This post is shared as a COVID-19 resource on our resource page at www.abc-usa.org/coronavirus. Visit this page to find helpful resources and information, and see regular updates from American Baptist regions and national partners. April 27, 2020 Dear Pastor and Church Leaders, For many of us, this “stay at home” period has been work intensive. […]
This post is shared as a COVID-19 resource on our resource page at www.abc-usa.org/coronavirus. Visit this page to find helpful resources and information, and see regular updates from American Baptist regions and national partners. April 27, 2020 Recommendations as you begin to set a date for church to gather again in person Dear Friends, We […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (4/9/20)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) regrets to announce that the Space for Grace 2020 national conference—Testify!—and the Chaplaincy, Pastoral Counselors and Specialized Ministries Conference will not take place. The conferences were scheduled for Sept. 21–25 at the Westin Kansas City (Mo.) at Crown Center. ABHMS felt it prudent to cancel the […]
This post is shared as a COVID-19 resource on our resource page at www.abc-usa.org/coronavirus. Visit this page to find helpful resources and information, and see regular updates from American Baptist regions and national partners. What would you choose: to be comfortable or uncomfortable? Life seems to go easier when we’re “comfortable,” but it’s in […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (4/22/20)—Doris Mae Fell, commissioned American Baptist home missionary, died of natural causes in Troy, Mich., on April 11. She was 89. Commissioned in 1956 by National Ministries, now known as American Baptist Home Mission Societies, Fell served as a home missionary for 37 years in Boston, Mass.; Dayton, Ohio; and Hamtramck, Mich. […]
This post is shared as a COVID-19 resource on our resource page at www.abc-usa.org/coronavirus. Visit this page to find helpful resources and information, and see regular updates from American Baptist regions and national partners. April 20, 2020 Dear fellow leaders and culture-shapers of American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin, It has been over a month since […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (4/22/20)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) stands with Asian-Americans against racism amidst COVID-19. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the United States, President Trump has insistently called it the “Chinese virus,” while an unnamed White House official has described it as “Kung Flu.” As a consequence of this inflammatory rhetoric, many […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (4/8/20)—As the United States and the globe deal with the death and devastation wrought by the coronavirus, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) and International Ministries (IM), also known as the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society—on behalf of American Baptist Churches USA—seek One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) COVID emergency support to […]
This post is shared as a COVID-19 resource on our resource page at www.abc-usa.org/coronavirus. Visit this page to find helpful resources and information, and see regular updates from American Baptist regions and national partners. April 8, 2020 In Mark’s Gospel Jesus is baptized, collects his initial group of disciples, and heals a man in the […]
This post is shared as a COVID-19 resource on our resource page at www.abc-usa.org/coronavirus. Visit this page to find helpful resources and information, and see regular updates from American Baptist regions and national partners. April 21, 2020 Conversations Overheard by Rev. Patti Duckworth, Associate Executive Minister There are a lot of needs around us right […]
