Hamburg
Baptist Church

Hamburg Baptist Church celebrated our 225th birthday in July, noting connections with our roots, illustrated by a state-of-the-art...

Lebanon-born Ali Elhajj came to faith in Christ while living in America. As he encountered evangelical culture, he became troubled by how...

Growing up, daydreams were typically of being a baseball star (or a singer in a band). Many years later, parallels keep coming, between...

Our youngest son’s wedding last weekend was a necessarily packed experience. 200 miles to a schedule of events in unknown territory....

Grace’s Pantry is an outreach ministry of five local churches that seek to ease the struggling of local families who find themselves in...

Christmas. Easter. Pentecost. Through the centuries, the big three celebrations of the church year. The first two shape the whole month...

Voice of the Martyrs offers support to mistreated Christians scattered all over. The leader, Cole, wrote: This is my 25th year as a Bible...

Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, together with his wife, Kay, went through a devastating loss when their 27 year-old son...

I belong to the American Automobile Association. Very handy whenever we have needed road service. I have no relationship with any other...

Continuity marked our church’s experience during 2022. To continue seeing a vital expression of faith and love, even through the third...

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the...

When I’m on the road (car-bike-foot), especially if conditions are not the best, a prayer comes to mind from the beginning of Psalm 16:...

Our Sunday mornings on the Ten Commandments have been a reminder of how essential these rules are for our well-being. Staying away from...

Through the roughest struggle and deepest kind of loss that life can dole out, some come through scarred but stronger than before. Not...

Prayer for some is a mantra or phrase often repeated, to focus our spiritual awareness and to get God’s attention. Prayer for others is...

World Relief Officer for American Baptist Churches reports seeing an unprecedented response for assistance in Ukraine. What we are...

Adjusting to life alone after 67 years of marriage, Beth spoke of weekly visits with her grown children and their families. They have...

In her book The God Who Hung on the Cross, journalist Ellen Vaughn tells how the Gospel came to a small village in Cambodia. In September...

Lent is a season for paying close attention to what it means to follow Jesus. Where are we going? And who is this who is leading us? I...

Looking back on the past two years, most could agree: twas a time of trials. Of being tested. The virus made life harder for students and...