Loving our neighbors as ourselves is the opposite of bullying. The Youth for Youth program, based out of Greenville Baptist Church in Greenville, RI, is addressing the problem of bullying directly. Their mission is “to support and create youth developed and facilitated programs that educate and inspire youth to combat intolerance, bullying and violence, including […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/5/13)—Just in time for Black History Month, Judson Press has released a powerful new resource for the African American church. To Serve This Present Age: Social Justice Ministries in the Black Church is coauthored by veteran ministry practitioners, Min. Danielle L. Ayers and Rev. Reginald W. Williams Jr. At a time […]
Are you hearing the buzz? More and more ABC people in our congregations and regions are these days infusing some new and exciting language into their conversations. These conversations are found around a few key issues: that the Spirit is at work among us and seems to be taking ABC into new places; that we […]
Rev. Dr. Leo S. Thorne, associate general secretary for Mission Resource Development for American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), has been serving on a Working Group for the State Department. This story is a transcript of an interview done by Bridget Holmstrom, web manager/communication specialist for ABCUSA, about Thorne’s involvement with the State Department. Holmstrom: Leo, […]
An American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM) delegation, co-led by ABWM Executive Director Virginia Holmstrom and American Baptist Churches USA General Secretary Roy Medley, traveled to Lebanon and Georgia, January 14-28. While in the Republic of Georgia, members of the delegation participated in the International Holocaust Remembrance service on January 27 in Tibilisi, Georgia. The event […]
American Baptist Women’s Ministries has created a mission opportunity that brings the mission trip experience to women within the context of their daily lives: the Virtual Mission Encounter. In 2013, American Baptist Women’s Ministries is offering four virtual mission encounter that participants may join, from their own home! The first such Mission Encounter is coming up […]
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s identification with American Baptists led to a resolution adopted by the former American Baptist General Board. Learn about the history and the resolution, below. American Baptists and the Legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1986 was the first year in which Dr. King’s birthday was recognized as a […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/16/13)—A month after the shooting in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) continued its gun control advocacy yesterday when Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, ABHMS managing director of Resource Development, joined representatives of various faith-based organizations in a press conference at the United Methodist Building, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by […]
At least once a year, many Christians become aware of the great diversity of ways of adoring God. Hearts are touched, and people realize that their neighbours’ ways are not so strange. The event that touches off this special experience is something called the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Traditionally celebrated between 18-25 January […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/3/13)—The Board of Ministries of the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island (ABCORI) unanimously voted to call Rev. Tom Wiles as Executive Minister. The projected start date is February 11, 2013. “On behalf of the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island, I am delighted to welcome Rev. Tom Wiles as […]
