KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 2/21/24)—The American Baptist Churches of PA and DE (ABCOPAD) Board of Directors met Tuesday, February 13, 2024, to unanimously affirm the Rev. Mark Mahserjian-Smith as the next Executive Minister for the region, effective immediately. Search team Chairperson and ABCOPAD Board President, Bryon Luke, said the search team, after a 10-month […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (9/20/22)—The American Baptist Churches of the Dakotas Executive Committee, which served as the Region Executive Search Committee, unanimously voted in August to call the Rev. Dr. Daniel Cash as the region’s new Executive Minister. Cash will begin to serve in this new role on October 17. Rev. Soozi Whitten Ford, American Baptist […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/21/22)—In late August and early September 2022, Transition Ministries will host its next opportunity for pastors and other ministerial leaders to learn more about the skills needed to lead a church through a time of pastoral transition. Transition Ministries will offer an online training event on Friday, August 26-Saturday, August 27 […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/20/22)—The Search Committee for the next General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA seeks input from American Baptists across the United States and Puerto Rico. American Baptists are invited to participate in a focus group with a member of the Search Committee. View the full message from the Search Committee below. […]
The recording from our latest Generosity Project webinar, “Embracing Stewardship: Looking Through the Lens of Love” which took place on Thursday, July 7, 2022, is now available online. View the recording of the webinar to hear a powerful story from Rev. Dr. Henrietta Carter and to be inspired to learn how to embrace stewardship through the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (7/11/22)—This Friday, July 15, 2022, is the deadline for Chestnut Street Baptist Church Endowment Fund Grant award applications. The American Baptist Churches USA Office of the General Secretary welcomes applications around the theme for 2022, “Holistic Health for Refugees and Immigrant Communities.” The grant was established from the remaining assets of the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/17/22)—The Board of Ministries of the American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island (ABCORI) has unanimously called Rev. Courtny Davis Olds, Ph.D., to serve as the region’s next Executive Minister. Davis Olds will begin in this role on April 4, 2022. American Baptist Churches USA General Secretary Dr. C. Jeff Woods said, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/16/22)—American Baptist Churches USA has called the Rev. Soozi Whitten Ford to serve as part-time interim associate general secretary for Regional Ministries beginning May 15, 2022. In 2021, Ford retired from the American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky, where she served as executive minister for more than nine years. Dr. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/14/21)—The Region Board of the American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky has called Rev. Mark Thompson as the region’s next Executive Minister. The search committee unanimously voted this fall to present Thompson as the recommended candidate to serve in the role. “Rev. Thompson’s passion for community ministry, experience with the […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/12/21)—On November 6, 2021 the Board of Managers of the American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin enthusiastically approved the Reverend Mindi Welton-Mitchell as their new Executive Minister. Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell comes to Wisconsin from Seattle, Washington where she has served as Pastor of Queen Anne Baptist Church since June of 2017. As […]
