VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/11/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) continued its commitment to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico on Monday by transferring One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Emergency Disaster-relief funds, on behalf of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), to the following entities on the island: $25,000 to the ABCUSA region Iglesias Bautista de Puerto Rico; […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/8/17)—Judson Press, the publishing arm of American Baptist Home Mission Societies, will publish Looking Back, Moving Forward: Wisdom from the Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership edited by Dwight N. Hopkins, Professor of Theology, The University of Chicago Divinity School. Looking Back, Moving Forward is a collection of lectures from […]
Learn more about the Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering here. After pastoring for 39 years, Harold Kruger “doesn’t do the ‘Reverend’ now,” but still preaches occasionally at the United Baptist Church, in Saco, Maine. From his birthplace in Indiana, to Maine to Massachusetts and New York, and back to Maine again, Kruger has been preaching […]
SAN JUAN, PR (ABNS 12/1/17)—With eight suitcases packed with more than 400 pounds of batteries in tow, Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, executive director of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), and six staff members visited Puerto Rico this week to assess disaster-relief efforts following hurricanes Irma and Maria and discuss plans for moving into Phase II […]
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 […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/30/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) invites American Baptists to join its effort to bring joy to the children of American Baptist churches and schools in Puerto Rico this holiday season through gifts of toys. ABHMS is collecting toy-filled shoeboxes to ship to Puerto Rico in time for Three Kings Day […]
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VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/22/17)—The Board of General Ministries of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) met November 16-18, 2017, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in King of Prussia, and also at the ABC Mission Center in Valley Forge, Pa. Board of General Ministries members gathered with over 100 others for a Celebration and Thanksgiving Service […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/21/17)—After an extensive search and vetting process, International Ministries (IM) is excited to announce the selection of the Rev. Jim Bell as associate executive director (AED) for Global Mission. Bell began his service in this key leadership position on October 1, 2017. Bell follows the Rev. Dr. Stan Slade, who held […]
Helping retired ministers, missionaries, widowed spouses and lay church workers make ends meet after a faithful life of service VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/21/17)—For many pastors and lay church workers, retirement can be a time of financial hardship and stressful uncertainty. With roots dating back to the mid-1930s, in 1977 MMBB Financial Services and American […]
