The story below is about a ministry of the First Chinese Baptist Church of Fresno, which is a recent recipient of the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA. The article below was written by Rev. Danny Jack. In my years as a pastor, counselor and director of three home mission projects, I’ve been a part of many […]

There are so many things that fight for our attention everyday. When is the last time you took a few moments to be silent and listen to God? How about a whole hour? A day? Sometimes we can benefit greatly from simply taking time out of our daily lives to spend time with God. Worship, […]

We are excited for the release of our new film! Look for it in November on an ABC Celebration Sunday in churches all across the country and Puerto Rico. Inspired, Transformed…American Baptist Churches, celebrating God’s wonderful gift to us of being American Baptists by some of today’s most important and tireless religious and social activists: Jimmy […]

The story below is about the Beacon of Hope Youth Center 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. For almost 20 years, Rick Cunningham looked for a church willing to open its doors […]

The All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (AUUAECB) reported that approximately 5,500 Baptists have been displaced in Eastern Ukraine as a result of the conflict in that country. A letter received by the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) from AUUAECB gave a graphic description of life in Eastern Ukraine. It said more than 100,000 Ukrainians […]

We are excited about the possibilities and changes occurring across the country as a part of the American Baptist Churches Transformed by the Spirit initiative.  We hope you are, too! For those just learning about Transformed by the Spirit, Alan Roxburgh of the Missional Network explains the premise behind the initiative in three videos, included below. Learn more […]

Are two or more people from your church planning to attend the 2015 Biennial Mission Summit? SAVE MONEY by registering your church. New for Mission Summit 2015, church registration will close in February when individual registration opens. Don’t miss out on this lower registration rate, and make sure your church is registered today! Register here […]

The story below is about a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Cheyenne, which is a recent recipient of the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA. Sometimes it only takes a small hand up to help people move from homelessness to independence. In Cheyenne, Wyoming, the Comea House Homeless Shelter is working to provide that […]

On September 10, we posted an urgent appeal from the Evangelical Community of Syria and Lebanon as a reminder of the crisis facing the churches in the Middle East. Following that posting, the Board of General Ministries Executive Committee, the representative board of ABCUSA, voted the resolution below. VOTED: That in response to the letter we […]