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American Baptist Home Mission
August 2013

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior!

 

  

 










   
In the midst of today's diversity, fear abounds
 

The Rev. Dr. Marilyn P. Turner

Associate Executive Director, Missional Life and Leadership

American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS)


ABHMS responds to Zimmerman trial

Gun violence deaths neither begin nor end with the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin tragedy. ABHMS believes it's time for Christians to risk being misunderstood in an effort to make a difference.

 

 

 

 

 

Church members participate in immigration reform effort

Members of Central Baptist Church, Wayne, Pa., participated in "40 Days of Fasting, Prayer, and Action for Immigration Justice," a program of the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia.

 

 

 

 

 

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Prison visit reveals story of murder, incarceration, redemption

Free ... at last? A participant in ABHMS Chaplain and Pastoral Counseling Ministries-sponsored visit to Kansas' state prison for women finds more than bars imprison those who are incarcerated there.        

 

 

 

 

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Li named ABSW Alumna of Year

The Rev. Florence Li, ABHMS national coordinator of Intercultural Ministries and Asian churches strategist, has been named American Baptist Seminary of the West's 2013 Alumna of the Year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Judson Press announces student

essay contest

Judson Press will award $300 and $200 prizes in its "God's Graffiti Essay Contest" for students aged 13-18 who are American Baptist Churches USA members. Submission deadline is Oct. 14.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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