VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/3/14)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is pleased to announce that, through its partnership with the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, ABHMS managing director of Resource Development, will serve as director of Interfaith Engagement for AAPD’s Interfaith Disability Advocacy Coalition (IDAC). Ramsey-Lucas will continue with his various […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/31/14)—In Vital Spirit, Vital Service: Spirituality That Works, author Trinette McCray urges the people of God to seek a vital spirituality—not merely a contemplation that withdraws from the world, but an engaged spirituality that inspires us to answer Jesus’ call to service and social justice. “Living a spirituality that works brings […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/30/14)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries hosted a virtual mission encounter for women entitled “A Time of Grace: Aging and Faith,” from September 29-October 3, 2014. Participants in the virtual mission encounter explored critical issues with impact upon seniors and their families under the daily themes “Spiritual and Emotional Life,” “Spiritual Life,” “Realities […]
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 […]
