VALLEY FORGE, PA (07/13/2026)—When Pastor Joshua arrived in the United States in 2013, he was overwhelmed. His immigration process was stressful. He was worried that his limited English vocabulary would make work difficult. “I remember my first time when I started to work in the kitchen when they asked me, spoon... I couldn’t understand,” he reminisced in a meeting with the American Baptist Home Mission Societies staff in June 2026.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (06/16/2026)—Juneteenth is an important day on the American calendar because it reminds us that legal freedom does not always translate into lived reality. The holiday commemorates the moment when news of emancipation finally reached enslaved people in Texas—more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation—reminding us that rights promised on paper are not always realized in practice.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (05/22/2026)—Across many church contexts, female faith leaders still navigate assumptions about gender and authority. Asian American female leaders face many pressures related to patriarchal church norms, racial marginalization, and family expectations. For many, being one of the few women who serve in their churches leads to loneliness.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (05/07/2026)—Shamiya, a middle schooler living in rural North Carolina, was excited when she was accepted into a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) summer camp at North Carolina State University — she had always been passionate about science.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (05/29/2026)—Burmese American Christians are a growing yet often overlooked segment of American Christianity. For many, their story of faith in the United States is tinged with displacement and trauma, but the community is extraordinarily resilient. The project “Amplifying the Stories of Burmese American Christians” draws from this strength as it collect and share the histories of Burmese American Christians.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (03/23/2026)—Learning Spanish is a recent step American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) staff are taking toward a more meaningful engagement with Latino ministries.