Research by Topic: healing-communities
ABHMS encourages gifting fair trade chocolate this Valentine’s Day
Published February 9, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/9/17)—As a supporter of Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America (BPFNA), American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) asks American Baptists to consider gifting organic, fair trade chocolate this Valentine’s Day via BPFNA’s Baptist Fair Trade Project. A collaboration between BPFNA and the worker-owned cooperative Equal Exchange, the Baptist Fair Trade Project seeks […]
Filed under: healing-communities, socially-responsible-investment, socially-responsible-investing, fair-trade
ABHMS announces 2017 volunteer mission opportunities
Published February 3, 2017VALLEY FORGE, PA (2/3/17)—American Baptists are invited to join American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) in various 2017 volunteer mission opportunities. Serve as the hands and feet of Christ in diverse communities across the United States, as we seek not only to rebuild physical structures destroyed by natural disasters but also to restore human lives […]
Filed under: victoria-goff, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, til-the-work-is-done, coming-together-for-new-jersey, rebuilding-renewing-restoring
American Baptists share reasons for marching in D.C.
Published January 26, 2017Editor’s note: The American Baptists who attended this march did not do so as representatives of American Baptist Churches USA. American Baptists were among the estimated half million individuals of all ages, genders, races and ethnicities who participated Jan. 21 in the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, D.C. Many marchers carried handcrafted signs to […]
Filed under: lgbtq, healing-communities, social-justice, immigration
ABHMS commits to rebuilding flood-ravaged Baton Rouge
Published January 13, 2017When American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) helps communities rebuild after a natural disaster, the organization truly commits. Take, for example, the Baton Rouge area. It was August when unprecedented rainfall caused flooding that affected more than 55,000 homes in Louisiana. Since then, ABHMS-coordinated volunteer teams from Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., and American Baptist Men USA (ABMen USA) of Massachusetts have taken mission trips to the area. Now it’s January, and ABMen USA of West Virginia, Illinois and Massachusetts are serving in Baton Rouge.
Filed under: victoria-goff, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, disaster-relief-ministries, lucky-ray, american-baptist-men-usa, baton-rouge, benedict-college
ABHMS proudly supports Neighborhood Action Program Christian centers
Published December 9, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/8/16)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) reports that its 16 Neighborhood Action Program (NAP) Christian centers have been making a difference during 2016, serving as the hands and feet of Christ throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. A sampling follows. “I am grateful for the miraculous opportunities God makes possible […]
Filed under: neighborhood-action-program-christian-center, America-for-Christ, lisa-harris-lee, healing-communities
ABHMS awards OGHS grants to various ministries
Published December 8, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/8/16)—On behalf of American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA), American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has awarded $125,000 total in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) grants to various ministries throughout the United States. The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM), Groton A $20,000 one-time OGHS Domestic Development Grant was awarded to […]
Filed under: healing-communities, one-great-hour-of-sharing, neighborhood-action-program-christian-center
Consider another side of Pearl Harbor story
Published December 5, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/5/16)—As the United States observes the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, American Baptist Home Mission Societies lifts up the other side of this story as a lesson of racial injustice important to remember as well. More than 120,000 Japanese immigrants and their children, born citizens of the United States, […]
Filed under: healing-communities, pearl-harbor, japanese-americans
Murrow Indian Children’s Home receives contribution from AT&T
Published November 18, 2016Murrow Indian Children’s Home, Muskogee, Okla., has received a $50,000 donation from AT&T to create a program for those who transition from the home to independent living. Founded by an American Baptist, the home has been providing care to Native American children with support from American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) and its predecessor organizations […]
Filed under: michaele-birdsall, native-american-ministries, healing-communities, murrow-indian-children's-home, at&t
ABHMS joins Christian leaders supporting nonviolent protest at Standing Rock
Published November 4, 2016To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. – Deuteronomy 10:14 VALLEY FORGE, PA (11/4/16)—In keeping with its historic commitments to racial justice, the rights of indigenous peoples and care for creation, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) joins with other Christian leaders in support […]
Filed under: native-american-ministries, healing-communities, Dr.-Jeffrey-Haggray, jeffrey-haggray, standing-rock, sioux, social-justice, dakota-access-pipeline
American Baptist Churches issues joint appeal for Hurricane Matthew relief funds
Published October 19, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 10/19/16)—American Baptist Churches announces a joint appeal for One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds to aid in Hurricane Matthew response both in the United States and in Haiti, Cuba and the Caribbean. As Hurricane Matthew has revealed its deep destruction and impact in these areas, the need for additional funding […]
Filed under: healing-communities, disaster-response, disaster-relief-ministries, one-great-hour-of-sharing, victoria-goff
