LATEST NEWS
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ABHMS receives generous donation from Christian Community Credit Union for Maui wildfire relief
VALLEY FORGE, PA (09/25/2023)— American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) extends heartfelt thanks to the Christian Community Credit Union (CCCU) for a gratefully received $5,000 donation to the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) fund for the survivors of the Maui wildfires. Though authorities revised the number of fatalities downward in mid-September from 115 to 97, the conflagration remains the deadliest wildfire in the United States in more than a century.
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Call to response for those affected by Hurricane Idalia
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 08/31/2023)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) continues to pray for strength and protection for those affected by Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall August 30 along the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast as a high-end Category 3 storm driving record-breaking storm surge. As it traverses the Southeast United States, with Georgia and South Carolina squarely in its path, Idalia continues to unleash violent winds and torrential rain, wreaking destruction.
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ABHMS Summer Passionary Institute brings together young people who discern their call
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 08/31/2023)—In the spirit of its missional commitment to cultivating leaders and equipping disciples, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) launched its Summer Passionary Institute (SPI) in late May 2023. Over the next ten weeks, members of the inaugural cohort, young adults ages 18–29 hailing from Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, were immersed in their internships and encouraged to reflect deeply on their faith and futures.
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CONNECTING PARTNERS. CULTIVATING LEADERS. TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES.
Partnering with American Baptists to promote Christian faith, cultivate Christ-centered leaders and disciples, and bring healing and transformation to communities across the United States and Puerto Rico
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THE ABHMS CENTER FOR CONTINUOUS LEARNING
If education has the power and potential to transform individual lives, practical mission education has the power to cultivate Christian leaders and equip disciples who transform churches and communities. Rev. Dr. Rebecca Irwin-Diehl, director of the Center for Continuous Learning, invites you to share in her passion for mission education.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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ABHMS Center for Continuous Learning Course — Being Baptist: History, Identity & Polity
Discover the roots of Baptist history, explore how different Baptist groups relate to one another, and interpret the distinctive convictions of Baptist identity in our diverse ways of being together, in the church and in the world. A 6-week certificate course especially for those seeking ordination or recognition as American Baptist clergy.
September 5 – October 10, 2023
Tuesday, 4:30-6:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Price: $199.00To register, click on the event title above.
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ABHMS Center for Continuous Learning Course — Foundations for Faithful Finance
Join this FREE 6-week LIVE cohort course. Discover your money personality, improve financial decision-making, and prepare to be generous with Judson Press author and financial advisor Shayna Lear Harvey.
September 7 – October 12, 2023
Thursday, 4:30-5:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Price: FREETo register, click on the event title above.
