VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/9/15)—Judson Press and American Baptist Women’s Ministries are pleased to announce the winners of the “Sisters of Scripture” national essay contest for American Baptist young adult women. The contest invited entrants from ages 17-35 to submit essays inspired by Sisters of Scripture: Mentors in Womanhood by Billie Montgomery Cook. The essay […]
The roots of RMMO go back to the mid-1930s, when American Baptist congregations received a Communion Fellowship Offering on the first Sunday of each month to support retired ministers, missionaries, their widowed spouses and elderly clergy within their churches. In 1977 American Baptist Churches USA launched the Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering (RMMO) to continue […]
LOS ANGELES, CA (ABNS 11/5/15)—“We are here today looking back at where we come from, realizing we are still on a journey because our work is not finished,” said the Rev. Dr. Laura Sinclair when she opened the Nov. 3-4 board meeting of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) with worship. Relating the ongoing work […]
For the second year in a row, women in the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago came together in a new way to listen to each other, learn from one another, and lift up women as leaders. They shared their stories, sang songs, and celebrated the sacred gifts women bring to ministry. Awarded a grant […]
Click HERE to view the newly released Fall 2015 issue of Connections featuring ABCUSA General Secretary A. Roy Medley! Or, click the image below to read the full story.
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/30/15)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries has established a Young Adult Women’s Ministries Advisory Team to work with the nationally-elected Young Adult Women’s Ministries Coordinator Jenn Leneus to help set the direction for AB Women’s Ministries focus with young adult women. Serving on the team are Joy Andrews, 22, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and […]
The story below was originally released by the Baptist World Alliance on October 28. Roy Medley, ABCUSA General Secretary and fraternal delegate of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) at the recent Synod of Bishops on the Family in Rome, urged the gathering “to emphasize the pastoral nature of the ministry which is entrusted to the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/26/15)—Melanie Baggao of Placentia, California, was commissioned to serve with American Baptist International Ministries (IM) in the Middle East. Baggao is IM’s third global worker to be serving in this part of the world. She departed for her field of service on October 21, 2015. The commissioning service was held in […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/26/15)—American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) announces the fall 2015 awards for its Matthew 25 Grant. A total of 69 applicants received funding ranging from $500 to $5,000, with a total of $169,140 awarded. The Matthew 25 Grant, sponsored by ABCUSA and the Board of General Ministries, is funded by a generous […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/26/15)—As previously announced, Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), will be retiring on December 31, 2015. Medley originally took office on January 1, 2002, and served for three four-year terms and one two-year term. Submissions of letters or words of appreciation for a “Book […]
