News from Our National Partners

Cassel Begins New Role as Associate Executive Director – Development Advisory Services for American Baptist Foundation (ABF)

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/14/20)—The American Baptist Foundation (ABF) is pleased to announce that as of January 1, 2020, Linda Cassel has been promoted to the position of Associate Executive Director of Development Advisory Services. As ABF’s Strengthening Your Financial Future program has grown in significance, Cassel has been instrumental in leading the Development Advisory […]

ABHMS Offers Update Regarding Recovery from Puerto Rico Earthquakes

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/16/20)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) offers an update regarding the situation in Puerto Rico since the recent 6.4- and 5.9-magnitude earthquakes shook the island. The 10 emergency-response centers that ABHMS established this past December are serving as collection and distribution centers for supplies, such as food, snacks, water, ice, first […]

ABHMS Launches Professional Network for Chaplains, Others in Specialized Ministry

VALLEY FORGE, PA (1/27/20)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces that it is developing and sponsoring the “National Network of American Baptist Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Clergy and Specialized Ministers,” a professional support and networking organization. Membership in the network is open to all certified, noncertified, active and retired American Baptist chaplains, pastoral counselors, licensed counselors, spiritual […]

By Bridget Lipin
January 8, 2020

“Celebrating Ministering Women: Radical. Redeemed. Ready.” Conference Announced for June 2020

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/8/20)—American Baptist Churches USA and American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM) are partnering to present a unique conference, Celebrating Ministering Women: Radical. Redeemed. Ready., to be held June 16-19, 2020 at the Green Lake Conference Center in Green Lake, Wis. Registration for the conference will open later this month. From the pioneering […]

By Bridget Lipin
January 6, 2020

American Baptist Women’s Ministries to Host Free Webinars for Women and Girls

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/6/20)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries will be returning January 9, 2020 with a highly interactive webinar that will help attendees to discover natural abilities, strengths and gifts in order to achieve full spiritual, personal and professional potential. The new year is here and many of us have begun to reflect and evaluate […]

By Bridget Lipin
January 6, 2020

Book Emphasizes Perspectives of African-American Women on Leadership Theories

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/6/20)—In “Meant for Good: Fundamentals of Womanist Leadership,” author, speaker, advisor and thought-leader Debora Jackson highlights leadership fundamentals gleaned from the biblical story of Joseph’s exile and rise to power in Egypt and from the stories of black women’s experiences that may be redeemed for the good of ourselves and our […]

Significant Historical Book Commemorates 200th Anniversary of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/20/19)—In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School’s beginnings—with thirteen men and thirteen dollars—“School of Prophets: A Bicentennial History of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School” unfolds the organizational history of a great theological seminary, as well as the dramatic story of the notable women and men who […]

Parkesburg Baptist Church Recipient of 2018 Widow’s Mite Award

PARKESBURG, PA (ABNS 12/9/19)—On behalf of American Baptist Churches USA, MMBB Financial Services honors Parkesburg Baptist Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania with the 2018 Widow’s Mite Award. MMBB recognizes Parkesburg Baptist Church for the congregation’s dedication and giving to the Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering (RMMO). The RMMO, one of four national ABCUSA offerings, provides financial […]

ABHMS Awards Close to $2 Million in Mission Dollars in 2019

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/18/19)—In keeping with its historic mission and strategic priorities of cultivating leaders, equipping disciples, and healing and transforming communities, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) distributed $1,932,000 to 328 partners throughout the United States and Puerto Rico this year. Awarded grants include educational scholarships and support for children of incarcerated parents; […]

‘MBA Quick Book for Ministers’ Introduces Leaders to ‘Pastoral MBA Competencies’

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/15/19)—In a cultural context where the church is struggling to survive amid other competing organizations and commitments, pastoral leaders need a new leadership paradigm that equips ministers to serve as chief executives for making disciples for Christ. Father-and-son coauthors, Vincent Howell, D.Min., and Vincent Howell Jr., MBA, offer this “quick book”-styled […]