Best Practice Congregations

Participating churches

  • Bethany Baptist Church
    Clarkdale, Arizona (ABCOFLASH)

  • College Park Baptist Church
    Greensboro, North Carolina (ABCOTS)

  • Falam Baptist Church of Indiana
    Indianapolis, Indiana (ABC of IN/KY)

  • First Baptist Church of Lawrence
    Lawrence, Kansas (ABCCR)

  • First Baptist Church
    McMinnville, Oregon (Evergreen)

  • Iglesia Bautista de Las Cruces
    Caguas, Puerto Rico (IBPR)

  • Lee Road Baptist Church
    Cleveland, Ohio (CBA)

  • Mount Zion Baptist Church
    Madison, Wisconsin (ABC of WI)

  • Mount Zion Baptist Church
    Springfield, Massachusetts (TABCOM)

  • New Life Christian Fellowship/Northeast Indian Church
    Castro Valley, California (ABCCPC)

  • Spanish American Baptist Church
    Union City, New Jersey (ABCNJ)

  • St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church
    Charlotte, North Carolina (ABCOTS)

Coaches

  • Rev. Anita Peebles
    Bethany Baptist Church
    College Park Baptist Church

  • Rev. May May Latt
    Falam Baptist Church of Indiana

  • Rev. Lin Story-Bunce
    First Baptist Church of Lawrence
    St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church

  • Rev. Dr. Tamar Wasoian
    First Baptist Church, McMinnville
    Mount Zion Baptist Church, Springfield

  • Pastora Doctora Berquis Torres
    Iglesia Bautista de Las Cruces
    Spanish American Baptist Church

  • Rev. Jeffrey Howard
    Lee Road Baptist Church
    Mount Zion Baptist Church, Madison

  • Rev. Nathanael Thadikonda
    New Life Christian Fellowship/Northeast Indian Church

Striving Congregations

The Striving Congregations Cohort comprises twelve American Baptist churches from across the United States and Puerto Rico with a vision to more regularly center the wisdom, leadership, and perspectives of children in intergenerational spaces of worship and prayer. These are congregations that have an expressed desire to grow their communities of faith toward recognizing the belovedness and agency of children as disciples of Christ, and full members of the church body. Learnings for this cohort explore a range of topics: Program Evaluation, Change Management, What is Worship? - exploring the diversity of possibilities for intergenerational worship and prayer, Play and Playfulness/Wonder and Meaning Making, Accessibility, Safe Church Practices, Nurturing the Spiritual Gifts and Calling of Children, and more. The practices shared and developed in this cohort will contribute to resources and tools for the formation of our future cohorts and denomination.

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