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ABHMS website to feature prominent individuals for Black, Women’s History months
Published February 1, 2018VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/1/18)—Beginning today and continuing each Thursday through the end of March, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) will feature a different prominent Baptist individual on its website in honor of Black History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March. Having lived in various time periods, ranging from the 1800s […]
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ABHMS honors Black History Month
Published February 1, 2018To mark Black History Month 2018, American Baptist Home Mission Societies is proud to feature one prominent African American per week throughout February. Week 4: Samuel DeWitt Proctor Samuel DeWitt Proctor (1921-1997) was a celebrated preacher, teacher and mentor. In 1985, Ebony magazine named him one of the top 15 black preachers in America. […]
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ABHMS honors Black History Month with Web page, video
Published February 1, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/1/17)—Recognizing February as Black History Month and honoring this year’s “The Crisis in Black Education” theme, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has added a commemorative page to its website that features a related video. Titled “The Promise of Freedom,” the 20-minute informational video tells of the founding and supporting of industrial […]
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