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A monthly newsletter to keep you informed about ABCUSA
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Feed your spirit...EMERGE
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"Every professional church leader needs to maintain the highest level of competency and confidence in ministry. Taking time to acquire such abilities means making our own staff development a high priority. As a senior pastor for the past 15 years, I know that I look forward to such invigorating experiences on a regular basis. As pastors and church leaders who would have just completed celebrating Christmas and welcoming the New Year, join me at EMERGE in Orlando in 2014!"
Rev. Dr. Don Ng
ABCUSA Vice President, President-elect
Senior Pastor, First Chinese Baptist Church,
San Francisco
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Christian Leaders Ask House to Say 'No' to SNAP Cuts
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Christian leaders this week urged members of the House of Representatives to vote "No" on a proposed bill that will further cut SNAP (the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps) by $40 billion over the next 10 years.
The leaders are from the Circle of Protection, a coalition of more than 65 heads of denominations and religious agencies, plus more than 5,000 church pastors. They have been working for more than two years to resist federal budget cuts that undermine the lives, dignity, and rights of poor and vulnerable people.
Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, and Rev. Lisa R. Harris, national coordinator of the Justice for Children Initiative/Christian Center Relations, American Baptist Home Mission Societies, are among those quoted in the Circle of Protection release. Click here to read more.
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American Baptists in History - the March On Washington
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 Wednesday, August 28, was the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Want to learn about how American Baptists were involved? View a historical news article about the involvement of American Baptists at the march. Read a pastoral letter written by Rev. Dr. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA. The letter is available in English and Spanish. |
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Whether we came hungry or not
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Spotlight on a local ABC church: First Baptist Church of Pontiac, Illinois For more than twenty years, the First Baptist Church of Pontiac, Illinois, has offered a food pantry to supplement the nutritional needs of persons within its town and surrounding communities. The food pantry was the vision of one woman who had a passion for feeding the hungry in our city. Read the full story
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We are...United in Mission
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Holy Spirit,
renew/transform my
church's commitment
to United Mission.
Please pray this prayer as a way of focusing on United Mission giving over the next two years.
Check out the list of the
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Where in the World is General Secretary Medley?
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 General Secretary A. Roy Medley travels and represents American Baptist Churches USA wherever he goes. In August, Dr. Medley attended Anniversary events of the March on Washington in Washington, DC, including the "Let Freedom Ring" commemoration in front of the Lincoln Memorial. After a few days in the office, he flew to Atlanta, Georgia, to meet with partners and friends at the American Baptist Historical Society and at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship offices. He has also visited San Francisco and Chicago in recent weeks.
Please continue to hold Dr. Medley in your prayers as he travels and represents American Baptists at events in the coming months.
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