VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/22/13)—“This was an historic, precedent-setting trip from start to finish!” said Ann and Bruce Borquist, of their recent teaching trip to Myanmar—a visit made more significant by the Myanmar Baptist Convention’s recent request to renew and expand its partnership with American Baptist International Ministries (IM). The Borquists—IM missionaries who currently serve […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/21/13)—Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), was installed as Chair of the National Council of Churches (NCC) Governing Board on Monday, November 18, 2013, during a service at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, Illinois. Medley has been serving the NCC as president-elect for the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/21/13)—”The atmosphere was like nothing that I have experienced in ABC!” said Rev. Dr. Don Ng, senior pastor of San Francisco’s First Chinese Baptist Church, on the reunion of former staff of Educational Ministries (EM). Ng, who served on the EM staff for 20 years and is now president-elect of American […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/20/13)—On November 14-16, 2013, McAfee School of Theology of Mercer University partnered with the American Baptist Historical Society, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Baptist History and Heritage Society, Baptist Women in Ministry and the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board to produce a three-day event featuring missions experts and practitioners from across Baptist […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/20/13)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries is hosting two national events in 2014: an intergenerational retreat and a cruise. “A Time to Serve: Deepening Relationships,” the intergenerational retreat, will be at the Green Lake Conference Center in Green Lake, Wisconsin, from Saturday, July 26, through Tuesday, July 29. Early bird registration fees are in […]
Over 3,000 participants representing 345 member churches, as well as observers from non-member churches from more than 100 different countries gathered in Busan, South Korea for the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, meeting from October 30-November 8, 2013. The assembly theme, “God of Life: Lead us to Justice and Peace,” framed the common […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/15/13)—The Board of General Ministries for American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) began its meetings on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge. One of the highlights of the opening plenary sessions was a reflection given by General Secretary A. Roy Medley on his service as General Secretary over […]
Please keep the people of affected areas of the Midwest in your prayers, after a tornado outbreak wreacked havock on the area. News from ABC of the Great Rivers Region: “All the regional staff are safe, and we have received no word of church facilities being damaged. However, we have received several reports of church families […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/15/13)—IM missionaries serving in the Philippines, Debbie Mulneix and Jonathan and Thelma Nambu, report that relief efforts are beginning to take effect in the typhoon-stricken areas in this Southeast Asian country. Located in and near Manila, the missionaries are safe as this part of the Philippines was mildly affected. The storm […]
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