American Baptist Home Mission Societies publisher Judson Press is offering October Specials for Clergy Appreciation Month! Check out some recommended gifts from Judson Press. Jeremiah 3:15 (NIV) Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. In 1992, Clergy Appreciation Month was established with a mission of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Originally reported by Church World Service)-As Congress works to reach a deal that will return the U.S. government to service, top national faith leaders joined Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D- Calif.) and Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) on Tuesday, October 9, in calling for bold steps in the House to pass immigration reform that keeps […]
Pamela Williams led a team of 10 excited and motivated missionaries from Solomon Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Denver, CO, in a three-day urban plunge August 16-18, 2013. Open Door Ministries, located in Denver, sponsored the plunge. Open Door provides practical help and hope to people in Denver’s inner city who are homeless or in danger […]
The story below was published by Word and Way on October 02, 2013. “Would you like some Christian toilet paper?” Regan Stoops, pastor of First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, explains how church members are loving their community through toilet paper, ice melt and other acts of kindness. He recently spoke to delegates and guests […]
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 […]
