VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/27/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) continues its nearly 200-year-old commitment to domestic mission across the United States and Puerto Rico with a redesigned website that brings the ministry to life for the 21st century and beyond. For easy navigation, the updated website—www.abhms.org—categorizes content by three ministry emphases—“Developing Leaders,” “Equipping Disciples” and […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/20/16)—An initial grant of $7,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) emergency relief funds is being sent to the Latin American Baptist Women’s Union (UFBAL) after a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific coast of this South American country on Saturday, April 16. The death toll stands at 525 people […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/19/16)—The Rev. Dr. David Stone, former executive director of Neighborhood Ministries, Campbell, Ohio, died April 9 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio. He was 78. A commissioned missionary of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), Stone led Neighborhood Ministries—among ABHMS’ network of Neighborhood Action Program (NAP) Christian centers—from 1969 […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/19/16)—American Baptist International Ministries (IM) is working with the Japan Baptist Union (JBU) to respond quickly to the earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked Kumamoto, Japan, during the past weekend. Forty-two people have been confirmed dead, more than 1,000 are injured and 11 are still missing, according to BBC News. An initial […]

VALLEY FORGE, PA (4/15/16)—Dr. Harold (Hal) D. Germer, who served the American Baptist Board of Educational Ministries (BEM) in the 1980s, passed away at Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla., on April 7. He was 80. As director of Collegiate Education Services for BEM, Germer coordinated the American Baptist Association of Colleges and Universities (ABACU). “Hal […]