VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 09/17/2025)—The 2026 Spiritual Caregivers Conference Poster Subcommittee of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is inviting chaplains, specialized ministers, pastoral counselors, and spiritual directors to submit proposals for poster presentations they wish to deliver at ABHMS’ 2026 Space for Grace & Spiritual Caregivers Conference, April 21-23, in Cleveland, Ohio. Applications to present are being accepted until 5 p.m. ET, November 21, 2025.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (09/16/2025)—“Eighty percent of sexual violence is committed by someone we know,” said Irina Sorrels, director of "Tu Refugio Seguro” (Your Safe Refuge), an Indiana-based ministry supporting Latino survivors of domestic and sexual violence as well as trafficking. “Usually the survivors know the abusers—they could be our parents, they could be our brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles—usually it’s somebody who is a part of or very close to the family.”

VALLEY FORGE, PA (09/16/2025)—“El 80 % de los casos de violencia sexual son cometidos por alguien que conocemos”, afirma Irina Sorrels, directora de Tu Refugio Seguro, una organización con sede en Indiana que presta apoyo a los latinos y latinas que han sobrevivido a la violencia doméstica y sexual, así como de la trata de personas. “Por lo general, las víctimas conocen a los agresores: pueden ser nuestros padres, hermanos, hermanas, primos, tíos... normalmente se trata de alguien que forma parte de la familia o es muy cercano a ella”.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (09/11/2025)—When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005, 80 percent of the city was flooded, leading to the devastating loss of 1400 lives (some sources suggest the higher number of 1833 lives). The Black residents of New Orleans suffered the most; many lived in low-cost housing below the sea level that was not sufficiently protected from flooding by the faulty levees. There also weren’t any evacuation plans for the poor residents of the city, many of whom did not have their own transportation or any place to escape to.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (08/27/2025)—Asian American Christian leaders convened in the San Francisco Bay Area on August 1 for two days of activities combining pilgrimage, storytelling, and dialogue across cultures and spanning generations. Titled “The Exchange: Stories of Rooted Faith,” the event sprang from a collaboration of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), the Arc Initiative at Berkeley School of Theology, and the Asian American Christian History Institute at Fuller Seminary’s Asian American Center under ABHMS’ The Exchange initiative.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (08/25/2025)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) invites the public to the next edition of its Justice Dialogues series, set for Wednesday, September 3, at 12 p.m. EDT. Titled “Embracing a Prophetic Imagination: The Role of the Church in This Present Age,” this virtual event will feature Bishop Dwayne D. Royster, executive director of Faith in Action, the nation’s largest global faith-based organizing movement for racial and economic justice.