ATLANTA, GA (ABNS 7/12/17)—The American Baptist Historical Society awarded the George D. Younger Award for Excellence in Local or Regional American Baptist History to the West Henrietta Baptist Church (West Henrietta, NY). Along with a certificate honoring the church, a check for $500 was presented at the July 2 American Baptist Historical Society Biennial Breakfast in Portland, […]
Rev. Kathy Longhat serves as pastor of Watonga Indian Baptist Church, Watonga, Okla. The congregation is associated with the Oklahoma Indian Baptist Association of the Central Region. Her small congregation is comprised of Cheyenne and Arapaho people who live in and around Watonga. She ministers to them not only through the congregation, but also at […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/11/17)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries held its biennial Women’s Day event with morning and afternoon programming and lunch meal on June 30, 2017, the opening day of the ABCUSA Biennial Mission Summit at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore., with more than 220 in attendance. The event officially launched ABWM’s 2017-19 ministry […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/10/17)—The American Baptist Historical Society announces a Call for Papers for the Torbet Prize. This $500 award is given yearly for the best essay in any area of Baptist History. Each year ABHS seeks essays from authors who have not already been published in a major scholarly work. The Research and Publication Committee […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/10/17)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries announces the national officers elected for the 2017-2020 term. The election of officers was held during the annual meeting of American Baptist Women’s Ministries on Friday, June 29, 2017, at Women’s Day in the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Ore. Treasurer Colleen Charsky, of Pulaski, New York, has served […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/5/17)—The 2017 Biennial Mission Summit of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) ended on Sunday, July 2, with a communion service and a time of celebrating local church pastors. Four pastors from different parts of the country and representing different church environments were interviewed to give a window into their lives as church […]
Ken Williams, Interim Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of Connecticut, shared a thoughtful reflection following the Biennial Mission Summit, June 30-July 2, 2017, in Portland, Ore. Read about Williams’ time at the Biennial Mission Summit, below: Baptists, by our very nature – must find our unity in mission. We are not immune to the […]
Photos from the Biennial Mission Summit are online in an album here. View a Facebook Live video of the four Worship Experiences from the Biennial Mission Summit at: www.facebook.com/2017biennial.
PORTLAND, OR (ABNS 7/3/17)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS)-sponsored activities continued Saturday and Sunday at American Baptist Churches USA’s (ABCUSA) 2017 Biennial Mission Summit at Oregon Convention Center, Portland. Highlights included ABHMS’ Sunday luncheon, at which the Rev. Katherine Longhat, pastor of Watonga (Okla.) Indian Baptist Church, based her sermon on Jeremiah 20:7-9. (“Oh Lord, […]
PORTLAND, OR (7/2/17)—Rev. Dr. Lee B. Spitzer gave the message on Sunday morning, July 2, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. In the message, Spitzer looked at John 3:16-21, “For God So Loved the World.” “We need to devise new ways to form and grow as Christian communities so that we can be used […]
