American Baptist Churches USA will celebrate the 2015 Biennial Mission Summit in Overland Park, Kansas. In an effort to foster ongoing, vigorous theological conversations among American Baptist theologians, pastor-theologians, and theological educators throughout the denomination, the General Secretary Roy Medley of ABCUSA and the Emerging Theologians Commission will host the third pre-biennial theology conference around […]
We have received questions about Westboro Baptist Church in light of increased media attention. American Baptists want to be clear that we denounce their message and tactics of hate. It grieves us that in bearing the Baptist name they destroy the reputation of thousands of Baptists who daily give themselves in selfless acts of love […]
Dear American Baptist, As a young pastor hungering for a deeper relationship with Christ, I visited Taizé. My week there answered my quest for a spirituality that spoke deeply to the heart and the call to justice and peacemaking. Part of the richness of the experience was worshipping and studying with folks from all over […]
Dear American Baptists, Greetings in this New Year as I enter my 14th and final year as General Secretary. When I began serving in this position, I never imagined how large a role ABC would be called to play in the defense and promotion of religious liberty. Through world circumstances, it has become a major […]
The story below is about a ministry of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention, which is a recent recipient of the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA. Project Restoration is a ministry of the Older Adults Ministries of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention. This new effort began in 2012 to help senior adults dwelling in […]
You are invited to share your Ministry Story with the American Baptist Family and with the world! The entry deadline has been extended to May 1, 2015 – don’t wait until it is too late! “We want to develop a learning community where churches share their innovation, experiences, and experiments in ministry (particularly ones which […]
The story below is about Camp Lake Louise and how this organization has been Transformed by the Spirit. The story comes from the American Baptist Churches of Michigan, written by David Nichols, and is used with permission. Several years ago Rev. Jim Kent thought it would be a good thing to have high school students […]
For 2015, churches are invited to become sponsoring churches of the Biennial Mission Summit! For Mission Summit 2015, churches are invited to register as Sponsors, which will allow for a discounted registration fee for individuals registering from these sponsoring churches. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with American Baptists from across the world! Sponsoring churches will help to support the Mission […]
Every great launch, whether of a mighty ocean liner, a new car model, or a ground-breaking Apple product is greeted with great anticipation and fanfare. That’s why the heavens filled with angels on Christmas Eve. All heaven and earth, all creation had been waiting on tiptoe for this moment: the launch of God’s effort to […]
The ABCUSA Committee on Christian Unity and Interfaith Relations will be sponsoring a peace-building tour April 15-26, 2015 (April 15 to 30, 2015, with Jordan extension), in partnership with the Church of the Brethren and the Progressive National Baptist Convention. This visit will introduce participants to the complex issues at play in this region that so desperately […]
