VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/21/18)—On May 16, 2018, the Burma Refugees Commission of American Baptist Churches USA, along with representatives of the various organizations within ABCUSA, welcomed the Republic of the United States Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar, U Aung Lynn, to ABCUSA’s Mission Center. Ambassador Lynn, the Ambassador’s wife, Daw Kay Thi Kyi […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/18/18)—Registration is now open for American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) highly anticipated “Thy Will Be Done”-themed Space for Grace 2018 conference planned for Nov. 14-16 in Philadelphia. Join faith leaders, community service leaders, social justice advocates and others considering critical issues facing Christians today in the 2½ day-conference at Loews […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/16/18)—The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, but it is plagued by economic inequality—which too often affects people of African descent. In Reconciliation & Reparation: Preaching Economic Justice, author Joseph Evans issues a clarion call to church leaders to disturb the status quo through a species […]
Imagine being a church in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley. Many in your San Jose community enjoy abounding wealth as technology corporations experience unprecedented expansion. But you are also aware that some 7,000 San Jose residents, unable to afford the inflated housing market, are homeless. Your congregation, Grace Baptist Church located across the street […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/15/18)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is pleased to announce that Puerto Rico natives Abigail Medina Betancourt and the Rev. Hector A. Rivera Padua have joined the organization to support its ongoing “Rebuilding, Restoring, Renewing Puerto Rico” initiative. On May 1, Medina began serving as the initiative’s onsite volunteer coordinator. As […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/15/18)—International Ministries (IM) is delighted to announce that the Rev. Dr. Hikmat Kashouh will be bringing his vibrant and challenging message to the 2018 World Mission Conference. Dr. Kashouh is no stranger to the long years of civil war in Lebanon or to the amazing multicultural lifestyle that defines his progressive […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/15/18)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries is collaborating with American Baptist Women in Ministry (ABWIM) to host a wellness retreat in September for women in and around Rhode Island. The Harvesting Shalom conference is inspired by the biblical passage Acts 17:28, which says, “In Him we live and move and have our being”. […]
A team working together around the challenge of stewardship in the 21st century has worked hard over the past eighteen months to put together “The Generosity Project,” a pilot program running from Sept. 2017 – Dec. 2018 which will work to provide stewardship resources and support to a cohort group of pastors from New England […]
Exton Community Baptist Church in Exton, Pa., has always been an interracial church, so it was only natural for them to open their doors to the new neighbors who started moving to the area in recent years. Between the year 2000 and 2010, the Asian population in Chester County, Pa., grew by 127%. Many of […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/10/18)—This year, the Shine the Light Award recognizes a Wisconsin resident who helped resettle Chin refugees from Myanmar. American Baptist Women’s Ministries has announced Nancy Byleen, a member of First Baptist Church in West Allis, Wisconsin, will receive this year’s Shine the Light Award. Byleen was nominated by Rev. Kim Drost, […]
