Zimbabwe Theological Seminary, an Active Hope partner, continues to graduates students in spite of extreme conditions in the country.
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Active Liberation
Giving Rise to Hope in Zimbabwe
By: Jason Smith
Yet the ABCZ and ZTS continue in their mission to give rise to hope in their context.
The ZTS is a space of ecumenical openness where students are trained to be congregational leaders rooted in their communities. ZTS places a high emphasis on training pastors, one of the few seminaries training women and men, to be socially conscious with a curriculum of liberation theology and gender studies. ZTS equips chaplains, women and men, to serve in police, military and prison contexts.
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Book Review
Nancy Hastings Sehested,
Marked for Life: A Prison Chaplain’s Story
By: Stan Hastey
Long one of our finest preachers, Nancy Hastings Sehested now takes her place as a supremely gifted writer among us. Sehested’s new book chronicles her 13 years as a chaplain in two men’s prisons in North Carolina, the last 10 in a maximum security facility where she distinguished herself as a sensitive, no-nonsense pastor to inmates, many convicted of particularly brutal crimes.
Hers is a no sugar-coated account of life in prisons all too typical in the United States today; their brutality is confronted in gut-wrenching honesty – the brutality of the facilities themselves, that of some prison officers in confrontations with inmates, and that of bloody battles among prisoners themselves. Nor is this the chronicle of a benighted liberal making judgments from some exalted platform. Instead, it is an honest, self-reflective account of a minister who unexpectedly found herself at a crossroads in her pastoral ministry that led her into prison chaplaincy. This sensitively written book instantly takes its place as essential literature in a field long ignored, yet “ripe for harvest.”
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Voices
Alliance Leader Urges Action on Mistreatment of Palestinian Children
By Rick Goodman
As Alliance members may recall, at our last Annual Meeting we adopted a statement supporting federal legislation to stop the mistreatment of Palestinian children and youth by the Israeli military. Just briefly, each year the Israeli military arrests and detains from 500 to 700 Palestinian children and youth who live in the West Bank. This practice inflicts brutality and trauma on these young people in violation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In contrast, Israeli children and youth who live in the West Bank and commit violations are not detained by the military, but are subject to Israeli police.
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Around the Alliance
Giving Tuesday Success!
We know there is an abundance of opportunity to support organizations doing important justice work around the world on Giving Tuesday. So we want to say THANK YOU for choosing the Alliance and helping us raise $5,153 this year (after all mailed gifts were added), surpassing our goal of $5,000! If you missed Giving Tuesday, you can still make a
donation here. And Jason Smith, our congregational specialist, especially wants to say thank you to all of our donors out there!
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Our Whole Lives:
Sexuality and our Faith
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh, N.C.
February 20-22, 2020
Our Whole Lives
sexual education is designed to develop a sexual ethic as a part of spiritual formation. This training is designed for church leaders hoping to integrate healthy conversations around sexuality into faith formation for teenagers.
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2020 ANNUAL GATHERING
April 24- April 26
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Broadway Baptist Church,
Fort Worth, Texas
Taking On the Cross:
[Re] Learning the Love of God
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Dec 17
6:30 p.m. EST
Join the Racial Justice and Multicultural Community of the Alliance of Baptists for a discussion of chapter 4 of
White Fragility
by Robin DiAngelo. To learn more, contact
Tammerie Day
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Alliance Nominating Committee
Accepting Board Nominations Now!
The Alliance Nominating Committee is seeking the names of potential nominees for the Class of 2023 to serve on the Alliance of Baptists Board of Directors. Desired skills include knowledge of and experience with nonprofit law, finances and development, or organizational process. We especially seek candidates who contribute to broaden our racial and regional diversity. You may submit your own name or recommend someone else. Please send names and biographical information by email to Paul Hayes (
[email protected]
), chair of the Nominating Committee,
by
Dec 17
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Baptist Joint Committee Opportunities!
The Fellows Program provides young professionals the opportunity to deepen their historical, theological and legal understanding of religious liberty. BJC is accepting applications through Feb 21.
The Essay Scholarship Contest engages high school students in church-state issues.open to all high school juniors and seniors. The grand prize is a $2000 scholarship and trip to Washington, D.C. Entries will be accepted through Mar 6.
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Calendar
December 17
6:30 p.m.
February 20-22
Raleigh, N.C.
April 24-26
Ft. Worth, Tex.
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The Alliance of Baptists is a vibrant movement of people, faith communities and ministry partners who are deeply passionate about ecumenism, partnership in mission, relentless hospitality and racial and social justice.
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