Research by Topic: healing-communities
ABHMS, IM, regional executives participate in historic joint trip to Philippines
Published April 21, 2016As part of a delegation of American Baptist leaders engaging for the first time in a cooperative 10-day visit to the Philippines, Victoria Goff, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) national coordinator of Volunteer and Disaster Response Ministries, shared her disaster-response expertise with the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC), an American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) sister organization.
Filed under: victoria-goff, asian-ministries, equipping-disciples, healing-communities
ABHMS plays role in God’s plan begun more than a century ago
Published April 20, 2016When Sang Fen became a pastor in the Chin state of Burma more than a century ago, neither he nor the American Baptist missionaries that inspired him could have known that God’s plan would come full circle in 21st-century America with Sang Fen’s grandson, Chan Hnin Thui. American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS)—related denominationally […]
Filed under: developing-leaders, equipping-disciples, healing-communities
ABHMS, OGHS preserve families, empower immigrants
Published April 20, 2016By partnering with other nonprofit organizations, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) preserves families and helps immigrants achieve the American dream. Take, for example, Esperanza Immigration Legal Services (EILS), Philadelphia, and the Noyola family. By awarding a $10,000 One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Domestic Development Grant to EILS on behalf of American Baptist Churches USA, ABHMS played a role in securing the young family’s future.
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MCLE adds direction to Indiana church’s motivation
Published April 20, 2016By the Rev. David Love Until participating in American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ Missional Church Learning Experience (MCLE), members of First Baptist Church, Shelbyville, Ind., had been motivated to make a difference in the community but lacked direction. A core group of individuals served occasional meals at the Salvation Army, led quarterly worship services at […]
Filed under: missional-church-learning-experience, glynis-labarre, healing-communities
ABHMS’ CiP grant supports role-playing program that bolsters youth
Published April 20, 2016When awarding Justice for Children Initiative Children in Poverty (CiP) grants this year, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) will offer special consideration to projects that focus on anti-bullying efforts and cultivate conflict-resolution and nonviolent communication skills among children and/or parents. Applications for CiP grants must be received by or postmarked to ABHMS by April […]
Filed under: lisa-harris-lee, developing-leaders, healing-communities, children-in-poverty
ABHMS helps to preserve 57-year-old American Baptist-affiliated venue
Published April 20, 2016Redwood Glen maintenance crew members Andrew Gonsalves and Isaac Coleman inspect a water tank at the camp. Redwood Glen Executive Director Larry Rice and board member Wyman Chinn prepare for a well to be drilled. American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is doing its part to preserve a breathtaking Christian venue in which to conduct […]
Filed under: equipping-disciples, healing-communities
Passionaries Serving in New Orleans: The late Ward McClendon
Published April 20, 2016Perhaps Ward McClendon’s nicknames—“Mack” and “Uncle Joe”—were a testament to the fact that the long-time New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward resident was greatly loved and admired not only by his community but also the American Baptist volunteers who had been serving alongside him year after year to rebuild the area after hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit in 2005. A selfless man and inspiration to many, McClendon died as this story was being written.
Filed under: new-orleans, til-the-work-is-done, disaster-relief-ministries, victoria-goff, developing-leaders, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-mobilization-ministries
ABHMS assists with God’s handiwork in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Published April 20, 2016A young guest enjoys lunch at Community Missions of Niagara Frontier. A youth volunteer from Henry J. Kalfas Elementary serves lunch at Community Missions of Niagara Frontier. The Rev. Mark Breese leads weekly worship at Community Missions of Niagara Frontier. Community Missions of Niagara Frontier meets needs across the lifespan. The beauty of God’s handiwork […]
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Passionaries Serving in New Orleans: Shiloh Baptist Church, Wilmington, Del.
Published April 20, 2016Mission outreach to New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward is an intergenerational effort at Shiloh Baptist Church, Wilmington, Del. For the past two years, parishioners ranging in age from 12 to 65 have served during American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ “Home Mission: ’Til the Work is Done.” And they’ll do it all again this August.
Filed under: disaster-relief-ministries, victoria-goff, developing-leaders, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, new-orleans, til-the-work-is-done
Rural Illinois church partners with transformational inner-city ministry
Published April 20, 2016By Pastor Brian Romanowski Pastor Brian Romanowski of First Baptist Church (FBC) of Mahomet, Ill., recently shared this story with the Rev. Glynis LaBarre, who leads the Missional Church Learning Experience (MCLE) for American Baptist Home Mission Societies. While FBC is part of American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region, it has not participated […]
Filed under: developing-leaders, missional-church-learning-experience, healing-communities, glynis-labarre
