The blog below was written by Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA). Blogs written by ABCUSA Leadership Team members will be published periodically on the website. Views expressed are the sole opinion of the author. (Interested in submitting a blog for publication? Email bridget.holmstrom@abc-usa.org.) While baseball and football may […]
American Baptists have always been a people of missionl mission is in our DNA. Our United Mission (UM) contributions help us to serve as the hands and feet of Christ – from the local congregation to all parts of the world. It is through UM, our one family offering, that each congregation or individual is […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/1/14)—The Star Book for Ministers has been a trusted companion and reference for many generations of evangelical pastors. The perennial best-seller in the Judson Press “Star Book” series, The Star Book for Ministers released in its Third Revised Edition today with much anticipation and excitement. Twenty years have passed since […]
Exodus 35:20-29; 36:2-7 Generosity begins by remembering. And remembering in a certain kind of way. The ancient Israelites depended on, and made an art of, remembering. Throughout the psalms, there is a call to remembrance, to reflect on what God had done in the past—how God had delivered them out of slavery and protected their […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/28/14)—Dwayne and Janet Doyle have been appointed by American Baptist International Ministries (IM) to serve as associate development workers in central Asia. The Doyles are currently living and serving in central Asia through Interserve USA. The Doyles’ home church is First Baptist Church in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Dwayne is an […]
The Transformed by the Spirit initiative has taken hold across American Baptist Churches USA, with churches, regions, and partner groups all looking to answer a similar question: “What challenges are we facing, for which we do not presently have an answer, but which must be addressed if we are to live into the future God […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/28/14)—In response to a landslide that devastated Oso, Washington, American Baptist Churches USA has released an initial $2,500 One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Emergency Disaster Response Grant through American Baptist Home Mission Societies to First Baptist Church (FBC), Darrington, Washington. Occurring on Saturday, the landslide destroyed structures and caused injury […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/26/14)—The Region Board of Managers for the American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin unanimously voted to call Rev. Marie Onwubuariri as executive minister at a meeting on March 24. Her service in this position will begin in the summer of 2014. “Marie brings wonderful gifts and energy to this position. As the […]
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VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/21/14)—Tasked with the work of seeking a new General Secretary for American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), the search committee met for the first time on March 19-20 in Chicago. In June 2013, General Secretary A. Roy Medley, who began his position in 2002, was re-elected to serve a two-year term as […]
