News &  Notes September 2017



American Baptists are urged to pray for and donate to those affected in both Texas and Louisiana by Hurricane Harvey, a devastating Category 4 storm that made landfall recently on the Gulf Coast.

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ABHMS strongly denounces and condemns the recent white supremacist demonstration that claimed the lives of three people and injured more than two dozen others in Charlottesville, Va.

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For the 12th consecutive year since hurricanes devastated the Gulf Coast, ABHMS-led volunteers have returned to New Orleans to repair dilapidated homes, renew neglected public spaces and heal disrupted lives.

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Begin to engage your faith group in missional activity by downloading at no cost " Mission from the Gospels," a study of the Gospels and Acts interpreted for the present age.

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The groundbreaking "Baptists, Jews, and the Holocaust: The Hand of Sincere Friendship" by American Baptist Churches USA General Secretary the Rev. Dr. Lee B. Spitzer is a must-read for historians and scholars. 

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