News & Notes  September 2019



After ABHMS hosted a meeting of the Burma Refugee Commission in August, American Baptist leaders sent letters expressing concern for the safety of two Baptist Kachin leaders who returned home to Myanmar.

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ABHMS hosted a graduation ceremony last month for students of the Children's Defense Fund Freedom School of Philadelphia's Somerset Academy Early Learning Center, a partner of ABHMS Rizpah's Children's ministry.  

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Standing in continued solidarity with American Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico, ABHMS supported the organization's recent statement that addressed political upheaval caused by harmful comments by the now former governor.

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Perfect for congregational education and pastoral leadership, "River of Life, Feast of Grace: Baptism, Communion, and Discipleship" considers the historic theology of the rites of baptism and communion from a Baptist perspective. 

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