The following reflection was written by Mike Minor, an American Baptist from Delaware who attends Central Baptist Church, Wilmington, Delaware. Minor has been involved in many different disaster relief efforts, working with American Baptist Men, the American Baptist Churches of Pennsylvania and Delaware, the American Red Cross, Kingdom Builders, and Calvary Baptist Church of Newark, […]
The following reflection is given by Rev. Dr. Brenda R. Halliburton, National Coordinator for Intercultural Ministries and Black Churches Strategist for the American Baptist Home Mission Societies. This is a very important year for African Americans! We just celebrated the inauguration of an African-American President for a second term. In addition, this year marks the anniversaries of […]
Welcoming the Stranger: Why I Am Proud to be an American Baptist The reflection below was written by Rev. Don Ng, ABCUSA vice president and nominee to serve as president for the term running from January 1, 2014-December 31, 2015. Some of my fondest childhood memories are the times when I was growing up at the […]
Friday, March 1st is World Day of Prayer 2013. Services begin at sunrise in the Pacific and follow the sun around the globe. Women, men and children in more than 170 countries and regions will participate in this ecumenical movement of believers from many traditions who come together to observe a common day of prayer. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/14/13)—In a move aimed at streamlining operations to “free up the Council to be about the priorities that the churches set together,” the National Council of Churches, a partner organization of ABCUSA, will consolidate its operations in Washington, D.C. The NCC will remain in New York through “satellite offices” for three […]
A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), headed a delegation of twelve American Baptists and Baptist World Alliance (BWA) representatives on Friday, February 8, in a visit to engage US State Department officials around concerns raised by the continuing religious and human rights violations in Burma. During the meeting with 6 representatives from various […]
Loving our neighbors as ourselves is the opposite of bullying. The Youth for Youth program, based out of Greenville Baptist Church in Greenville, RI, is addressing the problem of bullying directly. Their mission is “to support and create youth developed and facilitated programs that educate and inspire youth to combat intolerance, bullying and violence, including […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/5/13)—Just in time for Black History Month, Judson Press has released a powerful new resource for the African American church. To Serve This Present Age: Social Justice Ministries in the Black Church is coauthored by veteran ministry practitioners, Min. Danielle L. Ayers and Rev. Reginald W. Williams Jr. At a time […]
Are you hearing the buzz? More and more ABC people in our congregations and regions are these days infusing some new and exciting language into their conversations. These conversations are found around a few key issues: that the Spirit is at work among us and seems to be taking ABC into new places; that we […]
Rev. Dr. Leo S. Thorne, associate general secretary for Mission Resource Development for American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), has been serving on a Working Group for the State Department. This story is a transcript of an interview done by Bridget Holmstrom, web manager/communication specialist for ABCUSA, about Thorne’s involvement with the State Department. Holmstrom: Leo, […]
