VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 08/22/2024)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces open registration for the Chaplaincy Skills for Community Ministry course for faith leaders that begins October 7. Discounted pricing is available until September 1.
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 08/16/2024)—The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season recently spawned Hurricanes Debby and Ernesto in rapid succession, with both fierce storm systems carving paths of destruction on their respective journeys and leaving communities in desperate need of aid.
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 08/02/2024)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) offers prayers and concern for those in the path of raging wildfires in several states, where hot temperatures, low precipitation and gusty wind have made the land especially vulnerable to rapidly spreading conflations.
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Our Mission >NEW from ABHMS' Latino Ministries! Conferencia de Liderazgo Intergeneracional is a bilingual leadership conference for Latino/a ministry leaders that explores the vitality of intergenerational engagement in today's churches and communities. Join us online August 27 and 28. For more information and to register for this amazing event, visit the ABHMS Center for Continuous Learning online.
Watch the video >Next in the Chosen Generations series! A live webinar about ministry with neurodiverse children and their families. Explore the unique gifts and challenges of serving these special families, and learn how to love the kids and support the caregivers.
SPEAKER: Jen Murphree, director of admissions at Rainbow Acres
COST: $25
DATE: Fri., Sept. 6
TIME: 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET | 9:30-10:30 am P.T.
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Next in the webinar series about lived theology, spotlighting the scholarship of Baptist historians, academics, and pastor-scholars, with a focus in 2024 on Baptist identity, historic and contemporary. Subscribe to access the full series (including 3 replays from the spring).
SPEAKER: Rev. Dr. Julio González-Paniagua – on a theology of worship
COST: $5/month subscription
DATE: Thu., Sept. 19
TIME: 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET | 9:30-10:30 am P.T.
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A 6-week certificate course introducing the competencies of chaplaincy, including multicultural dynamics, active listening, trauma response, and grief. Facilitated by board-certified chaplains.
SPEAKERS: Patricia Murphy, Janet McCormack, Anne Dondapati-Allen
COST: $249
DATE: Mondays–October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18 (Time to celebrate!)
TIME: 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET
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