More than 200 men and women recently gathered at the ninth Baptist International Conference on Theological Education. (BICTE) conference, Reimaging, Rereading HERstory in the Church, hosted by the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). Pastors, scholars, and ministerial leaders from across the Baptist family and all around world gathered to learn from and listen to each other […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (7/23/19)—Over 100 seminarians and ministers new to American Baptist Churches gathered in Virginia Beach at the 2019 Biennial Mission Summit for the Orientation to American Baptist Life (OTABL) program. The new ministers and seminarians represented 29 of the 33 American Baptist regions across the United States and Puerto Rico. The OTABL participants […]
The Generosity Project is a collaborative effort between ABCUSA, regions, and local congregations. The Generosity Project aims to help pastors re-frame the conversation around stewardship and generosity in their congregations. Bi-monthly blogs help support new growth and understanding as we deepen our ministry and discipleship. A few weeks ago my friend Julie shared with me the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (7/12/19)—Dr. Robert Dennis Cochran, Executive Director/Minister of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention (DCBC), has announced his planned retirement as of March 31, 2020. Dr. Cochran has served as the region’s Executive Director/Minister since February 2015. He has served the region for 25 years; prior to his call as Executive Director/Minister, he […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/8/19)—As American Baptists gathered from across the country to celebrate at the 2019 Biennial Mission Summit in Virginia Beach, God was doing a new thing. Just down the hall from the Grand Ballroom in the Virginia Beach Convention Center, over 100 young people from as far as Wisconsin to those who […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (7/22/19)—Eliberto and Molly Jamison Juárez, passionate peacemakers and educators, have been endorsed to serve with International Ministries (IM) as global servants in El Salvador. The couple shares a strong commitment to peace and social transformation through the power of the gospel. The Juárezes are the first IM global servants to minister in […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (7/22/19)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is seeking American Baptist pastors to enroll in its 2019-2020 “In Support of Excellence” (ISOE) pastors financial-empowerment cohort to begin meeting in November. The application deadline is Aug. 28, 2019. A pastor’s ability to effectively lead a congregation to be an agent of transformation in the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/8/19)—First Baptist Church, Salina, Kan., received the 2019 George D. Younger Award for Excellence in Local or Regional American Baptist History from the American Baptist Historical Society. Rev. Dr. Kevin Hazelton, the church’s pastor, accepted the award on behalf of the congregation during the Historical Society’s breakfast on June 23, part […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (7/11/19)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Haggray joined U.S. faith leaders in contributing to and signing a declaration that decries launching war on Iran. To be shared by the signatories with their respective constituencies, the statement was announced yesterday on Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Hill with a news conference […]
