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American Baptist Home Mission
December 2014

Greetings in the name of

our Lord and Savior!    

 

    

 

Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III

Executive Director

ABHMS

 

Finding hope after Ferguson
In this "McWorld" of the 21st century, we look for easy answers and fast solutions. How does justice fit into that equation? The Rev. Dr. Harry Riggs of First Baptist Church, Lincoln, Neb., shares his answer to the question in this podcast.





ABHMS board meeting
features 'money as ministry'

The recent ABHMS board meeting featured recognition of significant America for Christ 2014 giving among board members' churches as well as a "money as ministry" presentation by Criterion Institute's Joy Anderson.  

 

 

 

 

Soon-to-arrive America for Christ
materials will inspire your congregation 
America for Christ 2015 materials to arrive in your mailbox at the end of this month will inspire support of transformative home mission. Didn't receive materials? Email beverly.allegretti@abhms.org or call 800-222-3872, x2028.

 

 

   

High school students can qualify to win scholarships by writing about religious
attire in workplace 

ABHMS encourages high school students to enter the 2015 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest, sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee. 
  
  
  
  
  

Mission Summit offers opportunity
to hear ABHMS speakers
Mission Summit 2015 is your opportunity to attend presentations by ABHMS Executive Director Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III and the Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, ABHMS board member and pastor of New York City's historic Riverside Church.


 



  

 
ABHMS supports recent
Civil Rights pilgrimage           
With support from ABHMS, nine individuals visited Civil Rights sites in the Deep South this past September for the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Book teaches significant living
through spirituality, service           
"Vital Spirit, Vital Service: Spirituality That Works" encourages vital
spirituality--not a contemplation that withdraws from the world, but an engaged spirituality that answers Jesus' call to service and social justice.
  
 
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