VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/2/21)—Designed as a practical and deeply spiritual guide for congregations facing pastoral transition, “Transformed by Pastoral Transition: A Guide for Congregations” uses the framework of the Christian worship service to help church leaders usher their faith community through a process of honoring the past, healing the present and discerning the future. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/26/21)—The American Baptist Churches USA Office of the General Secretary and the American Baptist Churches Burma Refugee Commission are issuing a Call to Prayer for Myanmar starting in March 2021. American Baptists are invited to consider setting aside time(s) to lift up prayers for Myanmar individually or collectively, in the midst […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/22/21)—Rev. Dr. John A. Sundquist, who served as Executive Director of American Baptist International Ministries (IM) from 1989 until 2003, entered fully into the presence of his Lord on Sunday, February 21, from his beloved home at Bethany Beach (in Sawyer, Michigan), at the age of 84. International Ministries joins with […]
EAST NORRITON, PA (ABNS 2/22/21)—Rev. Perkin Simpson has resigned as Executive Director effective Friday, Feb.19, 2021. Associate Executive Director of Development Advisory Services Linda Cassel CSA, CAP® will serve as Interim Executive Director as the American Baptist Foundation Board conducts a nationwide search for a permanent director. Cassel began her work with the Foundation in […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/23/21)—The American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky (ABC-IN/KY) announced in January that the Rev. Soozi Whitten Ford will retire from the position of executive minister of the ABC-IN/KY on September 1, 2021. Rev. Dr. C. Jeff Woods, interim general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) said, “Rev. Ford is […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/17/21)—The American Baptist Churches USA Board of General Ministries on Wednesday, February 17, released a statement on a recommended Interim Proposal timeline for the denomination. Read the statement below. “Through many dangers toils and snares, I have already come; ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead […]
The Call On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered in the streets of Minneapolis, Minn. His name was added to the already too long litany of saints: Trayvon Martin, Eric Gardner, Sandra Bland, Rayshard Brooks, Daniel Prude, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Aura Rosser, Stephon Clark, and the names go on and on and on. […]
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 […]
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 […]
