News & Mission Stories
News / Mission Story
ABHMS launches America for Christ Offering 2025
VALLEY FORGE, PA (01/08/2025)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces America for Christ (AFC) Offering 2025, a fundraising campaign inspired by Ephesians 4:13 [NIV]: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” The AFC Offering is a vital resource that empowers ABHMS to support life-changing ministry programs provided by diverse American Baptists in communities across the United States and Puerto Rico.
American Baptists extend relief efforts following Hurricanes Helene and Milton
VALLEY FORGE, PA (01/07/2025)—The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which reached its zenith with back-to-back Hurricanes Helene and Milton, marked one of the deadliest in United States history. Across the Gulf Coast and deep into Appalachia, more than 300 lives were lost amid unfathomable destruction. In response, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has been working alongside American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS), American Baptist Men (ABMen USA), and other partners to bring relief to devastated communities.
ABHMS names Hawaii attorney, social justice advocate Leslee Matthews as Invested Faith Fellow
VALLEY FORGE, PA (01/02/2025)—Invested Faith is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit fund designed to help churches, institutions, and individuals rethink how faith communities can contribute to healing the world, extending their impact beyond traditional institutional roles.

