VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/20/12)—Secretary of State Clinton’s Sub-Working Group on International Religious Freedom, Stability, and Democracy met at the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) mission center in Valley Forge, PA on Tuesday, April 17. Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of ABCUSA, welcomed the group saying, ”We welcome you, and you are among […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/19/12)—Rev. Dr. Olu Menjay, President of the Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention, and a vice president and chair of the Human Rights Advocacy Commission of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) will be featured at the American Baptist International Ministries (IM) World Mission Conference May 18–25 at the Green Lake Conference […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/16/12)—Susan Gottshall, associate executive director of Communications for American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), has received a DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award certificate of merit from Religion Communicators Council (RCC) for the 10-minute video “Getting God Back to the People.” Created as a resource for ABHMS’ America for Christ Offering 2012, “Getting God […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/16/12)—Originally published in 1962, A Baptist Manual of Polity and Practice by Norman H. Maring and Winthrop S. Hudson was written to bring together traditional Baptist positions and practices and the modifications adopted over the years. The first revised edition, published in 1991, maintained this objective and with contemporary and inclusive […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/13/12)—The National Leadership Council (NLC) of American Baptist Churches USA met from April 10-13, 2012, at the Sheraton Suites in Orlando, Florida. This was the first official meeting of the NLC since the new denominational bylaws went into effect on January 1, 2012 after being passed at the June 2011 Biennial […]
