One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) has released $6500 in emergency relief funds to International Ministries' (IM) partners in El Salvador to meet the immediate needs of the people following the massive flooding and mudslides there on November 8.
On October 20, 2009, USABookNews.com announced the winners of its National “Best Books” 2009 Awards. Among the winners and finalists in over 140 categories, three Judson Press titles were included.
Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray, executive director of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention (DCBC), has been called as senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Washington D.C.
Torrential rains triggered massive flooding in the Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh this past week leaving hundreds dead and more than a million and a half people displaced. In Andhra Pradesh, where a sizable Baptist population lives, the death toll is at least 63 with over 550,000 displaced persons.
American Baptist International Ministries is responding to the needs in Asia following this week’s series of devastating tsunamis, typhoons, earthquakes, flooding and mudslides.
National Ministries, sponsor of the upcoming black church conference, “Power Connection: A Call to Greater Works” (November 3-7, Chicago, Ill.), encourages American Baptists to support this vital ministry—before, during and after the event—through “30 Days of Prayer for Greater Works.”
President of American Baptist Churches USA Mary Hulst has appointed a task force on bylaws to develop “A way forward,” following the affirmation of the General Board Executive Committee at its August meeting.