ABHS Selected for Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant

Collection Opening and 15th Anniversary of ABHS hosted by Mercer University, Atlanta

J. Herbert & Elizabeth Cope served as missionaries in the Chin Hills of Burma, 1908-1938.  A collection of artifacts and photos was donated in 1985 by A. Danforth Cope, their son, and a collection of family letters was recently donated by Penny and Bill Cutler, their granddaughter and her husband.

Please join us to celebrate the ongoing legacy of American Baptist ministry with Chin people in Myanmar/Burma and by Chin people in the U.S. with the opening of this collection of letters and artifacts. We also mark 15 years of Mercer University hosting ABHS on Mercer’s Atlanta campus.

Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 7:00 pm
2930 Flowers Rd S
Atlanta,  GA   30341
RSVP to ABHSoffice@ABHSarchives.org

ABHS Dinner at ABCUSA Biennial Mission Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico

The American Baptist Historical Society dinner will be co-hosted with the American Baptist Hispanic Caucus. Held on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, the focus will be on Women Leaders in Puerto Rico. Roshely Quiñones Rodríguez and Abigaíl Medina Betancourt will speak about their experience and mentors.

Another highlight of the dinner will be the presentation of the George D. Younger Award to the Lake Avenue Memorial Baptist Church of Rochester, NY. The George D. Younger Award is given for for Excellence in Local or Regional American Baptist History. Lake Avenue Memorial Baptist Church’s 18-month long celebration of their 150th anniversary was judged the winning entry this year.

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