VALLEY FORGE, PA (12/25/2025)—“I matter. My story matters.”

These are the words that many young American Baptists wrote again and again, claiming the power of storytelling, at the American Baptist Youth Convention on November 7-9, 2025, in Lyons Falls, New York. They came together for renewal, reflection, and new friendships. The gathering’s theme was “Oasis” — a place in a “desert of life where participants can find Living Water.”

VALLEY FORGE, PA (12/12/2025)—What follows is a brief letter from the Office of the Ecclesiastical Endorser & Director of Spiritual Caregivers at ABHMS in response to the United States Department of Education’s recent policy statement revising its definition of “professional degrees” under federal student-aid regulations.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/12/2025)—Rev. Dr. Marie Onwubuariri, director of Intercultural Ministries at American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), has received a Reflective Leadership Grant from Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, a non-degree-granting initiative of Duke Divinity School funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. and located in Durham, North Carolina.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/11/2025)—The Board of Directors of American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) gathered November 3–4 at the Leadership and Mission Building in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, for its semiannual meeting, which included a time of reflection and forward-looking conversations about opportunities that lie ahead.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/11/2025)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has selected twelve “best practice” congregations to form the inaugural cohort of the Nurturing Children Initiative (NCI), a five-year nationwide project supported by a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/11/2025)—A new missional effort is gaining momentum at American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) as the Church Starters Initiative (CSI) nurtures its first cohort of faith leaders working to build new and re-emerging congregations across the United States.