VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/8/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) calls for bipartisan congressional action to immediately pass legislation that will protect childhood immigrants living in the United States of America and urges U.S. President Donald J. Trump to advocate for such legislation and to sign it into law. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017—as the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/7/17)—A Celebration and Thanksgiving Service will be held at the American Baptist Churches Mission Center on Thursday, November 16, 2017. Invitations are being extended to current and retired national staff and American Baptist and ecumenical partners, for whom the service has been planned. The service will celebrate 55 years of ministry in the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/7/17)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries announces the appointment of the 2017-2018 national leadership team(NLT) of AB GIRLS, the organization’s ministry with girls aged 8 to 18. The only permanently standing leadership team for youth in American Baptist Churches USA, the national leadership team of AB GIRLS has been in existence since 1993 […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/1/17)—How did Baptists respond to the rise of the Nazis in Germany and their persecution of the Jewish people throughout Europe? General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, Dr. Lee B. Spitzer, delves into this history and its implications for Christians today in his thoroughly researched and eminently accessible new book, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/31/17)—In response to Hurricane Harvey’s devastation along the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has released $10,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Emergency Disaster Relief funds to Church World Service on behalf of American Baptist Churches USA. More funds will be released as […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/23/17)—Now available at no cost online is “Mission from the Gospels,” a Bible study with a missional twist. Intended to encourage small groups—Christian education classes, home Bible studies or youth clubs—to engage in mission in their communities, this resource interprets the historic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as well […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/21/17)—The Rev. Paul Light, 85, died Aug. 8 at Hospice West, Grand Junction, Colo. He was former director of Research and Development for American Baptist Home Mission Societies, when it was known as National Ministries. He worked at National Ministries, 1980-1996. Among the highlights of Light’s work at National Ministries was […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/14/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) denounces and condemns—in the strongest manner possible—the violent and deadly demonstration led by a host of white supremacist organizations and individuals in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. The human toll of three lives lost senselessly and more than two dozen individuals injured stains our American stature […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/7/17)—International Ministries (IM) is proud to announce a new partnership between IM global consultants the Rev. Sharon and the Rev. Dr. Dan Buttry and Central Baptist Theological Seminary related to the Buttrys’ work in peace and non-violence. “Our collaboration with Central will enable the seminary be a center for global thinking […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/4/17)—Marlene Po of Laurel, Maryland, has been appointed to serve as an International Ministries (IM) associate missionary in partnership with Central Baptist Theological Seminary as director of its FOUNDATIONS Judson Communities (FJC) Program. FJC provides training for pastors and leaders of churches from recently resettled communities of immigrants from Myanmar (formerly […]
