Bacone College is Oklahoma’s oldest continuing center of higher education and began in 1880. With the help of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Professor Almon C. Bacone, a missionary teacher, started a school in the Cherokee Baptist Mission at Tahlequah, Indian Territory. The only faculty member, Professor Bacone, enrolled three students and began his […]
The below blog was written by Patricia Hernandez, national director of Women in Ministry and Transition Ministries, ABCUSA. Blogs written by ABCUSA Leadership Team members will be published periodically on the website. Views expressed are the sole opinion of the author. (Want to submit a blog for publication? Email bridget.holmstrom@abc-usa.org.) What does it mean to […]
Luke 2:8-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/12/13)—The first ever ABC Mission Table met November 11-13 at the Green Lake Conference Center/American Baptist Assembly in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Summaries from the learnings at the Mission Table and Mission Summit Conversations are now posted online, arranged by topic, on the ABCUSA website. The Mission Table brought together representatives from […]
Today there are fewer hungry people in our country due to local American Baptist churches serving as the hands and feet of Christ with financial help from the Matthew 25 Grant. First Baptist Church of Clinton, Iowa, has had a brown bag ministry, in which lunches are packed and offered free to any member of […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/16/13)—In partnership with American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), Multi-Region Corporation (MRC) and International Ministries (IM), American Baptist Foundation (ABF) is pleased to announce that the successful expansion of the Virginia and Gordon Palmer Trust Grant Program has resulted in the funding of greater than 50 ministry projects affiliated with our […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/16/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages entries to the 2014 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest, sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee (BJC). High school juniors and seniors can win up to $2,000 for college. Essays must tackle the topic of whether religious references should be […]
GREEN LAKE, WI (12/13/13) – Since December 29, 1943 when the Lawson estate was purchased by the Northern Baptists, God has anointed Green Lake Conference Center (GLCC) to “nurture and train leadership for the world mission of the churches” (from the 1944 Articles of Incorporation). In November 2013 alone, GLCC welcomed American Baptist Churches USA, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/12/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has endorsed the “Statement of Principles and Recommended Practices for Confronting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery” that was publicly released yesterday by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) in conjunction with International Human Rights Day. “People of faith can use a variety of avenues […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/9/13)—Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III, executive director of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), is among 53 national faith leaders to endorse a letter that Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence sent to Congress today. Urging members of Congress to support bipartisan legislation that extends background checks to private gun sales in […]
