Research by Topic: healing-communities
New Orleans experiences ABHMS-inspired ‘Youthquake’
Published August 23, 2016A large contingent of those who volunteered during this year’s recent “Home Mission: ’Til the Work is Done” in New Orleans are part of Youthquake, a youth and young adult program inspired, in part, by American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS). Comprised of youth and young adults from 12-14 California churches, Youthquake is the brainchild of the Rev. Katie Choy-Wong, senior pastor of New Life Christian Fellowship, Castro Valley, Calif.
Filed under: immerse, youth, young-adults, youthquake, new-orleans, til-the-work-is-done, nola-2016, victoria-goff, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, disaster-relief-ministries
Iglesia Bautista de Metropolis volunteers offer hope 1,682 miles from home
Published August 23, 2016Location is irrelevant when giving or receiving blessings. Perhaps that’s the reason that members of Iglesia Bautista de Metropolis, Carolina, Puerto Rico, found themselves doing mission 1,682 miles from their island home at the recent “Home Mission: ’Til the Work is Done” in New Orleans.
Filed under: disaster-relief-ministries, victoria-goff, latino-ministries, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, nola-2016, puerto-rico, new-orleans, til-the-work-is-done
Minister: ‘I wanted congregation to experience this wonderful mission’
Published August 23, 2016Profoundly affected by her 2015 volunteer experience at “Home Mission: ’Til the Work is Done” in New Orleans, the Rev. Carmen Jordan, minister of Mission and Outreach at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Rockford, Ill., returned in 2016 with a group of volunteers from her church.
Filed under: victoria-goff, healing-communities, volunteer-ministries, disaster-response, volunteer-mobilization-ministries, disaster-relief-ministries, nola-2016
ABHMS partner organization promotes ‘two-fold reconciliation’
Published August 1, 2016With the divisiveness of today’s world, what’s better than reconciliation? Reconciliation multiplied by two. And two-fold reconciliation is just what American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) partner the New Baptist Covenant (NBC) seeks: reconciliation of diverse Baptist churches with each other and reconciliation among communities plagued by racial disparity. NBC strives to break down barriers […]
Filed under: healing-communities, partners, jeffrey-haggray, racial
ABHMS encourages dialogue on recent racially-based violence
Published July 21, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/20/16)—In response to recent acts of racially-motivated violence during this time of heightened racial tension across the United States, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages dialogue to offer comfort, provide hope and promote healing. To help launch American Baptist discussion, ABHMS has posted the reflections of an inter-racial group of […]
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New pastor installed at ABHMS-supported church in women’s prison
Published July 20, 2016VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/19/16)—On June 25, the Rev. Dr. Kimberly LaPlante was installed as new pastor of Church of Hope, which is housed inside South Dakota Women’s Prison, Pierre. The only American Baptist church inside a prison, Church of Hope has a church council and a vital congregation that gathers several times weekly for […]
Filed under: fela-barrueto, healing-communities, ex-offender-re-entry
It’s our time to move
Published July 15, 2016By Rev. Susan Sparks You know how the book of Ecclesiastes says that there is nothing new under the sun? Well, the writers were wrong. Last weekend, I heard about something that was not only new under the sun, but frankly new under any star or planet. Ready? A “stand still” parade. Yup. The parade—including […]
Filed under: black-church-ministries, healing-communities
It’s safe to murder Negroes in America
Published July 15, 2016By Wayne E. Croft Sr. In less than 48 hours, when the first full week of July was coming to an end and many had celebrated the 240th birthday of America on July 4, two male African American lives were taken. Philando Castile was shot dead by an officer in St Paul, Minn., late on […]
Filed under: black-church-ministries, healing-communities
Be angry but do not sin
Published July 15, 2016By Rev. Dr. Cheryl F. Dudley So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. ─ Ephesians 4:25-27 […]
Filed under: black-church-ministries, healing-communities
End police killing of innocent Black lives: A statement from Barnabas Partners
Published July 11, 2016O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor people! –Jeremiah 9:1 We face a national crisis in the United States of America concerning increasing violence and the growing threat to innocent Black lives […]
Filed under: healing-communities, jeffrey-haggray, social-justice, black-church-ministries
