This reflection was written by Jim Kelsey, executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of New York State. Sunday, May 11, is Mother’s Day, a day when we honor and give thanks for our mothers. All of us, however, have been shaped by multiple women. Perhaps our mothers were the principal caregivers when we […]
The story below was originally published by Associated Baptist Press News/Religious Herald. The original article can be viewed here. Washington, D.C., pastor Amy Butler is a search committee’s candidate to be the next senior minister at Riverside Church in New York City, one of the most prominent congregations in mainline Protestantism. The search committee’s selection […]
American Baptist churches are addressing the problem of homelessness in the U.S. with creativity and with love. Rivergate Community Church in North Portland, Oregon, is working with other churches in the area to provide transitional housing to homeless mothers and children through Community of Hope. They have acquired a house to be used for the […]
Are you looking for a way to reconnect with God and continue your spiritual journey? Do you struggle for balance between prayer and activity? Do you long for more silence and solitude in your life and ministry? More energy for compassion, peace and justice? This year, there will be two conferences focused on just that: […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/22/14)—Baptist Heritage Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, 2014. It is a time to remember earlier people of faith. In Hebrews 11 and 12, Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Rahab are listed in the “cloud of witnesses” whose faith, collectively and individually, reminds us of God’s […]
The story below is about a ministry of the First Baptist in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, which is a recent recipient of the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA. Why would an American Baptist church care about diapers? Just ask the folks at First Baptist in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. During First Baptist’s Missional Church Learning Experience with Glynis LaBarre […]
With these words we welcome the Easter dawn and the celebration of Christ’s victory over sin and death. But we must also back up a couple of days to Good Friday to understand what a game-changer the resurrection is. In the crucifixion of Jesus, all the power of evil is thrust upon the Innocent One […]
The following Holy Week reflection was written by Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA. Holy Week is a portal. Portals are openings to new spaces, and new realities. In popular literature, whether it be the rabbit hole in “Alice in Wonderland,” the tornado in the Wizard of Oz, or […]
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This reflection was written by Rev. Dr. Sharon Jacobson, Spiritual Director, and was originally published in “The Baptist Update,” the newsletter for the American Baptist Churches of the Rochester-Genesee Region. A few weeks ago, in a conversation about how I could continue to be of service to the region, Alan Newton suggested I might write […]
