VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/21/11)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) will present a $10,000 One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) domestic disaster grant to aid in clean-up and rebuilding efforts at Shaw University, which suffered tornado damage on April 16. The Raleigh, N.C., school will be closed for the remainder of the semester. The student […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/18/11)—The Penny Project of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS)—which seeks to raise 14 million pennies to represent and benefit children living in poverty or affected by poverty-related issues in the United States and Puerto Rico—has surpassed 5 million pennies. Launched nationally by ABHMS in 2009, The Penny Project was inspired […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/13/11)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is accepting requests for proposals (applications) for the 2011-2012 Palmer grants in partnership with the American Baptist Foundation. The grants will enhance ministries of discipleship and incarnational practice in American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) congregations and ABCUSA-related organizations. Grants of $5,000 to $25,000 will be […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/8/11)—The board of directors of Green Lake Conference Center has accepted President Ken Giacoletto’s letter announcing his retirement, effective December 31, 2011. In his letter, Ken stated, “It has been my great honor to serve as president of Green Lake Conference Center and I leave with a multitude of great memories. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/8/11)—The General Executive Council, made up of national and regional leaders of American Baptist Churches USA, released a joint statement condemning the recent act of burning a Qur’an at a church in the United States. “The desecration of the Qur’an, the sacred text of our Muslim brothers and sisters, violates for […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/31/11)—Rev. Sylvester T. Acevedo, a former commissioned missionary for American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), died Sunday, March 27, 2011. He was 92. Acevedo was appointed executive director of Baptist Social Service Center, Los Angeles, in 1987. The center helped churches initiate social services ministries and provided such resources as emergency […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/30/11)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), in partnership with the Ministers Council and the Burma Refugees Task Force, sponsored the “Together in Ministry [TIM] Retreat for Pastors with Burma Refugee/Immigrant Ministries” March 16-18, 2011, at the Mission Center in Valley Forge, Pa. Led by Ministers Council Executive Director Dr. Joe Kutter, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/29/11)—Edwin Scott Gaustad, one of the foremost historians of American religious history, died early Friday, March 25, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was eighty-seven. “The loss of Ed Gaustad is a great one—to his family, the scholarly community, Baptists, and to those who understand the fight for separation of church […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/24/11)—$20,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds is starting to be distributed among the churches and schools damaged by the tsunami and earthquakes, according to the Japan Baptist Union (JBU), an American Baptist International Ministries (IM) partner in Japan. Eight churches will receive $2,500 each of the OGHS relief […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/24/11)—Nine American Baptist International Ministries (IM) missionaries serving in Latin America were selected to be highlighted in 2011 by the Christian Community Credit Union (CCCU). The announcement was made by John Walling, CCCU president, at the CCCU annual meeting in Buena Park, CA on March 19. The missionaries selected for this […]
