VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/1/17)—Recognizing February as Black History Month and honoring this year’s “The Crisis in Black Education” theme, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has added a commemorative page to its website that features a related video. Titled “The Promise of Freedom,” the 20-minute informational video tells of the founding and supporting of industrial […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/1/17)—Inspired by the need for a practical, spiritual resource addressing the Christian calendar and from an Afrocentric perspective, pastor Glenn Porter wrote Journey with Jesus through Lent. This new Judson Press book takes you on a faith pilgrimage for the sacred season. Based on the Gospel of Luke, this unique, prophetic, and […]
For Black History Month in February, American Baptist Churches USA is lifting up and celebrating the lives of some of the denomination’s significant leaders through history. Lulu Cecilia Fleming, M.D. Appointed to service January 10, 1886, Lulu Cecilia Fleming, M.D., was the first African American to be appointed for career missionary service by the Woman’s […]
