KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 10/10/24)—International Ministries urgently appeals for funds to provide disaster relief for the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon. Lebanon is currently facing a severe humanitarian crisis following a series of intense airstrikes that have devastated multiple towns and regions. Over the course of just a few days, more than 1,000 people have […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 10/10/24)—Approximately two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed into the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf Coast and left a path of devastation and more than 200 confirmed fatalities across multiple southeastern states, Hurricane Milton hit Florida, barreling ashore between Tampa Bay and Sarasota as a Category 3 storm on an […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 10/4/24)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) seeks nominations for the Edwin T. Dahlberg Peace Award to be announced at the 2025 American Baptist Churches Biennial Mission Summit scheduled on July 3-6 in Omaha, Nebraska. The Dahlberg Award is given to an individual or church for outstanding work for peace and […]
KING OF PRUSSIA (ABNS 10/4/24)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is pleased to announce Discipleship Summit 2024: Engaging Young Adult Faith, an online course designed to help church leaders, parents, and others passionate about working with young adults better understand and engage with them in today’s rapidly evolving spiritual landscape. The ABHMS Center for Continuous […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 9/27/24)—Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday, September 26, slamming into Florida’s Gulf Coast with high-velocity winds, flooding rain, and massive storm surge. The National Hurricane Center of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reports that the Category 4 storm is the strongest on record to have struck the Big […]
The release below was prepared on September 26. ABHMS staff is presently in communication with Dr. Harrison, executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS), and other ABCOTS leaders and will provide an update as soon as possible. KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 9/26/24)—Hurricane Helene will make landfall on the Gulf Coast […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 9/20/24)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is pleased to announce that Saisih Nawnkahr has been named the 2024 recipient of the Daniel E. Weiss Scholarship, a distinguished merit-based award that supports theological education and ministry leadership. Nawnkahr will use her award to offset tuition expenses as she pursues a Master […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 8/23/24)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces open registration for the Chaplaincy Skills for Community Ministry course for faith leaders that begins October 7. Discounted pricing is available until September 1. The six-week certificate program is designed to equip chaplains, pastoral counselors and specialized ministers with essential competencies in areas […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 8/19/24)—The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season spawned Hurricanes Debby and Ernesto in rapid succession, with both fierce storm systems carving paths of destruction on their respective journeys and leaving communities in desperate need of aid. After making landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast August 5 as a Category 1 hurricane, Debby unleashed […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 8/2/24)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) offers prayers and concern for those in the path of raging wildfires in several states, where hot temperatures, low precipitation and gusty wind have made the land especially vulnerable to rapidly spreading conflations. Since July 5, active wildfires have been reported in California, Oregon, […]
