VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/20/17)—As a founding member of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages American Baptist homebuyers of African American and Hispanic heritage to inquire with home loan lender Wells Fargo regarding recent commitments to increase home buying among these populations. Seeking to help address lower […]
Over the next two months prior to Easter, reflections will be shared from Regional Executives from American Baptist regions through the 2017 season of Lent. For the third Sunday of Lent, a reflection is provided by Rev. Soozi Whitten Ford, Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky. Click here to view […]
Individual registration is open for the Biennial Mission Summit, June 30-July 2, 2017, to be held in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Convention Center. Early Registration closes today, March 15, 2017, and Individual Registration closes on June 15, 2017. When individuals register by the Early Registration deadline, they will pay a lower rate at registration. Registration […]
The Diaper Depot ministry at First Baptist Church in Scottsbluff, Neb., is growing dynamically. The initiative in 2016 received a $1,500 Matthew 25 Grant from American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA). The outreach has received altogether $10,000 in Matthew 25 funds. Parents and grandparents alike know that diapers are costly. Since April of 2016 First Baptist Church has […]
“Good News Shoes” in Noblesville, Ind., is a project of Calvary Baptist Church that aims to put shoes on the feet of children in need each Fall as the weather turns cold. The initiative is in keeping with Luke: 15:22 – “when the prodigal son returned, his father commanded … ‘put shoes on his feet’…” […]
Over the next two months prior to Easter, reflections will be shared from Regional Executives from American Baptist regions through the 2017 season of Lent. For the second Sunday of Lent, a reflection is provided by Dr. David Carrico, Executive Minister of the West Virginia Baptist Convention. Click here to view the reflection posted for […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (3/8/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) invites all chaplains, pastoral counselors, campus ministers, spiritual directors and seminarians to its free “Specialized Ministry Summit”—which includes free lunch—11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, at Calvary Baptist Church, Denver, Colo. The purpose is for ABHMS to learn how it can support attendees’ ministries and […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (3/8/17)—At its March 1-3 meeting in Caguas, Puerto Rico, the board of directors of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) connected with the Puerto Rico region of American Baptist Churches USA and participated in a workshop designed to provide people of faith practical experience in relating theological imagination with systems of finance. […]
Change is inevitable. Churches today routinely face declines in membership and finances. Add to such challenges the departure of a pastor and tensions over ongoing difficulties may ratchet up, according to the Center for Congregational Health in Winston-Salem, N.C. “A pastoral transition is a critical, but potentially fruitful, time for a church,” explains Rev. Dr. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (3/3/17)—The 2017 Biennial Mission Summit will feature a selection of seven Bible Study sessions on Saturday morning, July 1, in Portland, Ore., at the Oregon Convention Center. “How do we pick one Bible Study from the list of simultaneous offerings? This is the challenge for attendees at this year’s American Baptist Churches […]
