The ABC Mission Table, comprised of representatives from every American Baptist Churches USA region, seminary, and national agency adopted a set of priorities in 2013. These priorities serve as emphases for the work of the denomination. At the time of their adoption, each of the priorities was accompanied by a case statement, promoting related mission […]
The following brief history of the Professional Ministries Team was provided by Dr. C. Jeff Woods, Associate General Secretary for Regional Ministries. The ABC Structure and Process Commission envisioned the role of this group to, “foster greater cohesiveness in addressing the concerns and needs of ABC ministerial leaders.” (November 2002) Those present at the December 7, […]
In the various worship celebrations at the Biennial Mission Summit, June 21-23, 2019 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, we will be seeking to achieve a balance of performance styles and cultures. All interested singers, choirs, music groups, dancers, and drama groups please complete the application. Click here to download the application.
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/29/18)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages New Baptist Covenant’s (NBC) covenant of action partners to apply to NBC for a grant to support the work of their covenant of action. Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to covenant partners engaged in high-impact and innovative covenants. The NBC Covenant of Action […]
A $500 Matthew 25 Grant from American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is supporting First Baptist Church in Boston’s Jamaica Plain section to provide bus passes for low income and homeless people in the church’s neighborhood, located about four miles from downtown Boston. First Baptist dates to 1842 and is located in an historic district. In […]
On Saturday, May 5, 2018, American Baptist Churches of Metropolitan New York (ABCMNY) held their Annual Spring Rally at Union Baptist Church in Harlem. “Our Spring Rally is the mid-year meeting for ABCMNY. In some ways it is our most dynamic or multi-lateral larger gathering as a region because we not only learn from our […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/23/18)—Female clergy, lay leaders and seminarians of diverse ethnicities are invited to attend American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) Intercultural Ethnic Women Conference July 18-21 at Judson University, Elgin, Ill. Held in collaboration with American Baptist Women’s Ministries and Women in Ministry, the event will feature joint workshops and worship. Providing […]
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) traveled to New Haven, CT to meet with officials from Andover Newton Seminary at Yale and Yale Divinity School (YDS) on May 8, 2018. The meeting, which was hosted by Martin Copenhaver, President of Andover Newton, and Debora Jackson, Director of Lifelong Learning […]
NOTE: The webinar registration link has been corrected. VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/23/18)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries has opened registration for their upcoming webinar on inspiring women who appear in the Qur’an and Bible. “Women Changemakers in the Qur’an and Bible” will focus on Hagar, who appears in both texts, as well as other women who […]
Imagine yourself as part of a new immigrant family from China trying to adapt yourself to a new culture in America. You are facing myriad challenges and difficulties making a home in Newton, Mass., and experiencing the same concerns as did generations of immigrants before you. Then you discover sympathetic Christian friends at Lincoln Park […]
