VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 9/10/14)—September is “National Preparedness Month.” As our nation prepares to observe the 13th anniversary of the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) asks: “How prepared are you, your family and your congregation to respond when a disaster strikes—whether it’s a fire, mudslide, hurricane, blizzard or tornado?” Take time […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 8/6/14)—A powerful earthquake magnitude 6.1 hit southwest China on August 3rd. Hundreds of people have been killed and some 1,300 injured according to state news agency Xinhua, reported by BBC News China. A major rescue and relief operation is under way. In response, $10,000 in emergency relief funds is being sent from […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/28/14)—In response to a landslide that devastated Oso, Washington, American Baptist Churches USA has released an initial $2,500 One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Emergency Disaster Response Grant through American Baptist Home Mission Societies to First Baptist Church (FBC), Darrington, Washington. Occurring on Saturday, the landslide destroyed structures and caused injury […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/19/14)—After nearly three years of civil war inside Syria, the number of civilian casualties, internally displaced people and refugees continues to grow in astounding numbers. In response to the growing Syrian crisis, American Baptist International Ministries (IM) sent a $50,000 One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) emergency relief grant to ecumenical […]
Please keep the people of affected areas of the Midwest in your prayers, after a tornado outbreak wreacked havock on the area. News from ABC of the Great Rivers Region: “All the regional staff are safe, and we have received no word of church facilities being damaged. However, we have received several reports of church families […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/15/13)—IM missionaries serving in the Philippines, Debbie Mulneix and Jonathan and Thelma Nambu, report that relief efforts are beginning to take effect in the typhoon-stricken areas in this Southeast Asian country. Located in and near Manila, the missionaries are safe as this part of the Philippines was mildly affected. The storm […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/12/13)—The American Baptist calendar designates November 17 as “Asian American Baptist Sunday.” In light of Typhoon Haiyan—which hit the Philippines on Friday and took thousands of lives in Tacloban alone—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages American Baptists to lift our American Baptist Filipino brothers and sisters in prayer. American Baptist […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 11/11/13)—Super typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippine islands last weekend with devastating force. The Philippine Red Cross estimates that at least 1,200 people were killed by the storm. That number could grow as officials make their way to remote areas made nearly inaccessible by Haiyan. International Ministries missionaries in the Philippines, Debbie […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/24/13)—In response to a record-setting blizzard that hit South Dakota in early October, American Baptist Churches (ABC) has released a $20,000 One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Emergency Disaster grant through American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) to ABC of the Dakotas. The Oct. 4 storm blanketed western South Dakota with […]
Pastor Bob Ballance at Pine Street Church in Boulder (ABC Church) reports that groups from American Baptist Church in Fort Collins, Colorado, the First Baptist Church in Atchison, Kansas, and the church Balance pastors, Pine Street Church (formerly First Baptist Church) of Boulder, Colorado, have worked together in early relief efforts. Balance and others have […]
