VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/27/13)—Jennifer “Jeni” Pedzinski from Niles, Michigan has been endorsed for service as a development worker by American Baptist International Ministries (IM). She will serve in Sobhan Village near Phnom Penh, Cambodia with IM partner Jumpah, a Christian economic and community development initiative. The announcement was made at the 2013 American Baptist […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/27/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) Board of Directors unanimously affirmed two candidates as commissioned home missionaries at its meeting in Kansas City/Overland Park, Kan., last week. The missionaries—Pastor Ronald Charles Nunuk, founding senior pastor of Carson Chin Baptist Church, West Allis, Wis., and trustee of Chin Baptist Churches of USA, […]
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/23/13)—At American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) 2013 Mission Summit/Biennial here Friday through today, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) hosted a variety of justice-related events and activities. Speaking at opening worship on Friday evening was Michelle Alexander, lawyer, professor, civil rights advocate and author of the acclaimed book “The New Jim […]
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/23/13)—American Baptists gathered this weekend for Mission Summit 2013: An American Baptist Biennial Gathering in Overland Park/Kansas City, Kansas, from June 21-23, 2013. The event featured dynamic speakers, powerful worship, and a new Mission Summit Conversations component, during which attendees engaged in dialogue about mission challenges faced by churches across the […]
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/23/13)—American Baptists attending Mission Summit 2013 jumped in to the Mission Summit Conversations aspect of the event on Saturday morning, meeting in small groups focusing on self-selected topics in order to share learnings, surface insights, and suggest experiments related to those topics. “The Mission Summit Conversations are an opportunity for ABC […]
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/22/13)—Mission Summit 2013: An American Biennial Gathering began on Friday, June 21, as attendees focused on being Transformed for Justice. The three day event also features a new Mission Summit Conversations component, during which attendees engage in dialogue about mission challenges faced by churches across the denomination. “In over thirty years […]
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/20/13)—American Baptists are gathering for Mission Summit 2013: An American Baptist Biennial Gathering in Overland Park/Kansas City, from June 21-23, 2013. The event features a new Mission Summit Conversations component, during which attendees will engage in dialogue about mission challenges faced by churches across the denomination. “What an amazing array of events we will […]
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/20/13)—The Board of General Ministries meetings of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) concluded on Thursday at the Sheraton Hotel in Overland Park, Kansas. The meeting included a joint plenary session, described by ABCUSA President Ruth Clark the first “family meeting” of the various program boards. This was a combined plenary session of […]
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/19/13)—At the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) Board of General Ministries meeting on June 18, 2013, Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley was re-elected to serve a two-year term as general secretary for the denomination. The re-election was announced on June 19 at a combined plenary session of the Board of International Ministries, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/18/13)—From obstacles to opportunity—this is the roadmap that faith in God provided to Rev. Romal Tune. In his new work, God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens, he highlights noted “at-risk” youth in the Bible and shares his own story of growing up in poverty amid crime and violence. Through these stories, […]
