March 22, 2013
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/ 22 /13)—The Burmese army continues to use chemical weapons, heavy artillery and jet fighter planes to bomb civilian villages in the Kachin State in northern Myanmar (Burma) causing heavy casualties and great hardship on the people, despite a cease fire order by Myanmar’s president.
Moved by these atrocities, the Board of Directors of American Baptist International Ministries (IM) has issued a resolution calling for action....
March 21, 2013
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/ 21 /13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages mission volunteers and those offering mission opportunities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico to connect via the ecumenical website MissionalNetworking.org.
The purpose of the website, according to its home page, is “to connect missional faith communities with volunteers, resources, and one another...
March 20, 2013
Pictured above: Trip participants sing, reflect on experience visiting Tijuana, Mexico.
Each quarter, the International Student Fellowship of Palmer Seminary highlights the Seminary’s current international mix in the form of a variety of worship experiences. On Tuesday afternoon, March 19, Palmer Seminary’s International Chapel focusing on“Walking in someone else’s shoes,” met in the side dining room of the American Baptist Churches USA Mission Center. The event...
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/20/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces its events for chaplains and pastoral counselors planned for the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) Mission Summit/Biennial this summer in Overland Park/Kansas City, Kan., June 21-23, 2013.
The Rev. John P. Oliver, D.Min., chief of Chaplain Service and supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education at Durham (N.C.) Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical...
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/20/13)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries announces its 2013 Women’s Day, “A Time to Serve,” on Friday, June 21, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, Kansas, immediately preceding the Mission Summit/Biennial of American Baptist Churches USA. “A Time to Serve,” based on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, will give women the inspiration to praise and serve God in all they do.
“A Time to Serve” features interactive...
Each Wednesday throughout the season of Lent in 2013, a reflection including bible verses and prayer suggestions will be available on the ABCUSA website. The following reflection is posted for the week of Palm Sunday, on March 20, 2013.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (NRSV)
1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his steadfast love endures forever!
2 Let Israel say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”19 Open to me the gates of...
March 19, 2013
The reflection below was written by Scotty Robertson, Pastor of Judson Baptist Church, Winfield, WV. This is part of a new featured series, “Proud to be an American Baptist.” Check the ABCUSA website and other publications in the near...VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/19/13)—American Baptist International Ministries (IM) is pleased to introduce two new Directors who began their three-year term of service on January 1, 2013.
Rev. Katherine (Kathy) Longhat, Muskogee, OK, is director for the Center for American Indians – Students of Promise at Bacone College in Muskogee, OK. She has served as pastor of the Rainy Mountain Kiowa Indian Baptist Church in Mountain View, OK and...
March 18, 2013
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/18/13)—When the Rev. Jim Steiner from the Summit Church in Boise, Idaho, met with International Ministries (IM) missionaries Mike and Jill Lowery about supporting them in their work, Steiner asked them, “What do you need to move ministry forward where you are?” In response, they told him about their need for electric power in Kikongo.
A 24-hour electric power supply is not...
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 3/18/13)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries is hosting three concurrent events for women and girls this summer at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. The National Women’s Conference and the National Gathering for Girls will occur Saturday, July 27, through Thursday, August 1. The National Young Adult Women’s Conference will be Saturday, July 27, through Monday, July 29.
The National Women’s Conference, “Designed to Serve/...