VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/28/14)—The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa shows no signs of waning. Beyond the medical challenge, the need for food is growing every day. Since December 2013, Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone have reported 8,011 suspected and confirmed cases. New cases continue to be recorded, indicating that the outbreak, which […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/24/14)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages American Baptists to register now for the New Baptist Covenant Summit to be held January 14 and 15, 2015, in Atlanta, Ga. The gathering will commission and celebrate “Covenants of Action”—or projects in which at least two churches from varying Baptist traditions cooperate to […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/22/14)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries and American Baptist Women in Ministry announce the release of Caring for You and Your Ministry, a printed resource for women learning how to find balance in their lives and attend to the health of their ministries. Caring for You and Your Ministry offers guidance and support […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/16/14)—ABCUSA is pleased to announce that Rev. Alan Newton, executive minister of the American Baptist Churches of the Rochester-Genesee Region, will be offering leadership to ABCUSA’s initiative on Baptist Muslim Dialogue. Rev. Newton has been involved for several years in interfaith efforts in the Rochester area, especially in building relationships among […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/16/14)—On Saturday, October 4, 2014, during the Business Session after 108 years of American Baptist Churches of Los Angeles and the 119 years of the churches from the former ABC of the Pacific Southwest, now known as the American Baptist Congregations of the Southwest and Hawaii, delegates voted to become a […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/8/14)—Nominations are being accepted now for the 2015 Shine the Light Award. The Shine the Light Award, established in 2010 by American Baptist Women’s Ministries, ABCUSA, serves to recognize a woman or a women’s ministry group that serves as outstanding light-bearers for Christ. The award highlights a specific ministry project or […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/8/14)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages congregations to observe October as “National Disability Employment Awareness Month” with new worship and advocacy resources. Two-thirds of Americans with disabilities are unemployed or underemployed—a number that has not changed since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed by President George H.W. Bush […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/7/14)—Rev. Dr. Anthony (Tony) G. Pappas announced his retirement as the Executive Minister of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM) on October 2, 2014. “Tony’s passion for congregations and insight into how to help smaller congregations become more effective benefited us all. We will miss Tony in this role, but […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/6/14)—Shirley Jones, who served as interim executive director of the Board of Educational Ministries (BEM), died Sept. 29 at her home in Oakland, California. She had been battling pancreatic cancer. Her 17 years with BEM began in 1972 as director of financial aid. For 14 years, she was BEM’s director of […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/3/14)—The national board of American Baptist Women’s Ministries has responded to the sharp rise in 2014 of arrivals of unaccompanied children from Central America and Mexico by establishing a mission focus for 2014-2015 on the issue, entitled “Crisis at the Border: What Could We Do?” This mission initiative will raise awareness […]
