VALLEY FORGE, PA (6/5/17)—Emilie Ballard and Newton Old Crow, Sr., have been named the 2017 co-recipients of the Cora and John Sparrowk President’s Award. The award will be presented at the Biennial Mission Summit, June 30-July 2, 2017, on behalf of the Board of General Ministries. The recipient must be an American Baptist, who has […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (6/5/17)—The search for a dynamic leader to serve as Executive Director of American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM) is now open. Located in Valley Forge, Pa., the Executive Director of ABWM will be responsible for providing and implementing a vision for the organization’s ministries with women and girls. Visit www.abwministries.org/apply to view position […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/1/17)—Viola Rae Hefta, 96, of Owasso, Okla., an American Baptist home missionary, died on Friday, May 26. She was the wife of the late Joseph S. Hefta. In 1944, the American Baptist Home Mission Society—a precursor organization to American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS)—appointed her to serve at Phoenix (Ariz.) Christian […]
UPDATE (6/1/17): American Baptist Home Mission Societies recognizes a historic moment in shareholder engagement that occurred yesterday at ExxonMobil’s annual meeting. The climate change proposal co-filed by members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) received 62 percent of the vote. Institutional investors supported the proposal, helping the vote to exceed the 50 percent […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/31/17)—The ABCUSA Office of the General Secretary and the Theologians Commission will host the fourth pre-biennial theology conference June 29 around the theme The Church’s Public Witness, in an effort to foster ongoing, vigorous theological conversations among American Baptist theologians, pastor-theologians, and theological educators throughout the denomination. The Keynote Speaker for […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/18/17)—Rev. Dr. June Totten, chair of the American Baptist Committee on Christian Unity and Interfaith Relations, is the 2017 recipient of the Luke Mowbray Ecumenical Award. The award will be presented at the Committee on Christian Unity and Interfaith Relations Dinner on Friday, June 30, 2017, during the American Baptist Churches […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/18/17)—National Executive Council members this week expressed welcome, congratulations and appreciation for the incoming General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA). Rev. Dr. Lee B. Spitzer was elected by the Board of General Ministries on May 8, in a special meeting of the Board at the Springhill Suites in Chicago. Dr. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/16/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies will co-sponsor “American Baptists Bike” in partnership with the Rev. G. Travis Norvell, pastor of Minneapolis’ Judson Memorial Baptist Church, at the 2017 Biennial Mission Summit in Portland, Ore. The half-mile bike ride—at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, June 30—will offer Biennial Mission Summit attendees a healthy, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/12/17)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries announces that Maria Averhart, Helen Hawthorne, and Valerie Moore, of St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Springfield, Ohio, have been named as the 2017 recipients of the Shine the Light Award. The Shine the Light Award, established by American Baptist Women’s Ministries, ABCUSA, serves to recognize women who […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/11/17)—The Hear the Call weekend retreat is a high intensity three-day experience hosted by International Ministries (IM) for anyone considering a call to global mission. In the past six years, dozens of people have participated and 11 so far have gone on to global mission service. The retreat will be held […]
