It has been ten years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and we began to learn about the devastation throughout the region. In the days following Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, there was a joint effort by Baptists who reached across denominational lines to respond and address the needs of the people in […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/31/15)—A story of transformation in the central-European country of Hungary is the subject of the 2015 World Mission Offering (WMO) from American Baptist International Ministries (IM). The free educational materials, which include a 24-page Global Mission Study Guide, a full-color poster and five short videos on DVD, plus bulletin inserts, clip […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/27/15)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries announces its mission focus theme for 2015-2016, “See…the Beloved Community: Transformative Relationships.” In response to current events, the mission focus provides American Baptist women and girls the opportunity to explore how we are drawn into reconciliation with God through the cross; how we are co-creators of the […]
Applications for the Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA, are due on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Applications must be sent with all application materials included, and received by the September 1 deadline. Awards for the Matthew 25 grant are made twice a year, in April and October, with application deadlines of March 1 and September 1. To […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/26/15)—The American Baptist Historical Society will hold a free public showing of two rare historical films, Crow Indians on the Jesus Trail and Song of the Shining Mountains on Friday, October 2, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in Mercer University’s Atlanta Administrative Conference Center (2930 Flowers Road South, Atlanta, GA), Room 190. […]
Join faith leaders for a national conference call on the Iran nuclear deal, Thursday, August 27 at 8:00pm EDT. The featured speaker will be Marie Harf, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to Secretary of State John Kerry. Harf led U.S. communications strategy on the Iran negotiations in Vienna. Panelists: Jim Winkler: General Secretary, National Council of […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/25/15)—American Baptists join with the larger Baptist family in the US and globally in offering prayers for President and Mrs. Carter and their family. President Carter has been a faithful and courageous leader in Baptist life in our nation and globally, and his efforts in striving for peace, seeking justice for the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/24/15)—Janet Loraine (Herring) DeWitt, 88—administrator of the Macedonia Ministries program, part of the Personal and Public Witness Unit of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), when it was known as National Ministries in the early 1980s—died Thursday at Sanford Foundation Hospice, Sioux Falls, S.D. She was wife of the late Dr. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/24/15)—Nominations are being accepted now for the 2016 Shine the Light Award. The Shine the Light Award, established by American Baptist Women’s Ministries, serves to recognize a woman or a women’s ministry group that serves as outstanding light-bearers for Christ. The award highlights a specific ministry project or projects that best […]
A lifelong devoted Baptist, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has announced he has been diagnosed with cancer. American Baptist Home Mission Societies calls on Baptists everywhere to add Jimmy Carter and his family to their prayer lists. Carter, who served as 39th president of the United States from 1977-1981, convened leaders of more than 30 […]
