NABF Annual Meeting 2022
This year's North American Baptist Fellowship Annual Meeting will be hosted in Falls Church, VA at the BWA Headquarters. We are excited to be able to gather in person after two years, but will also be offering the option of virtual...
NABF Disaster Relief Network
Dear All, Last week we hosted a meeting online of the NABF Disaster Relief Network. Our aim in our disaster relief work within the NABF is threefold: Highlight the good disaster relief and recovery work that is being done within the NABF...
Praying for Ukraine & An update from our sister organization: EBF
We are grateful for the work that is being done on the ground in Ukraine and beyond its borders by Baptists within the European Baptist Federation (EBF). Please read on for an update from their team about the good work they are doing, and...
Congratulations Simmons College!
We're excited to announce that Simmons College of Kentucky has received a gift of $10,000,000 from the Brown-Forman Corporation of Louisville. Simmons College of Kentucky is Louisville's only HBCU. It is affiliated with the National...
Spring Meeting of the NABF Creation Care Network
Dear Friends, The Spring Meeting of the NABF Creation Care Network is happening tomorrow at 2pm Eastern on Zoom. #creationcare Join with other Baptists from across North America as we share upcoming events, project ideas, or just cares...
Easter Greetings 2022
This Holy Week, as we mark the Passion of Christ, let us hold the Hope of Christ's Resurrection as we remember the many places in the world and in our own lives and neighbourhoods where see death and destruction. May we live into the hope...
NABF Disaster Relief Update: Wildfires & Tornadoes in Texas
As published to our NABF Disaster Relief Mailing List, an update follows from our Disaster Relief Coordinator for North America James Barbour. To receive these updates to your inbox sign up for the NABF Disaster Relief Mailing List. Do...
NABF Scholars Panel – How Can the Church Care about Creation?
In this NABF Scholars Collaboration panel, Jonathan Wilson, Norman Wirzba, and Leah Kostamo discuss the importance of caring for creation and talk about how churches can take this seriously as they minister to the world. View their...
Announcing: James Barbour as Disaster Relief Coordinator
North American Baptist Fellowship General Secretary Jeremy Bell is pleased to announce the appointment of James Barbour to the role of Disaster Relief Coordinator, North America with the NABF. James R. Barbour is an experienced leader in...
Annual Meeting 2022: Katharine Hayhoe
We are pleased to announce that Katharine Hayhoe will be joining us as one of our keynote speakers for this year's NABF Annual Meeting. Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist who studies climate change, one of the most pressing...
The Baptist World Alliance in Ukraine
We join with Baptists, Christians, and people from all walks of life around the globe to pray for those involved in the current invasion in Ukraine. The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has offered updates, ways to pray, and also ways to give...
“5 Ways to Pray for Baptists in and near Ukraine”
From our friends and partners the Texas Baptists, here are 5 ways you can pray for and support our Baptist brothers and sisters in and near the conflict in Ukraine. "This prayer guide was written by members of the Texas...
Interview with Steven Harmon about New Book
In the most recent episode of the Glenmary Unity podcast, Nathan Smith interviews Dr. Steven Harmon (a member of the NABF Scholars Collaboration) about his latest book, Baptists, Catholics, and the Whole Church (New City Press, 2021)....
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
May we mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with thoughtful respect and reflection on the challenge and struggle for racial reconciliation in all that we say, and more importantly, do together. This Baptist pastor and civil rights leader...
NABF Book Conversation – “Were You There?” by David Emmanuel Goatley
Mark Medley (Baptist Seminary of Kentucky) interviews David Emmanuel Goatley on the 25th anniversary reprinting of his book, Were You There? Godforsakenness in Slave Religion (Wipf & Stock, 2021). View their conversation below:...
Greetings for the New Year
Warm greetings of hope for you this New Year from the NABF. May you hear and see the surprising work of God's Spirit in the coming season. https://youtu.be/-kGlZOfJd7I Jeremy Bell, NABF General Secretary
Christmas Greetings 2021
https://youtu.be/EiAScmm3GjE Warm greetings to you and yours this Advent, Christmas and Epiphany Click below to view warm greetings from the General Secretary, Jeremy BellNorth American Baptist Fellowship
Save the Date: NABF 2022 Annual Meeting
We are excited to announce that the dates and location for next year's North American Baptist Fellowship Annual Meeting has been set. We will be gathering in a hybrid model, with those who are able to attend in person hosted alongside...
Baptist-Catholic Conversations
This month delegates from the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) met both virtually and in person in Durham, North Carolina for phase three of a five phase set of intentional...
A message from BWA President Rev. Dr. Tomas Mackie
Please see below a very supportive, kind and pastoral message from Rev. Dr Thomas Mackie, the president of the Baptist World Alliance: Dear Jeremy, I want to express my solidarity with so many people who are experiencing the tremendous...
Storms & Tornadoes in Kentucky and Beyond
Many people have reached out and begun to respond to the devastating storm and subsequent tornadoes that have hit six states, and particularly Kentucky over the last few days. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been...
2021 NABF Annual Meeting
Thanks to everyone who attended 2021’s Annual Meeting! Watch the videos of our three main speakers.
A New Disaster Phenomenon
Essential to know; Important to Respond Around the world, we are familiar with the brutal and destructive power of earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes. This summer, whole towns have been destroyed by forest fires: Lytton and Monte Lake...
A Focus on Thanksgiving
A very Happy American Thanksgiving to you all. I would like to pause with you and remember the many things that have caused and continue to cause us deep and prayerful concern: the ongoing Covid crisis, economic disparity, reconciliation...
A Day to Remember
Today, November 22nd, is a major day in history regardless of who you are. It is well known as the day in 1963 that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President, was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. On the same day Aldous Leonard...
Dangerous Floods, Mudslides and Extensive Property Damage
Dear friends and colleagues, A weather phenomenon called an "atmospheric river" has occurred in southern British Columbia and northern Washington state beginning November 13th till the present. This essentially means that...
Recovery, Repair, and The Post-Covid Church: NABF Annual Meeting 2021
We are grateful to have had three distinguished speakers at this year's NABF Annual Meeting, speaking on the topics of Recovery, Repair, and The Post-Covid Church. We are excited to share these thoughtful and timely talks below with...
A Reflection on Remembering
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the destruction of the Twin Towers tomorrow, we take time to reflect on the enormity of that atrocity and the pain, suffering, and death that occurred then and since. I include an article from Brian...
Christian Nationalism Panel
https://vimeo.com/596661740 Panelists: Dr. Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Ministry (Campbell University) [moderator] Rev. Dr. Preston Clegg, Pastor, Second Baptist Church – Little Rock, Arkansas...
Hurricane Ida
Dear friends and colleagues, So many of us know and are close to many who have experienced the effect of hurricane Ida, as it has unfolded in these recent days. Our own NABF President Samuel Tolbert and his family had just finished...