VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/30/12)—Whether you’re planning a trip to Washington, D.C., as the summer heat wanes or creating a patriotic-themed lesson plan for the start of school, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has just the resource to enhance either a visit or your students’ classroom learning experience—a handy booklet that serves as a […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/28/12)—Becky and Larry Stanton from Murphysboro, Illinois have been endorsed by American Baptist International Ministries (IM) to serve in Liberia, West Africa at the invitation of IM partner, the Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention. The couple will serve at the Ricks Institute, an English-speaking K-12 boarding and day school operated […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/22/12)—As you look ahead to the upcoming church year, make your planning easier with free downloadable Workshops for Church Life and Leadership from American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS). The 51 offerings include nine in Spanish, three in French and 12 in Karen. “These resources cover a variety of subjects from […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/21/12)—Violence erupted about a month ago between two ethnic groups in western Assam, India, according to Taku and Katie Longkumer, American Baptist International Ministries (IM) development workers in NE India. “Over 200,000 people were displaced as dozens of villages were burned to the ground and over 70 people hacked to death,” […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/21/12)—Longtime social advocate, educator and philanthropist Louise McKinney, 82, died on Wednesday, August 15, of complications from a previous fall. As wife of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, pastor emeritus of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, she was known as the church’s first lady for 40 years. She was […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/20/12)—The American Baptist Ministers Council Executive Committee and the 2012 Ministers Council Senate has announced the election of the Reverend Dr. Debora Jackson of Auburndale, MA as Executive Director of the Ministers Council. Jackson comes to the Ministers Council well qualified. She has her Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana […]
Let us work together so the 2012 International Day of Prayer for Peace becomes a day of commitment to feed our loving, compassionate nature, working for peace…
A great privilege of serving as president of the American Baptist Churches is membership on the General Council of the Baptist World Alliance which met in Santiago, Chile this past July. It was an odd preparation experience to pull out winter-weight clothes while our air conditioner ran at peak levels trying to deal with the […]
American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces that three of its staff members are slated to present at the “God in the City” conference…
The 2012 Ministers Council Senate meeting, held at the Green Lake Conference Center, Green Lake, WI, was called to order on Saturday, August 11 by Dr. Jeff Savage…
