As American Baptists, we are proud to be a part of a strong, vital, missional denomination. Being an American Baptist church means supporting ABC. When you give to United Mission, we all become United IN Mission – our ministry is made possible by givers like YOU! We are beginning a two-year focus on strengthening giving […]
Register today! Visit www.abcemerge.com YOU ARE INVITED! “Emerge: Baptist Witness in the 21st Century” combines a Ministers Conference and Orientation to American Baptist Life, where conferees will explore emergent themes in Baptist theology of the Holy Spirit, postmodern witness and third millennium mission, in this 200th anniversary year of the historic Judson mission to Burma. The […]
R.S.V.P. Requested! Rev. Donald Ng, Vice President of ABCUSA, invites all former staff members of American Baptist Educational Ministries to an “EM Staff Reunion Dinner” on November 16, 2013. Please click here to read Ng’s full invitation letter “When Educational Ministries completed its ministry in 2003, we knew that we had been part of a […]
Pastor Bob Ballance at Pine Street Church in Boulder (ABC Church) reports that groups from American Baptist Church in Fort Collins, Colorado, the First Baptist Church in Atchison, Kansas, and the church Balance pastors, Pine Street Church (formerly First Baptist Church) of Boulder, Colorado, have worked together in early relief efforts. Balance and others have […]
Our hearts are saddened by the events that occurred in Nairobi, Kenya and Peshawar, Pakistan over the weekend. Please hold in prayer all of those injured in the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, as well as the loved ones of those victims who were so senselessly killed. At least 62 people have been […]
Our continued prayers are with those in Colorado struggling with recent flooding. Please hold in prayer all of those affected in some way in your prayers. A $10,000 One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) emergency relief grant was released to the American Baptist Churches of the Rocky Mountains region. Your gifts designated to “OGHS Colorado Flooding” will help […]
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Washington, DC, Sept. 16, 2013 Christian Leaders Ask House to Say ‘No’ to $40 Billion in New SNAP Cuts Christian leaders this week urged members of the House of Representatives to vote “No” on a proposed bill that will further cut SNAP (the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps) by $40 billion over the next […]
The Mission Table is an event that will be held November 11-13, 2013, at the Green Lake Conference Center/American Baptist Assembly in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Learn more about what will occur at the Mission Table below. Q: What is the Mission Table? A: The Mission Table is a gathering of people who come together to […]
Spotlight on a local ABC church: First Baptist Church of Pontiac, Illinois For more than twenty years the First Baptist Church of Pontiac, Illinois has offered a food pantry to supplement the nutritional needs of persons within our town and surrounding communities. The food pantry was the vision of one woman who had a passion for […]
