Research by Topic: healing-communities
Passionaries Serving in New Orleans: Linfield College, McMinnville, Ore.
Published April 20, 2016“Life-changing.” That’s how Linfield College students describe volunteering with American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) during “Home Mission: ’Til the Work is Done” in the Gulf Coast. When students reflect, it’s obvious they’ve emerged from the experience just as—if not more so—positively affected than those they served.
Filed under: victoria-goff, developing-leaders, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, disaster-relief-ministries, new-orleans, til-the-work-is-done
Passionaries Serving in New Orleans: First Baptist Church of Hanson, Mass., and TABCOM
Published April 20, 2016In this 10th anniversary year of hurricanes Katrina and Rita’s destruction of the Gulf Coast, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) presents “Passionaries Serving in New Orleans,” a series about the volunteers and residents who have been faithfully rebuilding New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward through ABHMS’ “Home Mission: ‘Til the Work is Done.”
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Youth put Mission Summit earnings toward mission trip
Published April 20, 2016When youth at First Baptist Church, Olathe, Kan., were contacted about earning an hourly rate to help Judson Press set up and tear down its bookstore at American Baptist Churches USA’s Mission Summit 2015 in Kansas City in June, they jumped at the opportunity—not to fill their own pockets but to help finance a planned […]
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My American Story
Published April 19, 2016by Yosh Nakagawa As President Franklin D. Roosevelt predicted, the date of the Empire of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor has, indeed, lived on in infamy. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, declared by Congress in 1994, has certainly helped, along with memorials at the sites of the sunken ships USS Arizona and USS Utah. For […]
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Remembering the horror and injustice of war, praying for peace
Published April 19, 2016Seventy years ago, the city of Hiroshima, Japan, was obliterated by a single bomb. It was the first time atomic weapons were used in warfare, marking the beginning of the Nuclear Age. By any civilized standards, the destruction of Hiroshima–and a few days later Nagasaki, Japan, as well–represented one of the moral low-points in human […]
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Children of incarcerated parents find healing at ABHMS-sponsored camps
Published April 19, 2016I want you to know that I pray for you, and everything is going to be alright. Be strong. God is in control. Nine-year-old Juan’s eyes filled with tears when he read those words written to him by Jerome, 13. Although the two don’t know each other, they share an understanding—each has a parent who […]
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Celebrating contributions of chaplains, pastoral counselors
Published April 19, 2016Laura Miraz, Ph.D., SPHR, Associate Endorser and Director of American Baptist Chaplaincy & Pastoral Counseling Ministries Resources for Pastoral/Spiritual Care Week (Oct. 25-31, 2015) To assist American Baptists in celebrating pastoral and spiritual caregivers, ABHMS offers a variety of additional resources: two bulletin inserts—one featuring a litany by the Rev. Diana Meehan, retired U.S. Navy […]
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Attendee: ‘Space for Grace’ experience ‘completely unexpected’ but ‘helpful’
Published April 19, 2016The Rev. Dominique Atchison, associate minister of Brown Memorial Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., left American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) recent “Space for Grace” gathering in Los Angeles personally strengthened in her walk with God and her relationships with other American Baptists. “I love that they provided space every day for different kinds of people—introverts […]
Filed under: developing-leaders, equipping-disciples, healing-communities
Healing communities
Published February 15, 2016We believe the power of Christian love can—and will—change the world By developing strong leaders and equipping passionate disciples, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) sets the stage for increasing the numbers and the impact of healthy, transformed and transformational communities through engaged Christians who develop ministries that make connections, raise consciousness, build bridges and […]
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American Baptist leaders participate in White House Effort to elevate dialogue on religious pluralism
Published December 17, 2015WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABNS 12/17/15)—Today, the Rev. A. Roy Medley, general secretary, American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), and Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, managing director, Resource Development, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), participated in a White House event on religious pluralism that included the launch of the “Know Your Neighbor” project. Created by Gurwin Singh Ahuja, a young […]
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