VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/8/20)—American Baptist Churches USA and American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM) are partnering to present a unique conference, Celebrating Ministering Women: Radical. Redeemed. Ready., to be held June 16-19, 2020 at the Green Lake Conference Center in Green Lake, Wis. Registration for the conference will open later this month. From the pioneering […]
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 […]
The reflection below was written by Rev. Dr. Patricia Hernandez, Associate General Secretary for Women in Ministry and Transition Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA. Hernandez reflects on a recent visit with a woman in ministry, and the story of love that was shared when they met. Recently I had the opportunity to visit with a […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/22/19)—On January 7, 2019, the ABCUSA Office of the General Secretary welcomed Rev. Rebecca Driscoll, the first person to be accepted for a new Women in Ministry Internship program. The internship provides a nine-month opportunity for a woman in ministry to serve in a national leadership setting within American Baptist Churches […]
During the 2018 Advent season, weekly reflections will be posted from the Acting General Secretary and Associate General Secretaries of American Baptist Churches USA. Each reflection will be posted prior to the Sundays in Advent. Below is a reflection written by Associate General Secretary Patricia Hernandez. Read the reflection posted for the first week of Advent here. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/3/18)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), American Baptist Women’s Ministries (ABWM) and American Baptist Women in Ministry (ABWIM) are collaborating to host concurrent conferences for women and girls in July at Judson University, Elgin, Ill. The three organizations hope to attract women from culturally diverse backgrounds for a weekend of learning, […]
Change is inevitable. Churches today routinely face declines in membership and finances. Add to such challenges the departure of a pastor and tensions over ongoing difficulties may ratchet up, according to the Center for Congregational Health in Winston-Salem, N.C. “A pastoral transition is a critical, but potentially fruitful, time for a church,” explains Rev. Dr. […]
For the second year in a row, women in the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago came together in a new way to listen to each other, learn from one another, and lift up women as leaders. They shared their stories, sang songs, and celebrated the sacred gifts women bring to ministry. Awarded a grant […]
The American Baptist Women In Ministry (ABWIM) Advisory Team not only thought out of the box, but they traveled “out of the box” to Puerto Rico to meet, learn and celebrate the advancement of women in ministry. Rev. Pat Hernandez and the Advisory Team (Rev. Jackie Saxon, Pastor Laura Ayala, Rev. Charles Adams, Rev. Steve Bils, […]
The blog below was written by Patricia Hernandez, national director of Women in Ministry and Transition Ministries, ABCUSA. This blog, written in early May, is posted as a tribute to Rev. Dr. Veronica Lanier, long time minister, missionary and coordinator of missionary speakers, who died on Wednesday, May 28. We fondly remember Ronny and her many […]
