2025-2027 Ministry Focus
Building God's Community
Focus Verse: 1 Corinthians 3:9 – “For we are co-workers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
As we step into the next two years, American Baptist Women’s Ministries will unite under a new ministry
theme: “Building God’s Community.” This theme is both a call and a commitment: to construct lives,
relationships, and ministries that reflect God’s design and serve God’s people. Rooted in 1 Corinthians 3:9, we
are reminded that we are not laboring alone. We are co-workers with Christ, called to cultivate spiritual soil, lay
strong foundations, and build together for God’s glory.
We are living in a time of profound division and disconnection. Isolation, injustice, fear, and fatigue have
shaken many of our personal and communal foundations. Yet even now, God is inviting us to build, not in our
own strength, but through faithful collaboration, sacred trust, and courageous action.
Building God’s Community means more than gathering in church buildings or hosting events. It means creating
spaces of belonging and healing, lifting up the marginalized, mentoring the next generation, and nurturing each
other in love and truth. It is a radical act of hope to build when the world says things are falling apart.
This theme challenges us to rethink how we serve, how we relate, and how we show up as the body of Christ
in the world.
theme: “Building God’s Community.” This theme is both a call and a commitment: to construct lives,
relationships, and ministries that reflect God’s design and serve God’s people. Rooted in 1 Corinthians 3:9, we
are reminded that we are not laboring alone. We are co-workers with Christ, called to cultivate spiritual soil, lay
strong foundations, and build together for God’s glory.
We are living in a time of profound division and disconnection. Isolation, injustice, fear, and fatigue have
shaken many of our personal and communal foundations. Yet even now, God is inviting us to build, not in our
own strength, but through faithful collaboration, sacred trust, and courageous action.
Building God’s Community means more than gathering in church buildings or hosting events. It means creating
spaces of belonging and healing, lifting up the marginalized, mentoring the next generation, and nurturing each
other in love and truth. It is a radical act of hope to build when the world says things are falling apart.
This theme challenges us to rethink how we serve, how we relate, and how we show up as the body of Christ
in the world.
A Challenge to Women’s Groups:
Will you take up the mantle of builders? Not just of programs—but of people, purpose, and peace?
We challenge every women’s group across the country to:
• Cultivate spiritual growth—planting seeds of faith through prayer, study, and discipleship.
• Build inter-generational bridges—mentoring young women and girls and creating safe, affirming spaces for their voices.
• Strengthen community bonds—partnering with local churches, neighborhoods, and justice initiatives to meet real needs.
• Repair what’s broken—offering forgiveness, reconciliation, and new vision where harm has occurred.
Let us build with wisdom. Let us build with boldness. Let us build together, as God’s co-workers in a community that reflects heaven on earth
Will you take up the mantle of builders? Not just of programs—but of people, purpose, and peace?
We challenge every women’s group across the country to:
• Cultivate spiritual growth—planting seeds of faith through prayer, study, and discipleship.
• Build inter-generational bridges—mentoring young women and girls and creating safe, affirming spaces for their voices.
• Strengthen community bonds—partnering with local churches, neighborhoods, and justice initiatives to meet real needs.
• Repair what’s broken—offering forgiveness, reconciliation, and new vision where harm has occurred.
Let us build with wisdom. Let us build with boldness. Let us build together, as God’s co-workers in a community that reflects heaven on earth
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2025-2026 State ProjectA New Serving Area For
Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries in Youngstown, Ohio feeds children at their three community centers as part of their after school and summer Super Kids programs. At the Redondo Community Center they have a fully equipped commercial kitchen with a walk-in refrigerator. Different groups of children are fed breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks daily from this kitchen year-round. During special events they may have over
300 children and adults that receive a meal from that kitchen. While the cooking area is in great shape and meets the daily demands, the serving area requires remodeling, basically taking it down to the studs and putting in new walls, cabinets and floor. With the remodel, they are hoping to add a commercial grade freezer to increase their capacity to feed families. Let's help them out with State Project! Spiritual Growth RetreatAB WOMEN'S MINISTRIES OHIO
SPIRITUAL GROWTH RETREAT SEPTEMBER 26 & 27, 2025 BIBLE STUDY LEADER REV. JILL SMITH First Baptist Church 303 South Edgewood Road Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 Go to the Spiritual Growth Retreat tab for the registration brochure and join us for a great weekend of worship, singing, food and fellowship! |
