VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/15/12)—Findings from the 2010 National Survey of Congregations revealed a number of areas of concern for today’s churches, including the challenge of developing lay leadership. When asked whether volunteers in leadership roles stay the same year after year, 86% of respondents reported that either the same people serve or, while there […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/14/12)—Sponsored by American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) and the Ministers Council, and supported by the Burma Refugees Task Force, the “Together in Ministry [TIM] Retreat for American Baptist Churches USA Pastors Ministering to the Burma Diaspora Community” was held April 23-25 at the National Christian Conference Center. “The purpose of […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/3/12)—A fire has destroyed the Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School and College and other buildings in Mae La Refugee Camp on the Thailand/Myanmar border. Camp residents managed to put out the fire after about an hour, according to Karen News. “The Bible School has a long history and has been instrumental […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/2/12)—In his latest video—titled “Has the church changed since Rodney King?”—Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III, executive director of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), remembers the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, which erupted 20 years ago this past Sunday, April 29. “If Los Angeles can be referred to or thought of as […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/30/12)—American Baptist Homes and Caring Ministries (ABHCM) announces the appointment of the Rev. Garth E. Brokaw of Rochester, N.Y., as its interim executive director. Brokaw has served the ABHCM board of directors since 1991, having held the roles of vice president, president, immediate past president, chair of the Nominating Committee, member […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/26/12)—Joanne H. (Hoffman) Powers, 58, longest tenured employee at American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), died on Tuesday, April 17. She served ABHMS for almost 41 years, having begun at age 17. Most recently, Powers provided support at ABHMS to the Rev. Glynis LaBarre in Missional Church Ministries, to the Rev. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/25/12)—Today American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) launches its new weekly podcast series, “Faces and Places of Hope.” The debut marks two years since ABHMS reclaimed its historic name and is timed two days before the April 27 Founder’s Day, which celebrates 180 years since the establishment of The American Baptist […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/24/12)—Reverend Veronica “Ronny” Lanier, age 93, of Melrose, Massachusetts, has been selected to receive the Honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree from the American Baptist Seminary of the West. The degree will be conferred at the Allen Temple Baptist Church during the commencement exercises on May 19, 2012. For the past 22 […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/20/12)—The Rev. Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III, executive director of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), and the Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), have endorsed a Call to Action created by Interfaith Moral Action on Climate. The Call for Interfaith Actions on Climate […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 4/20/12)—Secretary of State Clinton’s Sub-Working Group on International Religious Freedom, Stability, and Democracy met at the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) mission center in Valley Forge, PA on Tuesday, April 17. Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of ABCUSA, welcomed the group saying, ”We welcome you, and you are among […]
