VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/11/11)—To commemorate the Haiti earthquake and the American Baptist response, seven new mini-videos and print materials are scheduled to be released by International Ministries starting Wednesday, January 12. “In spite of economic recession and uncertainty, people have reached out in remarkable ways to our Haitian brothers and sisters,” said Reid Trulson, […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/7/11)—AB Women’s Ministries has begun producing a podcast resource, “In Their Shoes: Women Walking with Women Worldwide,” which explores facets of oppression affecting women and girls in the U.S. and worldwide. Issues to be addressed may include maternal health, girls’ education, poverty and economic opportunity, the impact of war, and more. […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/6/11)—American Baptists are being asked to pray for the Sudan referendum taking place on January 9, 2011. “In the historic referendum that begins on January 9, 2011, the people of Southern Sudan and Abyei will decide whether to change Sudan’s present borders that were put in place by colonial powers in […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/6/11)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) announces American Baptist clergy and lay leaders who will receive awards for significant faith-based work. Recipients were selected by the Board of National Ministries from nominations submitted by clergy and laypersons across the United States and Puerto Rico. Some of the awards will be presented […]
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/4/11)—IM missionaries, Dwight and Barbara Bolick, in Temuco, Chile reported that they are safe after a 7.1 earthquake hit the country on Sunday. This is the second major earthquake to rock Chile in less than one year. Sunday’s quake was centered in the Araucania region which comprises Temuco and is 370 […]
