VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/21/11)—Rev. Hopeton A. Scott and Rev. Reginald Sewell Mills were elected president and vice president respectively of the Board of Directors for American Baptist International Ministries (IM) at its meeting on November 16, 2011, in Atlanta, Georgia. Rev. Scott is Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bridgeport, CT. He served […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/20/11)—In observance of Christmas, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) shares on its website a special video message by its executive director, Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III. Wright-Riggins shares a childhood memory to illustrate that Christmas is about the “Great Reversal” by which the poor are filled with Jesus’ joy and […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/15/11)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries announces the availability of grants for projects addressing gender-based violence through its Break the Chains and Stop the Pain national mission initiative. The 2012 grants will provide encouragement and seed money for ministries by individuals or organizations that seek to end violence against women and girls. The […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/15/11)—Emerson and Ivy Wu have been endorsed by American Baptist International Ministries (IM) to serve in Macau, a special administrative region of China, with the supportive partnership of Evangelize China Fellowship (ECF). As IM Development Workers, the Wus strive to bring a new spirit to Macau. For a long time, Macau […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/9/11)—The “Shine the Light” award, established in 2011 by American Baptist Women’s Ministries, recognizes outstanding light-bearers for Christ. The award honors exemplary women from local American Baptist churches for how they shine Christ’s light in the world. The award may be given to an individual American Baptist woman or to a […]
