VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/7/16)—Drawing to a close is American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) “Tuesdays’ Prayers for Peace,” in which American Baptists were invited to pray for this contentious U.S. presidential election each Tuesday through Election Day tomorrow. Each week has featured a suggested focus on which to pray, as Americans contemplated casting a […]
The reflection below was written by Rev. Dr. Alfred J. Fletcher, acting associate general secretary for Mission Resource Development, ABCUSA. Rev. Stacy Emerson, ABCUSA Stewardship Facilitator, provides a Litany for use in local churches: Click here to download the Litany in word document format, for use in bulletin inserts or Powerpoint/screen presentations during your Sunday service. […]
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 […]
