On behalf of the Congress Program Committee of the Baptist World Alliance, you are invited to participate in the 21st Baptist World Congress, taking place in Durban, South Africa, July 22-26, 2015. Download the Performing Arts Application Held once every five years for the last 105 years, this will be the very first time that […]
Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, gave the address at Palmer Theological Seminary’s 29th Commencement on Saturday, May 17, 2014. Medley was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by the Seminary. Read Medley’s address, below. To the president of Eastern University, Dr. Robert Duffet; Interim Dean, Dr. Diane Chen; […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/20/14)—In their first national meeting in more than three years, National Council of Churches’ member communions and partners came together in Washington May 19-20 in their first Christian Unity Gathering. More than 200 persons celebrated the rejuvenation of the NCC in an event filled with worship, music, bible study, and a discussion […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/20/14)—Dr. Shigemi Tomita of Yokohama, Japan, has been appointed by American Baptist International Ministries (IM) to serve as an associate missionary in Japan. This unusual assignment has come about through a unique partnership between IM and Kanto Gakuin Schools in Japan. After completing theological studies in Canada, Tomita returned to her […]
Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, gave the address at Palmer Theological Seminary’s 29th Commencement on Saturday, May 17, 2014. Medley was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by the Seminary. To view Medley’s address, click here.
Ng was awarded the “Spirit of the Hill” Award from Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, on Thursday, May 15. Congratulations on your accomplishments! ABCUSA President Don Ng and General Secretary A. Roy Medley check out Ng’s new brick at Andover Newton Theological School.
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/16/14)—On Thursday, a Sudanese woman of Christian faith was sentenced to death after she refused to recant her faith in front of a court who considers her to be Muslim, according to CNN. “American Baptists condemn the sentencing of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag to death for apostasy as a violation of […]
From Wednesday, April 30 to Friday, May 2, 2014, American Baptist Churches hosted the Burma Diaspora Community meetings at the American Baptist Churches Mission Center in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Members of seven Burmese ethnic groups came together for the event, including Burmese, Chin, Falam Chin, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, and Lisu. View photos from the event. […]
The Mission Summit Conversations, which took place at Mission Summit 2013: An American Baptist Biennial Gathering in Overland Park, Kansas, provided a new and exciting opportunity for American Baptists from across the country to come together to discuss vital ministry challenges. This model is based around the Transformed by the Spirit initiative. The American Baptist […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/13/14)—Churches, individuals and partners are being invited by International Ministries (IM) to help discern the direction God is calling IM into the future. This discernment process, entitled Responding to the Call, focuses on the following questions: How should IM respond to God’s call to be “a light to the nations” so […]
