On December 20, 2014, churches were sent a letter about a change in United Mission Designations (UMD) as found on the current mission support receipt. The United Mission Designations category is being eliminated, effective with the January 2015 receipts. This action was voted on by the Covenanting Partners in accordance with the guidelines of our Common Budget […]
Churches and organizations are invited to submit their own stories. Entries are due by May 1, 2015. Grants totaling $5,000 will be given to the top stories, and these will be celebrated at the Biennial Mission Summit in Kansas City in June 2015. The stories may be shared in either video or written (with photos) […]
American Baptist Churches USA seeks nominations for the Luke Mowbray Ecumenical Award, which recognizes an individual for outstanding ecumenical work at the local, state, national or international level, either as a volunteer or paid professional. This award will be presented at the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) 2015 Biennial Mission Summit, June 26-28, in Overland […]
American Baptists are invited to register now for the New Baptist Covenant Summit to be held January 14 and 15, 2015, in Atlanta, Ga. The gathering will commission and celebrate “Covenants of Action”—or projects in which at least two churches from varying Baptist traditions cooperate to address a pressing community need. Summit speakers will include […]
The story below is written as a first-hand account by Kim Runkle, about a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Illinois. The church is a recent recipient of the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA. First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Illinois, is taking the phrase “cleanliness is next to Godliness” literally. In 2012, […]
The 2015-2016 Planning Calendar is now available! Churches and individuals may print this calendar as a reference tool for use in weekly planning throughout the calendar year. Click here to download: 2015-2016 American Baptist Planning Calendar & Directory
Join us in ministry as we work to provide opportunities to elevate spirits, hearts and minds as we serve as the hands and feet of Christ. Please prayerfully consider how God’s Presence can be enhanced by your present to God’s Church through ABCUSA during our first #GivingTuesday Annual Appeal, December 2, 2014, and in the following […]
On Tuesday morning, November 25, ABCUSA General Secretary A. Roy Medley noted, “Our prayers are with the people of Ferguson and the larger St. Louis community as they live and work through this crisis. We are regretful that the plea of Michael Brown’s family to let all protests be peaceful was not heeded. At the […]
The story below is about a ministry of the First Baptist Church of McMinnville, Oregon, which is a recent recipient of the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA. First Baptist Church in downtown McMinnville, Oregon, is practicing radical hospitality. Starting in December 2013, the church opened the STAR room for two hours Monday and Friday mornings. […]
Dear American Baptists, I just returned from St. Louis and Ferguson, Missouri, where we held the governing board meeting of the National Council of Churches on Monday and Tuesday, November 17-18. Read the governing board statement from the meeting, here. Just driving down the main street of Ferguson mid-day as we did, you would not recognize it […]
