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American Baptists extend relief efforts following Hurricanes Helene and Milton

The American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) extends its commitment to work alongside American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS), American Baptist Men (ABMen USA), and other partners to bring relief to devastated communities affected by Hurricane Milton. 

Rev. Erica Van Brakle
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7 January 2025
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Americans with disabilities face unemployment and poverty rates twice the national average. Here’s how religious investors can help.
30 November 2021
An Advent calendar of ideas for adults
Ecclesiastical Endorser, National Coordinator for Chaplaincy and Specialized Ministries, ABHMS
3 December 2020
An Empty Seat/Chair At The Table
28 October 2019
An ode to a plastic urn: How a small trash can shapes beauty
1 March 2021
Another look at the Cross
11 April 2019
Apology and atonement, not politics as usual
10 June 2022
Apply for Security Grants Today
9 June 2022
Apply Now: Chestnut Street Baptist Church Endowment Fund Grant Applications
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Let us raise awareness in April & onward
Are the winds of Pentecost calling you?
21 December 2021
Are we there yet?
2 November 2021
Are you in your Fabulous Fifth Chapter?
10 March 2021
Are you tired of talking about the pandemic?
23 July 2022
Are you worried?
Artificial Intelligence and the Catechism
14 May 2020
As churches consider reopening buildings and resuming in-person worship, what can pastors expect?
As Putin orders troops to separatist regions of Ukraine, the prelude to God’s beautiful salvific offer is once again ignored
As states reopen, resist by acknowledging unjust disparities
Director of the Center for Continuous Learning (CCL), ABHMS
6 March 2025
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to ashes: The Ash Wednesday pathway to restoration
Editor, The Christian Citizen
12 November 2020
At our post, working at our calling—Thoughts from C.S. Lewis’ “The World’s Last Night”
Editor, The Christian Citizen
15 July 2019
Attend at your own risk: Welcoming the (food allergic) children in His name
Editor, The Christian Citizen
1 May 2019
Authentically me and authentically you: Why religious liberty and LGBT rights are not so different
Executive Director, ABHMS
26 March 2021
Balancing Triumph and Tribulation
16 May 2022
Bamboozled and hoodwinked
National Coordinator for Learning Initiatives, Center for Continuous Learning
14 March 2025
Baptist Theology on Thursdays
Editor, The Christian Citizen
3 March 2022
Baptists pray for, stand in solidarity with, Ukraine
Executive Director, ABHMS
12 March 2021
Be a Witness for the Lord!
Ecclesiastical Endorser, National Coordinator for Chaplaincy and Specialized Ministries, ABHMS
14 April 2020
Be in good health
27 September 2019
Be the calmest person in the room
4 April 2020
Be the least anxious person in the (virtual) room
3 August 2022
Begin retirement with a Year of Jubilee
Editor, The Christian Citizen
7 October 2020
Being a Christian citizen in an election year
17 March 2020
Best Practices For Funerals During COVID-19
26 April 2021
Betania, el pueblo de Dios
26 April 2021
Bethany, the Town of God
Bethlehem: metaphor for a complicated mess
Better than “they” think we are
18 January 2021
Beyond American Christianity: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the love ethic of Jesus
Beyond the cross
Beyond the divisions: 5 guiding principles for Christian citizenship in a polarized nation
Billion-year-old-carbon and the garden
2 May 2020
Binge-watching a hopeful future
Black Lives with IDD and Their Faith Communities: A discussion of the role of church communities in the lives of black and brown people with IDD and t
23 February 2022
Black theology—a radical view
Editor, The Christian Citizen
24 May 2019
Blessed are the peacemakers, but what about the troublemakers?
Ecclesiastical Endorser, National Coordinator for Chaplaincy and Specialized Ministries, ABHMS
28 October 2021
Blessing of Hands Prayer
Book exposes racist, classist assumptions entangled in individualism known as ‘Bootstrap Theology’
23 March 2021
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