VALLEY FORGE, PA (12/1/20)—Judson Press, the publishing ministry of American Baptist Home Mission Societies, has named “River of Life, Feast of Grace: Baptism, Communion, and Discipleship” by the Rev. Dr. Jennifer W. Davidson as the “ABC Reads” book for 2021-2022. Every other year since 2006, in conjunction with the Biennial Mission Summit, ABC Reads highlights […]
MMBB Financial Services recently published an article, Compensation Basics Roundtable, in the September/October 2020 issue of Church Executive. Read the article below. Compensation is always a challenging subject for church leaders, but even more so right now as they and their congregations struggle through the pandemic. Here’s some great advice from MMBB Financial Services (New […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/19/20)—“We cancelled many in-person events, but we have not cancelled our ministry,” said Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Haggray at American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) virtual board of directors meeting Monday and Tuesday. Haggray’s report to the board followed the meeting’s theme set forth in the opening devotion offered by the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/30/20)⸺On Giving Tuesday and throughout December, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) invites American Baptists to experience the joy of giving by contributing to its fundraising campaign “Tidings of Comfort and Joy.” Based on Luke 2:10 (NIV)—“But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/17/20)—On Saturday, American Baptist Home Mission Societies Intercultural Ministries held the third installment of its Intercultural Leadership Institute via Zoom on the ministrElife social media platform. Presenting on the subject of “Skills and Tools for Delving into Diversity and Difference” was the Rev. LeDayne McLeese Polaski, executive director of MeckMIN Mecklenburg […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/10/20)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies Intercultural Ministries held the second installment of its Intercultural Leadership Institute Saturday via Zoom on the ministrElife social media platform. Presenting on the subject of “The Landless Leader: Leading In-between” was the Rev. Dr. Oscar García-Johnson, academic dean for the Center for the Study of the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/30/20)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) makes available a collection of nonpartisan 2020 election season worship resources, such as litanies, prayers and scripture for use in worship services. ABHMS recognizes the ever-present tension and need for unity as the general election approaches on Nov. 3. These resources are for faith leaders […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/20/20)—Aaron and AmyEstelle Trout of San Francisco, Calif., have been endorsed to serve as International Ministries (IM) Global Servants in Mindanao, Philippines. They will serve through an IM partner, the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC). AmyEstelle, born in San Francisco, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Biola […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/21/20)—The important and provocative book “With Liberty and Justice for Some: The Bible, the Constitution, and Racism in America” asserts that the two texts we count as sacred—the Bible and the Constitution—have not been merely impotent in eliminating racism but have been used to support and sustain white supremacy. The book […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/21/20)—From its theological roots in the Radical Reformation of Europe and North America, the praise houses of slavery’s invisible institution, and the evolution of distinctively black denominations, the history of the Black Baptist Church unfolds in the newly released book “A History of the Black Baptist Church: I Don’t Feel No […]
