2023 Biennial Mission Summit – San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Registration is now open for the 2023 Biennial Mission Summit
to be held at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in

San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 23-25, 2023!

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We are happy to offer Child Care and Youth Programs at the 2023 Biennial Mission Summit! Learn more or register with this form, or learn about the Child Care Emergency and Health and Safety Protocols.

American Baptists Churches USA invites you and your congregation to the 2023 Biennial Mission Summit, June 23-25, 2023, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Register now at www.americanbaptists2023.com. The Biennial dates are June 23-25, but make sure you save extra time as events will be held before, during and after the larger Biennial Mission Summit event.

Learn more about the four American Baptist Keynote Speakers for the event, here.

Visit www.americanbaptists2023.com to learn more.

2021 Biennial Mission Summit

American Baptists and friends are invited to enjoy the worship sessions from the American Baptist Churches USA Biennial Mission Summit 2021 — An Online Experience, which met June 24-26, 2021.

The Worship sessions from each evening during the event, centered around the conference theme Imagine and three event subthemes – Imagine UnityImagine Healing and Imagine Hope – have now been made available for the first time to all for viewing online via our YouTube Channel.

Watch videos from the 2021 Online Biennial Mission Summit, below:

Imagine Unity


Imagine Healing


Imagine Hope

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