Southwestern Union Announces Initiatives to Support Southwestern Adventist University Theology and Education Majors
Lenten devotional for 2024, ‘Through Thick and Thin,’ is available from Brethren Press
ABHMS Announces Availability of Debt-Relief Grants for Eligible American Baptist clergy
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 01/31/2024)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is pleased to announce the availability of up to 40 debt-relief grants of $5,000 to American Baptist pastors who engage in financial literacy education and have not previously received such a grant from ABHMS. Grant recipients can use these taxable funds toward relief from […]
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Former ABHMS staff member, beloved champion of environmental causes and social justice the Rev. Dr. Owen Owens dies
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (ABNS 01/31/2024)—The Rev. Dr. Owen D. Owens, 89, former director of ecology and racial justice at American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), died January 20, 2024, in Kennett Square, Pa. He was born September 25, 1934, in Fort Atkinson, Wis. An ordained Methodist minister, Owens dedicated much of his career, from […]
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Church Divinity School of the Pacific to withdraw from Graduate Theological Union
Council of District Executives holds annual winter meeting
APCE Annual Event workshop offers a how-to on retreat planning
January 31, 2024
Joel Winchip, executive director of the Presbyterian Church Camp & Conference Association/Campfire Collective, led a workshop last week at the APCE Annual Event that relied on his and others’ decades of experience helping congregations, mid councils and other groups to plan and pull off meaningful retreats.
Pilgrimage for Peace
Join Faith for Black Lives, National Council of Churches USA, Rabbis for Ceasefire, Hindus for Human Rights, The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia), Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Black Church Center for Justice and Equality, Kairos Center, Freedom Church of the Poor, and Until Freedom on a Pilgrimage for Peace to demand a Ceasefire in Gaza.
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Legacy Sunday February 18, 2024
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 1/31/24)—On Legacy Sunday, you can plan a service on generosity, as well as provide informational resources to your potential donors about how they can use planned giving with the help of the American Baptist Foundation (ABF) to empower your ministry and mission. Planning a Legacy Sunday Planning a Legacy Sunday involves […]
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