VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/21/17)—At Tyson Food Inc.’s annual general meeting in Springdale, Ark., on Feb. 9, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) garnered growing support for a resolution that urges the food company to adopt a water-stewardship policy. As lead filer, ABHMS was joined in presenting the resolution by six other Tyson shareholders, several […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/21/17)—Virginia Holmstrom, executive director of American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM), has announced her planned retirement next year on March 1, 2018. ABWM President Angel Sullivan has appointed a Search Committee, which hopes to hire a new Executive Director for the organization by late 2017. Holmstrom has served in the role of […]
Interim General Secretary Susan E. Gillies and Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of the Central Pacific Coast Steve Bils invite all American Baptists to the 2017 Biennial Mission Summit in the video below. Watch to learn about why YOU should think about attending the upcoming Biennial Mission Summit at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, June […]
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. Rev. Veronica ‘Ronny’ Lanier, a Vibrant, Effervescent African American Pioneer, Mission Leader and Educator Rev. Veronica “Ronny” Lanier (1918-2014) was a pioneering African American mission leader and educator in […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/15/17)—Given the current mood in the country and the moral and ethical dilemmas the nation faces, how is the church to respond during and after the presidency of Donald J. Trump? Judge, pastor, and prophet Wendell L. Griffen offers leadership on how to deal with the challenges and opportunities of being people […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/15/17)—Many of us know that Jesus asked many intentional questions in his ministry, questions intended to teach, guide, and encourage his followers. Using a similar approach, in their new release, 8 Questions Jesus Asked: Discipleship for Leaders, authors Daniel M. Cash and William H. Griffith focus on eight powerful questions from the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/14/17)—As a founding member of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) recently joined with other human rights groups, responsible investors and faith-based organizations as a signatory on three letters related to human rights and consumer protections. “Advocating for human rights and economic justice is a […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/13/17)—On January 15, 2017, the Rev. Carmella Jones was commissioned by the American Baptist International Ministries (IM) Board of Directors to serve in Hungary. The service for Jones, a resident of Columbia, Maryland, took place at the University Baptist Church in College Park, Maryland. It was attended by about 200, including IM […]
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. Dr. Charles Emerson Boddie: Influential Scholar Who Bridged the Black/White Divide Rev. Dr. Charles Emerson Boddie (1911-1997) was the first African American to become a staff secretary of a […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/9/17)—As a supporter of Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America (BPFNA), American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) asks American Baptists to consider gifting organic, fair trade chocolate this Valentine’s Day via BPFNA’s Baptist Fair Trade Project. A collaboration between BPFNA and the worker-owned cooperative Equal Exchange, the Baptist Fair Trade Project seeks […]
