Highlights from the 2025 Biennial Mission Summit From July 3–6, 2025, American Baptists from across the United States and Puerto Rico gathered in Omaha, Nebraska, for the 2025 Biennial Mission Summit. With the theme “Come Seek Living Water,” the event welcomed attendees of all ages into four days of worship, learning, fellowship, and Spirit-led renewal. […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 7/15/25)—Rev. Dr. Walter L. Parrish, II, former regional executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of the South, died on Sunday July 6, 2025. Parrish served the region as its Executive Minister beginning in 1979 until his retirement in December 2014. The American Baptist Churches of the South region shared, […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 7/14/25)—Margaret “Peggy” A. (Ferris) Johnson, age 85, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, surrounded by the love of her devoted family. Johnson served as President of American Baptist Churches USA from January 1, 2004-December 31, 2005. A woman of deep faith and unwavering compassion, she was a […]
