2015-2016 Planning Calendar & Directory – Coming Soon!
2015-2016 American Baptist Planning Calendar & Directory – COMING SOON! Thank you for your patience during our staff transition. We plan to post this by late October.
Cupcakes? Really?!? FCBC Fresno Connects with Community
The story below is about a ministry of the First Chinese Baptist Church of Fresno, which is a recent recipient of the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA. The article below was written by Rev. Danny Jack. In my years as a pastor, counselor and director of three home mission projects, I’ve been a part of many […]
Connecting with the Spirit in Taizé
There are so many things that fight for our attention everyday. When is the last time you took a few moments to be silent and listen to God? How about a whole hour? A day? Sometimes we can benefit greatly from simply taking time out of our daily lives to spend time with God. Worship, […]
Coming Soon: Inspired, Transformed…American Baptist Churches
We are excited for the release of our new film! Look for it in November on an ABC Celebration Sunday in churches all across the country and Puerto Rico. Inspired, Transformed…American Baptist Churches, celebrating God’s wonderful gift to us of being American Baptists by some of today’s most important and tireless religious and social activists: Jimmy […]
AB Women’s Ministries Seeks Nominations for Shine the Light Award
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/8/14)—Nominations are being accepted now for the 2015 Shine the Light Award. The Shine the Light Award, established in 2010 by American Baptist Women’s Ministries, ABCUSA, serves to recognize a woman or a women’s ministry group that serves as outstanding light-bearers for Christ. The award highlights a specific ministry project or […]
ABHMS Encourages Observation of ‘National Disability Employment Awareness Month’
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/8/14)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages congregations to observe October as “National Disability Employment Awareness Month” with new worship and advocacy resources. Two-thirds of Americans with disabilities are unemployed or underemployed—a number that has not changed since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed by President George H.W. Bush […]
Transformed by the Spirit in Action – Beacon of Hope Youth Center
The story below is about the Beacon of Hope Youth Center and how this organization has been Transformed by the Spirit. The story comes from the American Baptist Churches of Michigan, written by David Nichols, and is used with permission. For almost 20 years, Rick Cunningham looked for a church willing to open its doors […]
Appeal for Prayer: Thousands of Baptists displaced in Ukraine
The All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (AUUAECB) reported that approximately 5,500 Baptists have been displaced in Eastern Ukraine as a result of the conflict in that country. A letter received by the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) from AUUAECB gave a graphic description of life in Eastern Ukraine. It said more than 100,000 Ukrainians […]
Pappas Announces Retirement as Executive Minister of TABCOM
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/7/14)—Rev. Dr. Anthony (Tony) G. Pappas announced his retirement as the Executive Minister of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM) on October 2, 2014. “Tony’s passion for congregations and insight into how to help smaller congregations become more effective benefited us all. We will miss Tony in this role, but […]
Shirley Jones, a Former Interim Executive Director of Educational Ministries, Dies
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/6/14)—Shirley Jones, who served as interim executive director of the Board of Educational Ministries (BEM), died Sept. 29 at her home in Oakland, California. She had been battling pancreatic cancer. Her 17 years with BEM began in 1972 as director of financial aid. For 14 years, she was BEM’s director of […]