VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/25/15)—The American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS) has announced that the Rev. Dr. James Mitchell Harrison, former President of ABCOTS (2011-2013), has been elected to serve the Region of the South as Regional Executive Minister. The election occurred on Thursday, April 16, 2015, following the recommendation of the Search Committee, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/25/15)—At its semiannual meeting yesterday, the Board of Directors of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) voted unanimously to call the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, interim senior pastor of Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Roswell, Ga., to the position of executive director. He will lead the historic mission agency following the retirement […]
We invited American Baptists from across the country to share their Ministry Stories with the American Baptist Family and with the world! View the full list of Ministry Story Opportunity Submissions. Ministry Story – Vignettes From The Shelter, The Second Baptist Church Of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Transformed by the Spirit – Ministry Story Opportunity Christmas […]
We invited American Baptists from across the country to share their Ministry Stories with the American Baptist Family and with the world! View the full list of Ministry Story Opportunity Submissions. Ministry Story – First Baptist Church, Osage, Iowa Transformed by the Spirit – Ministry Story Opportunity Let me introduce myself, I am Karen Hahn-Brown. […]
We invited American Baptists from across the country to share their Ministry Stories with the American Baptist Family and with the world! View the full list of Ministry Story Opportunity Submissions. Ministry Story – OPEN – Ashland Church, Toledo Transformed by the Spirit – Ministry Story Opportunity Ashland Ave. Baptist Church of Toledo is a […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/23/15)—The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts has announced the election of the Rev. Mary Day Miller as Executive Minister of the region. The election was held on Saturday, June 20, 2015, and with 66 Churches, representing 7 associations registered, the motion to elect the Rev. Miller as the Executive Minister was […]
Even if you are unable to attend the Mission Summit in Overland Park, Kansas, June 26-28, 2015, you can still be a part of the conversations! The American Baptist Computer Center has developed an online bulletin board for posting learnings and insights from conversation groups, as well as other learnings from similar regional and national conversational […]
The 2015 Biennial Mission Summit event, June 26-28, 2015, in Overland Park, Kansas, features a Hall of Ministries, full of representatives from American Baptist organizations and partner Exhibitors. In the center of the Hall of Ministries, there will be a BRAND NEW Ministry Square area, a “town hall,” where attendees can meet each other, gather to […]
On June 17th, a tragedy occurred at the Historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. People gathered for Bible Study: men, women and children. They gathered, devoting themselves to the pastor’s teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. In the midst of this time of worship, a guest joined the […]
General Secretary Roy Medley extends, on behalf of American Baptist Churches, our deepest Christian sympathies to the members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and the AME family at large for the murders they have endured in yet another senseless act of gun violence. We are both shocked and outraged by the […]
