work to provide stewardship resources and support to a cohort group of pastors from New England […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/1/17)—It’s been more than a month since Hurricanes Irma and Maria together delivered a devastating one-two punch to the people of Puerto Rico. Seventy percent of homes, hospitals, churches, schools and businesses remain without power. Many Puerto Ricans are relocating to the U.S. mainland. American Baptists began to respond quickly to […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/1/17)—International Ministries (IM) has announced that Ketly Pierre, an IM missionary in Haiti, has received the Orlando Costas Alumni Award from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University. The award was presented during the “Celebrating Latino/a Heritage Month and Culture and Theology” event at Iglesia Sion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 10, […]
