2008 AFC Regional Vignettes
available for download
Dear Partners In Ministry,
National Ministries posted this statement on its website:
The United States is the third largest mission field on our planet. We have millions of people right here, on the doorsteps of our churches, our homes, our schools, who have deep hunger—and not just for food or education or a warm bed, but also for comfort, hope, and the assurance that someone, somewhere cares.
It’s National Ministries’ mission to bring Christ-centered transformation to individuals, churches
and communities across our country and Puerto Rico. We share God’s love through a host of ministries.
- We have sponsored hundreds of volunteers who have traveled to the Gulf Coast to help rebuild homes and lives following Hurricane Katrina.
- We have helped to resettle more than 96,000 refugees since World War II.
- American Baptist chaplains, endorsed through National Ministries, serve on the battlefield in Iraq as well as in hospitals and prisons.
- The American Baptist Children in Poverty initiative, developed and implemented by National Ministries, is working to transform the lives of children with limited resources.
- And National Ministries’ evangelism training is making a difference in sharing God’s Good News by transforming regional and church leaders’ understanding of evangelism—which in turn is transforming the leadership of those American Baptists they train in their regions and associations.
The America for Christ Offering funds all of this important, Christ-centered work.
Once again we have an opportunity to contribute to the America For Christ Offering. While some of your donation helps ministries nationally (like those listed above), a large portion of your gift remains right here in ABCOPAD supporting ministries in our own Region. Many of these ministries continue to have an impact on the life of your church family.
As local congregations and as a regional family we are seeking to fulfill the call of Christ in our ministry together, and during this America For Christ Offering period we want to provide you with a series of bulletin inserts that can inform you and your congregation about the important work that your giving to the America For Christ Offering and ABCOPAD-Partners in Ministry makes possible.
It is our hope the inserts provided in this mailing along with the AFC material your church has already received will offer you a variety of ways you can promote and support our ministry in ABCOPAD as we make a difference for the cause of Christ.
In advance, thank you for your gifts to the 2008 America For Christ offering, as well as for your ongoing support of ABCOPAD-Partners in Ministry.
God Bless,
Mark Mahserjian-Smith
ABCOPAD World Mission Support Coordinator
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Did you know that one of our ABCOPAD Churches is featured in this years AFC Offering Promotion. The Transforming Lives One Child at a Time video clip features the United Baptist Church of Scranton and Jennifer & Beverly Rugletic.
Transforming Lives One Child at a Time Get the Apple QuickTime player.
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To download the file containing all bulletin inserts, simply click on the America For Christ graphic below, and then either print the inserts or save the file on your home computer.
Downloadable Vignettes
American Baptist Churches of Pennsylvania and Delaware
106 Revere Lane, Coatesville, PA 19320