Resources Archives - American Baptist Historical Society

Online Exhibits & Presentations of American Baptist Ministry & Mission

ABHS prepared numerous online exhibits for the 2021 American Baptist Biennial Mission Summit online. We invite you to take a look at these exhibits and presentations:

The American Baptist Historical Society: Preserving and Telling Baptist Stories since 1853 (interactive)
100 years of American Baptist Conventions (interactive)
Highlights of the Office of the General Secretary and the denomination called “American Baptist Churches” (interactive)
Stories from the archives of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies (interactive)
Stories from the archives of International Ministries (American Baptist Foreign Mission Society) (video)
The History of the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board (MMBB) (video)
Signing of the ABCUSA Presidents’ Bible by 2020-2021 President Karen Podsiadly (video)
Stories from the archives of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies (interactive)
Support ABHS — invitation to become a member of the Historical Society (video)

Black History Month Resources

ABHS has Black History month resources including a bulletin insert entitled “Liberty To Vote,” that can be downloaded from our ‘For Churches’ page. In addition a recent issue of the American Baptist Quarterly (Vol. 2, summer, 2013) has articles related to black history. Individual issues of the ABQ can be purchased by calling ABHS at 678-547-6680.

Recently we found a volume written by George W. Williams (1849-1891) who was born in Pennsylvania (a free state), and was a soldier before entering Howard University in 1869. As the first black student at Newton Theological Institute he graduated in 1874, and was ordained and installed as the pastor of Twelfth Baptist Church in Boston. After moving to Ohio, he was elected to the House of Representative of the Ohio General Assembly for a term.