VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/10/14)—Four American Baptists have been included in the “Christian Educators of the 20th Century Project,” an online database of influential 20th-century Christian education leaders. They are Orlando E. Costas, Linda R. Isham, Ella P. Mitchell and Virginia Sargent—all past employees of the former Educational Ministries, the work of which continues under […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/10/14)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is calling for Letters of Intent (LOI) from those interested in applying for American Baptist Foundation (ABF)-administered 2014 grants from the Virginia and Gordon Palmer Jr. Trust. Awards will range from $5,000 to $15,000. The deadline for LOI is July 15, 2014. This year’s grant […]
The story below was originally published by Associated Baptist Press News/Religious Herald. The original article can be viewed here. Amy Butler, a Baptist pastor in Washington nominated April 27 to fill the pulpit of the prominent Riverside Church in New York City, was elected June 8 as the 84-year-old congregation’s first woman pastor. Butler, 44, […]
