World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel
American Baptist churches have been invited by the ecumenical community to join in prayer during the week of September 18 for peace within Palestine and Israel. For more information, click here.
Matthew 25 Grant Helps Melrose, Mass. Church Serve 237 Families
A $1,000 Matthew 25 Grant from American Baptist Churches USA is enabling First Baptist Church in Melrose, Mass., to serve 237 families in need in a small Boston suburb. “We are especially thankful for the grant,” explains Lisa Dow of the church. “Our Pantry of Hope is a wonderful outreach that has been a tremendous […]
ABHMS Publishes Special Online Edition of ‘The Christian Citizen’ in Response to Social Unrest
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/14/16)—In response to heightened tension, divisiveness, polarization, terrorism and violence across the United States, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) continues to encourage dialogue and promote healing by publishing “Healing Our Land,” a special online issue of its acclaimed print magazine, The Christian Citizen. In this collection of thought-provoking and action-inspiring […]
Remembering 9/11: Memories
One of the most powerful recollections Susan Gillies has of 9/11 was a conversation she had with a distraught rancher. “I was Region Executive Minister in Nebraska on 9/11 and saw how the attacks were affecting everyone,” recalls Susan Gillies, interim general secretary for American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA). “In the days following I heard […]
Remembering 9/11: A Reflection
By Virginia Holmstrom Virginia Holmstrom is the executive director of American Baptist Women’s Ministries. September 11, 2001. I was three weeks into my new position with American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA). That morning at work a colleague called out to me with an expression of shock on his face: “A plane just hit the World […]
Remembering 9/11
by Cheryl Dudley Cheryl Dudley is Region Executive Minister for American Baptist Churches of Metro New York. She submitted her reflection to recall the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. New York has always been a refuge for a wide expanse of humanity, made up of people who have come from different parts of the […]
$2,000 Matthew 25 Grant Feeds Disadvantaged Diners in Indianapolis
A $2,000 Matthew 25 Grant from American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) to Westview Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Ind., is providing Wednesday evening meals to 90 to 135 disadvantaged people in the church’s community. Hungry? How do some of these menu items sound? Stuffed chicken breast, green beans, mashed potatoes, rolls and butter, cake and beverages. […]
William E. Brammer Dies; Was a Past Executive Director of an ABHMS Christian Center
VALLEY FORGE, PA (9/7/16)—The Rev. William E. Brammer, 80, of Churchill, Pa., a past executive director of Rankin (Pa.) Christian Center, died March 26, 2016. Brammer served as executive director of Rankin—one of American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ 16 Neighborhood Action Program Christian centers—from 1975 until he retired in 1998. He joined Rankin as director […]
Matthew 25 Grants Help Provide Weekend Meals to At-Risk School Children in Two States
Two congregations, one in West Virginia and one in South Carolina, have been awarded Matthew 25 Grants from American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) in support of food initiatives to assure that nutritionally at-risk children will have enough to eat over weekends when they are away from school. Second Calvary Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C, along […]
ABHMS Urges American Baptists to Show Support for Murrow Indian Children’s Home
VALLEY FORGE, PA (9/6/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) urges American Baptist individuals and organizations to join in solidarity with Murrow Indian Children’s Home, Muskogee, Okla., by donating to the GoFundMe page created by ABHMS to benefit children in the home’s care. Recently, the children’s home respectfully declined a donation from an atheist organization because the gift […]