VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/11/11)—Yosh Nakagawa has been named the 2011 recipient of the Cora and John Sparrowk President’s Award. The award will be presented at the Biennial Meeting of the ABCUSA June 24-26 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on behalf of the General Board. The recipient must be an American Baptist who has over […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/10/11)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries will host concurrent conference events for women and girls at the Green Lake Conference Center, Green Lake, Wisconsin, July 16-22, 2011. The National Women’s Conference theme is “In the Potter’s Hands” (Jeremiah 18:1-6), and will feature potter Grace Johnson. Johnson will begin the conference with an inspirational […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 2/4/11)—American Baptist Women’s Ministries will award up to seventeen $500 scholarships to persons from the U.S. and Puerto Rico to attend the International Christian Alliance on Prostitution Global Conference on May 22-27, 2011, at the Green Lake Conference Center, Green Lake, Wisconsin. Eligible applicants for the scholarships will be women or […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/31/11)—In two separate partnership agreements, American Baptist International Ministries (IM) formalized relationships with the Native Baptist Church of Cameroon and the Association of Baptist Churches in Israel. The Native Baptist Church of Cameroon began working with IM in 2005. The partnership agreement signed in January, 2011, serves to formalize and affirm […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/25/11)—In celebration of Black History Month, Judson Press is offering a month’s worth of free programming presented by its African American authors. Each week in February will feature podcasts and webinars on a variety of topics of interest to the African American community. The month-long series will culminate on February 25 […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/24/11)—After a nation-wide search, Jan Ballard began her work as the American Baptist Historical Society’s new archivist this month. Both board members and staff who participated in the search process expressed their excitement about the rich array of experiences and skills that Jan is bringing to ABHS. As the archivist, her […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/25/11)—Peter and Peggy Wolf have been named as the 2010 recipients of the Judson Press Ministry Award. The Wolfs, members of Bayview Baptist Church in Milwaukee in the American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin region, have been faithful and longtime partners with Judson Press as volunteers, booksellers, and friends. Publisher Laura Alden […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/13/11)—International Ministries missionary, Duane Binkley, began 2011 with a service of ordination at Springfield Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio, where Duane and Marcia, his wife, are members. Binkley’s ordination comes after more than 20 years of service as a long-term missionary with his wife for IM in Thailand. The couple serves […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/12/11)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has launched its America for Christ (AFC) Offering 2011 campaign, which seeks to raise $1,500,000 to support American Baptist ministry across the United States and Puerto Rico. This year’s theme—“Touching Lives, Transforming People”—is an exceptional reminder of the ministry modeled by Jesus Christ, who “went […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/12/11)—One year ago today a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti about 16 miles west of the nation’s capitol Port-au-Prince. In less than 60 seconds, major portions of the area were left in shambles and lives were changed forever. Massive casualties resulted. More than 1 million people became homeless, 4,000 […]
