VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/16/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages entries to the 2014 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest, sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee (BJC). High school juniors and seniors can win up to $2,000 for college. Essays must tackle the topic of whether religious references should be […]
GREEN LAKE, WI (12/13/13) – Since December 29, 1943 when the Lawson estate was purchased by the Northern Baptists, God has anointed Green Lake Conference Center (GLCC) to “nurture and train leadership for the world mission of the churches” (from the 1944 Articles of Incorporation). In November 2013 alone, GLCC welcomed American Baptist Churches USA, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/12/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has endorsed the “Statement of Principles and Recommended Practices for Confronting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery” that was publicly released yesterday by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) in conjunction with International Human Rights Day. “People of faith can use a variety of avenues […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/9/13)—Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III, executive director of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), is among 53 national faith leaders to endorse a letter that Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence sent to Congress today. Urging members of Congress to support bipartisan legislation that extends background checks to private gun sales in […]
American Baptists are asked to hold the family of Nelson Mandela in their prayers are this time, after he died on Thursday, December 5, 2013. “Mandela’s refusal to hate and readiness to reconcile generated not only a political revolution but a moral revolution as well that opened the door for a new reality to emerge […]
The article below was originally published by the Associated Baptist Press. To view the original article, click here. To view the latest blog reports from American Baptist International Ministries, click here. Baptists from the United States and around the world traveled this week to Myanmar to celebrate the 200-year anniversary of the arrival of an […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/6/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces the release of the documentary DVD “A New Land, A New Hope: The Journey of Christians from Burma to the United States” in conjunction with the 200th anniversary celebration of American Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson’s 1813 arrival in Burma (now known as Myanmar). ABHMS […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/4/13)—Registration for EMERGE: Baptist Witness in the 21st Century Ministers Conference closed on Tuesday, 12/10. EMERGE gives ministers an opportunity to refresh, learn, grow, and connect with other American Baptist pastors in Orlando, Florida, January 6-9, 2014. Visit www.abcemerge.com to learn about over 20 available workshops, influential event speakers, worship leaders and more. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/3/13)—Judson Press is pleased to announce the winners of the “Who in the Bible is Most Like Me and Why?” national essay contest. The contest garnered entrants from ages 13 through 18 whose essays were judged by Romal Tune, author of God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens and the American Baptist […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/3/13)—December 1-17, 2013, seventeen American Baptist women are traveling in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand on a mission encounter co-sponsored by American Baptist Women’s Ministries and International Ministries. While there, they are participating in the 200th Anniversary Judson Celebration, meeting women’s ministry leaders, and visiting historical Judson sites as well as today’s […]
