VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/16/21)—The American Baptist Churches USA Office of the General Secretary this Lenten Season highlights two Lenten Reflection Series available through our website at www.abc-usa.org. To mark the 2021 Lenten Season, the ABCUSA Office of the General Secretary will share an online devotional for prayer and contemplation entitled “2021 Lent: A Time […]
February 10, 2021 American Baptists are encouraged to continue in prayer for the people of Myanmar and especially for the leaders and members of the Myanmar Baptist Convention, one of our historic partners in ministry. We ask that there be a stop to using violence, to look for and find peaceful ways and means to […]
The Board of General Ministries Election Slate which will come to the Biennial Delegates for vote during the Business Meeting of the 2021 American Baptist Churches online Biennial Mission Summit, June 24-26, 2021. The Business Meeting will be held at 5:00pm EDT on Friday, June 25, 2021. Registration for the online Biennial Mission Summit will […]
“[The one] who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as [the one] who helps to perpetrate it. [The one] who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” – Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Stride Toward Freedom In this season of unrest and turmoil, we gather today to […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/14/21)—The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) Nominating Committee has nominated the following persons to serve as Officers for the term running from January 1, 2022-December 31, 2023. The nominees are ABCUSA President, James O. Wolfe III; ABCUSA Vice President, Michelle Nickens; and ABCUSA Budget Review Officer, Paul Higgins. Officers will be […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/12/21)—We are excited to announce the keynote speakers for the 2021 Biennial Mission Summit. Rev. Dr. Winterbourne LaPucelle Harrison Jones will address attendees on Friday Evening, June 25, and Rev. Dr. Brianna Parker on Saturday Evening, June 26. The 2021 Biennial Mission Summit: An Online Experience will meet June 24-26, 2021, […]
The article below, written by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, was originally published by the Christian Citizen on January 11, 2021, and is posted here with permission. Click here to view the original article. When I was in college, I participated in a rally and march in Washington that began at the Capitol and ended at the White […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (1/7/21)—Interim General Secretary Dr. C. Jeff Woods and ABCUSA President Karen Podsiadly released a statement to American Baptists on January 7, following a day of unrest in Washington, D.C. at the United States Capitol building. Read the statement below. The events of yesterday will live with us for many years. Scenes of […]
As we conclude a year of doing old things in new ways, I am reminded of a scripture from Revelations 21:5, “See, I am making all things new. Write for these words are trustworthy and true.” While factories can crank out new items continuously, only God can make an old thing brand new. The year […]
