VALLEY FORGE, PA (12/16/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is pleased to announce that the Rev. Kristina Moeller has been named ecclesiastical endorser for chaplains, pastoral counselors and those serving in specialized ministerial settings. “It is my privilege to serve as the ecclesiastical endorser for our denominational family,” says Moeller. “Our chaplains and pastoral counselors […]
This Advent season, five Regional Executives of American Baptist regions will provide reflections focusing on “What Christmas Means to Me.” Each reflection will be posted prior to the Sundays in Advent, along with Christmas Sunday. For the fourth Sunday of Advent, Rev. Dr. Cheryl Dudley, executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of Metro New […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/12/16)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries and American Baptist Women in Ministry are planning in partnership a second cruise event to the Bahamas, September 15-18, 2017. The cruise is open to all American Baptist women and their friends and loved ones. Departing from Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida, on the Royal Caribbean “Majesty of […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/8/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) reports that its 16 Neighborhood Action Program (NAP) Christian centers have been making a difference during 2016, serving as the hands and feet of Christ throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. A sampling follows. “I am grateful for the miraculous opportunities God makes possible […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/8/16)—On behalf of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has awarded $125,000 total in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) grants to various ministries throughout the United States. The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM), Groton A $20,000 one-time OGHS Domestic Development Grant was awarded to […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/8/16)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries announces a virtual mission encounter, May 8-12, 2017, “See Me As I Am,” on Baptist-Muslim Dialogue. This virtual mission encounter offers women the opportunity gain tools and inspiration for effective interfaith dialogue and understand more clearly the need to create Beloved Community. Bishop Desmond Tutu has said, […]
Ngun Hlel Tial, 16, is a high school junior and an active member of Carson Chin Baptist Church in West Allis, Wis. A violin player and tennis athlete, Ngun is a member of her school’s Key Club, a student-led service organization of Kiwanis International. Through the key club, Ngun completed more than 70 hours of […]
Barbara Jarrett remembers the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) denominational Mission Center from age 12, when her Dad, Austin Wilson, brought her next door to pick apples in a neighboring orchard. Wilson headed ABCUSA’s mail and addressograph center in those days and worked in the building 28 years. Marilyn Tyson recalls the Mission Center when […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/5/16)—As the United States observes the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) lifts up the other side of this story as a lesson of racial injustice important to remember as well. More than 120,000 Japanese immigrants and their children, born citizens of the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (12/5/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is delighted to announce the national launch of its exciting “In Support of Excellence” (ISOE) financial-empowerment initiative for pastors and lay leaders. Too many high-capacity pastors are suffering in silence, as they are both woefully undercompensated and squeezed by crushing personal debt. ABHMS is committed to […]
