VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/22/18)—From an update on the Rebuilding, Restoring Renewing, Puerto Rico initiative to an observance of World Refugee Day, the June 19-20 meeting of the board of directors of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) focused on home mission, including implementation of the new strategy developed to meet the ever-changing ministry needs

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/18/18)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Haggray has released a statement decrying the separation of migrant children from their parents at the U.S. border. “Treating children as prisoners, depriving them of their basic right to be with their families, is not biblical in any way,” Haggray says. “American

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/18/18)—Registration is now open for American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) highly anticipated “Thy Will Be Done”-themed Space for Grace 2018 conference planned for Nov. 14-16 in Philadelphia. Join faith leaders, community service leaders, social justice advocates and others considering critical issues facing Christians today in the 2½ day-conference at Loews

UPDATE (ABNS 6/21/18): The deadline to register to attend the Intercultural Ethnic Women Conference has been extended to July 6. VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/22/18)—Female clergy, lay leaders and seminarians of diverse ethnicities are invited to attend American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) Intercultural Ethnic Women Conference July 18-21 at Judson University, Elgin, Ill. Held

At left: Members of Brewster (Mass.) Baptist Church participated in ABHMS’ “Rebuilding, Restoring, Renewing…Muskogee” volunteer effort.

Puerto Rico natives Abigail Medina Betancourt (at left) and the Rev. Hector A. Rivera Padua have joined American Baptist Home Mission Societies to support the organization's ongoing “Rebuilding, Restoring, Renewing Puerto Rico” initiative.

Partnership can make all the difference. Just ask Laura Macias, executive director of JOYA Scholars, a nonprofit organization that will soon expand its reach to inspire the success of additional students in Fullerton, Calif., thanks to its connection to Rizpah’s Children, a ministry of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS). “Last year, we had 15

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 5/15/18)—The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, but it is plagued by economic inequality—which too often affects people of African descent. In “Reconciliation & Reparation: Preaching Economic Justice,” author Joseph Evans issues a clarion call to church leaders to disturb the status quo through a species