VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/10/16)—The ABC Creation Justice Network, a new ABC initiative, met September 22-23 in Sherborn, Mass. The Network, which received a grant from the Mission Initiative Fund, was formed based on the premise that each day we see God’s magnificence in creation. As God’s creations, Christians are called to become good stewards […]
Rev. Dr. Suzanne Kershaw is Associate Minister for Grace Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pa.’s Germantown Section. She leads the congregation in liturgy, preaching and teaching. I’m an American Baptist because I have the freedom to worship as I believe and to live out my faith in a manner that honors God as I try to […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/7/16)—Initial grants totaling $25,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) emergency relief funds are on their way to American Baptist International Ministries (IM) partners in Haiti, Cuba and the Caribbean after Hurricane Matthew barreled through on October 3rd and 4th, 2016. The Category 4 storm brought heavy winds and torrential […]
A $1,000 Matthew 25 Grant from American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) to HighWay Ministries of Los Angeles is underwriting a Sunday morning ministry to provide free breakfasts to poor and homeless members of the Ministry’s community. So far well over 200 meals have been served since April. Proceeds from the grant are also being used […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/3/16)—As America enters the final weeks of a contentious presidential election season, American Baptists are invited to pray with American Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) on Tuesdays through Election Day on Nov. 8. Recent political rhetoric has been angry, accusatory, caustic, bombastic and, occasionally, R-rated. It has caused division and discord, fragmenting […]
A $500 Matthew 25 Grant to First Baptist Church of Holdrege, Neb., has made a difference in the lives of single moms and also a family with an ailing newborn. The grant, from American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) helped to bolster “Our heavily tapped Rainy Days Fund for those in critical need,” explains the Rev. […]
Summer camps overall have experienced great challenges to operate in recent years. Costs to run a camp have increased and a variety of distractions in the culture have sometimes hampered attendance. But there are also signs of life. We reported on Camp Moses Merrill in Nebraska recently. Camp Bentley in Berthold, N.D., has also just […]
A $3,100 Matthew 25 grant from American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) enabled Burien (Wash.) Community Church to continue its After School Tutoring program during the 2015-16 academic year. The program is conducted in partnership with Gregory Heights Elementary School, located across the street from the church. Ten students in the fall and 10 in the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/28/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) and American Baptist Foundation (ABF) are pleased to announce recipients of a total of $538,129 in grants from the Virginia and Gordon Palmer Jr. Trust, as awarded by ABF during ABHMS’ 2016 grant cycle: Cumberland Associations, American Baptist Churches (ABC) of Maine Judson Memorial Church, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/28/16)—American Baptist Churches USA seeks nominations for the Luke Mowbray Ecumenical Award, which recognizes an individual for outstanding ecumenical work at the local, state, national or international level, either as a volunteer or paid professional. This award will be presented at the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) 2017 Biennial Mission Summit, June […]
