Community Outreach Ministries

Bringing transformation and hope

The gifts he gave were … to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.
—Ephesians 4:11-12

 

ABHMS Community Outreach Ministries supports a network of Christian Centers to address the specific needs of their respective communities. These Christian centers are the heart of American Baptist home mission, as onsite mission staff work in partnership with local congregations and regional ministries to provide practical assistance that helps people identify and overcome barriers that prevent them from becoming all that God intended them to be. This assistance may be as simple as offering friendship or an encouraging hand. Or, it may include meeting basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, health care, job training or counseling. These centers vary the ways they touch people’s lives

CentersStaff
Bethel Neighborhood Center
14 S Seventh St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
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Executive Director: Mang Sonna
Bob Burdette Center, Inc.
1401 Washington St., W
Charleston, WV 25387
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Executive Director: Sarah Buckalew
Program Director:
Erin Martin
Cameron Community Ministries
48 Cameron St.
Rochester, NY 14606
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Interim Executive Director: Olivia Kassoum-Amadou
Columbia Street Project
63 Columbia St.
Bangor, ME 04401
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Executive Director: Rev. Stan Moody
Corporacion Milagros del Amor
PO Box 6445
Caguas, PR 00726
787.745.4605
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Executive Director: Gladys Rodriguez
Dayton Christian Center
1352 W Riverview Ave.
Dayton, OH 45407
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Executive Director: Tasha Johnson
Edna Martin Christian Center
2605 E 25th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46218
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President & CEO: Barato Britt
Detroit Friendship House
9540 Conant St.
Hamtramck, MI 48212
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Executive Director: Cathy Maher
Friendship House Peoria
800 NE Madison Ave.
Peoria, IL 61603
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CEO: Marcellus Sommerville
Friendship House of Christian Service
3123 Eighth Ave., S
Billings, MT 59101
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Executive Director: Matt Lundgren
Global Health Connections International
PO Box 80234
Raleigh, NC 27623
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President & CEO: Enrico Copeland
Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries
PO Box 778
Youngstown, OH 44501
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Executive Director: Mark Samuel
Housing Ministries of American Baptists in Wisconsin
7 N Pinkney St., Suite 120
Madison, WI 53705
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Executive Director: Carmen Porco
JOYA Scholars
PO Box 1457
Fullerton, CA 92836
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Executive Director: Christian Esteban
Milwaukee Christian Center
807 S 14th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53204
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Executive Director: Karen Higgins
Mount Olive Development Corporation
1530 NW 6th St.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
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President & CEO: Rosalind Osgood
Neighborhoods Focused on African- American Youth, Inc.
995 Roswall St.
Marietta, GA 30060
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Executive Director: Cheryl Bursh
New Life Center for Recovery
1323 Worcester St.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
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Executive Director: Rev. Brenda Lammie
Pathways to Promise
PO Box 63273
St. Louis, MO 63163
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Executive Director: Jermaine Alberty
Preston Taylor Ministries
4014 Indiana Ave.
Nashville, TN 37209
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Executive Director: Dwight Johnson
Rankin Christian Center
230 Third Ave.
(Rankin) Braddock, PA 15104
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Executive Director: Darlene McGregor
Salama Urban Ministries
1205 8th Ave., S
Nashville, TN 37203
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CEO: Dawana Wade
Shores of Hope
110 Sixth St.
W Sacramento, CA 95605
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Executive Director: Nanette Fowler
Somerset Academy Early Learning Center
719 W Girard Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
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Executive Director: Barbara Chavous-Pennock
The Place
PO Box 509
20 E Main St.
Norwich, NY 13815
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Executive Director: Sharon Vesely
Weirton Christian Center
117 Ivy St.
Weirton, WV 26062
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Executive Director: Kim Weaver
The Youth Enrichment Program of Greater Cleveland
c/o The Cleveland Baptist Association
12200 Fairhill Ave., Room C440
Cleveland, OH 44120
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Executive Director: Rev. Yvonne Carter

 

Become a Community Outreach Ministries partner!

Experience the joy that comes from sharing the love and power of Christ:

PRAY in your home and church for the ministries of hope at ABHMS’ Community Outreach Ministries. Pray also for the centers’ staff, along with the people they serve.

VOLUNTEER for individuals and group work opportunities at Community Outreach Ministries centers through ABHMS’ Volunteer Ministries; call 610-768-2422.

GIVE needed supplies through Operation Planting Hope (formerly White Cross), the American Baptist Home Mission Societies support program for churches, youth groups, women’s and men’s ministries, and Sunday school classes. All items can be donated directly to the ministry/organization.  For more information, please call Beverly Allegretti at 610.768.2422 or email at [email protected].

Missions Notice

ABHMS regrets that we are not sponsoring mission trips at this time because of health risks related to travel and COVID-19. 

Please join us in prayer for the end of the coronavirus pandemic so that once again we can put ministry into action as the hands and feet of Jesus Christ across the United States and Puerto Rico.

 When travel is safe again, we will publish news of upcoming ABHMS-sponsored trips on our website.