“[The one] who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as [the one] who helps to perpetrate it. [The one] who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” – Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Stride Toward Freedom In this season of unrest and turmoil, we gather today to […]
The article below, written by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, was originally published by the Christian Citizen on January 11, 2021, and is posted here with permission. Click here to view the original article. When I was in college, I participated in a rally and march in Washington that began at the Capitol and ended at the White […]
As we conclude a year of doing old things in new ways, I am reminded of a scripture from Revelations 21:5, “See, I am making all things new. Write for these words are trustworthy and true.” While factories can crank out new items continuously, only God can make an old thing brand new. The year […]
American Baptist Churches USA seeks nominations for the Luke Mowbray Ecumenical Award, which recognizes an individual for outstanding ecumenical work at the local, state, national or international level, either as a volunteer or paid professional. This award will be presented at the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) 2021 Online Biennial Mission Summit, June 24-26, 2021. […]
The 2021-2022 ABC Directory/Planning Calendar is now available for download. We invite you to print this calendar as a reference tool for use in weekly planning throughout the calendar year and into 2022. Or, you may download the .ics file and add the calendar dates to your own calendar to keep you up to date […]
May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you this holiday season. We invite you to take a moment to reflect on the verses below. Luke 2:8-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 Then an angel […]
Throughout the 2020 Advent Season, we will be sharing an online devotional for prayer and contemplation on our website. We invite you to visit each week as we journey toward Bethlehem waiting with anticipation for the Messiah’s birth. The weekly devotionals will share reflections on this intentional anticipatory waiting time through the lens of the […]
